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Jahrbiicher der Literatur. January to December, 1843. Nos. 101 

 to 104, inclusive. Vienna. 8vo. — From Baron Von Hammer 

 Purgstall. 



Geschichte der Ilchane das ist der Mongolen in Persien. Von Ham- 

 mer Purgstall. Zweiter Band. Darmstadt, 1843. 8vo. — From 

 the Author. 



Handbuch der Gesetze iiber au^schlieszende Privilegien auf neue 

 Erfindungen, Entdeckungen und Verbesserungen. Von Dr. An- 

 ton Schuller. Wien, 1841. 8vo. — From Baron Von Hammer 

 Purgstall. 



M. Tudos Tarsasagi Nevkonyv, Astronomiai Naploval es Kalend^- 

 riommal 1843-ra. Buden. 8vo. — From the same. 



Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania. Third 

 Series, Vol. IX. February, 1845. No. 2. 8vo.— From Dr. 

 R. M. Patterson. 



The Cyclopoedia of Practical Medicine. Edited by John Forbes, 

 M.D. F.R.S., Alexander Tweedie, M.D., and John Conolly, M.D. 

 Revised, with additions, by Robley Dunglison, M.D. Parts 1 

 to 24, inclusive. Philadelphia, 1844-45. 8vo. — From Dr. 

 Dunglison. 



Memorial soliciting a State Hospital for the Insane, submitted to the 

 Legislature of Pennsylvania, February 3, 1845. Harrisburg, 

 1845. 8vo.— From C. B. Trego, Esq. 



The Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of New York, 

 with Suggestions for its Improvement. A Discourse (with Addi- 

 tons) delivered on the 30th December, 1844, at the Repository of 

 the American Institute. By John H. Griscom, M.D. New York, 

 1845. 8vo. — From the Author. 



ADDITION TO THE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE. 



Astronomische Nachrichten, Nos. 523, 524, 525. 4to. 



Dr. Patterson exhibited to the Society a counterfeit sove- 

 reign, bearing the head of George IV., and dated 1824, which 

 was so perfect an imitation of the genuine coin, as to elude de- 

 tection by any of the sensible or mechanical tests in common 

 use, singly or combined. 



The spurious piece is of the full legal weight of the sovereign, — 

 123.3 grains. It is of the true dimensions, except a scarcely percep- 

 tible increase in thickness. It has the true colour, not only at the 



