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John Rand, Esq. moved the following resolution : — That 

 the thanks of the Society be given to Godfrey W. Went- 

 worth, Esq., for his donation of fossils ; to Henry Briggs, 

 Esq., for his donation of fossils and granite boulders from 

 the valley of the Calder, near Horljury ; to Mr. William 

 Lee, of Sheffield, for his donations of three slabs of flagstone, 

 with impressions of fossil footmarks ; to Henry Belcher, 

 Esq., of Whitby, for a valuable collection of fossils from the 

 lias and oolite ; and to Mr. Leyland, for fossils from Stoodley 

 Pike, near Halifax. 



The Rev. W. Turner seconded the vote, and in doing 

 so he might perhaps claim the privilege of a stranger, in 

 suggesting to the gentlemen of Bradford and its vicinity, that 

 the Museum of the Society was remarkably deficient in 

 specimens connected with this particular locality. He thought 

 it highly probable that many of the gentlemen then present, 

 and others, who he hoped would favour them with their 

 attendance before the close of the meeting, had an oppor- 

 tunity of supplying this deficiency. He thought this a most 

 important locality. The motion was then put and carried. 



The Rev. Chairman then rose and said, that, diff'erent 

 from the order announced on the card and circular which 

 had been handed to them, he had been requested to give his 

 communication in the first instance, which course he should 

 adopt. He then commenced the delivery of his communica- 

 tion, which was not written, but spoken extempore. He said 

 the subject announced as his communication was — 



AN explanation, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, OF A PRACTICAL 

 METHOD OF DETERMINING THE QUALITIES OF IRON 

 AND STEEL, AND THE DEGREES OF HARDNESS OF THE 

 LATTER. 



This subject would, he trusted, be felt to be of some 

 practical benefit, when considered in connection with the very 



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