PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



1847. 



March 2nd. The Rev. C. Wellbeloved, in the Chair. 



Mr. Thomas Gibson Hartley, of York, was elected a Member 

 of the Society. 



The Secretary announced the following additions to the 

 Museum and Library. 



By Donation. 



From Henry Milner, Esq., a collection of specimens illustra- 

 ting the volcanic and silicious products of Iceland. 



From William Procter, Esq., an Ammonite with the mouth 

 entire ; from the Oxford-clay of Christian-Malford, Wilts. 



From Richard Ripley, Esq., a specimen of Avicula cygnipes ; 

 from the Lias of Whitby. 



From the Rev. C. Wellbeloved, an ancient British Silver Coin. 



From John Prest, Esq., an antique Seal, found in his gar- 

 den, having the figure of a Pelican feeding its young, with the 

 inscription, " Sum Pelicanus Dei." 



From the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomical observa- 

 tions made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 



From the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, 

 part ii. of vol. 7 of its Memoirs. 



From Sig. G. Michelotti of Turin, a Memoir on the Rhizopoda 

 (Foraminifera, D' Orbigny) characteristic of the Tertiary 

 Formations. 



