New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-12
SCIENCE.
Interesting Scientific Intelligence.
Cleaned ior The Tri0ane from tho --latest source

" Probable DescyreTy al ne History u turner
Raoe wac the title Of article taken from Ssndusky
90 paper published some days since under our head
Of scientific Intelligence. Since then notice IN the
Las, July) humber OF SlinGE Journal, the following
explanatory note from t. q serIER Fec;
B.soyioal Mica Pla',s from he Moln6s-(Fr Inn
n pof Ctljra4 You have probably observed para
sraph going rounds Of the nevspapers credited %
iournal published FL Lower -sndusky Ohio. % the ei
feet that number O Inscribed plates Of mia were re-
Gently discovered 10 excsyaiing An ancient mound near
that place These plates represented 10 the &C.
count As oval in shape assuring by Tn inches
and covered with hsTo9 gphcs 81 different ana oearl
fol colDrs Detokening more advanced and enurry OIL
feren 81 the than bss heretofore been dscoV-
cred 10 the rernsns Of the Indian tribes "a this an.
roupcemen, has created degree OF interest and
elected Inquiries will not De out o. place 70 oo-
that one OF the p-aiss has been placed IN ny
hands through ihe kindness Of friend residing AZ the
point mentioned The form Of the pistes An their fze
arc correctly represented but the hieroeyPhcs are no
thing more nor less than dtscoaOHs caused either y
tins nftrsii0n Of mineral solution between the lsnln r.
or by its presence At the period Of capitalization The
material "a very well known as gr1ptc Or hior0gyphc
mia deposit of which occurs upon the Sctuylki not
Tar above Philadelphia. Although the discoorsuQp iol'
lowing the planes Of equalization fails IN pisces INTO
ripht lines II seems utterly unaccOuntsbls that they
were mistaken for the work Of man This "a another
Illustration Of the very loose manner in which facts re-
ating 10 our antiquities hAve been placed before ths
world loosenes, unfortunately not entirely peculiar
10 newspaper statements. The plates are very prruy
specimens Of the mineral aud each perforated near
one Of the ends with n small hole They were IN
doubleday used for purposes Of ornsment Mica Is
common in the mounds sometimes cut into toe iurm Oi
scrolls aud other ornamental plates have taken bush
Ell Of the sheets from single mound
Geoloe1.al U0ndfrs near Richmond IA
Richmond paper Of late date states 'hs, so'ne twenty
or thirty feet below the level of the PLAIN around hcn
fnond occurs one OF the most remarkable deposits la
this country in any country. The place IN which II
Is most fully developed u where the small brook Al the
.TlI - rrffna fHf
shockoe Creek On the bank Of that brook will be- seen
stratum from 10 % Is feet thick which most persons
would call white clay. Bat Prof w b. Rogers the
state Geooe has ascertaned that is made up almost
entirely Of hi sktoHs Cf AHimalcllS or IasoTd-'nAt
is mic roscOpc animals These Skeletons CONSISTING oil
sx are incredibly small that each cubic inch Of ms
ufsoriaf earfh contains many thousand millions Of mti1
How inconcevaby numerous. therefore, must they De-
10 form deposit at least ten feet thick, and extending
many miles over the adjoining country
II has excited great interest among the learned natu.
ralists of Europe well az OF own country and
henceforih none Of them will visit Richmond without
searching at for this deposit Prot Ehrenberg on
Prussia the most eminent Of living microscopsts has
examined specimens from this place and discovered At
least 1870 species Of these mnutest Of animals IN them
To discover them in this almost impslpable dust re
quires powerful microscope and doubtless therefore
many who look at specimens with the naked eye VIII
be very incredulous a. 10 these statements But they
are considered established facts By the scientific
world
A NoreI Sa,c An American inventor named
COCHRAN Is exhibiting in London novel San OF bis
construction. The London Literary Gazette speaks oil
n "a folows One Of the principal exhibitors Of the
evening was Mr.. COchrsn-a working model OF saw
mill by means of the arrangements OF which timber
be cut at any angle or to any curve ne Iantssc
shapes produced are very remarkable. Alter an IN
specton only Of the model simple aud 30 elective
he admiralty ordered The iHrei0H 10 be constructed al fDo
Of The Dock yards
Ne,c Fashioned Railroad-M. AUDRAND, gen
teman well known In Paris for bis uDTemitting exer
f,- Oh La uertect "a Of
Railroad trGrea9 BY Of cOrDresscd ar seems At
length in a fair way 10 succeed. tie has lHh down
way 100 wards long upon which carriage built for the
nurnose is imuelled upon his new principle, with An
ease and smoothncss heretofore not attained the or
binary Railroads There Is no locomotive necessary 10
more IT, inasmuch Is this IS accomplished through
tube laid in the center OF the road with pipe py us
side which keeps up the motive power ms system
the inventor undertakes 10 show s vastly preferable
in all respects TO that OF the atmospheric. 1t combines
all of its advantages while II is subject 10 none oil ls
mperfections 1t unites entire safety WIN he capacity
10 run IL 10 80 miles per hour The cost oil keeping IN
motion stated be- less than one hall oil that oil en-
CINE propelled carriages.
