Excerpt from The American Journal of Science and Arts, Vol. 12: June, 1827
Domestic; Correction, by Dr. Hare; Doolittle on Crank Motion, &c.; The fascination of Snakes, by Mr. Nash; Prof. Eaton on the Analysis of Soils; Rarified air Balloons; Notice of the Geographical Society of Paris, and of Woodbridge's Geography; Sea Serpent; Calamine in Missouri; Cobalt in Missouri - Localities of minerals - Bituminous coal near Harrisburg - Minerals from Antigua; Lead ores of Missouri, by Messrs. Troost and Lesueur; Luminous appearance in the atmosphere - On the fossil remains of the Mastodon lately found in Ontario county, New-York, by Dr. Van Rensselaer; Magnetism destroyed by lightning - Medical institution and journal of South Carolina - Physical and medical journal of Cincinnati; New work on Geology; Foreign; Foreign Literature and Science, extracted and translated by Prof. J. Griscon; Ponderable matter transported by electric currents; Mass of gold - Grand opal - Precious metals; Hydrocyanic acid - Steam-engine at Glasgow - Nitrate of soda - Menardite, a new mineral; Surgery; Sulphuric acid and sulphate of iron; New substance which inflames on water - Lupulin; Charcoal - Education in Egypt; Napoleon's literary taste; Portable library; Education in France; The American Journal of Science and the North American Review; Memoir on living animals found in solid bodies; Chemical process of respiration; Thermometer; Annales de la Societe Linneene de Paris; Notice of the Heidelberg collections of rocks and petrifications
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