BOSTON JOURNAL

OF

Philosophy and the Arts,

INTENDED TO EXHIBIT A VIEW OF THE

PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY

IN

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY,
NATURAL HISTORY, COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY,
GEOGRAPHY, STATISTICS,

AND THE FINE AND USEFUL ARTS.

CONDUCTED BY

JOHN W. WEBSTER, M. D.

Adjunct Erving Professor of Chemistry in Harvard University;

AND

DANIEL TREADWELL,

Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, &c.

VOL. III.-OCT. 1825 TO DEC. 1826.

Boston:

PUBLISHED BY CUMMINGS, HILLIARD, & CO. WASHINGTON ST.

University Press-Hilliard & Metcalf.

1826.