The Annual of scientific discovery: or, Year-book of facts in science and art . THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY OR, YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART. EXHIBITING THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANICS, ASTRONOMY, MINERALOGY, USEFUL ARTS, METEOROLOGY, GEOLOGY, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ZOOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, BOTANY, ANTIQUITIES. TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; A CLASSIFIED LIST OF PATENTS ; OBITUARIES OF EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN ; AN INDEX OF IMPORTANT PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, REPORTS, ETC. EDITED BY DAVID A. WELLS, OP THE LAWRENCE SCIE
The Annual of scientific discovery: or, Year-book of facts in science and art . THE ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY OR, YEAR-BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART. EXHIBITING THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANICS, ASTRONOMY, MINERALOGY, USEFUL ARTS, METEOROLOGY, GEOLOGY, NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, ZOOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, CHEMISTRY, BOTANY, ANTIQUITIES. TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; A CLASSIFIED LIST OF PATENTS ; OBITUARIES OF EMINENT SCIENTIFIC MEN ; AN INDEX OF IMPORTANT PAPERS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, REPORTS, ETC. EDITED BY DAVID A. WELLS, OP THE LAWRENCE SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE, AND GEORGE BLISS, JR. BOSTON: GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN,59 WASHINGTON STREET. 1850. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, BY GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN,In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. PREFACE. THE idea of preparing the present work was first suggested bythe examination of similar works, which have been published inEurope for several years past. We believed that such a work couldnot f
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