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CONTRIBUTIONS 
OP THE 
MACLURIAN L7CEUM 
TO TH?E 
> ARTS AND SCIENCES.. 
Vol. I. PHILADELPHIA, JANUARY, 1827. No. I. 
In consequence of an increasing taste for scientific pur- 
suits, it was thought advisable to form another institution 
in this city, which should afford additional facilities for the 
acquisition of knowledge. With this view, a society was 
established in May, 1826, and in commemoration of the in- 
valuable aid afforded by William Maclure, Esq. to the cul- 
tivation of the Sciences in our country, we were induced to 
adopt, entirely unknown to him, the name of the Maclurian 
Lyceum. 
It was designed to include within its range all the Natu- 
ral and Physical Sciences, together with those Arts most 
intimately connected with them: to institute regular courses 
of lectures, to publish a journal, and by holding frequent 
meetings facilitate the interchange of scientific information. 
As indispensable auxiliaries, a library, museum, and philo- 
sophical apparatus were commenced, to which valuable ad- 
ditions have already been made. 
Vol. L 1 
