8 OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 



each other, and by furnishing sections of the' strata, as 

 they are laid open, in some parts naturally by rivers or the 

 sea, and in others, presented artificially by quarries, wells, or 



These, indeed, are minute details ; but with such minutiae, 

 great practical utility is immediately connected : from such 

 minutiae, the knowledge of the Earth's structure is to be 

 deduced, and a Science hereafter to be raised, which may 

 lead to conclusions as important, perhaps, as any of those 

 which have been so happily derived from the other parts of 

 Natural Philosophy. 



A desire of mutually communicating information, and inter- 

 changing specimens with this Institution, has been expressed 

 by similar Establishments in different parts of the Country. 

 Such a co-operation will greatly advance the general views 

 of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and in particular 

 contribute much to accomplish an accurate identification 

 of the Strata, and the construction of a perfect map of the 

 Geology of England. 



(jnr The Treasurer is authorized to receive donations for 

 the general purposes of the Society from Members, or other 

 persons desirous of promoting its Objects. Presents of books^ 

 SPECIMENS, or philosophical apparatus, will be received 

 by the Secretaries, at the Society's Rooms in York. 



