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the discoveries of Torricelli and the succeeding race of Poeumatie , 

 Experimentalitt*. A series of experiinents were then entered 

 into to prove the weight, pressure, expansion, &r. of Air. 



Ma^ 20.— Mr. Miirlin delivert-d a lecUire on the Philo»ophy 

 of the Hiimaa Mind. This Lecture contained a retrospect of 

 the preceding Lectures on the same subjecl, interspersed with 

 some remarks on consciousness and pergonal identity, and many 

 moral reflections intended lo convey sublime ideas of the Great 

 Author of Nature. 



May 27. — Mr. John Friend gave the concluding one of hit 

 Course of Lectuies on Ornithology. The attention of the mem> 

 bers was chiefly directed to the several Genera of Birds comprised 

 in the Linnaean Order ^nseres. The distinguishing marks of 

 each Genus of the Order were remarked upon, and the peculiari- 

 ties of many of (he species pointed out In conclusion, Mr. F. 

 took a review of the whole course, recapitulating the principal 

 features of his subject, and dwelling on the various habits and 

 characteristics of the whole feathered race. 



June 3. — Mr. Read delivered a Lecture on Architecture. 

 The several kinds of Bridges were described, and the means stated 

 by which Man has been enabled to wield the mechanic tool sur- 

 rounded by the waters of the deeiK* The most eligible sitnatioq 

 for their erection, and the means best adapted to prevent tbeac-< 

 cidentsto which they are exposed, were pointed out. The prin- 

 ciple of Arches were briefly investigated, and the application of 

 cast iron to the formation of Bridges was illustrated by largq 

 plans of those flrst erected in England. Many modern Bridge^ 

 were briefly described 



June 10 — Mr. Masters delivered a Lecture on the English Poets 

 from Milton to Pope — In this Lecture many justly celebrated 

 liames were mlroduced. — Butler afforded many extracts from his 

 ijnost original poem — Hudibras. (Sir J. Suckling produced som^ 

 very pleasing quotations — Then followed Andrew Marvel, 

 Clieveland, Carew, Davenant, Vaughara, Cowley, and Dryden, 

 from whose almost neglected Plays some splendid poetic passages 

 were delivered. The causes that gave rise to Comedy were ex- 

 patiated on, and a comparison between Tragedy and Comedy 

 entertained. 



Jutie 11 — Mr. W. H. Weekes delivered a Lecture on Carbon, 

 in the gaseous and solid forms, — discoveries in science and in- 

 vention in apparatus were furnished. The roost important dis- 

 coveries were, the result of a series of novel experiments on tb» 

 gaseous and other products of numerous woods, by distillation, 

 of which printed !>ynopses from the Lecturer's private press, 

 were distributed ; the presence of Chalcium in animal Charcoal, 

 and the expansibility of wood /on^iViM^ina//^ by heat. A newly 

 invented Eudiometer was introduced, in which the imperfecliouB 

 of the apparatus of this kind now in use, are entirely remedied,— 

 and results may be obtained to a mathematical correctness. 



Jfin« 24, — Mr. W. Brent delivered a second Lecture on the 

 History of Music. — lie described the state and progress of the 

 Art from the 14th Century, in (hecoiintries of Italy, Germany, 

 England, Fraacc, and the Netherlands.— lie .sppkq iu (prnii of 



