New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-25

oupusIfe oceans. The cJar's ai,o 'ace1, NJ Iae s-
at. continent, but tie op.risg Of he oassSs Vt n
wa.hed IA, m, end volcanic alton sas N p:cS'r-on
to the si1c of the adjacent rams. M.;rnrpa - ~
ard volcanoes were .he ocean; the ne-H -
waite the bitter the IRE; tbe bearer the ws.o', o 20
more ruucious were the pioat n Of tbe uiJIn'A ~
From that he argued thai the grand ies'u'es ~ i"I
snd water lave beer the sane eli ce seof'gG Aa's'
Ihe great sgcrc,s Of the esth's deyrhPrsn' We,
ci}sfalzaUon heat, water s3d he. lie 'n[ScpCn
of ne eaIth's cru,t in crLiDs would nece@A1J
wrinkle H. Areas OF grs a,.st sabsderoe uo-li q ~
case rroouce greatest wrinkles a, theY eisesi 70
mountains IN which would be n. srsa,.,-. s,h !, .>on
o. beat. Fom these general principles De proceeded
to cecuce the growth Of North AG.r.A TIE
AzOic Rocks lad been above vSsr ever rg,s ~
we're deposited. A band of them Stretched frsG1
the Greet Lakes parallel wl.h the -. L>wrexos .ad
another swept of toward .he Arciic neAriy paysasl
TO the Rocky MountaiDs-an area shaped Ike = h.
row. with the bead 20 ward he south, ana the Ell ado
OIL, half leDgth Prof DAv, treated u TIE grown o.
the continent from this Ole nucleus a. he saccessvo
straie were depoeited aud elevated During tie Car
h,niferous p, nod the Rocky Mountains were 20 ssa-
how water. while the Appalachian chain va. COM
mspced in the Siulsn age, two or thee i'rmssso1s
before 10 late a. the Cr,taceous period he Guf o.
Mexico coyeredtte spot where IT. LoIs nov .. Aos.
Srce that period the county sdjsccnt - he Poetic
had b. ed e. waited some coo feet, while here ros
correrpcr6pg subsid.Lce il wha. are now the -,sI
Islands ,f the Pacific. Afer the tertiary eeri)d the-s
was however great charg" the Arctic rsgioDs WHICH,
bad scarcely beer touch ed since their drs. emersesce
were subn ereed, and post-.ertny Deposits greas
extent bad been depo-ted there. There were svi-
c,ncss Of diluvial action far frsns~ncias Aay'Amg
Known OF present; be couls acc luD Tor pay 90 'se
supportion of the melting Of glaci rs. Prot, pans
rolcud.6 BY noticing the finishing touches Which, pa
isbed off the world, fitting for the resdsnoe OF mag.
Col Foster expressed his great g-snhca:ioS ;, too
Of AGAssrz wished TO asked Prof Dars wesIer
be all ed that there had not been any OF tie
cherges from mountain to deep sea, which were gcn-
orally suppond TO have taken place
tnf nlS tel A.C
lations. -...
Prof AG.ssiz ssid that ths. was biz view. He ruf-
posed that Necessary for the similarity o. pateSaJJ
life the different continents. Tie spike VI the beolty
OF the development Of the syfem walc5 -esuiteo -
bringing al tog.t' here; be meant the so.eessNn
of development which. beginning with tie loves.
members, ended with the meet perfect Of The sainll
creation.
A GESTLEnAs from Maeouri wished L Place IA
Island in ore Of Prot. Dan.'s sess. tnere va 2,
island Of azoic rock in southern Missouri snd North
en kapsss and he thong bt their ron mcIAtA -
the Oldest land of the Continent.
The Section then Adjourned.
SECTION OF PHYSICS AID NsTHFNATIcs
The meeting having been called to o'dtr ~ 10
was read by Professor W. Is. ROCKS, on he nstoly
AID be,Iy of the toys called horoscopes. These a-
strum. his lately attrac god deal cf sientSo
aid the form Of then IL probably iamla u OH 'esoes
They ccntist nnly Of wheel which may - msdo
10 rotate very rspio at the enG OF CD axis Which -
balanced OIL swivel jout AT the top ave''cal pot
IT, while the Wheel rotstrg he AXE IL throSn oos OF
balapce by of riidLs weight, tue AXIS oeElS
to rotate ia horizontal dire ton round the post IeU
the simplest FORM but oths m more con.PhSAsed srs
he found They we're !frst made by Professor IL. N:
Johnson of Phsdelphs and rad recently been revived
in France. The French nathemsucians acknowledge
Professor Johi son the inventor tie p1oisaed so
al Gle in Snkmdns journal sbout twenty n'o yearn
ago 6.scrbyg bic apparatus. Prok ssor Rogers shso
explained the cause Of the secondary ROTATION oy no
ethod Of the combination OF rctsuons, ana W Io
doctrine Of couples Of forces. tie wished " iyesf no
theory, If possible of the forms OF the cseuln' A'S
Ir., Ut Ia the beautiful geOmeticA mann II 10 whto
the thery Of the psrallsoersn OF rotatons enabs }.
