New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-17
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD-
VANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
From Orr Own Reporter.

From Orr Own Reporter.
PROVIDENCE, Wednesday, Aug. Is.
The American Association for the Advance
ment of Science commenced it's Ninth ANIMAL
Meeting in the chapel Of Manning HALL, Brown
University. The attendance WAS tolerab.y
large for first meeting. A number of ladies
were present.
The officers of the Association are as follows:
President-Dr. JoHs TeRREY of New.York.
Permanent Secretary-Prof. Joseph Lowering of
Cambridge.
Tyeasurer-Dr A. L. Elwyn of Philadelphia
General SecIeary-Dr. Wocott Gibbs of New
York.
The meeting was called to order by the President,
Dr. ToRRKY, who at once introduced to the Associa-
ton the Rev. DIR. wayland, President of Brown Uni
versity. Dr. WAYLAND spoke a. follows:
Ii affords the paro and officers of the University
peculiar pleasure TO welcome the gentlemen OF the
Association TO this seat of learning. What could con
fer upon greater honor than the presence OF genue
men WHO have successfully extended the bonds oil
knowledge; whoee are household words through
out the civilized world who by their discoveries 10
Electricity, in Galvanism, in Geology and 10 all that
belongs 10 Nature, have conferred the greatest ben
efts on mabkind-benehts which are continually in-
creasing and multiplying throughout successive gen.
eratOns. We welcome you to our Institution, and we
open you homes and our hearts Your visit will
he profitable to US and shall derive new Impulse
from the knowledge you bring us
DIR. ToRREY followed in few brief remarks, stating
the objects Of the Association, and the arrangements
made for the present meeting.
Tie Association resolved TO defer the usual division
into sections until Thursday, after which they took
recess OF one hour in order TO allow time for the special
committees their plans for the daily sessions
Professors pache Csswen, Robb and Others were
added to the Standing Committee
Invitations were received from the Providence
Athensum Butler Hospital Franklin Society, and
sundry other public bodies and places of interest III
wiling the members OF the Association to visit them at
their pleasure during these meetings.
The first paper read was by Prof. HENRY, on Com
buston He had based his experiments on paper
by Count Rumford stating that when the sides and
back of CRATE composed offire brick and heated
red hot they radiated heat than the fire itself
When a fire was made Of Goals and small pieces Of
friedrich II gave ont much greater amount Of heat
and the cinders were entirely consumed. The same
effect was produced by the mixture of fuel and clay
Count Rumford had given no account Of the cause Of
that phenomenon. lie had repeated the experiment
and the result appeared TO confirm the experiments Of
Count Rumford. He then varied them with flames OF
hydrogen and alcohol and different substances, car
bonse of line glass, stone, coal, and clay. Carbon
ote Of lime produced the greatest effect. IL had long
heeu known that piece OF platinum wire IN neme
would increase the redstion of light aud these exp III,
mems proved that the radiation OF heat was Increased
in like degree We could not suppose that the aoso-
luts amount of heat increased. The most prooa-
BE conjecture he thought was, that the heat OF com
binaton was converted into radiant heat 10 test
his he had placed a platinum wire in the apex OF
a flame and introduced slip OF MICA one-uuh OK
an inch in breadth vertically beneath H. Inc ware
Immediately diminished In intensity OF llght ana OF
radiant heat so that while the mica Itself was rad ant
with Eght and heat il evident that It's Introduction
cooled The fame above IL verifying the idea NAT inc
intensity n radiation produced az the expense OF
/ The heat of combination. so If fuel was TO be en-
/ rloyed in the evaporation OF water by CONFUSE 81
/ npder kettle liz effect would be diminished uy any
substance intervening between the lame ana tae hit-
tie and the fame ought 10 be made 20 strike dfccily
/ ou The kettle with considerable force. But q Fs-y
/ different fire was required TO warm room, IN MAJ
case radiating substances might ee employer &c ia
| vantage.
! Prof Looms followed with psper on the tempsFs-
| ture Of The planets. Ascertainng the temperature
which the earth would have % case the heat OF the
sun should b. Withdrawn TO be 81 beIo" zero,
Fshrel heit by the very e method o. averaging
al compu,stons which haze hitherto beer made
varying from e above zozo to rs he.oF, re pro-
ceeoed to assume that TO be the Temperature oil tue
planetary spaces. Tacitly assuming also ths' the hest
Of TIE sun produces an If sc on otter planets preclse
simar with reatisn to u intensity, TO ilL produced
uroD the earth be gOes TO assign 10 Jrzater ana tl'
/ plsrets beyond Il empersiure difie-i2g not more
Than degree rom tat Of ths stellar spaces, 10 MAT
mean femuerature &c IL above ze-o az tbe e4 la
ard Sc below ar tie poles, 20 Venus temperature 0
23C7 at 10 equacz anJ - al the poies, and 10 AeT
curv 100 et IA eQua or and ssS ST the poles.
or neon had Al AMOS here :; tae same densty
ours lis mean temperature 8Onl5 be the same olt 4
/ II had no spprecshJe atmosphere that wOui max
a slight chlgt, and be woEh place Il al 40
But this .smpeIsture nssi be much more u
s-tted iran cars, g. TIE lunar day Is upl
than q saes a. ong - aurs Applying inese r.SA
10 veee able ard animal lie he couc.uds that "a oon
exist osly or he polsi regions OF yerAs' her eqla
rial regiars berg hossr than boiisg watT, and Il
equatorial regions OF Man having iempeIAure oeio
Ice freezing point Prof Looms went on % uelno
srrste that he rings OF Setura If hqua must be COZ
poeed Of alcohol and ihst Of the pdrest quality IA
: Il must be the psradi.e Of iopers lie would sen.ui
however 10 sug ses, that by supposng Il 10 conss
/ an immense NUMBER Of Sold bodies Of snnAn oiA's