PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
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AT THE FIFTEENTH QUARTERLY MEETING, HELD AT WAKEFIELD, 
ON THURSDAY, THE 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1841. 
On the motion of the Rev. Samuel Sharp, seconded by 
T. W. ToTTiE, Esq., 
Earl FiTZwiLLiAM, the President of the Society, was 
called to the Chair. 
The following gentlemen were elected Members of the 
Society : — 
William Peel, Esq., Fiickley Hall, Doncaster. 
Walter Sorby, Esq., Rotherwood, Rotherham. 
Richard Sorby, Esq., Rotherwood, Rotherham. 
John Freeman, Esq., Huddersfield. 
Thomas Firth, Jun., Esq., Huddersfield. 
Foster Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield. 
Rev. John George Morris, St. Austin's, Wakefield. 
Mr. Joseph Abbott, Normanton, Wakefield. 
His Lordship then called upon the Secretary to read the 
Report of the Council. 
Before doing this, Mr. Wilson read a communication from 
that eminent geologist, Dr. Buckland, regretting his inability 
to attend the meeting, as he had contemplated doing, owing 
to an engagement he had previously made with a scientific gen- 
tleman, Mr. Hopkins, to examine the evidence of the action of 
Glaciers on the mountains of Cumberland and Westmoreland. 
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