Scope and Contents In 1832 seven interested geologists and six affiliated societies, of which the Academy of Natural Sciences was one, banded together to form a society, the chief purpose of which was to promote the establishment of a State Geological Survey of Pennsylvania. Most of the geologists were members of the Academy of Natural Sciences and Richard Harlan acted as curator, member of the committee to prepare a statement for the State legislature, and later became the corresponding secretary. The...