TO THE 
king, 
I * S ' 
THESE VOLUMES ARE HUMBLY INSCRIBED 
•S’* 
V 
BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY 
OF MANCHESTER, 
WITH THE 
I 
PROFOUNDEST RESPECT AND LOYYLTYs 
AND WITH PECULIAR GRATITUDE 
fOR HIS GRACIOUS PATRONAGE OF THE 
FIRST FRUITS OF THEIR 
INSTITUTION. 
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