The SfcfhoscOpc-Mr. Shitoc Of Hertford, Eng
land ingeniousy suggests that the following very curl
Gus extract from No POI OF the Philosophical frdHsac
,ious contains the germ Of LHNNEcs Immortal dis
covery a ready way to find leak in ship IS to
amply tie narrow end Of speaking trumpet 20 zoe car
and the Other t. tbs side OF the ship where the leakage
a. supposed 10 be then the noise OF the water ISSUING
a, the leak will be heard distinctly whereby II may be
discovered"
D;scorcry Of Anfiqufies ~ Eagland.-The ex-
cavators employed 10 making cutting Tor ne" hne
of railway near Portsmouth have uncovered Roman
burial ground in which many skeletons and funeral
- nav, becn found . Ia the township Of
Hale Ia the OF forming an Enclosure Tor psh'
taton the spades Of the wOrkmen struck against the
sunp or stock of old oak tree which had been pre-
yiously buried in the SOIL when out tumoied several
small silver coins seversy OF the size, or nearly 90 OF
modern sixpence which had thus been concealed Tor
sha 1oa n
root Eight Of these regained from the ADOrrrs
who bad them in possession. Regarding the earliest OF
them which much rubbed there IS some niue %
security lit has been referred perhrps correctly 10 inc
reign of Edward the sixth Other four distinctly show
the dates OF ISL 1873 1854, and 1890 OF tbs Tosa 81
Elt,abe while the remaining three are Oi the coinage
of Ja,ass he FIRST upon Of which the dates may De
read of 1904 and 1923 Ia Judging from the appearance
presented by the coin Of the newest stamp namely hat
of l623 the infer Is irresistible that IN the course
of circulation IL could not have been subjected %
much less continued friction than that Of 80 yesfswhch
would bring US to the eventul period OF the Great
Rebellion when numerous cOncealments OF com ana
took place which the unfortunate owners were
not always allowed, by the fortunes oil WAT OF otner
disastrous contingencies the opportunity OF regaining
In the present instance, the uhing amount oil me
treasureirover leads TO suppose that the conceal
nent might be referred 20 the earnings Of the lndusu
Gus husbandmsn or thrifty housewife.
4 Ne,o Sperie> Of Hhale--A communication has
besn made hv T. GRAY ESQ + :. keeper OF thu
Geological Department in the British Museum In "hct
he announces the interesting discovery OF species o.
whale certainly new TO the British Fauna II not alto
gether updescrhed It captured in Plymouth
Sound in l-3I and 10 exhibiting IN three caravans
about the country. The Characteristic distinctions
which attracted the notice of Mr. Gray In the form
of the ceryical yertebre Of which he exhibited ds-
grams.
alteration ordered M tie N0llaH Time-The
Pon has altered the Of reckoning time Al hOnn
where the people used the Italian mode OF counting
txentyfour hours from half hour before sunset Ani
has ordered hepubhc clocks 10 be adapted to the COM
mon European reckoning
,Ne,r Comet The Italian professor. Cola director
Of the observatory At Parma discovered on the IN H.
slant paw telescope C0ma IN the consteAAuon l'o
Minor This Comet presents the appearance oi 'u'.i
nubulo.ity almost circular and without tall out Win
some indication OF bright pou visible Al inIerFa IN
the central part Of the neoGlosity.
4 coal. Nine ,r0rked by Neap0'RaHs-A coal.
mine has been discovered Teramo, the Capital Of
,he Abruzz The quality said 10 be equal 10 that u
Nsucssts The mine is 30 feet below the surface OF
the earth and Is - be worked ~ the NeaPohtan HuV
eminent;
VsafilatiEg GiGSs-Am0ng the inventions lately
rsgisi,red in Engand is venuisung pane Of glass
,v5er,in email holes are drilled ooAquey an inch or al
inch and hall spart-thus giving an upward direction
10 the current OF Air.
4 Cos,Js Of Chemical Ics.-At lecture last
r,on,b delivered A. the London Western Institution,
- ,h O.slities and Tees OF Ices. remarkable object
- ,ha IN vss model castle. with towers and battle