New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-26
The SCIENTIFIC HISTORY OF CREATION.
ny PROFESSOR poRrars.


Notwithstanding the unpropitious state vi the weather
on Monday. largo company assembled IN tho ovenog &C
tie Lecture Hall c tie Medical College Est ihse aih
st 20 hear tie Introductory Lecture of the Chemical
Course. Tho .abcc elected was The Hsiry OF Crea-
ton as taught by Modern Science compared with the
A. o'clock Professor Dor,mus entered the room. aud
WAS received With an lausc. lie said
II irsy ham q, the worlds ongong has ceascd-whcn tho
clear sky may reveal % u the planetary Ogos ra; in
u immense corcAVe above usweae oen Ia % 'ei'ct
wAcler these gieat 81 be- worlds in immensely. arc not
also uo Ids in use and IN dignity whether 10 onr EARN
aOLo b. longs The bloom Of vegetation whether q oar
sIhtre alone n activity ard pleasures of animal en)y-
mont or of mCn,Gl and spiritual oiaymCni wh.h aT0 APP
lreca'cd ty these worlds worlds % ini-
meu>tv sol ly designed to noat in space III nly, un-
Tocrlcd shedding bright but useless spcn " over M
nen-ty Hsvo we NOT, perhaps, common ongini May
there not he chain which on examination shan ex.
pose to M links showing that We arr in common with hsn'
The early history oi our earth IN which there Is chn IN
law may Gloid the best informant IN with regard 10
their origin nnd for aught know, with regard to their
Ti am. , rly 10 sent This topic should enlsav.
or 20 d. abuse tho minds ct many Il the thought which
laf obtained extensive credeuce, end which oeem' Il an
athosc olOlt 10 attempt 10 comprehend the laws Of tho
Lchycrs though any further conception OF tha power
greatness Of God would not in reose our appreciation
OF bis works.
Ire co attest intellect discovered the laws Of gravitaiion
hy the smlle aCCid NJ OF The falling ot an eppi, anu ~
t was t ltd o apply tie laws he recovered, not only
To the great planetary wOrdbat to the goat astral system
raising II rph Grace worlds upon worlds aud astral sys
ions up astral ~ stems and when 0fpoworiu intel
lot IN FI0ice att mlted 10 overthrow 'thz mo ehort
rather tended TO confirm his belo aud hat OF the a'to
nDmioO world IN houuthiulnos OF the Newtoman hecry
The lc,fuer then proceeded TO Illustrate HIS theory
he lCCal rmation of the earth. by exhibiting IN
large glass ycssd hlled with mixture OF alcohol and
water huid globe Of OIL which in its undisturbd state,
6s.rmtd n ioim II ball in the center OF the vessel, ~
which position kept by the regulation Of tho spoeih,
gravity Of The liquid by the proporonaio admxtaro OF tho
spiiits with the water In the center OF the vessel was
placed ndcul0r shaft and in tho center OF the sui
ended sito fob Which was about hrea iuehe. in aisn,.
rttf. nin he az N
the leperdicular hai was turned round the gloOs be-
came increased in cicumfcrance AID haiienei at tho
p,a This be accounted Tor the fact that there were
Two force, at work the centrifugal force tending to throw
III al ii circumference and the force OF grayation tend
ing tow ards The center Tho effect os these two powers
being to draw the oil from the poles not Directly IN he
lire If either force but obliqdey producing the ttened
form which he believed exactly rop.enied that Of tho
Carih.
first caeeCus at aftcrward became conden oil Into
loud IN which state it could easily be understood 10 as
sumo H. picsoIt FORM The gaseous state WA the hotess
tie liquid condition was cooled and ~ process Oh
time as The be Of fire become cooler acrust was prmod
on The furiaso which beloved to BIO not more
II an one undred miles thick Ii liquid globe Of eighty
inches diameter had crust inch thick Il might be con-
considered 10 Tepresent the earth and IL crust. lhssa
changes from gas to liquid ord nom liquid TO solid were
from The animal KINGDOM the plastic agency OF tho sun
beam ccmbn,d It with the other gaseous elements aud
fotmel tie tissues of flowers aId fruits Gases when In
state Of fusion assumed certain cOlors according 10 their
propoiiouac elenents and This, "a shown by experiment.
accounted for the blucnss OF the atmosphere variety
Of Other experiments introduced showing the various
changes OF clements which tho lecturer believed %
count for The origin Of creation from ETHEREAL elenents
A view whi hafmnz ed with The record Of Moses And
.tIe earth was without form and void anil darkness
"uron The irce Of The deep There condition ex
cert II gaseous one which could be regarded a. without
form or void.
The nezt experiment went 10 show that by tho mzture
Of chloliIe with mOny fire the immediate resatg
and from this he inferred that the earth was globe Of
liquid FIRE before il cOnso dated on liz surface ana
nis ao accounted for The evolution Of light being recorded
in tie ho.ac account before the y mentioned aud IL
was not un after this fire consolidated aDd he hight
result M m N removed that the and stars
could become visible.
lie lecturer went on 10 illustrate bis theory with va
III ~ Il INGENIOUS arguments deduced from experiments
al he NJ 4 brilliant and successful character, among
Which were tho celebrated performances Of burning ths
diamond dipping his finger into boiling lead and seyeraI
ohes wb,l ccited repeated mark. OF approbaion nom
a hiehly int ligent and delighted audience.