TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Superscript letters and exponentials are denoted by ^x. For example, D^r and (a + b)^2. Basic fractions are displayed in the text and tables as ½ ⅓ ¼ etc; other fraction are shown in the form a/b as 5/12 or 2-5/7 for example. Fractions in algabraic expressions have been left in the a/b form. Vinculums have been replaced by parentheses (). Musical sharp, flat, natural are represented by the Unicode characters ♯, ♭, ♮. For readability the underscores (italic) have been removed from algebraic expressions and equations. Variables and simple expressions embedded in the text still have the underscores. This book contains the first four issues of the Journal, each with its 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 has been 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 been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. 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 in England, Scotland, and Holland, &c.; and Member of various Literary and Scientific Societies. VOL. I. _SECOND EDITION._ New-York: PUBLISHED BY J. EASTBURN AND CO. LITERARY ROOMS, BROADWAY, AND BY HOWE AND SPALDING, NEW-HAVEN. Sold by Ezekiel Goodall, Hallowell, Maine; Daniel Stone, Brunswick, Maine; Cummings & Hilliard, and Wells & Lilly, Boston; Simeon Butler, Northampton; Samuel G. Goodrich, Hartford; Clark & Lyman, Middletown; Russell Hubbard, Norwich; O. &. L. Goodwin, Litchfield; W. E. Norman, Hudson; William Williams, Utica; E. F. Backus, Albany; S. Potter, Philadelphia; E. J. Coale, Baltimore; W. H. Fitzwhylsonn, Richmond; W. F. Gray, Fredericksburgh; Caleb Atwater, Circleville; William Poundsford, and James Collord, Cincinnati; John Guirey, Columbia, S. C.; W. T. Williams, Savannah; Henry Wills, Edenton; John Mill, Charleston; Samuel S. Spencer, and John Menefee, Natchez; Benjamin Hanna, New-Orleans. PRINTED BY ABRAHAM PAUL. 1819. ADVERTISEMENT.