New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-28

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ro.e6 OF the same mater the yok and a Per, 81
h Succ.s.iyeiy the distinctions become more aii
more msrked ard finally We have 90 anuh - ',I"'
seems 70 stand oat from the yoK wuen a W. yolh
.rcas,d in L. From ,hs has arisen the error OF piys
oog;s,s that tho yolk ~ irclOsed IN the men,e'y
canal to give smtenspce to the anlmh' can 4ts'e
that. st no time, s a single partc!e oi tnst yoik
seeted in the aliInensy canal, n II would be- t l.
- ;rt,oGuced into the cav.,y Of dgestlJn !. i no.
di steS; il Is gradually rsrsf rTet mo the syste by
immediate absorption. When the germ he's sur
rounded the yols We Gee ~i'HTo T " ,aeas. waste '
ou.GIstion OF the yolk / will make
comparison Suppe9e that IN a meadow there
should BE- an sbsorpt'on OF liquid from
the s.mospbere; such that in certain places
nool. would be 70 med and that these poo's
wYo,ld increase, sad when having acquired certain
dimension he fuid Of these pools woulo bgin TO run
rom Ole pool to inc other, and perhaps, Hoy req
they divege again. Sn3pose that this tkes ace Or
csnicaly thi Is what takes place in the egg Sreaks
Of fluid yolk inn fon the periphery 70 ward the in.
terror and again diverge and r.ose into other plrts
There is a cOTp plete sJsten Of circulation. This wa-
oiacoyered by John Hunter, and plaes Of pub
shed; bat there letter Dress. All the d.c)v-
cry died with LIN. l. il ory aifer have discovered
the circulation that, while looking over the pete-,
see that he must have known l.: for bis Fl ,ure. could
DOT have been made go bao be not known 1t. In:
circulation is nothing but fluid albumen ii Is fid
yok; and that il passes by regular current into the
center Of the embryo and then outward - seen ny
their minute Gos become free, AMI theee tots, "h
their dak Appearance corst ant = se treIn'ng
through the mud TINT the direction OF these car
rents be If we take care 70 Waich thtr pas
sage In this wny the yOlk resolves itself ifo SUD
stance which a-s'mlltcs itself to tat portion OF The
embryo which e1dY stands out in more ar'ns'e
form. Thst goes on 10 the last moment, and me yok
winch seems to have BE- come the content OF the III
tssiine of the anim that yok have seen, ''ep y
step, all pass into the embryo througl
| regular sascuar system. Nov thlt = NJ!
tie way in which food is absorbed into our syst M
1t is mt digested, and it is only aitef II has been
| chpnged into fluid that 1t > absorbeI by the
| lact,sls and taken INTO the system. Are we, tpen,
rot justified TO cor side all there successive changes So
ony the gradual ira sf0rmation of one mass IN winch
animal forr not yet seen, into another N whlch
! ann al fo,ms gradually more and ore oistlnct :
Is not the natura conclusion that the egg a;ea1y
the body Of the new snn al II iS only its body IN
! that simplest condition when the substance has not
unc eJgone those changes by which the different parts
| of the body become distinct.
MONDAY AFTERNOON-GENERt SESSION.
The meeting beng cslley to order n O'clock, Prof
HAIDEs,S made bis report on the study of anguaye.
as bid in the sudy Of races. lie remarked that he
81 oud restrict msef to language az spoken 10 the
elements of speech without reference TO the grammar
or Literature of language He spoke OF the Gift ultles
| of II subject, Of the difficulties Of pronouncing a
foreign language properly and sai that there were 30
mary sources of that ust be very cautious
in forming cOnclasioos We cadnOt even trr m
observer w.o Gains TO have gOod cat lake suc4 q
| simple word Gs Utcn; II contains SOUNDS winch few,
even, of English speekors recognize, OF can give sep
| aratey. Prof. Haldeinan cOneeses tGat he ha3
changed OF his opinions, and therefore ac-
knowlecges that be is fall Die. lie illustrates further
the difficulties Of the subjec., by statement OF the
Confusion Of writer's upon the sounds which repre-
serted in different languages by the letters and w.
