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General Meeting, November 27th, 1877. 
Dr. R. Angus Smith, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Wilfred Becker, B.A., of Withington Boad, Whalley 
Range, and Mr. Samuel Moore, of Bamford, Derbyshire, were 
elected Ordinary Members of the Society. 
Ordinary Meeting, November 27tli, 1877. 
Dr. R. Angus Smith, F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. G. S. Woolley presented to the Society a photo- 
graphic portrait of Dr. Dalton, enlarged from a Daguerreo- 
type taken by the late Mr. John Parry about the year 1841; 
and also a ’photograph of the first prospectus of Dalton’s 
School. 
On the motion of Mr. Bailey, seconded by the Rev. Wm. 
Gaskell, the thanks of the Society were unanimously 
voted to Mr. Woolley for his valuable donations. 
“On the Origin of some Ores of Copper” (Part I.), by 
Charles A. Burghardt, Ph.D., The Owens College. 
To endeavour to trace the various ores of copper to one 
fundamental source, and to study the relationships probably 
existing between the copper compound and its accompany- 
ing minerals, has appeared to me a subject of great interest, 
in fact, one which has engaged my attention for some time. 
The commonest occurring ore of copper is undoubtedly 
Proceedings. — Lit. & Phil. Soc, — Yol. XYII. — No. 3. — Session 1877-8. 
