New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-31
Geology.
ny DIR. ANTIsELI.

The second lecture by DR.. AsrIsELL, on &C.
oloev was delivered on Wednesday evening at stuy-
ve,ant Institute 1t wus not largely attended, but was
instructive and interesting The subject was the Soa
formations of the Earth He remarked upon their ma
ure locations extent qualities and the manner in which
il Ia believed they were formed He spoke for more
than an hour and his subject at several points
by a number of diagrams and cslored maps we nave
room but for glance at his lecture There te douot
that every piece Of coal piece o. Tree i1s %
sion Is nryed at by various experiment. Wnen Coal
wood Is burned ashes OF similar kinds are the result
Coal inspected by means OF q microscope s found 10
have cells the same as wood ood ~ walor or
buried in the ground turns black and becomes more IKE
Coal the longer II remains All Coal is from Wood.
1t is sometimes found 4 thoussnd feet from De sur
face of the Earth, covered by layers OF rock
This mineral Is widely distributed. No Continent bu,
Africa u free from IT, and little IS known OF that Con
tnen, that II be positively sad that coal does not
exist there Ia the southern portion OF Europe and in
Great Britain Il Is quite abundant, and II IL found In
Sweden. II Il found also In Asia and in many OF the
Islands Of the There vastly more on this than ON
any other Continent II extends from New-Brunswick
to the Gulf OF Mexico and from the Allegheny Noun
tains 10 Vsncoayers Island Near the Allegheny Noun
,ans il the largest coal formation in the world IL Is
about go miles In length by about 200 miles In width
1t contains about 900 square miles the second bed In
extent Il that known the Illinois coal heldso called
because great portion OF Il u In the territory Of that
State. 1t contains 5000 square miles. The third r
in Michigan extending from lake to lake, and Is
fifteen thousand square miles 10 extenS. There
are smaller beds Ia other sections. The quantity
OF coal ia England bears comparison in quantity TO
that in the United states There more coal deposited
on this CONTINENT far u known, than In all other
perts Of the world Six millions tuns OF coal are yearly
raised in the United States. In England thirty five mil
lions are annually mined and the beds IN that country
are not 70 easily worked those In this country.
There shafts are settled At great depths, with pump'to
keep The mines dry. In this country The coal veins are
nearer horizontal The Lehigh and Monongahels coal
beds especially are feasible for working that coal Is
mined At cents per tun. IL u transported at about
o. az per The balance OF the price paid can DO ac
counted for by original price IN the bed and the profits OF
deslers The lecturer noticed some pecuisrites Of no
nnnaer Of the deposits Of coal IL - ascsrtained thr
yeytsble matter has drted down from the highlands u
the Ocean, and been covered up by deposits OF sand
from coal Psh found above and below these coal
or msiions The lecturer so spoke Of the rapid
growth Of vegetables Of the period In the creation at
which these coal formations took place. But now such
publication has occurred In the atmosphere, that the
growth does but little more than keep pace with the
decay constantly going on in the vegetable Kingdom
He remarked sso upon the Different qualities Of coal
and exhibited samples u several Of the liner kinds sho
coal now BEN. formed, owing 70 the change OF ell
mate snd the pahc alton Of the atmosphere ~ above
stated The lecturer stated the theory Of Geology con-
cernins the appearance Of the earth al the time these
formations were going on The continent OF Ameres
was ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean wa PRINCIPALLY
Islands. The Slands Of the paciac were more napie-
rou, and larger than present After eoIa5 turtr 70
msTts upon the remarkable condition Of the ooe when
coal was formed the lecture closed eaid eo1s'tera
BE applause.