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The Rev. W. Turner inquired whether any observations 
had been made as to the temperature of the spring, so as to 
say whether it was above the natural temperature of the 
district, or not ? 
Dr. Alexander believed that no experiment of the kind 
had been made. For his own part, he was inclined to 
think that the water derived its temperature from the strata, 
rather than from the atmosphere, its uniformity was so striking. 
The Rev. W. Thorp observed, that from observations 
which had been made by Professor Phillips, he believed it 
did not follow that similar strata always produced similar 
water. 
ON THE MUSEUM OF THE SOCIETY, AND ON THE VARIOUS 
OBJECTS WHICH IT IS DESIRARLE THAT IT SHOULD 
CONTAIN. BY T. W. EMBLETON, ESQ., MIDDLETON. 
The establishment of a Museum in connection with the 
Society was suggested by the Earl Fitzwilliam, at an early 
period of the Society's existence, and its extension has at all 
times occupied the serious attention of the Council. The 
object of its establishment was to obtain a " complete and 
classified collection of the Fossils of the Coal Field, arranged 
according to the strata in which they were found, and of 
other Minerals, which would serve to throw light on the 
Geology of the district." In part, this object has been carried 
out. Apartments have been engaged by the Council at 
Wakefield, in which to place and arrange such specimens as 
may be presented to the Society, but they are ill adapted to 
the purpose ; however, it is to be hoped that the members, 
the public generally, and the gentlemen of the county in 
particular, whose interest is so intimately and inseparably 
