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Letters on the Factory Act, as it affects the Cotton Manufacture, &c. 

 &c. By Nassau W. Senior, Esq., &c. &c. 8vo. London, 

 1837. — From the same. 



A letter was read from Mr. F. Markoe, Jr., Corresponding 

 Secretary of the National Institution for the Promotion of 

 Science, recently established at Washington, addressed to the 

 Secretaries of the Society, announcing, officially, to the So- 

 ciety, the fact of the foundation of the Institution at the seat of 

 government, and the objects which it has in contemplation; and 

 soliciting for the Institution the correspondence of the Society, 

 and its co-operation and aid in promoting the objects with 

 which the Institution was founded: — 



Whereupon, the Secretaries were directed to reply, that the 

 National Institution would be enrolled in the list of corres- 

 pondents of the Society, and that the Transactions and Pro- 

 ceedings of the Society would be regularly transmitted to it. 



Dr. Patterson, from the Observatory Committee, reported, 

 that an ordinance had passed the City Councils, authorizing 

 the erection of an Astronomical Observatory within Ritten- 

 house Square. 



Professor Bache read a continuation of the paper of Profes- 

 sor Loomis on Magnetic Dip and Intensity, the reading of 

 which was commenced at the last meeting. It was referred to 

 the Committee which has the first portion under consideration. 



Professor Henry read the sequel of his communication, enti- 

 tled "Contributions to Electricity and Magnetism, by Joseph 

 Henry, LL.D., &c. &c, Professor of Natural Philosophy in 

 the College of New Jersey, Princeton. No. IV. On Electro- 

 dynamic Induction (continued)," which was referred to the 

 same committee as the former "Contributions." 



Mr. Cresson exhibited specimens of naphthaline, obtained by 

 a kind of irregular crystallization from the liquid produced by 

 the distillation of coai tar at a high temperature. 



Prof. Bache stated, that along with Messrs. Walker, Ken- 

 dall, Cresson, Frazer, and a pupil of the High School, he had 

 watched for meteors or shooting stars, at the High School, 

 on the nights of Nov. 12-13, and 13-14, and met with the 



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