Transactions of the Geological Society, 1st series, vol. 2/Prelims

TRANSACTIONS

 

OF THE

 

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,

 

ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 13, 1807.

 

VOLUME THE SECOND.

 

 

Quod si cul mortalium cordi et curæ sit, non tantum inventis hærere, atque iis uti, sed ad ulteriora penetrare; atque non disputando adversarium, sed opere naturam vincere; denique non belle et probabiliter opinari, sed certo et ostensive scire; tales, tanquam veri scientiarum filii, nobis (si videbitur) se adjungant.

Novum Organum, Præfatio.

 

 

LONDON:

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1814.

OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
ELECTED FEBRUARY 4, 1814.

OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
The Hon. HENRY GREY BENNET, M.P. F.R.S.
VICE-PRESIDENTS,
WILLIAM BLAKE, Esq. F.R.S.	GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq. F.R.S.
Sir HENRY ENGLEFIELD, Bart. F.R.L, & A.S.	JOHN MacCULLOCH, M.D. F.L.S.
SECRETARIES,
ARTHUR AIKIN, Esq.	HENRY WARBURTON, Esq. F.R.S
FOREIGN SECRETARY,
SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq, F.R.S.
TREASURERS,
WILLIAM HASLEDINE PEPYS, Esq. F.R.S.	SAMUEL WOODS, Esq.
COUNCIL,
The Hon. LORD COMPTON, M.P.	PETER ROGET, M.D.
SAMUEL DAVIS, Esq. F.R.S.	SMITHSON TENNANT, Esq. F.R.S Prof. Chem. Camb.
ROBERT FERGUSON Esq. F.R.S.
JAMES LAIRD, M.D.	SAMUEL TURNER, Esq.
ALEXANDER MARCET, M.D. F.R.S.	JOHN WHISHAW, Esq.
THOMAS MURDOCH, Esq. F.R.S.	WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D. Sec. R.S.
JAMES PARKINSON, Esq.
KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM AND DRAUGHTSMAN
Mr. THOMAS WEBSTER

TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq.

Sir ABRAHAM HUME, Bart. M.P.

FRANCIS HORNER, Esq. M.P.

WILLIAM BABINGTON, M.D.

ROBERT FERGUSON, Esq.

DAVID RICARDO, Esq.

SAMUEL WOODS, Esq.

ADVERTISEMENT.

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THE Editors of the Transactions of the Geological Society are directed to make it known to the Public, that the Authors alone are responsible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective papers.

Geological Society,

September 1, 1814.

ERRATA,

Some of which it will be necessary to correct, as materially affecting the sense of the passages, where they occur.

Page	9,	Line	14,	for	difficulty	read	difficultly
	69,		11,		iconocolasts		iconoclasts
	152,		4,		two chanels		one channel
	163,		21,		Pl. 9.		Pl. 11.
	167,		6,		found		formed
			16,		has		have
	169,		9,		petrefactions		petrifactions
	187,		4,	dele	(;) after Agglestone
	213,		14,	for	may	read	might
	438,		4,	after	Fig. 3 insert Plate 32, Fig. l.
	440,		6,	after	the word figures, insert Pl. 31, left hand figure at top.

The Papers referred to in pages 475, 476, and 478, were intended to be included in the present volume, when those pages were printed: their publication has been deferred to the 3d Volume of the Society's Transactions.

In the list of Donations to the Collection of Maps, insert 12 Copies of a new Map of England, in 4 Sheets, from A. Arrowsmith, Esq.