The New York herald., 1851-08-29

the Beard of Com IN ssioners having after careful
trial, given it preference over all other oils for
illuminating purposes.
The skin Of the beluga, freed from is epdsrmis,
| and thick mucous layer which underiies IL, mas
been found to be capable of bsiug made into easa-
er of very superior qu Atty The processis IN may
re spects very different fro that which is relaredtor
the manufacture of other skins, and is Ae result If
long series of careful experiments, by Mr.: e. IL
Tetu of kiviere Oaele, who has csntly ob ,ainei
q patent for the invention. The leather in ITS or
binary form, has the thickness Of sole leather but
it, peculiar and valu ab!e property is the ulornty
and closepess of its texture, which enables it
split into three or four parts, each OF which, wasa
dressed has the snoothness and uniformity of sur
face which usually belongs to grain leather. Thin
sections Of it resemble the finest kid, and are en-
poyed for the fabrics alton of gloves Other i'm port
ant characters Of this leather its great
when compared with calf skn pc ,uliar elasticity,
which os 'iates the Ordinary tendency to wdukle
and fold-and, to great degree, imperousness TO
water.
Such are the general features Of this d scovery,
which, from the abundance in which the amin als
are fond, promises to be of very hign Importance
In an industrial and commercial point OF view.
The new process Of NJ Tetu has also been sue
cesstully applied TO skin of the common whale of
the gulf, which yields an excellent coarse leather.
SECTION III GEOLOGY
l. On some new Fossil Plants of the Oolitc Coal
OF Eastern Virzinia; by Prof W hodsers.
2. Onthe Alterations of Marine and Terrestrial
Organic Remains in the Carbonlferou' System OF
Ohio by J. w. Foster wv.
5 On the CeOtoglca hSeHcy VI ene I" Ai"s, ~
! Lieut.. M. +. Maury, >. n.
! Notes on the Geological Structure Western
| Vermont and Massachusetts,; by VIM. B Rodgers,
of the University of Virginia
Z Remarks n ,on the Fossils of the Potsdan
Sandstone and their more abundant Oc ;urrence IN
this formation at the West, considered with an in
crease OF cacareous matter; by Prof James Hall,
so'Ss,S 9n some Fossils Of Northern Ohio; by Prof
J. Brainerd. To be read by Prof. > ST: ,hn
Z. On the Vegetation of the lafra CONDO liferous
n IA. ,,t.D -
Genus of Fossil Plants; by Prof ID. Rogers.
s Fault in a Me allie Vein In White Limestone,
N: Y; by c. Harrington, OF Newark n, }. :
.. On the Emery and Associated Minerals OF
10 On the Sill and Drainage Of the Mississippi
river; by Lieut.. M. f MaurT, L. 5 N.
SECTION v.-CHEMIsrRY AND MGNERALoGY
/. On the Octahedral Peroxide Of Iron; by T.
s. Hunt, of the Geological Commission OF Ca
2 On the Distribution of Manganese; by D. A.
Wells, Cambridge Laboratory.
3. Analysis Of Observations on the Soils OF Pike
county, >cioto valley, Ohio; by d. A. Wells, Cam
4. On Houghite; by S. W. Johussn, of the Yale
Analytical Laboratory. To be read by Prof. j. ID.
| Dana
On the Neurological Relations of the Alcohols
and their Derivatives; by L. ). Hunt, of the Geo.
logical Commission Of Canada.
On the Occurrence Of Clromate of Lead in
Pennsylvania with other Mineralogical Notices,
and on a new locality Of Red Sapphires; by wm'
! p. Blake.
T. On Phospate of Lime by Prof E. Emmous,
8 Experiments on the Volatilization of Phos-
phoric Acid, in acid solutions; by Orange Judd,
Yale Analytical Laboratory. To be read by Prof.
Norton.
8 Elasticity of Phosphorus; BY Prof. HorsfOrd,
10 On Phosphorus Acid in Normal Human
! Urine by Dr. Bried, Of New ork
H. On the Existence Of Organic Matter in
Sfala and Stala
lied and Amorphous Crenate OF Lime; by ID. A.
Wells. Of Cambridge
I2 ON the Analysis of Urinary Calcali; by
Prof j. lawrence Smith.
