New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-02
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-
VANCEMENT or SCIENCE
THIRD DAY
Fr-n Oar Ovr KFToTT6F
wasHrSGToS, Friday, April ss 1854.

lSrrmber OF new members were elected
A coUmuuicatou from Major Emery signifying his viii
uuess 20 exhibit TO the Association his drawings OF the
Typographical condition OF the country from the Aanc 10
the Pacific and to the boundary between the ned States
,nd Mexico taken bv him during his expedition. at any
60 Ia, mich, sni, the convenience Of the Association.
The ION yoted avail themselves oil the MAJOR
offer on Monday morning az clock
The following resolution was then offered -,
% CO.. % b. e.oqusn address OF j. late Fresten ana Sf
be L rqusea . fa.nh copy o nms NM, P.so0'
Ibe Association then adjourned 10 meet in sections
In section A. which embraced Mathematics. Physics
Sc paper read by Prot Loom, OF the niVtrsn.
al New-lork upon the Satellites OF Uranus The object
~ the Professor was 20 remark upon the Observations oi
Prof Lassel and others as 20 the appearances OF te
satellite, from different locations
This followed by paper on me "a" oi Nara,us ~
atmospheric through successive months ot the
wear and It's practical application 10 baromeuc measure
men; of nights in the interior OF continents, %! LoEh
Blodget.
An interesting debate occurred upon this paper IN which
Lent, Col Emery. Lieut.. Maury, Prof Chandler and
Prof Bache. Tie former promised 10 furnisn rroi ID.
vh certain meteorological ObSerNaons, whch ne I"'
Poos. deemed necessary order 20 the further deter
mina.on of the of variations IN the interior OF ,he
continent a. soon as they could be madeand collected
bv his assistants.
Lieut. Maurv remarked upon the necessity If ascertain
ing the direction wind i'll order 70 arrive al the result de-
sired He had noticed tina, most extraordinary oaromerc
indications had been noticed on the east oi me Nnes'
rance of mountains directly in the course OF the trade
wind, and had been observed that arecast OF the mon
tains had appeared in the ky lie suggested haI TINS
RAM, might ac upon The current OF the trade III manner
similar IN an obstruction in where the water would
give the recas the obtructng object below as case
of The Po Rock in Hurgae. lie noticed that DESCENDING
the Amazon and while floating downward his boiling point
indicated baromecally point with the lever oil the sea-
Still far down this point again changed and according 10
the bnr meter cave his boiling point thousand feet above
the sea level He suggested that the elevation OF AIR east
of the Andes might he accompanied by corresponding
depression west. but this fact had not been made apparent
by experiment
Pro- Blodset suggested that the anomaly alluded To by
Lcut Maury nigh, be attributed 20 increased empera-
Mr. Chandler remarked that he had noticed the anon
allies mentioned bv Lieut. VI. AT r. PaSo. .
Lieut. Maury was succeeded by Prof Lawrence smith
of Louisville who gave explanation ot the inverted
microscope with some remarks on me Illumination OF
microscopical objects. The exhibition OF the microscope
ard the relative remarks by PgOf Smith were very inter-
estiuc The use OF this admirably arranged instrument
will lie found Of ncalculabe benefit 10 the chemist since
il enables him pursue h researches IN the most NOR
ourh raurer without moving the object under exaInlna-
ton It's construction enabling It's adjustment TO any angle
and 10 the accommodation of any ray ot hight
CoMPARl,o> DIrRN,L INEQUALITIES OF TIE TIDES
a. San Utg0 San FrGpcisc0 dRf As'orid. IN me RI
cite Coast Of the Ua,ed Siacs from ObSfrrati2nS IN
fo,n,ctilh rtt Pie Co0I Surrey.
This amer BY Prof Baohe Superintendent of the Coast
survey was illustrated 10y drawings, reglst,rn- the re-
suits of observations of officers of the Coast Survey az me
three points on the Pacific coas, mentioned lie nouceu
tho .ouoties of the tides the points alluded TO- a.
g. mrarod with those on the Atlantic coast VI ue TWO
durna tides the Pacific one Is much smaller man ,he
Other, almost giving It the appearance 81 but one ie per
dav lie mentioned that on the Pacific coast the ME
comes in nearly perpendicular direction wene on le
Atlantic il flowed in almost parallel Inc Professor CON
cuded by paying well-eserNed tribute 10 Lieut. iIo"
bridge of the L. =. Navy.
