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9 On tlie Progress of Paintings from the Death of Charles 

 the First to the close of the Reign of George the 

 Second — by Francis Thomas Billam, Esq. Secretary to 

 the Northern Society— (read March 7th, 1828.) 



10 On the Advantages to be derived from Mathematical and 



Philosophical Knowledge — by Mr. John Darby — (read 

 March 21st, 1828.) 



11 A Communication was read from Mr. S. Woodward, 



describing the Situation in which some Fossil Elephant's 

 Teeth, presented by him to the Society, had been 

 discovered. After which, a paper " On Apparitions" 

 — by Mr. William Hey, Jun. — (read April 11th, 

 1828.) 



12 On the Colour of the Sky, and the Relation subsisting 



between Solar Light, and the Light of Combustion — 

 communicated by John Dalton, Esq. F.R.S. of Man- 

 chester— (read April 18th, 1828.) 



13 On Coincidences—by F. T. Billam, Esq.— (read May 2d, 



1828.) 



14 On the Poetry of Goldsmith— by M. T. Sadler, Esq.— (read 



May 16th, 1828.) 



In conformity with one of the fundamental 

 laws of your Society, that yom- Council should 

 engage Lecturers of eminence, they, early in the 

 Session, made application to William Carey, 



