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OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
each other, and by furnishing sections of the strata, as 
they are laid open, in some parts naturally by rivers or the 
sea, and in others, presented artificially by quarries, wells, or 
mines. 
These, indeed, are minute details; but with such minutiae, 
great practical utility is immediately connected: from such 
minutiae, the knowledge of the Earth’s structure is to be 
deduced, and a Science hereafter to be raised, which may 
lead to conclusions as important, perhaps, as any of those 
which have been so happily derived from the other parts of 
Natural Philosophy. , 
A desire of mutually communicating information, and inter¬ 
changing specimens with this Institution, has been expressed 
by similar Establishments indifferent parts of the Country. 
Such a co-operation will greatly advance the general views 
of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and in particular 
contribute much to accomplish an accurate identification 
of the Strata, and the construction of a perfect map of the 
Geology of England. 
The Treasurer is anthorized to receive donations for 
the general purposes of the Society from Members, or other 
persons desirous of promoting its Objects. Presents of books 9 
specimens, or philosophical apparatus, will be received 
by the Secretaries, at the Society’s Rooms in York. 
