CONTRIBUTIONS 



OF THE 



MACLUEIAN LYCEUM 



TO THE 



ARTS AND SCIENCES. 



Vol. I. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1827. No. 1. 



In consequence of an increasing taste for scientific pur- 

 suits, it was thought advisable to form another institution 

 in this city, which should afford additional facilities for the 

 acquisition of knowledge. With this view, a society was 

 established in May, 1S26, and in commemoration of the in- 

 valuable aid afforded by William Maclure, Esq. to the cul- 

 tivation of the Sciences in our country, we were induced to 

 adopt, entirely unknown to him, the name of the Maclurian 

 Lyceum. 



It was designed to include within its range all the Natu- 

 ral and Physical Sciences, together with those Arts most 

 intimately connected with them: to institute regular courses 

 of lectures, to publish a journal, and by holding frequent 

 meetings facilitate the interchange of scientific information. 

 As indispensable auxiliaries, a library, museum, and philo- 

 sophical apparatus were commenced, to which valuable ad- 

 ditions have already been made. 



Vol. I. 1 



