New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-02
r,,r SCIENTIFIC CONVENTION.
-, ur~ss-s sf the A-scr,csa Ass"c'ans" Tor '"'
ess~~ Advancement 81 >ctcscc@
Frca exs Kegegssr
MIND pAN-scNNiN~ SESSION
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- .....,,,r convened at oelNck. The names Of
- AssinsSishcd Individuals were proposed '''
w.uAe-sAip,hey Nere gay cS'slav.vS sSN ~ -
~ s,,rsins Cowwittce recommended MHnisy a.
~ -. -, ~, srner~l meeting NJ she AsSN1Nu'n
q - ,,rxs,se II eleciiuS President am "ner "n'e'S
n. ~. Nssusns wear and. ASN TO determine uvN"N
,,.s. k,r NsaaS eescN' mes',S "a Nm
- a,,s, Warrington RHsAlc, fTeN'a'h'c A'' MN
srelet -, =, MAJ, in s,.,tcns a,
=, S,A,Nol Hoase> af'cr ~aicA 'ee "'''nS 81
rsy<rs ccwmcnSec s,
t,As;rssa. and rros W. CH4NvrSrr,
~ Ci.sr,nsn called fSr he papcr - q, rsTa31sS,
~ 49, "a lSSs BY lNSt' E,or"s'' 4" washington
" ne SSkn~ ,ug IS c'Py NJ The pNENr,. So.
~ 49,. :, .h,At sra nv IN the United States
a., ~, R.is ssse s,n h>s hhve zen gwen " =, ~, w.
-. - 's,sss ~ iAeif re-rvA'e - '0e 'u..nN '.es
- 49, A., he taes4 Tie coneia,n tbs T''os
~ - ,s.S- /. -vs ~ 81 permanent QaesceneS ~ona
-, tND,~r avsa hy ScSfeisl srSiySs ot Us esT'a
xssls Esys1ner,S 40 N 49, S, g. oar ,on-;nen;
trr,., !. ~ r,<v~Ct ~he'her Their as any UNI
s~- csssr> sPFrcscS - Ssss'en'S Z" '0e ""''' " ~
- -sr;A - =, - -,,,sr.s s,.s ~ which
a. AxAs,es ~ ApSlScaAn .; mountains me center se
ss,s ~ rrcse rs Il Sen-sA a9',sceove .s 80
--,.s-c-. sfs,ric.s ~h.rr sc;ive VecSnoes Sna 10
-. -, = k-es kno~n 20 exS IN frequent CON
-. - ~. Srily Sisend violent action Of these
- ~ ~rsAoz. lookirs behind 'hs pasn2I'saS 49,
~, So lie csusss We may rvSsi! SO '''' "''
n, -. l., Ct tAe ccs-r-nce 81 earthquakes IN an ares
"a -. - cNsp. ss;SSisAes tie e1is'snes 81 n'e
-, a. s.S,s q rsu.esc~nce immensy G's.Nn I'M va
49,, . sv---,.l e,.nu GnicSton /; viii be Of th@
;--.-,s, ,Asa & certain whether Is oplI 49,
e~ s1yxxsvr scVezeri ~ nsNns' 700 - y suos sI
- = - ,es-- iAe1 q genera snd uniform soi'n :"
-. srss-,o- n; knitted 70 A9y particular Ana q
49, :. - ~ instances Of strictly volcSn'c sc'lon
4 a. - lev ,,79n'n mAssVs s'H 80 h. M
-. - a i.:--ous BE-; Slin tbs; exception
80 - - svi3sac- 81 the Scilon OF lul-'nS p''
,,A--v.r - n. crest changes Shce orol~oT1 sle No.
