6 A HISTORY OF 



and useful arts of the country. To them was due the 

 foundation of the Dublin Society. 



Though the Society soon began to assemble in a 

 committee room of the Parliament House, its first 

 meeting was held in the rooms of the Philosophical 

 Society in Trinity College on the 25th of June 1731, 

 and the following is a transcript of the minutes of 

 that date : 



Dublin ', 2$thjune, 1731 

 Present 



Judge Ward. Dr. Stephens. 



Sir Th. Molyneux. Dr. Magnaten. 



Th. Upton, Esq. Dr. [John] Madden. 



John Pratt, Esq. Dr. Lehunte. 



Rich. Warburton, Esq. Mr. Walton. 



Rev. Dr. Whitecomb. Mr. Prior. 



Arthur Dobs, Esq. W. Maple. 



Several gentlemen having agreed to meet in the 

 Philosophical Rooms in Trin. Col., Dub., in order to 

 promote Improvements of all kinds, and Dr. Stephens 

 being desired, took the Chair. 



It was proposed and unanimously agreed unto, 

 to form a Society, by the name of the Dublin Society, 

 for improving Husbandry, Manufactures, and other 

 useful arts. 



It was proposed and resolved, that all the present, 

 and all such who should become members of the 

 Society, shall subscribe their names to a Paper, con- 

 taining their agreement to form a Society for the 

 purposes aforesaid. 



Ordered that a Committee ot all the members 

 present do meet next Thursd., in the Philosophical 

 Rooms in Trin. Col., Dub., to consider of a Plan 

 or Rules for the Government of the Society, any 

 three thereof to be a Quorum, and that notice be sent 



