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des par M. le Comte Pillet-Will, associe correspondant de 1' Aca- 

 demic Turin. — From the Academy. 



Accademia Reale delle Scienze di Torino. Classe delle Scienze Mo- 

 rali, Storiche e Filologiche, Programma. Turin. — From the 

 Academy. 



Public Documents (Senate). Second Session, Twenty-seventh Con- 

 gress, No. 336. Invention for preventing Explosions of Steam- 

 boilers. Washington. — From Prof. Walter R. Johnson. 



Notizie sulla Moltiplicazione in Firenze negli anni 1837, 1838, 1839, 

 dell'Uccello Americano Paroaria Cucullata chiamato volgarmente 

 Cardinale. Da Carlo Passerini. Folio. Florence, 1841. — From 

 the Author. 



Eloge Historique de M. Livingston. Par M. Mignet. Lu a 1'Institut 

 Royale de France, a la Seance publique du 30 Juin, 1838. 8vo. 

 Paris, 1838. — From Mr. Du Ponceau. 



FOR THE CABINET. 



A Fac Simile of the engrossed Copy of the Declaration of Indepen- 

 dence. — From the Department of State, through the Hon. J. 

 R. Ingersoll. 



Dr. Bache, Reporter, announced the publication of Nos. 21 

 and 22 of the Proceedings of the Society. 



Dr. Patterson announced the death of Professor John Patton 

 Emmet, of the University of Virginia, a member of the Socie- 

 ty, on the 13th of Aug. 1842, aged 46 years, and gave a brief 

 notice of his character and services. 



The Committee on the Museum property presented the seve- 

 ral papers and documents, necessary to carry into effect the 

 purchase of the property, duly executed under the instruc- 

 tions of the Society, given at the last meeting. 



On motion, it was resolved, that the Committee on the trust 

 funds be charged with the duty of conferring with the Commit- 

 tee of Councils, in relation to the advance made by the city to 

 a fund for constructing an Astronomical Observatory. 



