452 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
9. The New American Cyclopedia. Vol. 1X. New York, D. Appleton 
and Co., 1860.—This volume contains some fifty articles on zodlogica 
definitions are not quite precise, and terms are, in one or two instances, 
somewhat loosely applied: e. g., speaking of the nervous system of an 
insect as a “brain and spinal cord.” But these are of little ‘consequence 
mention are Iron and the Iron manufacture r. Hodge, and that on 
Isomerism by Dr. F. H. Storer, who is also the author of an excellent 
article on Chemistry in a former volume. 
subscribers or to invite new recruits. But we can well imagine that os 
Council have found Gmelin a heavy load and that they are weer 
close it before undertaking any new publication; meanwhile Jet us 1% 
that “ Rose’s Analytical Chemistry,” long since undertaken, will ~ 
unnecessarily delayed. hae 
- Lieber: Geology of South Carolina. Report IV, 1859. 8¥0, PP 
Apr. 2, 185 
ly beet 
level on the 
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coast of South Carolina and the mineralogical details. ata, oy 
12. Fundamental Ideas of Mechanics and Experimental ee ae 
ne 
Morin, Revised, translated and reduced to English Measure, by: 
ORIN, 
PENNETT, Civil Engineer, New York, Appleton and Co., 1860. 
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