Ima^ify darkened into creations of terrot in the Mythology of 

 ScaiidiDavia. A few remarks were made on the difTerent creation* 

 of the Imagination &c., and on the different influence of sci- 

 enccand fictinci on mankind. 



January 22 — Ml. Wilkinson delivered the third of a Series of 

 Lectures on Ihe History of England. This Lecture was devoted 

 to the consideration of ihe state of Jurisprudenre, and to the 

 deduction of the various revolutions of Learning in this and the 

 several other Countries of Europe, in the Anglo-Saxon period of 

 our History. 



January 2^. — Mr. W. H. Weekes delivered a Lecture on 

 Phosphorus and its Combinations. After giving a brief history 

 of the origin and discovery of Phosphorus, the subject was 

 treated under four principal divisions. The characteristic pro* 

 pcrties of this singular substance Phosphoric Light — applica- 

 tion of Phosphorus to chemical research — and lastly, its combi» 

 nations, and unions with other bodies. The readiness with which 

 this preparation enters into rapid and intense combustion, under 

 the action of various Agents, Electric, Galvanic, — from Chemi- 

 cal affinity, &c. &c. was extensively exemplified by a series of ex- 

 peri mcnts, performed by simple apparatus. The analysis of 

 Atmospheric Air by Ihe agency of Phosphorus, excited to spon- 

 taneous combustion within a small portable instrument con- 

 structed for thst purpose, was effected in a few seconds, and the 

 production of Phosphoric Acid in a great variety of cases was 

 clearly defined. Li Mr. W.'s illustrations of Phosphoric Light, 

 an original experiment exhibiting the rapidly increasing 

 brilliancy of a preparation of Phosphorus under an ex- 

 hausted receiver, and its instantaneous disappearance on the 

 readmission of atmospheric air, was introduced. An examina- 

 tion of the remains of Phosphorus with Chlorine, by means of a 

 portable Gasometer, calculated to evade the uncertainty and 

 obscurity of the modes in general use, shewing the spontaneous 

 ignition of this and other combustible bodies, concluded Mr. W.'s 

 first of two Lectures on this subject. 



February 5. — Mr. Phillips delivered a Lecture on Astronomy, 

 in which he e.xplained the figure and nearly spherical form of the 

 Earth, — its diameter, diurnal and annual motions, — the causes of 

 Day and Night, — the beautiful phenomena of the Changes of the 

 Seasons, — the method by which the vast distance of the Hea- 

 venly Bodies is ascertained, — the Earth's attractive power, — her 

 path in the ecliptic, — the opposition of Centripetal and Centri- 

 fugal forces, — Latitude and Longitude, — the equation of lime,— • 

 the difference of mean and apparent lime, — and illustrated th9 

 subject by Globes, Planetarium and Diagrams. 



February 12. — Mr. Read delivered his Third Lecture on 

 Architecture, in which he gave a full description of Ihe lonie 

 Order, its variations from the Doric, the buildings and situations 

 for which it is proper — the changes its capital has undergone 

 amongst the moderns — with some general observations on the 

 Corinthian and Composite Orders. A brief Essay on Beauty, 

 abstractedly considered and as applied to Architecture, followed; 

 and a description of the Ancient Aiiucducts concluded the 

 Lecture. 



