New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-17

be fOuBd hat carbOrc ecld became uqulu NJ ",n'
persure Of 800 or 400 below zero, but a. u fed
ersbe pressure 70 reduce Il 20 liquid condition.
be was inclined TO suggest cyanogen, which became
cold al 800 below zero.
Prof PErRcr would say one word only with regard
to the fucry OF Saturns rings. 1t fluid as GER
tainly fluid as water was fluid Ii II were not nuid u
could not be sustained. Changes enough had been
obseryed in It TO prove that it fluid The chem
lists could not decide that ques ion astronomers could
decide Il for themselves. The problem for chemists
10 decide wss wfat substance would fulfill the condi-
tons Of the substance composing the rlng. With re-
gard 10 the atmosphere of the Moon he thou " the
gentleman was mistaken an the numbers. prof
Looms has stated that according 10 Hanson the CEN
ter OF gravity OF the Moon SO miles beyond her
actual center IL was eight miles instead OF 30 Anc
we must remember that this was not Hansons opin-
ion; il was his demon s'ration only. Eight miles on
the Moon would relatively be eqnal, however, 10 80
miles on Il Earth. Now if t1oy went up 80 miles
through our atmosphere he took Il that the reracton
of Star could not b. detected by any known instru
nsnt. Ni'h regard 10 a change in the Enth tenn
pereture many Stars moving ten seconds year,
which would take only about 100000 wears, a shor,
geolovical period 70 pass the distance between
The Earth and the Icsrest fixed Star Within that
period there was every probability that the Earth had
been so near fixed Star as TO change s ie npera-
ture very materially. In that way might very
easily account for all the temperatures which geoio-
as's bad observed.
Prof W. b. RoGERs thought that the interior beat
oS the Earth should be left out of the calculation.
That was not de VI. There tide constantly vi
brsting between the heat of the sun and that OF the IN
terror of the Earth The heat of the interior OF Jupi
ter and Saturn would be vastly greater than that OF
the Earth in consequence OF their vastly greater
masses ard he could very easily conceive that that
would make up for q diminished heat OF the sun Aud
40 be- must hold that this vast fleet OF worlds were
besutifed and ennObled, in word spiruahzed, by
the existence of life if not of intelligence upon their
surfaces.
Prof AGAssz stated hat at very remote times there
was similarit, of animals in the polar and equsto-
rial re sions indicating temperature neary equal
a. not 70 be capaes Of explanation by any other hy
potbesis than that of interior heat He did not think
however that we Should find it so gloomy the
face of bfsTs "a the gentleman had opposed he
thought We shout something more than red snow.
In his wand-iDgs on ts Alps be hed seen Cerase% N
fall bloom a. elevation OF 1ACOO teet ABOVE the
le el Of the sea He had onnd several mooes also Ia
the same situa SON. A kru of Podsra was frequently
found in the ssues of the glaciers ond besides even
tie Ienus Of the CyclOps and o'hes which would
make quite a ETIna and \ little Flora were lhey
exam ~ and stated.
Prof. LOOMS reeseerted thai the eartf had not ,en
sibly lost heat for 900 years.
Prof PIERCE stated that never saw the body of
Saturn, and ii was always heatcd to waiteness ard
we only Jaw the cloud above it.
Prof. CHASE said thai we knew that light was ~
necessary TO vegetable life Us heat was 10 animal life.
lie would inquire then, where the hight necessary 10
vegetable lie on the mere remote anes came from
How was il to be supplied Did light radiate from
he internal heated nucleasl
Prof HEsRY said that this whole Jubject belonged
lot to the domain of actual science but of scientific
pccuIation IL did not strike him that the same mat
er must be found in all the planets if we adopted
he nebllar theory of condensaton. The condensation
If different material would take place at different
III ion. Nth rntre rfF
i ht wes a very striking The dynamic power,
which decomposed the carbOnc acid necessary tor or
,aIc FORMS was found only in the chemical ray. The
sun was yet great source of heat and hie Its
strength however was wasting away.
The Sun himself shall fade and ancient right
Again involve desolaie abyss"
With regard to the changes in the Earths tempero-
ure the oats were very precise lnere were con-
ftions which initiated against the results ascertamed
he nsanced the effect of the Moon in reterdmg the
velocity OF the EaJth. The argument that the Earth
lad not perceptibIy cooled within 1000 Yeas Yves
Jnss d the fact that the sidena day was nOg'the
ame as then, and it would have shortened he'd the
Earth shrunk by cooling. When certain substances
De came solid they became enlarged. His own view
If the nbabltaby OF the panets was that tho outer
aIets bad passed that condition which was neces-
,ary 10 Organized life and the interior had not
vet come 10 IT, On the Earth organization Rad
avideutly CONNER ced al tee poes, and had gene
out there While il was still luxuant at the equator. IL
was destined to go out there also.
Mr. GOULD would ask the grounds on which Prot
ooms stated the earth temperature had not changed
'or the last 1000 years. Prof. Winlock and he had
convinced themselves that they could e distinct
races of an atmospere around the surfsee the Uoon
Twihe hit distinctly appeared, and he cou only atri-
bu'e il 10 the atmospheric Influence. At each csc-
sive unaiiou during ts earlier part they cosd per
ceve the lunar Cisk bordered as II were by fringe oil
light This surface was distinctly bounded. There
as almost a. much difference between that and the
dark surface of the moon between the light and
lark rings of Saturn, the only interruptions OF this
boundary being such as would naturally result from
the inequalities on the moons surface. lie coshl not
sneak with confidence as 10 the breadth OF inst por
lion, but be thought 1t must exceed TWO See0n1S o.
time.
Prof. LOOMS said that when he stated that the
temuerature OF the Earth had not changed Tor 1000
wears be was but repeating the result oil the Wen
known observations Of La Place. Although there
were substances which did not contract on cooling
.,,ch spb.,anees did not constitute the maa OF the
Earth. Speaking scientifically, the Moon had an al
mospbere although OF extreme tenuiIyi speaking pop
pulsrly il had none.
Prof AGAssIz stated a proof that tho tempera'
ture Of the Earth had not changed that the northern
and southern limit of the grape had not percephbiy
changed for 1900 years.
prot WV. b. ROGERS urged that rocks did expand
in cooling and that the conclusion that because the
derial day was the same the Earth he'd net cooled,
was a non sequrur.
Prof PEIRcE stated that very considerable cooling
If the suraoe of the Earth would affect the empera-
ture Of the Earth's mass only Enthusiastically
Dr. GouLD quoted the argument Of Mr.. Perrin Cd
Nsshv;e mat the friction of the tdewsve had ten
depcy 70 re,ard the motion Of the Earth and thus 20
counteract the increase which would otherwise result
fom the Esrth's contraction.
Prof BAcHE said that the objection TO that was that
the t;ae.waye did not move in constant direction.
In the Pacific we lad a gigantic system Of Lttorsl