136 PROCEEDINGS OF PROVINCIAL SOCIETIES. 



On the necessity of artisans acquiring a knowledge of the principles of 

 geometry and mechanics. — Isaac Newti)n. 



On the history and manufacture of coal gas — J. E. Kent. 



On the progress of chemistry from the commencement of the eighteenth 

 century to the present time.— Jas. WooUey. 



On the necessity and advantage of acquiring the theory and practice of 

 correct reading and speaking, — S. Turnbull. 



On coal and its origin — W. H. Spencer. 



An account of chivalry — W. Forrester. 



An account of the crusades, with an inquiry into their consequences S. 



Darbishire. 



On elocution and the mode of teaching it. — G. Rosson. 



On poetry — A. W. WooUey. 



On the faculty of observation. — H. Stanley. 



On the general properties of arsenic. — Jas. Woolley. 



An account of the Dublin meeting of the British Association for the pro- 

 motion of science, with a sketch of the advantages of the institution. — S. 

 Darbishire. 



On the discoveries and inventions in the physical sciences Isaac Newton. 



On natural philosofihy — ^E. Clarke. 



On national peculiarities and characteristics (England) — H. Hayes. 



On botany. — G. Wain. 



On attraction, cohesion, repulsion, and divisibility. — H. Stanley. 



An historical account of the life and reign of Henry 4th, and of Louis 13th 

 and 14th of France. — S. Darbishire. 



On inertia, motion, laws of motion, action, and re-action R. A. Phillips. 



A report of Dr. Dalton's lecture on the atomic theory — T. A. Phillips. 



On tne relative benefit to society of an orator and a poet G. Rosson. 



On gravitation, accelerated and retarded motion, centre of gravity, and the 

 composition and resolution of motion — Isaac Newton. 



On the blessings of human life — John Jerom. 



An account of the celebration ^f Christmas in England. — B. Hey wood. 



On the mechanical powers. — E. Billington. 



On the duties of chairman and speaker, and the rules required for the or- 

 derly conduct of a discussion or public meeting.— John Stanfield. 



Since the 23rd of February, 1835, eighty-nine lectures have been 

 delivered on the following subjects : — 



Two on acoustics, by Mr. Robert Addams; two on electro-magnetism, by 

 Mr. Robert Addams; five on meteorology, by Dr. Dalton ; six on animal 

 physiology, by Mr. Greaves ; seven on the art of reading, by Mr. Calvert ; 

 four on modelling and casting in plaster, &c., by Mr. Bally ; eight on optics, 

 by Mr. Addams,; one on music, by Mr. A. Ward ; five on the radiated class 

 of animals, by Dr. R. E. Grant ; three on heraldry, by Mr. Newton ; eight 

 on the theory of arithmetic, by Mr. S. E. Cottam ; one on the atomic theory, 

 by Dr. Dalton ; eight on the philosophy of the atmosphere, by Mr. Sweet- 

 love ; three on steam nav^ation, by Dr. Lardner; six on mechanics applied 

 to the arts, by the Rev. H. Moseley ; four on electricity, by Mr. S. E. Cot- 

 tam ; eight on the history and construction of the steam engine, and its ap- 

 Shcation to the arts, by Mr. C. F. Partington; eight on chemistry, by 

 Ir. Hemmings. 



The attractions of the library continue daily to increase. Since 

 the last report 638 volumes have been added by purchase, and 92 

 by donation, making the addition of 7«^0 volumes on various 

 branches of science and literature. These additions make the total 

 number in the library 3595. The number of issues from the 23rd 

 of February, 1835, to the 20th of February, 1836, was 43,946 