Mai Emery read paper on the longitude of Fronera
FL Paso and San Eleazario resulting IN the determination
of cardinal point of the Boundary Survey
During IN, reading OF this paper Major f. took occa-
sion 10 mention the fact that manuscript tables hat
heen furnished % the Boundary Commission by the
af
vance of their publication. The observations made by
Mi f. in relation to the subject OF his paper were comp-
mened by Prof. Pierce.
The following resolution offered by Prof Bache was
unanimously adopted
Resored Tha he American Aoea on o1 me "
th for his repeated es OF kindness IN furnish
his Government and other men OF science 10 the United
Prof b. remarked that Instructions had been given e
Astronomers nj Good Hope and other British Branch 90
seIysoIer 10 supply this country with such Information
connected with their abors as might be called
The rap,r on the resistance experienced by bodies falling
through the amo phere by Prot Elias LOOMS University
of Newly rk, was very interesting. .
The electric properties OF whalebone rubber. by Mr
John NJ Baicheder Superintendent of the Crystal Palace
was paper rad by Prof Pierce who introduced an IN
venton of NJ. Goodyear in the shape OF telegraph m
suaor composed OF two parts rubber and one part sui
phur amalgamated at high temperature This compost
lion said possess electric powers superior 10 the
plate used in electrical machines and would 1t was
thought supersede IL.
The Brandon tornado Ohio Janua 90 1884, and the
Cane Verde and atteras hurricane and other storms
paIers read by Mr. Redied of New-York. Mr.. Redied
theory that the storms alluded to had their origin in
Northern Africa and passed westwardly crossed the At
lantic skrng the Atlantic coast and passing OF north
cartwardly.
Dr. Howe who takes special pleasure in opposing his
theory that of Mr. Redfed, Immediately took
the floor and dsented entirely to the principle promulgated
by Mr.. Redhed.
The durna motion Of the earth in accordance with
its organic structure long paper by Prof Osborne
OF Albany ~ L., and was not concluded whenth Section
adjourned.
In Section b. devoted TO Geology Natural History and
Chemistry, the following papers were read, VIZ;
The American Patent System and Us re atoms 10 scenceespe-
eis TO chemical b. Dr. l. D. Gale Of the Patent Office,
he ne gas dspace phue,ted hydrogen the
ANALYSIS mineral BY Professors \" Rogers and T.
On the o;ber effects caused by Pdks in the mid
die secondary rock Of Virginia By Professor W Rogers
Kentucky BY 'Pfoisssof B, slilman, j.
Prof Simans paper the last among the coed and
am happv in being able to present full abstract o IT.
The great coafed il well known, the ONO and
part OF the northern or
that State including hose Of Hancock and
covered BY Kentucky hes been estimated At 800
miles. efor's have been made 20 explore this valuable
vey lew aud chiefly the banks OF the Ohio and m nava
The well those Of Illinois generally belong
with remarkable exceptions; TO the class Of moderately -. btu
and although the coal openings at and CsnnetoD efe
Pittsburgh although the latter have been ioat
n as,boai. lees Than 100 miles down the Ohio
Within time however attention as been bestowed
upon Kntgky s and between the discovery OF GOALS Of
very superior quality before unknown and the introduction Of the
railway upon scale OF considerable extent. these e
like, industrial importance Unfortunately
Btunnous Goals IN the West can be- eeT-
cuy general IL has been estimated by some
persons quantity the Anthracite aud dry snmnous
toe Atlantic stare This seems however TOO hgh
81 probable thar the amount consumed IN 1853 did
not All calculations however Of the amount
IL the United states made to-day comparatively
the The development
IL only by cOmparaon Of several
BE- drained the future In s the whole
product al the United States hardly exceeded It i
sd Of un 10 1874 the smount OF Anthracite Coal orousht
did exceed hall million Of n 1855 the amount