7 6 Literary and Philosophical Society. 



The second meeting was on March 21, 1781. 



Present James Massey, Esq., Dr. Percival, Dr. Eason, Dr. 

 Bell, Mr. Edmund Hall, Mr. Richard Hall, Mr. Foxley, Mr. 

 Reid, Mr. Oldham, Mr. Thomas, Mr. William White, Capt 

 Robertson, Mr. John Massey, Mr. Uniach, Mr. Henry. 



This list is given in order to show those who took the 

 first active interest. Mr. James and Mr. John Massey are 

 both here ; they were among the most public-spirited of 

 the population, as is shown by their benevolence and their 

 munificence. 



The two meetings mentioned were attended by men 

 who were not afterwards proposed as candidates, and must 

 be considered originators, although not attending the first 

 meeting ; also by Mr. Uniach, who does not seem to have 

 become a member. They belong however to the ori- 

 ginators, and he who brought them together it is believed 

 was Dr. Percival, although he was not in an active condi- 

 tion at the time, and did not attend the first seven meet- 

 ings, and was not first President. 



On May 2, 1781, Dr. Percival and the Rev. Thomas 

 Barnes, Thomas Butterworth Bayley, Esq., and Dr. Eason 

 were elected Vice-Presidents. 



DR. BELL ON ANIMAL HEAT. 



The first paper published by the Society was read on 

 May 1 6, 1781, by George Bell, M.D., and was simply called 

 ' Some Remarks on the Opinion that the Animal Body 

 possesses the Power of Generating Cold.' We are informed 

 in the 65th vol. of the ' Philosophical Transactions, Royal 

 Society,' that Dr. Fordyce and other gentlemen went into 



