3 - € i ic: dii T ic T f ji iin ions. ; ae D 6s : ofophical à q ! 3) and ex ; 
ments ; aftronomical, mete b ad geogaphial b. 
5s and 
A> PniLosoPuicALn DISCOURSE, 3 
Hence :too, ie, fucietica sofia fimilar-nature, which begin.to, 
adorm America s: y. the. Philofophical Society at Phila- 
dolphins whee Sette o ingeniouily, executed, are received 
by us 25:2. pledge for {till nobler, productions. . -At is hoped they, 
will excite in; this new-formed fociety, a generous. ardour, .and 
nulation:,iniithe fame laudable puríuits 5. and. that,,,as,optic 
glas, by colledting the folar rays, do afit and drcngrhen the 
corporeal fight,..fo the two: focieties, by concentering in a pro~ 
per :-fogus. the. feattered rays ‘of {cience,. may aid and invigorate: 
the intellectual : benefiting by their productions, notvonly the 
communities in which they are, o refpedtively. inftituted, | but 
EN Ld LJ Tw - 
dnas andutbeakpridi d n;general.:.both together .refembling 
o) PULL OLIVE A CIS ug 
XI; ;hofe | ER adifhune. D adi cad. alcn. dietis 
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in Mess ad of f the legiflature for i its. MTS TUE na 
promote and encourage the knowledge of the antiquities .of 
America, and of the natural hiftory: of tbe. PERI ji and torde» 
nine der pix to which jt 
jeu improvements in: I arts, mar 
> DR mme ET which the fons of 
rc are invited to. cultivate and. improv : a field of the 
