New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-08
" But Time, though Old, Is yin Of fight,
Aud hours ilew quickly by"
SIXTH DAY.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May ,, Is

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May ,, 1854.
The Association met at q in general meeting
communication was received from DIR. Wayland, Pres
lent Of Brown University inviting the Association TO hold
its neat annual meeting in Providence Referred to stand
ing Committee.
An invitation OF the Corporation Oh 6coSeto" 10 par
take of dinner declined
After some unpotent business the general meeting adj
iourned, and the Association nat III sections
In Section A-Mathomatics, Physics &c--hr' frazer
ri Philadelphia in the chair the following papers were
read, viz:
Nortons paper on the Condition OF the sun and the Plan
.ioyy BODIES This was an excellent production but too
deliberately technical further notice from re-
porter - A., OIL,
On the Distribution of Temperature in and near the GU"
Sream of The Coast Of the United States, from ooserVa'
lions made in the Coast Survey by A. d. bache super
nendent In illustrating this paper Mr. Bache made use
of chart showing the points of observation OF the temper
aurc across the Gulf Stream From TINS chart appeared
that tications into the phenomena attending the
smh of e Gulf had been made from nine points across
the stream commencing al Sandy Hook ana ending al
Cane Carvenal on the Florida Coast Each OF tnese SEE
tiona observations had been made az different nes anu
nv different perons but all the observations dehosra'e
the same results each section showing the same curves o
minimum and maximum heat In the secuoh lIoh ~
Carvenal across the Gulf the general waters oi the
aa NH the phepomens Witnessed in the other sections
were here exhibited in most wonderful ana beauui"l
manner. AT this point, as The obser aons Nete c.
outward il was found that OF spot there was an abrupt
descent of some 1900 feet Further on an elevation was
discovered whose slope answered to that OF hills on anu
This elevation was about five hundred ee h,Sn ann
about fifteen miles The base, where another elevation
was obsery ed, having slope OF about seven nue5
this inequality in the bottom Of the Gull Stream Mr. bsche
rp s,% strata y Of tie waters Il was just such
ton az would lead 70 the result noticed lie proposed 20
cary the investigations further and hoped to arrive at
s Ms sO, Emory read paper on the Gulf Stream the
object of which to show that the stream vas muoh m
snce by the season. being much depressed To the sonih
IN Tho winter or cold months while in the warm mouths II
extends far up 10 the north In the latter case exenu
mn 10 SOC ana in the former dept sedto 40 IN ns con
on he noticed the fact that being possessed OF tns IN
Srmstion scientific men at Washington were enabled le
calculate most accurately the position 81 he nasu 81,
Francisco lie briefly stated that IS soon a. a S
he disaster 10 the vessel calculations were made ana
,,ss pr,posed 10 dispatch the cutter al Ne"i"l"Vn
search fcr her The cutter was TO proceed down 10 ~
and sail due east. Major f. showed, by is diagram" .ns
tS ,h c.,ter nroceeded a. directed she must have me
the San Francisco at the point liked upon IN ue vac"s
lions He mentioned it as singular ina. .no posi-" ~
the disabled vessel could be known nSf' nn"S .n
S9h bes par,ed eompany with her in the night tonn'
imiossihe TO determine where she had gone wheh morn
ing came. The paper was very inieres,ingr = SN
Mai Emory as follow ed by Lieut. L. H. DAVIS l. :. "
Who read a paper ON the relative valne Of the dieren
Astronomical methods Of determining the Longitude SnS
was succeeded by paper On me ,o srom Nh
ehronometric expeditions OF the Coast Survey by u
Bond.
new instrument ic iaeiniesmg 'he projection Oh srea
circle routes In charts, and finding by inspection the conr
and distance. was exhibited by Prof Chaavenet This
maehne excited much attention, and was pronounced
1wopderfnl' by the learned professors.
The section then adjourned meet in general meetn.
n, The election Of officers for the ensuing meeting.
In Section Geology Natural History Chemistry s c
Prof James Hall in the chair, the following papers wer
On the Delphinus or Phcc@na Orea, the Whale khle
Tbresher mentioned by John Tradescant IN The lourna
~ his voyage to Russia in lois CommumcaIed 10y ID
IL, ~ Tho Imperial Academy o; Sciences at n
Petersburg. ~, .,;n.. ,,hsIa, deso,;hs
by Lieut. Many was dnSeSrS', ysSrs I ssc