# Transactions of the Geological Society, 1st series, vol. 3

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TRANSACTIONS
OF THE
GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY,
ESTABLISHED NOVEMBER 13, 1807.
VOLUME THE THIRD.
Novum Organum, Præfatio.
LONDON:
PRINTED AND SOLD FOR THE SOCIETY BY WILLIAMS PHILIPS, GEORGE YARD, LOMBARD STREET.
1816.
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ELECTED FEBRUARY 2, 1816.
PRESIDENT :
| JOHN MAC CULLOCH, M.D. F.L.S. ||
| VICE-PRESIDENTS, ||
| The Right Hon. Earl COMPTON, M.P. | HENRY WARBURTON, Esq. F.R.S. |
| The Hon. HENRY GREY BENNET M.P., F.R.S. | WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, M.D. F.R.L. |
| SECRETARIES, ||
| ARTHUR AIKIN, EsqD. | CHARLES STOKES, Esq. F.A, & L.S. |
| FOREIGN SECRETARY, ||
| AGUSTUS BOZZI GRANVILLE, M.D. F.L.S. ||
| TREASURERS, ||
| DANIEL MOORE, Esq. F.R. & A.S. | JOHN TAYLOR, Esq. |
| COUNCIL, ||
| WILLIAM BLAKE, Esq. F.R.S. | HENRY HOLLAND, M.D. F.R.S |
| THOMAS COLBY, Esq. Captain of the Royak Engineers. | The Marquis of LANDSOWNE, F.R.S |
| Sir HENRY CHARLES ENGLEFIELD, Bart, F.R.A. L.R.S ed. & A.S. Newc. M.R. Inst. | ALEXANDER MARCET, M.D. F.R.S. |
| GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq, F.R. & L.S. | The righ Hon. Sir JOHN NICHOLL, M.P. F.R.S. |
| | WILLIAM HALDELINE PEPYS, Esq. F.R.S. |
| THOMAS HARRISON, Esq, F.R.S. soc. Roy. & Afr. Inst. | SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq. F.R.S. |
| | JOHN WHISHAW, Esq. F.R.S. |
| KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM AND DRAUGHTSMAN ||
| Mr. THOMAS WEBSTER ||
TRUSTEES OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
* GEORGE BELLAS GREENOUGH, Esq. M.P.
* Sir ABRAHAM HUME, Bart. M.P.
* FRANCIS HORNER, Esq. M.P.
* WILLIAM BABINGTON, M.D.
* ROBERT FERGUSON, Esq.
* DAVID RICARDO, Esq.
* SAMUEL WOODS, Esq.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Editors of the Transactions of the Geological Society are directed to make it known to the Public, that the Authors alone are responsible for the facts and opinions contained in their respective papers.
    Geological Society,
       August 1, 1816.
It is requested that all letters and communications to the Secretaries, and presents to the Society, be addressed to the House of the Geological Society, No. 20, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London.
ERRATA,
| 11, | Line | 19, | for | where | read | were |
| 32, | | 20, | | chist | | schist |
| 49, | | 16, | | interferes | | intervenes |
| 56, | | 10, | | Eishort | | Loch Eishort |
| 74, | | 1, | | external | | eternal |
| 90, | | 17, | | ichthyopthalmite | | ichthyophthalmite |
| 137, | after | 23, | | 2257 | insert | feet |
| 141, | | 21, | for | Cushendum | read | Cushendon |
| 164, | | 20, | | applied | | supplied |
| 197, | | 5, | from the bottom | from the bottom | dele | being flat |
| 238, | | 13, | for | mytuli | read | mytili |
| 311, | | note | | Plate I | | Plate 13 |
* Contents
* Sketch of the Mineralogy of Sky
* On the Oxyd of Uranium
* On the Geological Features of the North-eastern Counties of Ireland
* On the Dykes of the North of Ireland
* On the Geology of Barbadoes
* On the Geology of Cambridgeshire
* On a Bed of Trap in Birch-hill Colliery
* On the Geology of Glen Tilt
* On the Geology of the South-Western part of Somerstshire
* On a Clinometer
* On the Wolds of Lincolnshire
* On the Tremolite of Cornwall
* On the Salt Mines of Cardona
* Description of a new Ore of Tellurium
* On the Corundum of Gellivara
* List of Donations
* Index
* Plates and Maps