.ANN ALS 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



VOLUME 1.— 1879. 



The "Annals," published for over half a century by the late Lyceum of 

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 Academy op Sciences, beginning with the year 1877. 



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Note.— The Index number (13; — the closing part of the last volume of 

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