The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-10

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lie imperfect character o. the instrument rerdsrs
these results somewhat uncertain From this table it
vii be seen that the incrss OF tsmpsrasurs by no
alies with tie increase Of depth The greatest
increase Q, snperature seems to occur about those
the yastonS may be due TO the fact that the vel passed
through they descended from higher and less
lower and hotter level aaa while the waters Of Doth
classes we're t extent Influenced By their pre-
yops Tie average rate or increase az tenn
IerStvre, deg l. for every Gftyt.o aid half feet,
sccs with the results heretofore obtained in other wells
We hope 70 verify ha table BY the uSs Of deloate
and more reliable metallic thermometer such Is used
in Tho deep sozndings of lie United states Coast
Survey.
On tbs paper, Professor J. Lawrence Smith
sail;--
nc examination Of The calcsrous matter which this
vel passes Affords many 9oats q Interest, both gsoo-
sealiJ ald ebeme2y IN tao former point Of yioT re-
marks thought unnecessary as i has been fully
teaie6 OF by Professor 1r0my 1t has been examined
thoroughly, IN chemical fense, by nyes1, and the
mari found 70 c0ptsn al Quantities Of phosphate of
e, mach from ere TO eight per cent This fact is
raogt il poytaEt II agric poiat Of view, the
raaIl be obtained y great sbondaaoe sod at iite
cost; tr il vii bs hat n0t only viii osrkoeate Of
line 10 furnished to The soil but l1rsa amount cf
pbJs .has q Lac tie is-tigr9 nature 0. ts last being
vel hA0el. he presence q emmona AID sCre gsnic
ACID detected u ts matter, coming iIo the beds
tlEsugh which tbis artesSp well penetrated Oher re-
mails WeIe de about the oaa infuainae inst exists
This deposit IN vast numbers The origin Of the phos.
plate q Inc in me mari vas also commented on
The mex paper was ION the Carboniferous Flora
Of Ohio, with Descriptions Of City new species OF
Fossil Plants--By Or j. ;. Nevberry, Of Cleye-
land
The shses ard sards.opes associated with the lowest
stratum 0, Goa il the ohio BASIN along The llre or III
rogtheYn oEtcror, furnish greater variety Of fossil
pnn.s than has, perhaps, been found Within The
same geogrs yAcaI and autographed limits. Ia Europe
it tsat than about thirty species Of plants
found associated with single stratum Of coal get
have already formed catalogue Of nearly hundred
well marked species from the immediate vicinity of The
stratum Of coal which have mentioned and have tIag
1snts o. at asi twenty adit onsl species too mper
feet 70 ne sstsf6ctorT determined, but which ey
IDENTIFY different tror thcse have enumerated Nor Il
ire Catalogue BY any means complete. Fcs-cely ever
vsis any Ok the coal mines in vicinity without bring
iDg oacE Win We species which had not before found
and % Tie rarts Of forIaer world had shat the
ioeJ haoltut o. recent plants, the fora Vt eacu
ces rnsIe beng sorewhat different from that 81
others, either containing species or different p-snon
eerazce OF sreces With every new opening into the
coal tTatnm, We are almost TO 6nl sonehpo NJ "
and this VIII doubtless continue to be so for ceftaisy
not hnndYedth part Of the northern oe OF oucrop Of
THE stratum Of ccs has been explored Tie Cos, dora
~ this region eeTs considerably from that of Anv ober
ccsl lty which has hitherto been studied IN ig country
have recently examined collection oT one hundred Or
species nom Pennsy snd found not more than
IN swepty that bal collected ro the haze of cur
productive coal measnes. The caure OF t5s dcfegco
not, hcveyor much the geographical as tie strait.
graphical distribution or species. Each stratum Of coal
any sYecies running through the systen foR ase IL
summit IN Pennsylvania tia anthracite regions Of
P0ttsyie, CsrbiDdals viii esbarre &C. the lsnie Bit.
minous region Of FrCstburg, Tho Localities where cal
mines are most nunoerous-have furnished nearly ell the
fossil plants collected In that State in ni these Ia.
cates the Vegetable iyr ssons and the shsles aso.
oieed with the lower strata OF coal, have been n8ady
obltefated By tho grsus action winch has driver t6e
volatile motive from tne oos hsncs collections are made
from the upper beds ard to- plants gspsye scsesbdng