THE ORIGIN OF THE FORMS AND PRESENT STATE OF
SOME OF THE CLUSTERS OF STARS AND REsoLvABLE
NEBULE; BY PROF. ;. ALEXANDER, OF THE COLLEGE
NEW JERSEY.
Every explanation of physical phenomenon
should be adequate in two respects-in mode and in
measure. Inis may be illustrated by al exa npe
OF two. Winston attributedthe deiuge 10 the near
approach Of a comet. The explanatloa was sppro-
pirate in mcde since the attractive force OF such
BODY would tend 10 raise the waters of the o,ean,
1 e. cause a great tide; bu. 1t was inadequate IN
measure, as the mass OF the comet would De insat
fcent, and the comet could be near 10 the earth
only a short time. An explanation OF a celestial
phenomenon which should suppose the rotation Of
the heavens to be real, would, in many cases, be
RIB. IN measure, since the time aud so ne other
circumstances would not be altered in measure, II
such hy pothesis were tenable; bu.every expnna-
tion founded upon it would be wrong ia mode.
The mt bulsr hypoth Isis was admitted long since
to be right in mode-the happy explanation oy ME-
Walker, Of hirkSoods beautiful analogy, mas
shown il to be very probably right also IN measure,
The consider ations which have presented In the
Astronomical Journal, in March last, 20 to shoH
that the aser bids and comets OF hor. period, have
a common origin; or that masses OF mater whlch
are now couiessedly some neoulous, and some
planetary, have been once associated Inc COM
munication which last year IN ide to the hssOcia-
tion, at New Haven, tended TO snow that the sun
a. LaAx Mad hv fXa
similar to those of Saturn and that from the inner
ring were formed the planets IRON Mercury TO
saturn inclusive while from the outer ring were
formed Uranus and Neptune, II 10 more u the
LIQUID state Of the ring, which MI BOND and fros'
Pierce have shown to prevail in the case oil saturn,
were SO admissible IN the case OF the sun, then the
rendng OF those rings might gwen 10 the planets
now known to exist, aud their relative slze oe, Ia
some measure accounted for. This was illustrated
iu various particulars. This alluson % tue ns6usr
hypothesis and It's applications IS not unmportint
siDco IL has in some measure furnished the OASIS
for a much more extensive generalization.
AT least two forms Of equilibrium, Of given
rotating mas, are admissible; bUtn spherolds, bii
the one o vastly greater elhpteity than the otasf:
In the case u the earth, che OF tacse iorms WOpd
approach very rearly TO that which AZ present
exists the other would exhib Z rauO Oi Tue axes
oil FIX hundred aud forty TO one. Inc greater the
mass the greater The eliPtieity whchis aauis'ioie
The material Of wbcn some vf the clusters All
receivable ne bulc were formed, may have been
A fluid spherOid OF great ell pticitY, the Sia-
dual evolving OF which might Increase iis Velocity,
ard produce rupture aud disPersion, Snlca s'ui .
resrectyely give rise 70 the present forms oil Ine
gpiTaI nebaisc Obserscd By Lord Rose. Ine
niiky ray may have this form 49,. -
? The trabstormatiJ IN of a spher0d into rins
the subsequent rupture OF Hhieh ~ isu' B'' i10 ="
other recognized iofms. -.
B. The simultaneous rupture OF ring mlsas
give rise TO the snnuiir ncbu c ia 'yfa snl ot.e,s
4 The simultaneous rupture oil 'PAefy'i "a sl'
yive re TO the "dumb bell ucDui, ahd DINERS
q C5lobular nebulg slso SHOW traces o! similar
action. - - ~ -.
h would seem that these charges arc s.iu pro-
re,s,pv tbougn their pr0gres- Cat scarcely DC sea-
stble fIr a century o. more, bccdase Of the vast
scale on which the changes take place
An ACCOUNT or A METEOR WHICH WAS sEEN IN
TrE VICINITY or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT ON
rug NtGHr oP OcIuBEE p, l>JJ.-rHEsENfE TAD
py rroFEssOK nROCKLEsBI, OF TRINITY CVL-
LfGE. -.
o. he evening Of the "a Of October, l-J), a
sui neia meteor. OF unusual size, vas seen ny twJ
ob.efyers who reside ou the eastern siVps Oi AL