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Report of Experiments b) r the Sub-Committee from the Committee 
of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, on the explosion of 
Steam Boilers, to whom was referred the examination of the 
strength of materials employed in their construction; by Professor 
Walter R. Johnson.— From the Author. 
Three volumes of the First Series of the New-York Historical Col¬ 
lections.— From the New- York Historical Society. 
The First volume of the Second Series of the New-York Historical 
Collections.— From the New-York Historical Society. 
Smith’s History of New-York, 2 vols., Svo.— From the New-York 
Historical Society. 
Journal of the Franklin Institute, vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1841.— From 
the Franklin Institute. 
Hume and Smollett’s History of England, 1 vol., 8vo.-— From W. 
G. Cranch. 
The Monthly Anthology, 6 vols., Svo.— From W. G. Branch. 
Exposition des Produits de 1’Industrie Frangaise; 1839; 3 vols., 
8vo.— From M. de Bacourt, French Minister to the U. S. 
Compte rendu des Travaux des Ingenieurs des Mines; 1839; 2 vols., 
4to.— From M. de Bacourt , French Minister to the U. S. 
Report of a Survey and Exploration of the Coal and Ore Lands be¬ 
longing to the Alleghany Coal Company, in Somerset county, 
Pennsylvania, 1841, by Walter R. Johnson.— From the Author. 
The American Senator, by Thomas Carpenter, 3 vols., 8vo.— From 
John Harden. 
Medical Botany.—From John Harden. 
Report of the Progress of Geological Survey of the State of Virgi¬ 
nia, by W. B. Rogers, 1840.— From the Author. 
The Third and Fourth, and two copies of the Fifth Annual Report 
of the Geology of Tennessee.— From Professor Gerard Troost . 
The Members of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of 
Arts and Sciences, were invited to become members of the National 
Institution, and to deposit in its Cabinet their effects, books, and 
papers. 
The Committee in reference to the Address on the life and charac¬ 
ter of the late President of the United States, submitted its report. 
