New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-05-05
CoNYENT!oX OF
AMERICAN BIOLOGISTS AND NlTUR4usTs.
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feet. 0ne gentleman SAID they could not reseln-
bic human feet as they had notices twas propos-
ed to MAKE th- minutes read thus tracks !escm-
bling human fee; without toes or " with the Toes
frozfn oil Young Nr SL.imsn said vas no
toe-rious fact
Prof Htnlc5cl; said i was the rule OF the British
Association read merely une Of their papers, and
;he details but resent ali those new and striking
features 2: they wish call PARTICULAR attention to- lie
wished me same course 10 b. Observed here merely
noTsi- be lcavDr ;he details 10 published aIef
wards and also the oral remarks members the-r
papers should be brief until al the payers were read; A.
the number OF papers would he rcFy large
The President approved OF iEis, and put Il 10 The
Of the member. who hah papers 70 read TO coz
dense heir remarks
OF couseatiel the New Red Sandstone of Nd-ctowt
and Chatham. lie had long evidences OF solar heat
exhibited in the red sani:onesy he cracks showing the
baking process The temperature u he earth at that
tine ard had iooked long Line iJr eydenc"s Of cold
0. freezing HI had ~; found evidences OF rla--eS
and rnarnbs, some or 6ncheS ard NOR or III sieS
and hcs a9rdng very nierestrgeyfencs OF tie yarcu,
Of temperature a. lie .e those BIRDS lived WALKED
over ;he earth AZ the Iue made that
alluded YESTERDAY; ;b.s fine old meteorological re-
cord OF the weather ia tllU-e days. (u- much more
Glen; and interesting than the records OF ancient Egypt
thus eoyped the spot. and sealed up. to be
opened and exhibited 10 Us thousands Of ages afterwards s
true record OF that part OF the ears history lie han
difficulty regard the large SIZE OF the rhomos ahd
ianges he hund IN the sandstone; bat after much
nat!on he found lsil, alter frost specimens Of sinar
iaugcs and rhouhs formed by the capitalization 81 he
ou'ng the night; some Of the tra giles were l.
inches IN length OF the rEombS were - inches Ion:
and what wasremakhe these crystals OF ice had pressed
upon the thin OF mud beneath aud Ide udenta,Ion
silnr precisely 10 the e'dences Of conetilunn he had
found II, the red sandstone. and while making MS c5scrvs
lions animals came along and actually walked over the
ice pressing 1t henud benssh-breakrg through
ard making racks IN The mud precisely similar u maincr,
&c 20 III. evidences or bird tracks found Prof Hitch.
Il, fl4a f,f
uch beautiful perfection Dr. Barrett also said that he
had ei examined The sandstone used the new Ii
brary ba!lGug o. Yale College ana be show IN the
cracks thereof evidences Of c sni1 heat h1t produced
hem some Of these had been part ally fef NJ oy sand
and mad lie could also show rain drops oil old wori
Ia t.is sgnasonc-aso the ripple marks OF and
triangular chrys,a of sandstone He could show where
there were marks Of the strong waves and weak wave
showing yer, clearly that in ma; terribly old word water
,utiec 10 the same laws ;hut 1t l. now That q
satisiactaTv,-HC9
Mr.. SRiman. Jr. said he thought tn appearance.
sp ken obv Dr. Barrett attributable 10 the rho1boil
hcir CT fen witnessed in the red sandstone,
which had frequently been REGARDED species OF SEMI
cry stazlton ,e else than The jlicd sruciurc peca
eUliar 10 the new rcd sandstone
Prot JohItstoH SAID that the remarks alluded 10
hy Dr. Barrett were very different from the ionied siruc
OF ;he sandstone peculiarly noticeable In the pave
meats Of the streets 81 Hartford. iSS
Prot Rogers said 4 was hlohly important that
the angles the lhombs, &c. mentioned by DR.. Barrett
should measured lie conceived tina, the temperature
he
far shove any possible point Of The Capitalization OF
v.,cr
DR. Barrett said he did not refer 10 structure at
all, hut 10 udcntatons in the mud.
Prof Rogers said that, STILL there was a kind OF
ndertation Tia; belonged 10 stu iurc.
DR. Barcft said he was satisfied that, by the TEA
ure. he hni thai; day explained he could readily deer
nine the Temperature of the earth at That very olden
time, within about ~ degrees.
Pref SWimGH snId that, II they went on with
this subject they wold freeze up all their tine. lie
~ :" 80 I'D he knrv- he should meet with
- 80, .,', - n,,,";,ior
PCT rbnson said that Dr. Barrett did not mean
r,a,,r, ,,h =, re .ad
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iin""t d S1'''.i -, -, ~ -, w ~ ~
u a.' = -, -, - 49, 's;., -
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fF5f LiichceSA' ~ o'' Oiihs'eaU'
lEs committee Is tu rTi,ot, al ~ heA' Hite lns
oi the Assodnnoh reViS.N' t''4c WIS any lo>
or all IN That oic Tine VINE" pfds hdc tracks on
the shores q the strait INIT ran down that part of
Connecticut Valley now occupied by beautiful women ana
ankee notions.
\ very interesting ana curious paper was 'leh
read by No Dana the minerals of the trap rock series
DR.. JICt>tH followed wiih very 40 c ana unusual
" clear remarks outhe subject % The minerals OF Tspd-ss
lie said that wherever rack come together one o: heo
and other OF aqueous "in iefc : always chemical
acun between them. Not or scarcely 10 any extent;
where rock Of gneous origin goes through rock Ike
nstone which though OF aqueous origin hts undergone
lvke goes through lime ROCKS the rocks unite without any
aut pure Sicac Of lime l.. formed when
the trap passes through clay clay slate the slate
Is baked hard and il per ard jasper minerals are orme
so when the trap passes through granite. no anyc led =
formed But when the tran passes through sandstone
rock you then that :here h.. been volet tHmult
ellsrvcscencc. and ether arF Is formed
or rap tuba when sometimes porous and cellular
IN, scoria or avn OF volcanic regions. IF Etna
Again where ;he trap rock through granite. nd
sn hrrels az Iron formed where The trap goes through
site We m the same miner. lres. when The tap
t,rncbln,..ios we nd .alena and the ores vi zinc
sYd Lcr M. iran goes through hr red sandstone we md
mis- /. REGULARLY the casein Nova scotia
80 =, ,rd IN the ,ran there but pCre conner the 81
rbrre %, IN The sandstone heat was required 10
Tho YII, %a,ure ana TN, when forcing th. ne.;ed
tan hrosh the and the is thus
rednt f-o, rho nro We sec abundant ylnc.s OF IN.
aso in N. conner OF Lake Superior where the same pro-
cess has heeu rsing on specimens were here shown
Ahusdancc Of sui hurots copper :e found III The ria
sandstone fiIs fossil plants.
In questions DR. Jackson stated that the base
OF the trap rock agreeing with the sandstone prevened
any great when the e!nisF PASSED. through s
latter, whilst The ineSs 81 le sandstone secouas n Tie
ceuiasnaure OF whai tl;i portions OF An!Sey ioid Is
foandstlhe poln'o contact nc iui' a-ieeu al Jana
that the ssec OF hot wafer was eh'loN GO . aute 20
al UP the cavities Of apTscN n'aeFa!i w:th ctEstas nE
disposition. lie also nstahero 'he oe2u'nn arrangement
BY which waen trap Iech paseS 'oue el4Iu'N limestone
and isc Ineiat1c oA'es "e4e present. We nav - lie "a