Laws of the Society, 2 7 



tions, will deem it no injustice or disparagement that their 

 essays have not been inserted, through the imperfection of 

 necessary forms and regulations. They are preserved in 

 the archives of the Society, and may again come under 

 review, when subjects of a similar nature to those on which 

 they treat are offered for discussion.^ 



' No systematic order has been observed in the disposi- 

 tion of the miscellaneous materials which compose these 

 volumes ; because such an arrangement would have 

 required the completion of the work, before any part of it 

 could have been committed to the press. 



* The sanction which the Society gives to the work now 

 published under its auspices extends only to the novelty, 

 ingenuity, or importance of the several memoirs which it 

 contains. Responsibility concerning the truth of facts, the 

 soundness of reasoning, or the accuracy of calculation, is 

 wholly disclaimed ; and must rest alone on the knowledge, 

 judgment, or ability of the authors who have respectively 

 furnished such communications.' 



Laws and Regulations for the Government of the Literary 

 and Philosophical Society of Manchester y together with a 

 list of the Members. 



Laws. 



I. That the number of the members of this Society, in- 

 vested with the privilege of voting, electing members, &c., 

 be limited to fifty. 



II. That Honorary members, residing at a distance from 

 Manchester, be eligible into this Society, provided no 



' ' Several dissertations, by Dr. Percival, Mr. Henry, and others, enu- 

 merated in the printed report of the Society, were published by their respec- 

 tive authors, long before these Metnoirs were committed to the press.' 



