Washington sentinel., 1854-04-29
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AD-
yANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
THIRD DAY.

The association met at 10 o'clock.
. A resolution accepting the offer of Major En-
ory to exhibit his drawings of the Topographic
cal condition of the country from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coast, and to the boundary be-
tween Mexico and the United States taken
during his expedition, was passed.
A resolution complimentary to Prof Peirce,
and requesting a copy of his eloquent address
for immediate publication, was unanimously
adopted.
Several new members were admitted.
The association then adj djourned to meet in
sections.
Section A met in the lecture-room of the
Institution, and section B in the room ad-
joining.
During the session of section A, a resolution
was passed acknowledging the kindness of G..
B. Airy, esq, astronomer royal of Great Bri-
tain, IN furnishing to our government, to other
men of science in this country, the results of
observations made at.the National Observatory
Of Great Britain.
The following is a programme of the papers
presented and read:
In mathematics, physics, &C., by Professor
Elias Loomis, on the satellites of Uranus; by
Lorin Blodget, on the law of variations of at
mospherc PRESSURE; by Professor j. Lawrence
Smith, on the inverted microscope; by A, d.
Bache, comparison of the diurnal inequalities
of the tides on the Pacific coast; by W. HI.
Emory, on the longitude of Frontera, Ell Paso,
and San Eleazario; by Professor Elias Loomis,
on the resistance experienced by bodies falling
through the atmosphere; by John M. Batch
elder electric properties of whalebone rubber;
by w. G. Redfeld, Cape Verde and Hatteras
hurricane and other storms by Andres Poey,
on the probable increase of hail storms in
Cuba; by A. ID. Bache, on the distribution of
temperature in and near the Gulf stream; by
Lieutenant M. f. Maury, on the Gulf stream;
by A. Osborn, the dinrnal motion of the earth;
by A. ID. Bache, preliminary determination of
cotidal lines on the Atlantic coast; bv Lieuten-
ant G. III. Davis, on the relative value of the
different astronomical methods of determining
the longitude; by Professor John Brocklesby,
an account OF storm that passed over Con-
necticut, August l, 1851.
In geology, natural history, chemistry &C.,
by DIR. l.. ID. Gale, on the American patent sys-
TEN, and its relations to science by Profes-
sors w. B. Rogers and r.. u. Rogers, on the
use of hydrogen gas to displace sulphuretted
hydrogen in the analysis of mineral waters;
by Prof w. b. Rogers, on the cleavage and
other effects caused by trap dikes in the middle
secondary rock Of Virginia; by Prof b. Sill
man, jr., notice of peculiar variety of coal
from Breckenridge county, Kentucky; by T. s.
Hunt, number of mineral species, and illus
trations Of chemical homologies by Josiah P.
Cooke, jr., on decomposition Of water at the or
dinary temperature; by John johnson, on
notice of some imprints which have recently
been observed in the sandstone strata at the
quarries in Portland, Connecticut by Profess
sor VIM. Hopkins, on brief outline or general
description Of remarkable fossil by James
Hail. on the absence of the evidence Of remains
Of fishes in all the silurian rocks OF the United
States, and on remarks upon the geological
formation Of the country along the line of the |
boundary survey; by Henry r. r. Schoolcraft,
on the geological evidence of benevolent de-
signs in the structure of the surface of the
globe.