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Dr. Stevenson also communicated the following memora 

 dum of the state of the weather at Cambridge, during thee: 

 treme cold experienced in January of this year. 



22 —14 13 



23 11 22 

 Mr. William Annesley made a 



system of naval architecture, in\ 

 trated the same by models. 



March 21. The following donations were received -.-From 

 M. H. Webster, Voyage dans les Etats Unis, par Rochefou- 

 cald Liancourt, 8 vols. 8vo. ; from Websters & Skinners, 

 Prof. Eaton's Zoological Text-Book; fromT. Romeyn Beck, 

 Woodarch's Conchology and Bigelow's Florula Bostoniensis ; 

 from the New-York Lyceum, Annals of the New York Lyce- 

 um vol. 2 No. 6 ; from Dr. Emmons, a collection of dried 

 plants, principally carices ; from George W. Clinton, a medal 

 struck by the city of New-York, in commemoration of the 

 grand canal celebration ; from L. C. Beck, sundry minerals 

 and specimens of the ultimate forms of crystals ; from George 

 G. Jewett, minerals from Lockport ; from M. H. Webster, a 

 specimen of nitrate of lime, being an efflorescence on a wall ; 

 from Warner Daniels, iron ore from Moriah, Essex county. 



The following articles, the property of the first department, 

 and not previously noticed, were laid on the table. Premium 

 specimens of woollen cloth exhibited in 1809, 1810, 1811, 

 1813, and 1815, to the society for the promotion of Useful 

 Arts,' bound in 5 vols. 8 vo. ; model of an inclined plane for 

 canals ; a portrait, by Ames, of the Hon. Robert R. Living- 

 ston, first president of the society ; specimen of raw silk, from 

 Southold, Long-Island, and specimens of paper made from 

 straw and from the conferva plant. 



Mr. Peter Smith, manufacturer, of this city, exhibited a 

 bronzed kettle, and on motion, its examination was referred 

 to a committee. 



Dr. L. C. Beck continued his lecture on magnetism, ac- 

 companied with experiments. 



Mr. Joseph Henry delivered a lecture on flame, accompa- 

 nied with experiments. 



