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of a library, for a committee consisting of Messrs. Troost and 
Shinn was appointed to consider, among other weighty matters, 
" which are the fittest periodical works to engage in the first in¬ 
stance for the accommodation of the society.” 
No report seems to have been received from this, the first Library 
Committee, but under date of March 17 of the same year, a mem¬ 
orandum records that “ Mr. Shinn will accommodate the society 
with the Mineralogical Journal of Dr. Bruce; Mr. Speakman 
will furnish the National Intelligencer; Dr. Parmentier, the Aurora 
and a map of Switzerland; Dr. Mann, the Monthly Magazine for 
1807. Drs. Troost and Parmentier have engaged for account of 
the society the Annales de Chymie and the Annales des Arts et de 
Commerce. Mr. Shinn is commissioned to procure for account of 
the society the Archives of Useful Knowledge of Dr. Mears, and 
the Medical Museum of Drs. Mitchell and Millar. Agreed to pro¬ 
cure the Repertory of Arts from London. * ’ 
On April 18, “ the Secretary makes homage to the Academy of 
The Bureau , weekly newspaper recently commenced, which he has 
subscribed for.” £.t the same meeting it was “ referred to the 
Committee to purchase at least one portfolio, for the purpose of 
depositing extracts from newspapers announcing recent discoveries 
and extraordinary facts, with a view to have them afterward 
arranged in a proper book and inquiries instituted thereupon.” 
The Secretary was requested “ to procure a report of Prof. Davy 
of the London Institution’s lectures lately delivered on the subject 
of Zoology.” He was also requested “ to procure report on Prof. 
Davy’s experiments and conclusions on the subject of the oxymuri- 
atic acid, and to require report from Dr. Mitchell at time of 
writing to that gentleman his letter of notification.” It was 
ordered, Mr. Troost seeming to have dropped out, “ that Mr. 
Shinn be requested to make his report on the periodical works 
eligible for the Academy, and if possible to procure the latest 
number of Nicholson 1 s Journal 
Then more definitely, on August 15, the Secretary was “ re¬ 
quired to obtain the following works on science: Nicholson’s Journal 
from the commencement of the year 1810; a periodical work said 
to be conducted by Dr. Thompson, of London, from its com¬ 
mencement; Repertory of Arts from the beginning of 1810; Mur¬ 
ray’s Chemistry , last edition; Thompson’s Chemistry, edition of 
