New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-21
SKETCHES OF LECTURES.
THE HISTORY OF CREATION, AS TAUGHT By
MODERN SCIENCE COMPARED WITH THE
MOSAIC ACCOUNT.


On Saturday evening D. Doremus devorei the second
lecture of his the above subject, before large
sudieroe at the Medical College, in Last Thirteenth 81
He commenced With recalituiaon of the facts estaD
lshed in the first lecture, viz The present hyca FORM
alton Of the earth shows il once hud the same u
true .f all the planetary Orbs they al laiteled
az their noles by rotation, and the more rapid The
rotation the greater the iatnessi there arc nut two
conditions Of has.on-by solvents and BY hcat-aad
there is abundant evidence in the crystalline cond
ton of the earbs strata that they fused by heat
The same eydenee given by the volcanoes here and in
the whore astronomers assert they have seen
them in activity and disc, gered their cratc and where
mount, ns higher than the mmalayGs have been said -
be perceived the substances composing the earth are AL
reduciile to gas capable % being burned into the
varorons or volatile condition, while one half Of The
whole globe cOniists # gas, oxygen the impon
deIabes viz. heat lgt and electricity. are i7eHt, that
is, lie Lid in matter all these things wore shown by
anaJ sis The lecturer then proceeded 70 the subject Of
the second lecture He said Having thus aaaiyzed the
earth and its atmosphere. and found that both were
originally in tie form, LEI proceed to the
synhotc method We will take for granted the account
gwen H. the fret chapter Of Genesis than which no more
beautiful phrascOloly can be produced to express the
scientific fecis have mentioned. We have reduced
tie world 10 gases; now, find on examining those
gases HAT even by COMPRISING them, we cause
iL'm to give ont heat, and that when , they ex,
he shown BY the Thermometer, which In caies
the presence more less heat is compressed or
exIeIdf but he experiment IS not suited to tbs 9ccain
large number of persons cannot examine ihe Their
mometer The piston experiment made ut the first
lecture proof Of the fact The procuring of fire in s
who wien experiments were being made to find subst
tute for gunpOwder in the projecting of bull by means OF
compressed air observed That the pieces OF cotton brought
in with Tho compressed air, gnited I.sde5 com
preston find that when bring gases together they
RAPIDLY combine ani evolve heat aud light in ebun lance
The lecturer presented experiments in proof Of the last
statement Pho puTr,tted hydrogen brought into contact
with common cr took fire. ana rose into the air IN rings
each Of which had myads OF small rings Mt right angles
TO IT, Olefont gas buried brilliantly Oh eetng air. The
next proposition issome gases evolve ho0 Eight when
brought into contact with some solids (Evper
ments piece Of paper dipped in btu5peGins
burned when LaoeSd IN rS,ye T6s1
that gases unite with gases with liquids and with
colds Bodies not usually considered ccmbus0le buTa
in oxygen. Iron and steel burn brightly in It wnen tipped
with sulphur. This shown by experiments the sui
thur banned away first then the iron ard steel were
rapidly consumed and with great brllllsnoyl lac
enc mt Of neat rrcduced always depends the amount Of
oxygen consumed Thus; in raising water froLi 81 the
freeing 20 cls the boiling point one pound OF btu
ninous coel vii, raise 4. boil 50 II OF water Que pouni
Of thacosl viii sase IS rounds OF water add pound
of hydrogen viii raise go pounds q water. WAY the
df,Ieuoe' Eccause hyirosen n burning takes mach
more oxygen thar charcoal does, and charcoal takes NOS
than btnnin,us coal and the amount u hest prodf,c1
rrd u,Iy tie eura'iy q water boiled depends On
usihe 9ueNhf u yN'sth '@es ,s s''siaeIl -
cVrtSn qesu'iiy q oxygen anal Tri,e WIN dtcfeHt
todes- eh cher cr hy~eSSssar1 L always gives the
samV amount u Geet. pr iisfc II fhiikdsiphA is
covered ieCi based rroa these rrreQles via thM
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sensation Ut ced IA p,odueed E,cry ono sN,ows how
nm eed ls uens,aird b, mstav vi salt aud SNOW
meh,s The scldlnna Ut cathnnlc acid saa al tho drst
le'tne was eihing instance will aew osr another
thNio'meni hnllhusous acid was placed Ia a red he,
,e'soh wei', was poured GA Il. and became loci The
evaporation ~ the aid has cooled the water Into loo
This acid VII, hcl when pu co,od 90 only Il dog ohsat
but ~ TOD hoHt a. yOa have soon it viii not boil For
tho fnino reason 10 he hot load or iron may no hold IN
We hand " bo allRh,y molsicuedl the evaporation OF
mo water enns.s 30 mitch cold that tho heat not c and
Tho hotter The meul che gator the experiment
Their ntiicrumea obs, ryatonrled La Plsoa and ,r.
shel 70 tho iame ,lunloa that have rcd establish
va That the uuivorso was originally la gaseous form
hy ohsorved In tho heavens asbais pure clouds others
having slight nnoleas aud from those ihoy passed 90
"le oondy patches cousitng NJ myrlads Of They
mitntd eieg,s Of Development from gas 20 liquid AMI
hence 10 s.hd hoy suppoecd t.e cloud 70 he slqad