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sident, in the chair. Mr. E. W. Binney, one of the honorary 

 secretaries read a letter which he had received from Lord F. 

 Egerton, in which his Lordship stated that, if the members 

 wished to visit the tunnel, he would be happy to provide 

 them with a boat for the purpose. 



The chairman then called on Mr. F. Looney to give the 

 outline of the lecture he had promised, upon which the 

 latter gentleman proceeded to explain that his attention had 

 been directed to the subject of safety lamps, by finding, 

 from considerable intercourse with colliers, that the most 

 deplorable ignorance prevailed among them, as to the use of 

 the safety lamp. He was persuaded, he said, that most of 

 the dreadful accidents which so frequently occurred in coal- 

 pits, were owing to the ignorance of colliers on this head ; 

 and he thought a few simple lectures, on the properties of 

 hydrogen and oxygen, the nature of the safety lamp, and 

 the necessity which always existed for having their lamps 

 in good order, might be of much use in preventing those 

 accidents. 



A d{^sultory conversation followed, in the course of which 

 Mr. Looney stated, that he intended to commence his lec- 

 tures on Friday or Monday se'enight. The first lecture 

 would be delivered at Flowery Field ; his next at Dukinfield, 

 then Oldham, Ashton Road, Ringley, Chfton and Worsley. 



A vote of thanks having been given to Mr. Looney, the 

 meeting terminated. 



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Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society, VoL I. 

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