At a Meeting of the General Committee of the 

 British Association, held at Liverpool, on the 

 16th of September, 1837. 



THE EARL OF BURLINGTON IN THE CHAIR ; 



It was moved by Sir D. Brewster, seconded by R. I. Murchison, 

 and carried unanimously, — " That a Committee be appointed to super- 

 intend the Exhibition of Mechanical Inventions at Newcastle, viz.. 

 Sir D. Brewster, ]Mr. Babbage, Professor Wheatstone, Professor 

 Willis, Professor Powell, — Professor Johnston to be the Secretary, with 

 power to add to their number." 



In accordance with this resolution the Secretary, after consulting 

 with Sir D. Brewster, Mr. Babbage, and Professor Wheatstone, drew 

 up the following circular, and transmitted it to the various manufac- 

 turing districts in Great Britain and Ireland : 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



NEfFCASTLE MEETING, 1838. 



EXHIBITION or SIODELS, PHILOSOPHICAI. INSTRUMKNTS, AND PKODUCTS 



OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY. 



It is a subject of regret to many that the facilities afforded by the 

 Meetings of the British Association for the Exhibitions of ^Models, &c. 

 have not hitherto been generally known or properly appreciated. The 

 general Committee of the Association appointed for this purpose, in 

 conjunction with the Local Committee in Newcastle, beg leave, there- 

 fore, to call your attention to the opportunity afforded by the meeting 

 together of the most eminent men of science, from all parts of the 

 kingdom, for making known the merits of inventions, the excellence of 

 instruments, and the value of the products of industry in general, and 

 to invite you to avail yourself of this opportunity. 



Philosophical instruments — models of inventions, of improvements in 

 machinery, of new ai)plications of the mechanical powers, of workings 

 in mines, &c. — products of national industry, new, rare, remarkable in 

 any respect, or exhibiting the progress of any department of the arts, or 



