SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS 
TO THE 
GENERAL MEETINGS. 
January, 1833.—On the Series of Strata in Yorkshire, (a general 
section, drawn to scale and coloured, was exhibited to the Meeting,) 
by John Phillips, F.G.S. 
February. —Summaries of Meteorological Observations for the 
year 1832; at Brandsby, by Francis Cholmeley, Esq., at Huggate, by 
the Rev. T. Rankin, at Ackworth, by Robert Whitaker. 
MARCH.—General View of the results of twelve months' observa¬ 
tions on the quantities of rain which fall upon the top of York Minster^ 
upon the top of the Yorkshire Museum, and on the ground adjacent* 
by John Phillips, F.G.S. (The observations made by Mr. Wm. 
Gray, jun. and John Phillips, F.G.S.) 
April.— -On a new construction of the Electrophorus of Volta, by 
John Phillips, F.G.S. 
On the Roman Sepulchre, recently discovered near Dringhouses, 
by thqRev. C. Wellbeloved. 
May.— On the Geology of Wensleydale, by John Phillips, F.G.S. 
July. —Notice of the Inscription to Serapis, and other antiquarian 
curiosities, lately discovered in the Mint Yard, by the Rev. C. 
Wellbeloved. 
November.™ Notice of observations on the Aurora Borealis of the 
17th of Sept, and the 12th of Oct., by John Phillips, F.G.S. 
Notice concerning the Institution of Experiments at Low Moor 
and Elsecar, Yorkshire, on the effects of long-continued high tempera¬ 
ture, in changing the chemical and molecular constitution of rocks, 
minerals, &c., by the Rev. W. V. Harcourt, F.R.S. 
December.™ On the mechanical advantages for movement result¬ 
ing to birds from the construction of their respiratory apparatus, by 
Thomas Allis. 
January, 1834.™Account of Measurements to determine the rate 
of waste of the coast of Yorkshire, from Bridlington to Spurn Point, by 
the Rev. T Hatfield. 
