428 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
land and New Zealand. It is stated also that at the same time 
two slight shocks of earthquake were felt at Wellington, N. §, Wy 
and at some other places; but whether on the same day precisely 
is not quite clear. 
2. Earthquake in California, Oct. 21.—On the 21st of October, 
at 7h. 50m. in the mo orning, an i ech occurred, doing consid- 
erable damage to houses, in San Francisco and Oakland, At the 
corner of Market and First streets, fae Francisco, the ground 
opened several inches wide, for a distance of 40 or 50 feet. An- 
other shock was felt in the city at 7 P 
The earthquake was also severe in ee interior. Shocks were 
t of Papers jue oe session of the National Academy 
$F ‘Sete in August, 1868, at Northampton. 
n the Tides a Tidal Currents of Hell Gate; Henry 
e. 
nry. 
a. fe rks on Mr, Airy’s iyiion of Kirchhoff’s scale; Wol- 
cott Gibbs. 
4, On the origin of bitumens, together with experiments upon 
i formation of Asphaltum; J. F. Peckham 
On the Topo faphy a topographical work west of the 103d 
ca Fa J.D PWhitn 
6. On an pe Seta A. C. Twining. bed 
7. On the ave and Tidal currents in an DOHERTY, or a canal 
tween two tidal i 5 Benjamin Pei 
8. On deep sea ing ae the Gulf oan L. F. Pourtales. 
9. On subdivisions sof Cretaceous and Marine Tertiary formations 
in California; W. M. G na 
10. On the Fall ta Uric Acid and its derivatives; W: 
cott Gibbs. 
11. On new methods in Analytical Chemistry ; Wolcott Gibbs. 
D a fossil human skull of Calaveras county, California; 
13. On the distribution ah the Forest Vegetation west of the 
Rocky Mts. W. H. Brew Antelope 
14. On the reported soe of human bones at 
station, Union Pacific Railroa, d; O. C. Marsh. a 
15. On the motions of a freely suspended pendulum; 
rnar 
16. Tides and tidal currents in a harbor; Benjamin Peire 
17. On alphabetic systems as tests of race} ow D. Whitney. ¥ 
18. On the estimation of © ae sal acid; S. W, Johnson. 
19. On Nitrification; S. W, J. 
