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JUBILEE MEETING. — PROFESSOR JUDD. 
thrown into a pool, which causes wider and ever widening circles to 
extend outwards as far as we can see, so it has been with some small 
and seemingly insignificant events. In the year 182-4, Dr. ^latthew 
Allen, of York, visited Kirkby Londsdale, and met Wm. Smith. 
After that interview an invitation was sent from York for Smith to 
go and lecture before the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. And as 
Phillips well said, this was a crisis in the history both of Smith and 
of Phillips himself, but it wai also a crisis in the history of science, not 
only of Yorkshire, but all over the world. Smith had delivered his lec- 
tures, and was invited the same year to lecture at Scarbro.' It was soon 
found that Smith was the thinker and Phillips the lecturer. Phillips 
during his lecturing tours made himself thoroughly acquainted with the 
geology of all the different districts of Yorkshire, and the result was 
the publication, in two volumes, of " The Geology of Yorkshire," — 
the one in 1829 and the other in 1834. But vast and important as 
was the work done by John Phillips in Yorkshire, we must not stop 
here. The first idea of the British Association was undoubtedly due 
to Brewster ; but it is no less true that the working out of the idea 
to a practical issue was to a great extent dependent upon the persuasive 
eloquence and winning manners which always characterised John 
Phillips. Thus we may trace all the work that has been done by 
that great Association to a seemingly insignificant event which took 
place in 1824, when Smith was invited to come from Kirby Lonsdale 
to Yorkshire. 
I think the influence of the British Association can be traced in 
turn upon this society. By its itinerant character the Yorkshire 
Geological Society seeks to do for Yorkshire that which has been 
done for the whole of England by the British Association. After the 
very clear and eloquent address which we have heard from our 
President to day, I will not attempt to follow the history of this 
society or trace the important work it has done ; but I may point to 
the results which have been obtained in the way of fonning scientific 
associations all over the country since the foundation of the society 
in 1837. There are now more than 60 such scientific societies. Some 
are geological societies and associations ; others are naturalist 
societies ; others microscopical ; others field clubs ; and others are 
societies for the promotion of the interests of various classes of pro- 
