SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS,
SELECTED FROM
THE TRANSACTIONS OF
FOREIGN ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE
AND LEARNED SOCIETIES,
AND FROM
FOREIGN JOURNALS.
EDITED BY
RICHARD TAYLOR, F.S.A.,
FELLOW OF THE LINNÆAN, GEOLOGICAL, ASTRONOMICAL, ASIATIC, STATISTICAL
AND GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MOSCOW.
UNDER SECRETARY OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY.
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