to be eta,ed. Bot even IN this form the giestlon
required far too much technically 10 allow usto
Professor Rcg.rss reasoning. la oil sricuy ."ientiho
taptrs there must be large proportion mater
Which Gao be clothed oily Ia the pecul'N language
of the scelcs ana il is especially ~ in ma'ers o NE
cbapics ard mathematics
Tnon he conclusion OF this paper debate sprarg
Nd which Consumed q very dsorophuooa'e hlns OF
the TIC ting. Prot. bartlett gave An EXPANSION
Of the toy, starting from different folhtauphi on
some Of tie members suppouingas frvf tSogefs hiD-
,eli appeared to dO-that Prof. Bartlett doao.eu sno
III, my advanced in the Psper, many needless w,rds
wer. uttered upon the subDect. Al ie0gh ffoL hB.
els acknowledged the truth Vt several OF tao Sv*5
v bcb be had at first supposed were rol ha1ic'y 70
hir on H. AID Prof PIERCE, who had Lot ye: sppkon,
closed the ciscu SION 10y simple Statement OF the re-
points OF the c,se. He observed tina; ffo!. L'venhB
lad rtce. tly presented complete discussion ID no
uu, ston to the Americso Acec.Iny; that toe sn 10
cory of il was in fact cOnaioed Ia tina. o. tho com
mon top; ard as for the antiquity, TIE 50 'o7Vy
was long ago presented By one Isaac NeSt)D lLacsi-
tetI Pot ROGERS said that he wns Ms re ~ ti.s
s Ilsry Of the theory Of the oe'ope 70 ViaI o. 'o
top of the pr, cersion OF The eldDoxev, az nno
pIepaI. to Illustrate thee. suo.o = oa1 $50
The eYpt rim. t. of Foucout the f<nfuinal, With
be woud have shown to the A so'iaton 40 a-ffaooDS
OF his psper, bad be thought bar there YOU'D 'e tune.
Prof HENRY maj ed that the same pro poln wsS
found in guI merry, when rotary motion -as "a to
rife-is gwen to tne ball. As ong as ire ball hes
neay horizontal, 1t will remtia D'aily IN one verrai
plane but when il begius ly 10 ceDc y irJm seYof
Il will slro have seuslble horizontal d.hecti,D.
After a few uore words, tue CHAiKaAs called upon
Prof Bacbe for some accoUnt vi his dcis-lo1 " tbo
iic,s in tie Gulf OF Mexico. Piot BAchE iear,d rs
the laepess Of the hour should prevent tao eoc2vn
from e,eng clearly tne diagrauis by when hs W.
sbout TO nlu,trate his rnGrks. ~ successive mse'-
ipes Of the ASS citation he bad presented spponmsA
cOdal nes fr the Atlantic aid Paclhc eossts " Ioo
Tinted States drawn rom the tidal oberSsl)ls Jf Tbs
Coast Survey, ano he nov presentei similar nhesi
our coast on the Guf Of Mexico lac 'Iies % tho
Atlantic cosst are OF tn. regular seE durnAl ciEs,
easily 0iscursed by the 'orlss ~ Lubbock AMI Whe"-
ELL Those OF the Pacific coast, though con''io'nS
the dlune well a. stm ciuinal "sve ar 70 h'ih-
ably Regular. In tie Gui the uee. are snl ~, eAAy
at, ~ by extrt circumstances and .i- rn-
diurnal tides sometimes lost IN the diatnal nd mo
character of the tifa ph.nom ID the 0n the Pc
cuisnfies III the c.Ifgu.t0D and oeph Oh the oasiD,
the limited extent which t1cr researches sp,ead,
ard various other oiicumstsLces had c,ntnb1s~d 10
r. nder their work ess satisfactory hers tran 90 Tho
ocean coats. Some o. these difficulties, ihoso
ansipg from an imperfect knoH'eose ~ Va"
Gut will hereafter disappear. Al pfssent,
they had DO obs fyaOU CT the tides Oh The y)s.t vi
Cuba or Yucatan. But the results .Fesdy pbained
be thought such to bo greatly sersics",'e TO
psvjgstors TIE ciedi, Of the investigations, ~ ~ssed
again to ray, psrily due 20 able ss-'-'Ins ~
p.claly to Mr. Pouitaie.. Inc olufnh we Bthe
prncips feature in the tides Of me Gull, Amounting
d ost plac. than loot IN hight. Ib- solni-
dpInal tides are psrt Of .he ast. re sce than
the oiUrnsl. Prof Bache then went iato 40 ADJ
ion OF The oce in ybc they Lao endeayoIsd nJn
their NUMEROUS obeerya.lons " detect ooth .oe bon
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