- Il --.s,1,s "a the VARIOUS uspPesn rocss "n'ca
.--.s te-rrsh II plan q their eastern si"p0 -
- - a.. 70 changes have occarr-o SINCE Nulch
49, - 49, A. ~ nSy lads-' sfsonA ~ PIslv
~ - s.--s 81 move 1nvn SrA,-y uniInpor
a.. wss5o~ saeh ohAns~s 70 have occurred Sna nave
Nc sS-isr,or a changes W; continued, and have
..--s--.k-s nv conn-o;cn With ~ ..s
r.. zresac1s are p.osAoy TOO reh'.e 20 Dc s
- Tr---.ss s1s,-,rSron either in n1mb-r OF earth
-. : "a over which tasy extend yei they really IN
-. Al V.-shle sxsurson ci them sna mus D. s-tt
= Wv II combining The notes We nave Oh moss "Ncn
..-tscuske Of April % ls;2 theTe wss an spo'
- rrASs.on II the eaec; ~nich m'sht PernAPs' os
f.y-.c % sc1e c-utrN Poin' oi mAiluui - ~
-v "a IT, character and direction OF tn. IInpa:e also
80 :-y Observed should have eoncic-a WHO We
$3.50 when similar surface cohc'ton pe'n'e ia ne
i,-ir..ars rave Ct the ioc2s OF agitation INC Due
$50 originated - focal point II not r-'err1o7 10
af.u. q forces. ard not Therefore 70 oe teis.1so -
80 i--uulss there might b. gr-st diversity 10 ooh
a.. r,rcros ard that dvenity cue 10 sisnt general
s-So.rre OF elevation OF surface OF uneqaA coas,tu
-, pS-, bori1outAIy strshvd. aud IN part uoied
W. . various external surface-p7nuVe r3cz' am"
&C.,, or .hs,ever might modify tbe external transmits
g. a an internal force Tine also II could asVe oeen
e--ec-y noted would have o. No. i7 h'ai pom. " ne
h-c.1. .fh ureis.on and the character and direction
SSf,h- trau.rlssiou Of the force or Impulse
n. ot.-rv.,ons Of this earthquake which have been
,hnac thoush probably fall than IN any previous
90 u Ms country It'll nsesre as merely 70 outline
.py srsser these questions Some lev dsdH1thS VIA
h. r-aoy made them, or rather some s--rt pahs
~ b rszsrdsd a. suficeItly et>ollshed ms case
frs, lna, TIE dsturbAnes VA. an unoulatog ProPH
v,,.s ron south West to North East ~h dsir'ot o
sx,urn EJECT n southern Nrgiuis, snd lin7 Of maxi
uur Eject extend along the mountains y orh-ess'"%d
pe1rly 10 Albany y !.
Sscord That undulatory movement az righ' angle
49, fs. was propagSed LITERALLY from this line and 10
SON cases blended with the other ana no motions are
ejea.y established which were not OF one or the o'her
~ The whole agitation is distinctly bounded b. on
scr, sons aid nus. have been coohned snfeiy u 'ue
di.-r,c, represented on the chart.
m pb.ps ruens might he compared TO the effect oil oal
ro4d aticly under sheets OF paper causing wave o
ncvensnt FIRST ard greatest so' us drsc mn ana ss'
marked lateral waves in part BLENDED win tne h'' ana az
gb ,pgles 20 them This may -een Inconsistent with the
lr. a action but Il the undula,Cn was propagaied RAPID
Nv along is central line, the peculiar formation OF tue
and the uniformity Of the position of the rocks
30 uniformly upturned at right sDges to TINS me ~oua
tero stror shape The true lateral movement "nou
eonicutoiug them in a curve.
N. preC e time Of it's At any place is very
difcut u obtain. Al few places 1t IS rehed upon so
a. n gwen,
rl.ce corrected for d Of longitude 10 make II com
.y.bs with III time at Washington and thus TO show the
.b.ou,s difference Of time between The occurrence OF the
pb.uom4uon al each place and at Washington II IS eV
Sent AZ glance that occurred much earlier ~ Southern
Virginia than norhwsrd more direct and pre-
c;ss courar1sop nav be made with Richmond. Several
careful observers give separately the same lime ana ae
corr, cop there than eleven minutes difference
At L. wisburg in Virginia there are twenty I'VE minutes
dir.pce and the comparison OF distances with the form
er tlsee seems conclusive that the undulauon vas
from point farther southwark yet not beyond
the u CURTAINS in north east-rly dfecn"n win nstry
Uniform ratio Of $50 miles per hour or something 1855 IMAM
The velocity Of sound. .
In confederation Of b petition, several observers per
esyed the sound slightly first AID heard always in the
south west In some Instances ihe souhu ohy was pr
eeyed The earth therefore though tue sounding BODY
apc creating the sound by It's agitation sent IN advance,
and in some instances further than the agitation was eX
tended. - =.
The general direction in which the earlier disturbing
forces Of the earh crust have acted on this portion OF Tue
continent clearly shown in its mountains The identity
ofmovement exhibited by the most considerable earth
with that Of the forces necessary TO csuse the I'M
eDse ups Of the mountain ranges proves an dent oi
forces and that interior disturb nces, as deep as the mol
Ten matter Of the earth the direct cause OF such ear H.
ousks Whether this is due 10 cOntrae forces remote
y or 10 casual oscillations Of the matter of the Interior IS
scarcey necessary here 10 inquire we are more de'oas
IN ASCERTAIN whether has identity with the earlier disturb
inc forces of the earth and may be regarded their
fnuaiion or whether il is the effect OF decomposition or
chsnge in superficial masses.
The general of all the more considerable earth
ouake movements clearly along the line OF these up'l
I'd rapges or at RICH, angles to them; all from w
TO f. or from w. 10 \. L, or the reverse OF these
though along the lne Of the mountains the movement Is
quite uniformly from W. as it the proximity Of the dis
furbpg force the surface was greater there or reer
F1nts account Of the earthquakes Of the Mississippi ia
ISL and 1912 which is the best published Shoes cesry
thai The motion generally from w TO n + Cnasns
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