TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
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This book contains the first four issues of the Journal, each withits own Table of Contents:
| Vol. 1 No. 1 | Pages 1 through 104 |
| Vol. 1 No. 2 | 105 through 208 |
| Vol. 1 No. 3 | 209 through 316 |
| Vol. 1 No. 4 | 317 through 442 |
In issue No. 2, the incorrect numbering of Articles in the text hasbeen left unchanged. The Table of Contents for this issue is correct.This error is noted in an Addendum, Footnote [16], by the publisher.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have beencorrected after careful comparison with other occurrences withinthe text and consultation of external sources.
The cover image was created by the transcriberand is placed in the public domain.
More detail can be found at the end of the book.
THE
AMERICAN
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE,
MORE ESPECIALLY OF
MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY,
AND THE
OTHER BRANCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY;
INCLUDING ALSO
AGRICULTURE
AND THE
ORNAMENTAL AS WELL AS USEFUL
ARTS.
CONDUCTED BY
BENJAMIN SILLIMAN, M. D.
Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, &c. in Yale College; Author of Travels inEngland, Scotland, and Holland, &c.; and Member of various Literaryand Scientific Societies.
VOL. I.
SECOND EDITION.
New-York:
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