read before the Literary and philosophical Society of New York

and of the three kingdoms of nature, described according to the best and latest authorities and illustrated by engravings

with an appendix of patents and parliamentary papers connected with the subject

with a practical investigation of its structure and application

geographical, political, and historical; with comparative views of other countries

to which is added, a glossary of technical terms, used in civil engineering, explaining and illustrating every word in ordinary use; and the details of Hawthorne's celebrated locomotive engine, for the Paris and Versailles railway

in force, December 7, 1840; also, the statutes of a general nature, passed by the general assembly at their thirty-ninth session, commencing December 7, 1840

with remarks on warming, exclusive lighting, and the communication of sound