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Our ALBANY CORRESPONDENCE
ALBANY, Monday night, Aug ls 1851
At four O'Clock tLis evening the business Of ths Can,
veRtion was opened BY appropriate PRAYER bv ths
Rev Doctor Pohn an, who invoked blessing upon the
Association.
Professor Aassz the President called the attention OF
the meeting to Of the important fsstmss of the
Association which they should forget in the pro-
motion Of their object namely the advaueement Of
science They had formed the society for the advance
ment Of science and for the diffusion of knowledge
an he need not enlarge upon that subject which had
been ably diaei upon by Professor Bache the last
President The Professor then proceeded to say that
they could best the of science by not looking
to European of science to give the stamp of dastns
tion to Americans but let there be determination to
make among themselves those awards which true merits
dscover-to challenge by their works the good opinion
OF the men Of science Of Europe and to reue by such
works their criticisms Let them serve the cause OF
science and Of THE association without self glorHcson
or mutual glorihcstion. rney must stand amongst
themteiVes, without paying undue attention to To-
reign authority; but they should do such work as
would challenge foreign admiration Ths President
then alluded 20 the want Of books which "a greatly
complained Of and also 10 the fact that there I. M
In America museum Of natural history He said
that without wihiug to lessen those which had bean
gathered in different parts Of the States but which we're
merely hsgmenal, he should say there was no mussu
Of natural history IN America. As, however they had
such little means he tn ought they should establish loca
museums which, in time, would form grand gather
ing He referred the of university There
many the States hut they wanted for the
freedom cf study and competition among the teachers
Ve her tha " of
graphs particularly to The construction Of animals
and remarked upon the impossbty Of students deriv
ing instruction from the books published In Europe,
which treat tpiy Of animals found in that country, and
which the student In vain i>oks Tor here
The President chen announced that the time Of meet
ing would be halt nine in the morning and 1t four
O'Clock III the AFTERNOON
Ike Secretary Professor Baird read invitations to the
members OF the Association Comm Council of
Albany; Young Mems Association, do Executive Com
mittee Of Normal schoos do; Albany Ins.itute the
Regents Of the New York Trustees Of Albany
Acad,my; Albany femse Academy; Albany Medi sa Ool
ege pcnsuiar Polytechnic Institute The Secretary
that free tickets the Cleveland Rail-
road rendered to such members hal the
Albany melting for the next annual meeting, hhed in
that city.
The President annoupced that the Standing Com
mittee had selected thursday for their excursion to
Troy lie also inimared that 1t decided that the
annual fee be two collars and the subscription dollar
each.
Professor Henry read few extracts Of paper from
D. Vaughan Cincinnati. the influence of Terrestrial
Electricity Climates in which, he said there
ingenious remarks but not much inducve of philosophy
Professor Henry also read Solar Light by the
same gentleman; in which the Professor said there
some ipgenio speculation but the reasoning was not
concise
". 1871.
The ftowipg paper, by Professor Philip Ten Eyck, e
Albany, read by Professor Geo X PerKins:-
Observed al the Albany Female Academy latitude 42d
con rs, longitude ISd iom 34s.
Begirning IN. 36m ibSs meantime
Ending On lvm 10 %
Time-1he beeinl ing observed with cd indepen-
dent second watch. winch compared with dulforL
and wendells clock at 6h. Som. and IN SOM The end
clock, at Sh 25m and Oh 30m. The rate Of the latter
wat bssTly the same the clocks The foemsr had
large rate but 10y ieuoLt sons, duriag the day
was found to he see uiar
The error OF the clock determined by transits OF
six stars On the a.ug of h, the n and two
on the slst Tire transit of sirius line Of the
transit instrument incatey after the eclipse, tl0h-
I'm made u difference Of i0th Of second from the
obtained from the other stars but the heated at
sphere the meridian mark appear so unsteady
that useG in the computation Of tns. Tne
position CT the transit instrument was oos,rved bel
nd after each transit, it Is probable that the
tine h In bagf second
Telescope Used -Rer,ctin horfchCan, made by Hol-
cour (hassachuses length 9fcet diamster of msrrrr
inches clear when contracted to ~ iuches to OBJ
the cclre Single lens piece power o2 In da-
meter dark sass, pale green. Ny small fraunhoisr,
erect eye riete, ~, dark ela%, rale purple.
Latitude Of the Capitol by observations
mace by james Ferg uson, Ia 1852 with
Dassler rejecting CIRCLE. 3Od 39m. l3Ils
By trisngulaticn, Academy sou,h.... lSas
Latitude Of the Sban, Female Academy, A2d 3om IL s7s.
Longitude Of the Capitol, according to Lieut. rhom BY
chronometcrs from Cambridge Observatory, Massecnu-
p;0sr,nee .. lois l5.3s