From James Reynolds, Esq. dated London, July, 1843, relating to the Oriental translation fund. The following donations were announced: FOR THE LIBRARY. Senate Journal, 2d Session, 27th Congress, 1841-42. 8vo. House Journal, 2d Session, 27th Congress, 1841-42. 8vo. Reports of Committees, 2d Session, 27th Congress, 1841-42. 5 Vols. 8vo. Senate Documents, 2d Session, 27th Congress, 1841-42. 5 Vols. 8vo. Executive Documents, 2d Session, 27th Congress, 1841-42. 6 Vols. 8vo.-From the Hon. A. P. Upshur, Secretary of State. Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Manchester, in June, 1842. London, 1843. 8vo.-From the British Association. Address to the Royal Geographical Society of London; delivered at the Anniversary Meeting on the 22d of May, 1843. By W. R. Hamilton, Esq. F. R. S., President. London, 1843. 8vo.From the Society. Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Premiums for the Sessions, 1843-44, 1844-45.—From the Society. Proceedings of the Royal Astronomical Society of London. Vol. V. same. 8vo.-From the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Part X. 1842. 8vo.-From the Society. Reports of the Council and Auditors of the Zoological Society of London, read at the Annual General Meeting, April 29, 1843. 8vo.-From the same. Annales des Mines. Quatrième Série. Tome II. VIe Livraison de 1842, Novembre, Décembre. 8vo. From the Engineers of Mines, Paris. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. Serie Seconda. Tomo II. III. IV., 1840-41-42. 4to.-From the Academy. Catalogus Senatus Academici, et omnium alicujus gradus laurea ex ornatorum, in Collegio Dartmuthensi, Hanoveræ, in Republica Neo-Hantoniensi. 1843. 8vo.-From the Northern Academy of Arts and Sciences. The African Repository and Colonial Journal, September, 1843. Svo.-From the American Colonization Society. A Catalogue of the Library of Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island. With an Index of the Subjects. Providence, 1843. 8vo.-From the Rev. Dr. Wayland. The Medical News and Library. Vol. I. No. 10. 1843. 8vo.From Lea & Blanchard. No. 12. New Se The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. ries. October, 1843. 8vo.-From Dr. Hays. The Zoologist: an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Natural History, and Journal for recording Facts and Anecdotes relating to Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, &c. &c. Edward Newman, Esq. F.L.S., F.Z.S., Editor. John Van Voorst, Publisher. London, 1843. 8vo. Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive.-From the Editor. Osservazioni Geologiche sui Terreni delle Formazioni Terziaria e Cretacea in Piemonte. Si Angelo Sismonda, Prof. di Mineralogia. Extracted from the 5th Vol. 2d Series, of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin.-From the Author. Fisica de' Corpi Ponderabili ossia Trattato della Costituzione Generale de' Corpi, del Cavaliere Amedeo Avogadro. Tomo III. 1840. Tomo IV. 1841. Torino. 8vo.-From the Author. Jahrbucher der Literatur. Januar, Dezember, 1842. Nos. 97 to 100, inclusive. Wien, 1842. 8vo.-From Baron Von Hammer Purgstall. Beitrag zur Auflösung der Höheren Gleichungen, von Dr. Anton Vallus. Wien, 1843. 8vo. From the Author. Progress of the United States in Population and Wealth in Fifty Years, as exhibited by the Decennial Census. By George Tucker. New York, 1843. 8vo-From the Author. Baltimore, Report of the Proceedings of an Indian Council at Cattaraugus, in the State of New York, held Sixth Month, 1843. 1843. 8vo.-From George M. Justice. ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY BY PURCHASE. Astronomische Nachrichten. No. 482. July 22, 1843. 4to. Annales de Chimie et de Physique. Troisième Série. Tome VIII. Mai, 1843. 8vo. FOR THE CABINET. A large Seal for the Society's foreign correspondence.-From Messrs. Gobrecht and Franklin Peale. A Plate of Engravings of Coins, by Mr. Asa Spencer, made by the Ruling Machine.