Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-21

ihe last reports o the proceedings OF this learned
body, IN which tho advancing step OF Physical
Knowledge IL seadier than any where else in Ed.
rope, have tome interest; and We will, therefore,
from the last French papers that have reached us,
translate parts Of tho abstract Of its proceedings
In the sitting Of the 2S,h September, Messr,.
Blot and Thenard-names amongst the most emf
nent IN Chemistry ami its npplie alton TO the Arts
presented memoirs on Sugar procured from several
vegetable substances, besides tho Cane and the
GEOGRAPHICALLY wh,a, Starch aud the Grape
Fsom these latter, it appears that good deal OF
Sugar 10 COW made in Francs. The details OF tho
researches into tho s,ceharne qualities OF the SC Sc
veral substances, We sha omit, as rather too chem
icsl.
Monsieur Ataso communicated q series of obsee
vaiions which establish what Ia Place had a good
while since attempted to prove by reasoning -tha,
The King of S,tura canno; be Of homo. mat
ter. nor The Planet preserve with regard to it n
cen;rical position: hut that there is a determinste
oscillation between Saturn and his singular Satsl
lite aud that he is far from occupying the centre of
the Ring.
The same eminent gentleman (sho is, /, will b.
recollect.d. Perpetual Secretary to the Sscie,y)
made them acquainted with the present condition OF
the Ariesisn Well Of senelle; into which ne nd
stronger tube, have been driven to supply the place
OF those which had gven way. The tube is now
carried nearly to the utmost height shove the SUI
face 10 which the stream will ascend. By this
means. lis flow Is retarded TO such degree as will
make il cease TO drive up the sand and EARTH which
have hitherto rendered the water turbid. The ex-
pertinent Of tho Well itself promises now, il seems
more that is curious to Science than useful to the
city i,se Ii will, any event, he guide to bet
ter conducted 3erimenis OF the same SORT to dc
,ermine the Internal Temperature of tho Earth.
Mons. Humboldt, (whose illus,rious mama still
hsures in the roll OF ,hoss who make up tina van.
guard OF Science) placed before the Society some
bricks OF very ligh, Earth; in which MIR Ehren-
borg has detected quantity of microscopic insects
in fossil state, and several kinds OF living ones-
This earth forms a part of the soil on which the
city Of Berlin stands.
Monsieur Bourgery read memoir in continua.
ton Of his important researches in SEPARATION, en-.
titled Report the anatomical structure AMI iunc.
tons Of the Human Lungs, in both sexes and a,
different Ages"
Monsieur DOrbisny gave, in a concluding me
NOR. the results which may be deduced from Men
si.ur Boussingau examination OF the Fossils Of
Colombia. lie says:
"Tho identity Of geological composition, and.
above all. tho presence Of species strictly analogous
in the soils OF Colombia and in that Of France ma
nifsst their formation to belong TO the same epoch
Indeed. this existence OF species common to both
might lead TO the supposiiion Of an ancient commu.
nieation between the neocomian seas of France, and
those Of America; which would make it necessary
10 admit that the Atlantic Ocean then existed as a
single basin, from Europe 10 America. But, at any
event, according to the laws which now govern the
distribution Of animal being, the temperature must
have been hoirly the same in the neoconian sea OF
Colombia and in those OF the basin of Paris in or
der that the same species should have existed in
both at once. Now, such an uniformity of temper
ature, as external cSuses could rot have produced
il, must have arisen from the higher temperature
Of the globe itself; and this must have been such
ss to Cffaec the difference produced by a lati
tude Of degrees and one of no."
These facts are certainly curious, and seem 10
warran, nearly such conclusions.