of the application of scientific principles to their improvement — illus- 

 trations of the rise of new arts from new discoveries in science — re- 

 markable natural and artificial productions, especially such as are likely 

 to be of use in the arts — interesting geological sections, &c., are among 

 the objects it is desirable to exhibit. An accurate description, pointing 

 out especially what is considered new or remarkable in it, should ac- 

 company each specimen. Convenient rooms are provided for their re- 

 ception, and, if the owners are not themselves present at the meeting, 

 the articles will be returned as may be directed. 



Packages mxist be addressed (carriage paid) to the local Secretaries, 

 or to the assistant general Secretary of the British Association, at the 

 Rooms of the Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle, and 

 should arrive on or before Friday the 10th August, of the present year. 



JAMES F. W. JOHNSTON, Secretary. 

 Newcastle, July 1, 1838. 



PLAN OF THE EXHIBITION. 



THE EXHIBITION WILL CONSIST OF TWO PARTS. 



I. — Specimens connected with the Arts and the Developemenf of 

 National Industry. 



A. Local. — Articles manufactured in the district, showing the nature 



of the products of local industry — the present state of the manu- 

 factures — Specimens illustrating the improvement or progress 

 of the several branches. 



B. General. — Products of industry from all parts of the kingdom — 



Specimens illustrating the different steps from the raw material 

 to the finished article. 

 Raw materials of a less common kind, which are or may be applied 

 to useful purposes in the arts — which are used or abundantly pro- 

 duced, or may be so, either at home or abroad, and are susceptible 

 of beneficial application to Industrial purposes. 



II. — Mechanical and Philosophical. 

 A. — aiodels of Machines, or parts of Machines— - old, new, or im- 

 proved ; or illustrating the gradual progress of invention. 

 I^Iodels of workings in mines. 



