lxxx. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Aug. 1844. 



tiles and bricks I have seen in the old temples of Assam, which the present inhabi- 

 tants of the province cannot imitate. 



I remain, 

 Serampore, 6th June, 1844. Your's faithfully, 



John Mack. 

 P.S. — My friend, Mr. Bonnaud, will oblige me by taking the eoins to the Asiatic 

 Society's Museum for you, and I shall feel obliged by their early return and the fruits 

 of your examination of them. 



The locality in which these coins were found excited much speculation ; 

 and it was agreed, that if not already published, they should be litho- 

 graphed for the Journal. 



Read the following letter from S. G. T. Heatly, Esq. with the specimen 

 sheets of the work referred to. 



H. Torrens, Esq. 



My dear Sir, — 1 request your good offices with the Asiatic Society to obtain its 

 permission, that I may inscribe a volume on mathematical analysis now passing through 

 the press, with its name. 



It is not ordinarily that Societies are the object of dedications, but you can appreciate 

 the feeling which (a humble member of it,) I wish to express for the labours of the 

 oldest scientific association in India, and nearly the only one. 



The book is entitled the " Theory of Functions." 1 undertook it some years ago to 

 combine into one homogeneous body, all our knowledge in that department; since then 

 the later labours of Canchy, Lionville, Hamilton and De Morgan, working in separate 

 veins have illustrated so many obscure points, and developed connexion between subjects 

 apparently so dissimilar, that I resolved to commence a second edition, without pub- 

 lishing the first; nor has the lately completed volume of Professor De Morgan done 

 much in the peculiar field which 1 have marked for my labours, unequalled though that 

 volume be in English mathematical literature for its extent of matter, rigour of demon- 

 stration, and clearness of language. 



My "Theory of Functions" will be adapted to the purposes of mathematical educa- 

 tion, and containing all the important results of modern analysis, especially those which 

 are essential in the pursuits of physical science. 



A few pages of the first edition will enable you to judge of the work. 



Your's sincerely, 

 August 6, 1814. J. G. F. Heatly. 



The Secretary was desired to express to Mr. Heatly, that the Society 

 would feel much gratified by his proposed dedication, and that it would 

 look forward with pleasure to the appearance of a work of this high order 

 in India. 



