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ings, and asking the renewed transmission of some numbers 

 that are wanting to complete their sets : — 



From the Chief of the Engineers of Mines of Russia, dated 

 St. Petersburg, 10 /3iSt July, 1841, transmitting donations to 

 the Library : — 



From the Library Company of Philadelphia, dated 16th 

 Nov. 1841, acknowledging the receipt of donations from the 

 Society: — 



From Mr. William Amies, dated Philadelphia, 10th Dec. 

 1841, making a donation to the Society of a painting emblem- 

 atic of the American Union, executed in 1784, by order of 

 M. Barbe de Marbois, and by him presented to Charles Thom- 

 son, Secretary of the American Congress; together with a 

 copy of a Resolution of that Congress, passed 14th Jan. 1784, 

 authenticated by Charles Thomson : — and 



From Mr. John B. Murray, of New York, to the President, 

 dated Liverpool, 19th Nov. 1841, offering to the Society's ac- 

 ceptance, as a donation from himself, the printing press on 

 which Benjamin Franklin worked as a journeyman in London, 

 in 1725-26. 



The President was requested to express to Mr. Murray on 

 behalf of the Society, the satisfaction with which they will re- 

 ceive the donation he has tendered. 



The following donations were announced: 



FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Transits as observed, and Calculations of the Apparent Right As- 

 censions, 1834. London. 4to. — From the Lords Commissioners 

 of the Admiralty. 



Zenith Distances observed with the Mural Circle, and Calculation 

 of Geocentric South Polar Distances, 1836. 4to. London. — From 

 the same. 



The Nautical Almanack, and Astronomical Ephemeris, for 1841. 

 London, 1840. 8vo. — From the same. 



Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, for 

 the year 1841, Part I. London, 1841. 4to. — From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1841, No. 48. 8vo. — From the 

 same. 



Bessel's Refraction Tables. 4to. London. — From the same. 



