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FOR THE LIBRARY. 



Quarterly Summary of the Transactions of the College of Physicians 

 of Philadelphia. No. 2. For Feb. March and April. 8vo. Phil- 

 adelphia, 1842. — From the College. 



The American Medical Library and Intelligencer. By R. Dunglison, 

 M.D. New Series. Vol. I. No. 10. For April. 8vo. Phila- 

 delphia, 1842. — From the Editor. 



Report upon the Standards of the Liquid Capacity Measures, &c. 

 &c with Description of a New Original Barometer, and of the Ba- 

 lance for adjusting the Half-bushels by their Weight of Distilled 

 Water. By F. R. Hassler. Senate Document, No. 225. 2d 

 Session, 27th Congress. — From the Author. 



Tabular View of the Scholastic Institutions in the Russian Empire. 

 4to. St. Petersburg, 1838. — From the Imperial Academy of 

 Sciences of St. Petersburg. 



Case, and Opinion of P. S. Du Ponceau and A. Davezac, Counsellors, 

 on the Contested Seat of the Hon. David Levy, Delegate from 

 Florida. — From the Hon. David Levy. 



FOR THE CABINET. 



A Collection of Casts of Fossils, chiefly of Western Rocks. — From 

 Prof. John Locke. 



The Committee, consisting of Prof. Bache, Mr. Nicollet 

 and Dr. Patterson, to whom was referred the paper of Prof. 

 Loomis, entitled, " Observations of the Magnetic Dip in the 

 United States, Fourth Series," reported in favour of its publi- 

 cation in the Transactions of the Society; and the publication 

 was ordered accordingly. 



The same Committee reported in favour of publishing in 

 the Transactions, Professor Loomis's Supplementary Observa- 

 tions on the Storm which occurred about the 20th of Decem- 

 ber, 1836; and its publication was ordered accordingly. 



The Committee, consisting of Mr. Walker, Dr. Patterson 

 and Prof. Kendall, to whom was referred the paper of Mr. 

 Nicollet, entitled, "Astronomical Observations made at various 

 Places in the United States," recommended the same for pub- 

 lication in the Society's Transactions, and the recommendation 

 was adopted. 