—From Dr. Hays. Mr. Kane, Reporter, laid upon the table the closing number of the 2d volume of the Proceedings of the Society, and the 3d volume, containing the Proceedings of the Centenary Meeting. The Committee, to whom Mr. Lea's paper was referred at the last meeting, reported in favour of its publication in the Transactions: and the publication was ordered accordingly. On motion of Prof. Bache, the communication, entitled "On Hippuric Acid," by Prof. Booth and Mr. Boyé, read on the 29th of May, was referred to a Committee consisting of Prof. Frazer, Prof. Bache, and Dr. Hare:—and The communication, entitled "On the Physical Phenomena attending Solar Eclipses," by Prof. Stephen Alexander, of Princeton, read on the 29th of May, was referred to a Committee consisting of Mr. Walker, Professor Bache, and Mr. Downes. Dr. Ludlow, from the Committee appointed on the 16th June, 1843, on the subject of a report of the Society's doings during the past century, reported at length, and presented certain resolutions. The first resolution from the Committee was adopted as follows:-Resolved, That it is expedient to have prepared a report of the scientific labours, during the past century, of the American members of the Society. The consideration of the 2d, 3d, and 4th resolutions, prescribing the manner in which the report should be prepared, was postponed to the next meeting, and— The Society adjourned to meet on the 13th instant. Adjourned Meeting, Oct. 13. Present, twenty-six members. Dr. PATTERSON, Vice-President, in the Chair. The Committee, to whom Prof. Loomis's communication on the Storms of February, 1842, was referred at the meeting on the 15th of September, reported in favour of its publication in the Transactions:-and the publication was ordered accordingly. On motion of Prof. Frazer, the communications made by Mr. R. C. Taylor at the centennary meeting, "On the Geology of a Portion of the Island of Cuba," and "On some Fossil Ferns of the family Sigillaria in the Coal Strata of Pennsylvania," were referred to a Committee, consisting of Prof. Frazer, Prof. Booth, and Prof. Bache. The Society resumed the consideration of the resolutions reported by a Committee at the last meeting; and after discussion, it was resolved as follows: 1. That for the purpose of preparing the elements of the proposed report, it is expedient that the several subjects to be embraced in it should be distributed under appropriate general titles, and that a Committee of one or more members should be appointed to report on the scientific labours included under each title. 2. That the 2d, 3d, and 4th resolutions reported by the Committee at the last meeting, be referred back to the same Committee, with instructions to report such a distribution of the scientific labours of the members as is contemplated by the foregoing resolution, and that they also nominate one or more members to constitute each of the several Committees. 3. That on the report of that Committee being made, the Society will proceed to consider the same, and to determine the number of such Committees to be appointed, and the number of members to constitute the same respectively: and that the Society will then appoint the said Committees from among the names reported by the Committee under the 2d resolu. tion, and such others as may be nominated at the meeting. VOL. IV.-C 4. That when the reports of the several Committees shall hereafter be presented to the Society, such disposition and action shall be had in relation thereto as shall be judged proper. Stated Meeting, October 20. Present, twenty-eight members. Dr. BACHE, Vice-President, in the Chair. Letters were received and read: From the Librarian of Brown University, acknowledging the receipt of the 26th and 27th numbers of the Proceedings: and From S. S. Haldeman, Esq., dated Columbia, Pa., 4th Oct. 1843, transmitting a copy of the sixth number of his Monograph of Fresh Water Univalves. The following donations were announced: FOR THE LIBRARY. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London. Vol. IV. Part 1. No. 93. 1843. 8vo.-From the Society. Title and Index to the Fifth Volume of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.-From the Society. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Vol. XIX. Part Second. London, 1843. 4to.-From the Society. List of the Linnean Society of London. 1843. 4to.-From the same. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive. 1842-43. 8vo.-From the same. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. XV. Part III. Containing Papers read during the Session 1842-43. Edinburgh, 1843. 4to.-From the Society. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1842-43. Nos. 21, 22. 8vo. From the same. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Vol. XLV. No. 2. October, 1843. New Haven, October 5, 1843. 8vo.-From the Editors. |