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Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools, accompanied with 

 Bills relating to the Common School System. Harrisburg, 

 1839.— From Mr. Joseph C. Fisher. 



Reports relative to the Geological Survey of the State of New-York, 

 for 1837. Albany. — From Mr. Seabury Brewster. 



Transactions of the Maryland Academy of Science and Literature. 

 Vol. I. Part I. Baltimore, 1837. — From the Academy. 



Anales de Ciencias Naturales. Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, & VI. Madrid, 

 1799 to 1803.— From Mr. John Vaughan. 



Descripcion de las Plantas que D. Antonio Josef Cavanilles demostrd 

 en las Lecciones Publicas del Ano 1801, precedida de los princi- 

 ples elementales de la Botanica. Madrid, 1802. — From the 

 same. 



Curso elemental de Botanica, dispuesto para la enseiianza del real 

 Jardin de Madrid, por el Dr. Don Casimiro Gomez de Ortega. 

 Madrid, 1795. — From the same. 



Voyage de l'Ambassade de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales Hol- 

 landaises, vers l'Empereur de la Chine, dans les annees 1794 et 

 1795. Vols. I, & II. Philadelphia, 1798.— .From the same. 



Memoirs comprising the navigation to and from China, by the China 

 Sea and through the various Straits and Channels in the Indian 

 Archipelago; also the navigation of Bombay Harbour. London, 

 1805. — From the same. 



A journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By 

 William Nicholson. Vols I, II, & III. London, 1797 to 1800— 

 From the same. 



Calculations relating to the Equipment, Displacement, etc. of Ships 

 and Vessels of War. By John Edye. London, 1832. — From 

 " Mr. William Strickland. 



Professor Henry, of Princeton, made a verbal communica- 

 tion relating to a phenomenon of capillary action which had 

 fallen under his notice. 



A lead tube, of about half an inch in diameter, and eight inches 

 long, happened to be left with one end immersed in a cup of mercury ; 

 and on inspection a few days afterwards it was observed that the 

 mercury had disappeared from the cup, and was found on the floor 

 at the other end of the tube. Struck with the phenomenon, the 

 cup was again filled with mercury: the next morning the same effect 

 was exhibited. The mercury had again passed over through the 



