80 



The Light-Houses of the British Islands. Corrected to July 1836. 



Hydrographic Office, Admiralty. London, 1836 From the 



same. 



French Light-Houses: translated from the "Description Sommaire 

 des Phares et Fanaux, &c." Corrected to 1836. — From the 

 same. 



Letters to denote the State of the Weather, and Figures to denote 

 the Force of the Wind. Proposed as a convenient mode of re- 

 gistry in the Log-book of a ship. By F. B. London. — From 

 the same. 



Draft of a Revised Common School Law, and of a Law relative to 

 the preparation of Common School Teachers ; with explanatory 

 remarks, and a set of District Regulations. Prepared by Tho- 

 mas H. Burrowes, Superintendent. Harrisburgh, 1839. — From 

 Mr. Frederick Fraley. 



A deposite for the Library was made by Mr. B. F. Menden- 

 hall, being an illuminated manuscript in the Pali language. 



Professor H. D. Rogers read a paper entitled " Contributions 

 to the Geology of the Tertiary formation of Virginia. Second 

 Series. By William B. Rogers, Professor of Natural Philo- 

 sophy in the University of Virginia, and H. D. Rogers, Pro- 

 fessor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Penn- 

 sylvania." Referred to a Committee consisting of Mr. Lea, 

 Dr. Hays, and Dr. Patterson. 



On motion of Dr. Patterson, the President of the Society 

 was directed to unite with the Presidents of the City Councils, 

 and with the President of the Board of Controllers of the Pub- 

 lic Schools, in an application to the State Legislature to au- 

 thorize the appointment by the Controllers, in conjunction with 

 the American Philosophical Society, of a Director of the Phi- 

 ladelphia Observatory, at the Central High School. 



The purchase of the bust of Doctor Nathaniel Bowditch, 

 executed by Mr. Ball Hughes, was ordered for the Society. 



