Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-31
CuICK IN TIE EGG.

The hen has scarcely sat OF the egg twelve
hours, when we begin already to discover IN 1t
so,ne hneamerts OF the head and body ut the
chicken that is to be born. The heart appears to
bea, a, the end of the day; at the end "I forty.
EIGHT hours two vesicles Of blood can be dlstin-
puished. the pulsation Ut which Is very visible
At the hltie,h hour an aurcle Of the heart appears
and resembles a lace, or moose folded down up
on itself. At the end Of seventy hours We dis.
tinruish wings, and on the head two bubbles Tor
the brain; one for the BILL and two Others Tor the
fore mart and hind part of the head: the liver
appears towards the NTH day. At the end "l
Is hours the first voluntary motion is observed.
At the end of l59 hours, the lungs and stomach
become vlslble:-at the end Ol l42. the intestnes,
the loins, aud the upper jaw. The seventh day,
the braia, which was sii1y, begins tn have some
consistence. At the l90th hour of incubation,
the bill opens, and the flesh appears IN the breast;
at the l04th, the sternum Is seen. that is to say,
the breast. bone. At the 2l0.h. the ribs come out
of the back, the bill is very visible, as well as
the Gall bladder. The bill becomes green at the
end of 2S6 hours; and if the chick is taken out
of its coverings. it evidently moves itself. The
feathers begin to shoot ont towards the 240h hour,
and the skull becomes srisly. At the Goth the
eyes appear. At the 28Sth, the ribs are perfect.
At the SSlst, the SPLEEN draws near to the sto-
maco. and the lungs to the chest. At the end
of SIS hours, the bill frequently OPT rs and shuts;
and at the end OF 45l hours, or the 18Th day,
the 6rst cry of the chick is already heard:-it al
forwards gets more strength, and grows contInu-
aIy. till at last it sets itself at liberty BY Open
mo the prison in which 1t was shut up. Adcra-
BILE wisdom of God! it IS by so many different
degrees that these creatures are brought into lfe
All these progressions ATE made BY rule. anu
there il not one Of them without sufficient rea
son. No part of its body could appear sooner
or later, without the whole embryo suffering, and
each Of its limbs appear at the most proper mo.
ment. This ordination, so wise, and 50 invaria.
| BILE in the production Of the animal, Is manifest.
| ly the work Of Supreme Being.
! The .4ur0rS.-Our citizens are curious IN
their inquiries abhut the cause Of the beautiful
Auror:e, of last Endy evening. The cause OF
the Aurora has been differently accounted for
| in different periods. Electricity is general.
| ~ acknowledged to be the cause oi all such phe
nomena How did electricity produce that
beautiful, and almost tranquil, archf Fof thir-
| ty Blk hours there has been asoutheIn wind blow
mo AT right epgles to the arched Aurora. Should
> we suppose that this current OF wind from the
sou tn ascended only to certain height in the at
! mosphere, aad, that, above It, but interfering
with its uppsr region, there was stratum which
had rot come from the south; and that at the time
the bow appeared, the two states OF air were,
for little, balancing each other. IN certain
mart of the heavens, the effect would be the phe-
nomenon perceived. The electricity would de-
sceud from the higher aud colder air into the
warm air, because Of the superior moisture found
below.-Thus the TRANSMISSION Tor the electri'