The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-09-07
Seventh Days Proceedings.
MoRNING-GESERA SESSION.

Seventh Days Proceedings.
HoRNNG-GESERAL SESSION.
ALBANY, Aug. II, 1856.
Prof HAIL in the chair
The usual list Of members read, and they were all
admitted.
The Standing Committee recommended that the General
Session alone should meet 10 morrow. Carried.
That the Committee Psciculture should be dis
charged while tie others retained in existence.
Carried.
That the Medical Association should be invited their
next meeting Carried
In reference to The letter Of Mayor Wood Of New York,
the Standing Comm tee recommended The passage OF the
following resolutions, which accordingly put and
carried unanimously
Resolved that the science which forms the
aen Of anyeres where ali BRANCHES Of human kucwledse
may be pursued under eminent professors % her last de-
Resolved That the establishment. o. at least such Ins
tuition in any part country the present lime Is an OBJ
jet q The highest ineres ihs Assertion, and weuld
their judgment form epoch in the progress Q: scence In
Resovsd Tha, every jua-ious effort made for the
pshment u this great work win receive our hearty CON
mencauon and firm effort II, ,s r..
u. effort referred = Ia the ls resolution
Tie auditors appointed yesterday reported tnas 'hey
had examined the accounts and found them correct.
Professor dAEE 70 leg 10 be heard 90 the subject
Of spT,ussm. IL SAD lie had been deaI with anislly
by Professor Pierce.
The CHAR called for a motion.
IN. HAZE moved that he be heard and went on to exc
The CHaIE put the motion whether Dr. Hare shouli DC
motion Was then made 70 adjourn, ar. Hare ST.!
speaking which was carried AID the neetng adjourned
GEOLOGICAL SECTION.
there was no business u public interest done this
three paper, were read, pameiy:
J. Revitw OF Portion OF the Recen. Geological Map OF
the United states Published in Europe oy Jules hArcon
p On tie carboai'erous Limestone q the Mississippi
g. observations on the Coal Fields Of Illinois: by r. r.
Amer debate on these the section adjourned.
PHYSICAL sEcTIoS.
Frof 6trISPlE u tie chair.
TIE following papers we're read by Prof. PirRcy-
]. MorpIoiosica discussion Of the Laws OF Genital
p Motion OF rody upon a solid Of Re collation., when
the force IS directed towards poiat upon the AXIS
Prof sIrTHES AExASpKs then read paper on The Pay
slcal Pecunaies Of Comets OF which the substance
as ioo~sHe hrs remarked upon the close association
The mpenderabs substances and drew the conClnsi0n
that the very hot being ors ht AMI also nov
proved be magnetic he must also be highly electrified.
he found in THIS electricity the canse Of tue repulfge
energy which Besse and Gauss have shD to be
say for the form Of the comets heal The tai
was regarded as matter crniinuay thrown or by eec-
trcal rtpuon The curvature OF the tail accounted
for by the change in the direction OF the comets motion
while the tail was developed The eonsaon and saosc.
quont rupture Of Bcas comet referred 70 Intense
induction the rupture occurring Of course in the region
OF no feeble coheson, away from the sun An area OF
discharges OF electricity must have taken place rs the
two portions thus tied become uDequally clectri1e1
sometimes rendering the one portion q the comet We
served These discharges ,sequyDty ruptrcd the arch
and the comet divided into two, which have since re-
he following papers we're then read in Their order
l. On the Abbrevaton Of scientific Titles BY Lieut.
simple method Of correcting the common nautical
method OF "IOuble Attitudes OF the san M10n, PI
net for The charge q decnaton between The o6seTva
. Note on tie Rotation Of Rigid Body by J. d caEs
d on the INTERPRETATION or Some Cases Of A.peut Geo
metIic Isconsibuiiy By J. y. CHtsRsN.
wospARFrt NgIIoR.
Prof H. OiMsTED, Of New Haven, then reae paper
the Mississippi Meteor Of July 1856, Of which the fol
loving the subssnce:-
This extraordinary meteor which appeared In the state
OF hskssippi Jolly :, 1855, be regarded o. the
extraordinary meteors record, being described
as shining With grea, briancy IN TIE broad CHI q day
among various newspapers statements two accounts
which appeared 70 be very reliable-.he one from Pro
fessor Harper 81 the University Of Mississippi; The other
BY Dir. Macresdy, OF Memphis. The Professor remarked
that the testimony 81 adj sas eqray valuable Tor ~
precision md love OF The cxac, truin hs o. las
the OF science. According 10 these authorities
The appeared at Oh. 2om. r NJ, in clear sky.
some spectators described a. being as large q sun
bright even In TIE presence Of the u
followed by brilliant train, which threw OF numerous
scintllaons and sfter rs extinction dindse cloud Of
smoke appeared ss a esidium Of the combustion Pot
u desired call the attention Of the Association 10 this
extraordinary meteor two accounts -Frst, since
lhai part the country he hoped they would thoroughly
investigate the facts OF the and seconcy he b0ngh
the ingulsr phenomena or this body would understood
throw lsht on the theory Of these mysterious bodies.
Several Of the parts apparently icsi u very
startling conclusions. The distance Of the body,
determined BY the sound woui seem be sixty miles
rom the spectator and a. large the lie real da
must have been forty miles Bat probably the sound
did IRON tie body itself but from the fragments
brown oG from Il by the surface becoming hea.cd, a.
fragments are thrown OF from stone when heated IN
furnace. These fragments IN falling through the atmos
there the reports that follow the passage Of the
meteor, while Tie main body on its way in s or
bt Professor q. had argued IN his paper on the
cd Immediately after the occurrence that shooting
stars Of different species from these meteors
which rain stones On the earth These metcors
consist Of hght cnmbustble master. which Is entire
Iy burned up at tie height Of thirty miles above the
earth and ACCOMPANIED ~ neither sound nor falling
stones. Whcn. therefore, meteor passes With these
latter characteristics know il n be an Troitc and
not n shooting tar. Moreover, r-oies are not usually
followed by the residual cloud ~ smoke; but IN the
present the residual cloud was seen, and
comets are lrnetnos constituted OF solid nucleus with
an envelope and train OF nebulous matter but In the
Of shooting stars the body wholly neouous, while in
The case Of rOes the nucleus only "a all that is secn
both the nucleus and the neouoas accompaniment are
present
The section then adjourned.
SUBSECTION or PHYSICS.
Dr. SrUyxp 10 ths chair.
ORDINARY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rons
Prof HrSEy read the following most valuable and In
tresting paper ordinary electricitys-
Al The meeting OF the British Association, 10 1887,
presented a series of experiments IN electricity which
appeared 70 have bearing on the efficacy Of the light
ming rod. These experiments Afterwards gave rise 20
considers be discussion. They brought op before
the Lords 81 the Admiralty OF Great Bra In, oppos