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Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus. Boston, 1827. — 



From the same. 

 The Select Medical Library. Edited by John Bell, M. D. Vol. II. 



No. 12. Philadelphia, 1838.— From the Editor. 

 The American Medical Library and Intelligencer. By Robley Dun- 



glison, M. D. Vol. II. Nos. 13 & 14. Philadelphia, 1838.— 



From the Editor. 

 Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. 



Vol. LI. Part II. London, 1838. — From the Society. 



The Committee on the solar eclipse of the 18th of Septem- 

 ber, made a further Report in part, comprising the following 

 observation : — 



No. 25, by F. R. Hassler, Esq., at Weasel Mountain, N. J., lati- 

 tude 40° 52' 35", approximate longitude Ah 57m 25.7s W., being one 

 of the stations of the coast survey, with telescopes of the large theo- 

 dolite, powers 116 and 151. 



h m s 

 First contact, - - - 3 15 56.98 



Inner contact, - - - 4 35 57.09 



End, - .... 5 47 13.10 



Duration of eclipse, - - 2 31 16.12 



Do. of ring, - - 1.00 



From a drawing, accompanying Mr. Hassler's communication, it 

 appears that several broken portions of the ring, or beads of light, for 

 a second only, extended from cusp to cusp, presenting a most beauti- 

 ful appearance. During the rest- of the eclipse, except this single 

 second, the cusps were dull and rounded off at the end. 



Dr. Hare read a paper on the Tornado which passed over a 

 suburb of Providence, R. I., in August last; accompanied by a 

 description of the phenomenon, by Mr. Z. Allen, of Provi- 

 dence. Referred to President Bache, Dr. Patterson, and Mr. 

 Espy. 



President Bache reported the decease of M. Stainsby, Pro- 

 fessor of Natural Philosophy at Prague, and of Dr. Martinus 

 Van Marum, of Haarlem, both members of the Society. 



