PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 



m t'^t m^t^u^xn^mQ of i^ovu^uvt, 



AT THE TWENTIETH QUARTERLY MEETING, HELD IN THE 

 ^ EXCHANGE ROOMS, BRADFORD, 

 ON WEDNESDAY, 14tH OF DECEMBER, 1842. 



On the motion of Henry Leah, Esq., seconded by 

 Henry Hartop, Esq., the Chair was taken by the Rev. 

 W. ScoRESBY, D.D., F.R.S., Member of the institute of 

 France. 



The Rev. Dr. Scoresby then rose and said, — in intro- 

 ducing to their consideration the objects of the meeting, a 

 very few words on the present occasion would serve for that 

 purpose from himself. It would be in the recollection of 

 most then present, that that was the second meeting in 

 Bradford of the Geological and Polytechnic Society of the 

 West- Riding of Yorkshire. It was, however, the twentieth 

 quarterly meeting which had been held by the members of 

 the Society, circulating in different large towns in the West- 

 Riding of Yorkshire, so that in turn it came there to hold 

 its meetings. It might just be necessary to explain to those 

 who might not be acquainted with the origin of the Society, 

 what its intention and objects were. With regard to this, 

 he might observe that the objects were summarily and com- 

 prehensively contained in the designation of the Society — 



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