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new observatory at Liverpool, adapted for astronomical pur- 

 poses, and that he had been obliged to obtain it from Munich. 



The British government had made, some years ago, large 

 appropriations for the instituting experiments on glass intended 

 for astronomical observations, but they had failed, though con- 

 ducted by some of the most distinguished men of science. 



The Treasurer informed the Society, that the debt due to 

 the estate of Mr. Dunn, had been wholly liquidated. 



Stated Meeting, September 18. 

 Present, twenty -two members. 

 Dr. Franklin Bache, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 The following donations were announced : — 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. June 17, 1841. No. 

 49. 8vo. — From the Royal]Society. 



Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. 

 Vol. VII. May 8, 1846. No. 7. 8vo.— From the Society. 



Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. New- 

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Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. January, 

 February, March, December, 1845. 8vo. — From the Society. 



Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians of Phila- 

 delphia. From April to August, 1846, inclusive. No. 12. 8vo. 

 From the College. 



The African Repository and Colonial Journal. Vol. XXII. Septem- 

 ber, 1846. No. 9. 8vo. — From the American Colonization 

 Society. 



The Electrical Magazine. Conducted by Mr. Charles V. Walker. 

 Vol.11. No. 13. July, 1846. 8vo.— From the Editor. 



Astronomical Observations made at the Naval Observatory, Wash- 

 ington, under Orders of the Honourable Secretary of the Navy, 

 dated Aug. 13, 1838. By Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, U. S. N. Printed 

 by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington, 1846. 

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