Thee letters are sometimes used to rep esent sound
like that of =, produce without ting the under
hp ainst the teeth and yet very few writers fail .
cOnfUund wh ore of the three sounds D. 10 or Z. lie
| spoke OF the difficulties of apprecaiiDg a sound
which is seldom head IN the language. The
whispered in the word whep, is IN ssme
languages prefxed TO other cOpsOnants, ana then
| Englshman calls it singular whistle. The ciicul-
ties may be further Illustrated by Oipd hongs. diph-
thong is not properly combination of two sounds the
last element must always be OF consonantal power
| seDi y Such questions are rot tntLly. Ihe
examinations of minute differences in men g speech Is
in fact most delicate exa.nns.iOn toto the confoima
| tioh hexbnity and adaptation of their organs Of
| spCcch well as Of Their hereditary training M
Flenchman or Italian has any proper idea of diph-
thong, although lnay write about II a. though lie
| had knowledge. similar case of dece 1tion occurs
with double cOLsGuants. An Enghsbman OF American
i Goes not know what cOube coIson ant is. l1deed,
| Of all grdmmsriars, Prof. III. oay knew of a few
Russians 40 nave atteEUed TO IL. When IN l,tin
vowel ODg before oOutIe con7onaLt, Il is because
the tims prOl oulcing the inst ons0nant Is actually
addca to that of pronouucipg the vowel. In EHgsh
We have 10 COZ soDants double III speech excep, IN
coiDIound words, as unnecessary, and but seldom
there; and Ffenchmen have little idea Of what
double consonaLt means that one of them speaks OF
cel1an final cOnsonants being Couble when the tact
is they only hsve added 10 tno inst ooIs0nant wills
perec g. The nasslzed voweE are another dihiclt
Glars Of souI Cs, a,iuDg data for chronological study
Gtrmsns and Americans cad Hg IL Il common vowel,
instt ad Of nasalizng it. In toe Dscotah language,
both nasahzed vowels and nasdllzed guttuIas occur
uIthcr proof of the differences OF races, RS yeh rs
of the dicutas of The questions involved was found
in a review OF several works on the elements OF
speech published within few years, by men OF
various pators. Among item was the Essentials ot
Phcnetcs, 10y Al' xanoer John Ellis which the PROBES
sor prom, unced constitutions and valuable work
the best work the Ersh language 81 the s1pjec';
tie only objection it beng that ii is pTiaed in ps
Gu lar alphabet. After mentioning several 'ler works
he gave long review of tie book and alphabet VI
Iepeius alphabet which the reputation OF the au
thor is bringing too rapidly ilto use The Berlin Acaf
emy had sanctioned it and had types cut Tor printing
works in ii. 1t claims TO be physiological system
founded the physiological researches OF johann
Muller and yet il is full of erIVIs. lie calls an ssper
ate He Gays that when two consona.ts come to
scther the half of each ia lost; according 10 which
three copsonaLts could come together, for the
middle would be wholly lost He gives msny eI'
smyles from the English inguage, which show that he
cannot pronounce English-nay, he does not even
know the sounds Of nls OWL German ! and ch. The
hour berg late, Prof Haldeman closed the reading
of his report without entering directly upon the subject
Of ethnoogy The whole pspei Ill OF corIse be printed
in the proceedings of the Association
The SEtRrTARY then read the following communici-
ion 10 ttc President OF the A socstion irom Mayor
Wood of Eew-Yo'k:
MAYORS otfIcE. New YoIs. Aug. % l3jj
DrsRsR: regret that oo e age ne.,s ~" prevent nv
acceptance oil the INVITATION 10 present
OF the American the Advancement OF s-
lad esresy desired 10 do Io Only because the
occasion OF deep interest but lbst might perso4 cal
tie attention OF the A.cis ~ he psop siton ma le oy me
10 the Common Council Of this ey iCr 's establish n ~ Of
eut University Of ssieDoe AID Arts oi higher tardd than
AIy slmi.Sr Institution IL tbis couri.y.
Without eeUiiIg 10 stach uLdue importance 10 my oSn
oPiIs OF 10 ssk portion Il the slotted y0ut
Assoc or az its PRESENT session ration u other
subjects than those already before A. pTot eSPr. the
boz that SAd .i.ned -
Vita subject Of publ; e'ec'in ef more exalted ss5e han
Low to be ebsined II the Umod states LAY ot escape Az
nee AID di'eu.'oi.
Very truly you's,
FERNANDO WOOD
To Prot JsNE' HALL. President Of the Ancrc
q NAllfa aInrf u Sell