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OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 
One of these objects is. to facilitate the mutual communica¬ 
tion of philosophical opinions and facts, by holding General 
Meetings, at which papers may be read, and oral information 
received. 
Another object is, to establish a Scientific Library, 
by means of which, persons of various pursuits in different 
parts of the County, may be enabled to consult Books, on the 
subjects of their respective studies, which it might not be 
convenient for them, individually, to purchase; and, for that 
purpose, a Collection will by degrees be made, of the Trans- 
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actions of Philosophical Societies, Journals of Science, and 
Works on Arts, Antiquities, and Natural History, especially 
those parts of it which relate to Mineralogy and Geology. 
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The more particular object of the Society is, to elucidate the 
Geology of Yorkshire. There are few Counties in England 
which are traversed by so great a variety of Strata as this, few 
of which the Strata contain so many Fossils interesting to the 
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Geologist, or so many Minerals important to the Arts, and 
few of which the geological relations are so imperfectly and 
doubtfully determined. Towards the illustration of this sub¬ 
ject, the Society hope that much may be done, by the conv 
bined observation of many individuals in their respective 
neighbourhoods, and by a contribution of Specimens from 
every part of Yorkshire to a Central Museum. 
But though the illustration of Geology is the principal 
design of the Society’s Museum, it is intended to embrace 
