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' 8. Chemical Analysis of the Scales of the Striped Bass (Labrax line- 
atus) ; by Mr. Joun Green, (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 374, 1858.) 
100 parts of ash 
of bone is different in the Ganoid fishes from that of any Cycloid or 
Ctenoid, and confirms the differences already established from the ap- 
pearances of the scales. The scales of the Amia of the western waters, 
r. 
10. First Principles of Physics or Natural Philosophy ; pages, 
-D. 1858. 
Crystallography, Gravitation, Mechanics, Machines, Hydrostaties, Hydraul- 
ics, Acoustics, Heat, Optics, Magnetism, Electricity, Meteorolgy, etc., ete. 
The topics are treated ina simple manner, without going into abstrus 
mathematical demonstrations, and with the introduction of whatever ofa 
practical nature would increase its value as a k, 
tions are very numerous and well engraved. _ 
11. Hansreex.—The University of Christiana has had a medal struck 
terrestrial magneti 
1858. 
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Greatest Cc Divisor, by Pliny Earle Chase; Note on Equation of 
Payne, by G:F Bond ; bn the Study of Geometry, by Samuel P. 
Bates; Demonstration of a Theorem, by P. Dem 
of the Pythagorean ition, by James Edward Oliver ; Note on 
Napier’s Rules, by Truman Henry Safford; Problem, by Prof. eee 
ax f 
John Paterson; Note on Derivatives, by, Rev. Thomas Hill; Propositions 
on the Distribution of Points on a Line, by Prof. Benjamin Peirce ; 
- Virtual Velocities, by William Watson; The Prismoidal Formula, by 
Chauncey W Brake and Three-Centre Arches, by J. B. Henck. 
