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Eulogy on Nathaniel Bowditch, LL. D. Delivered before the Ameri- 

 can Academy of Arts and Sciences, May 29, 1838. By John 

 Pickering, Cor. Secretary of the Academy. Boston, 1838.— 

 From the Author. 



Nouveau Procede pour la Conservation des Grains ; par M. le ge- 

 neral Demarcay. — From M. Hersant, French Consul. 



A Bibliographical Account and Collation of la Description de PEgypte, 

 presented to the Library of the London Institution, by Sir Thomas 

 Baring, Baronet, President. London, 1838. — From Mr. Wil- 

 liam Vavghan. 



FOE THE CABINET. 



A collection of shells from the Island of Malta ; also four images cut 

 from Malta stone, taken from " St. Paul's Cave," at Citta Vecchia. — 

 From William Winthrop Andrews, Esq., U. S. Consul at 

 Malta. 



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

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

 observations: — 



Nos. 26 and 27. Observations of Professors Alexander and Henry, 

 at the house of the latter, (lat. 40° 20' 50", Ion. \h 58m 37.2s W. 

 of Greenwich, being 0.1s in time W. of Nassau Hall), Princeton Col- 

 lege, New Jersey ; with a five feet Fraunhofer, yellow screen glass, 

 power 60 for beginning and end, and 40 for the ring, and with a 

 three and a half feet Dollond, dark red screen glass, power 80. 





km s 





Beginning, 



3 14 42.71 



Henry. 



Do. 



3 14 43.31 



Alexander. 



Formation of ring, 



4 33 11.27 



Both observers 



Rupture of ring, 



(not observed.) 





End, 



5 46 38.54 



Henry. 



Do. - 



5 46 39.24 



Alexander. 



Mean duration of eclipse, 2 31 54.88 



Do. of ring, (not observed) less than tabular duration. 



About two minutes before the formation of the ring, Prof. Henry 

 saw, in the Dollond telescope with a red screen glass, an arch of 



