The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-31

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Probably the largest audience hat ever listened 70 sc
'niiec lecture assembled rhusday evening, q the
Academy " Music, 70 hear lecture light BY Prof. Do
cmus, for the benefit Of the Church Of Beat Mutes
Every seal from which view could be bad Of any pat
" the stage occupied before The lecture commenced
with the exception Of he back seats la the amphhsse
O'Clock the lecturer appeared the stage surrounded
every side by formidable array chemical apparatus
ready for experiment Alter the applause had subsided
he addressed the audience Is follows
Ladies and Geutemen-Ts appear before you in behalf
Of scsn and its practical applications this temple oe
voted 70 Apo 10 and the Muses. ems ass and have
ashamed u and that H. that city
of eo erected this most imp rtau, department of
Socss Of this e splendid sSaoe s aa srscsS
by one Of our most generous citizens (sppaase), on
which we behold the inscription, ITO science and art
Nav the Cooper Institute fulfil the destiny which the
highest aspirations Of It's munficent donor have
oeived. (Applause But ladies and gentlemen, 10 this
dilemma may enot derive consolation from the Grecan
poets who embsma,zed Apollo in the sunbeam well
asiu the Tyre seemed 70 them fitting that he from his
fame ers throne shoad preside the mysterious har
monies OF the sp1eres and they pictured him 10 as
Hehos ing his golden chariot ON the high arch Of
heaven and again a apollo wandering upon the eara
new born Immortal youth, With golden locks, charming
the hearts Of gods and men with play and song. Ana
again, have wenot even 10 he birds secrased him
an exhibition or this twofod sff,e-she cock which
the dawn Of day add rising Of the and the
which, possessed Of the powers Of di snaton
bessed immortality beyond It's present life and dies sing
ing Shah we not then this evening dispense with the Tyre
and substitute the sum- The book Of inspiration nforns
thst the nrst dcveopement result Of the action OF
Almighty power upon matter, was the production Of Light
and since that period Of the marks which ditn
guh the intellect Of that perish, and
which illustrate his God like naare has been the to
control and develope 'hee mysterious forces which are
associated In the r0ar light May say that
mark the progress Of nation by It's progress also 10 the
study giving orce.S The then proceeded
the external sources OF light They three
Frst VI athe Fourteen hundred thous sarths
would scarcely mako one SUM- Who could tell Of the
amount OF the influence Of the solar hgh' Upon this
influence dependent for existence The
the arch magician that opened the buds and the
flowers and the mighty painter that tinted their coors
effects that did, and they bowed down adorapon
that mighty orb We saw only the glorious envelope Of
the sum- VIC did not see solid fluid substance. bat
gaseous The spots on its disc strange enough
OF AscertaDng the Of that body Fosr
I've, SIX earths might enter Of these spos. In
spot was ascerained To be Il, 900 miles In dia
meter. By Of the motion Of these spots
we had Asceraiped its rotation as well the
exact ioclinaton Of its axis. be sun light nss
ascertained Another external source Of light was
the noon, but was devoid Of hest We received Light
which DO less than 900 their perheon distance
between The and the most dksant planet Ia ancient
hnes they were regarded - deites Sir lsaac Newton
fancied that they carried In their forces
necessary their existence. Popular fears In regard
comets all dirspated yet the fears in regard
the present comet similar 70 hose that prevailed
few years ago. when Araso had deliver lecture dis
spate them The 81 bsance of attenuated
that the most distant star could be through them
easily a. through piece Of glass What harm could be
done by iuch bodyf The feebly glmmerng the
distance were to other systems. This woadrous
galaxy OF stars, of which but single mem
ber numbered many Millions and by the aid Of the tele
cops new universes were revea ed to u.s. In the an
Gent oracle the lord said, " Let light be, and
light vas and God saw that was good" What tooyue
cnud tell Of Ii Il tide Of glory snd eagence which burst
forth throughout immensely At that al mighty a There
were lights tere tiai well as lights celestalom the
the liz mining O subiecf
artificial light the source Of our ordinary light account
Of is ghost like character, vas called Al the close
OF the lat century called vital air but
called oxygen That oxygen essential 10 the produc
ton Of ordinary light he would prove by simple expert
mt II candle confined IN inverted glass vessel in
water the fame gradually dying away and tnen by pac
ing candle In vessel containing gen gas, causing
10 burn brightly Oxygen was supplied 70 US from very
placed In vessel Containing carbonic acid and exposed
tb- light decompWed the carbouc acid and little bubbles
of oxygen emitted from every leaf showing that
We are dependent the plants not only for food bu,
70. air 10 breathe The lecturer tn exhi ,ed several
to< IN detect this Ras experiments T. show its
phsphorous in oxygen he would leave ill the conclusion
oil the lecture. account OF It's dagreeabie fumes To
produce brilliant hgnt was necessary TO have solid
body In state Of ncandesc ilust-aed by the
burning Of iron npgs Ia oxygen. Pc lets Of potassium
were ,hrewn upon water and Ice, which caused them TO
quite by decompong tho water and setting the oxygen
free. Combustion aDd h9nt could also be produced by
dropping aniimony 10 chlorine gas, shown BY
pertinent, co sing very brilliant hight Iodine gas po.
which light could be produced vas hydrogen This
shown by experiment Of burning candle in hat To
illustrate the fghpess OF this gas asmai baon, ed with
hydrogen let loose when II a.cenitd rapidly tue
ceiling Carbon introduced into oxy gen fulfilled what the
ffen n chemists anticipated IN the formation Of an acid,
ACID The experiment OF producing ths gas matc by
pouring hydro cblorc acid into rcto containing PIECES
Of marble CarboDc acid gas unable 70 support com
bwiioD respiration; In fact was poisonous to animai
l'c though not 10 vegetable life II q gas out OF
which plants formed their va,ous rssuee Towers their
an IA frui
mcDt o. testing the OF this gas by lime water was
made candle fame Wa also exingui.hsd by pouring
IN macy groocs Of the Earth this gas dubbed up AMI ex
tnguished the hambesu enlerod; sometimes dog
tutoring with man persisted, while the man was anG
Zee ed Carbonc acid gas generated from combustion
and from respiration hence the necessity Of yentI ou
In hsbitaons. Tho lecturer exhbuod apparatus for
ventilation, but be was sorry 70 say that DO, uc prac
cal use had been fnnec Of such @r,aNus The peN sub.
jet d. cnsged va the varons kinds " Tampa The rude
lamp Of the Arctic exhibited and described; Il
sa contracted sometimes Of the bones Of tho whaie and
al other times of piece OF stone with cavity excavaled
in w. Dried NOES sprinkled In the cavity together
with whale blaobcr The ike finder and igot-
cd ~ spark from rint stuck by steel amr found
tie rufus Of Pompci was exhibiied 10 which The same
principle was Involved. In modern times Artificial
light was obtained either IRON solid, hquid or gas
but IN every case there was consumed Tho oxygen
and hydrogen united, and the carbon pas o 80 tnat
We had carbopaed hydrogen burning with oxygen Of
the sir The theory of the chemists was that the HYDRO
gen being very inaammabs united with The oxyzeu aud
produced heat which acting uPon the carbon c,nyor,od
into caroonic acid gas To obtain matter Tor producing
light tab and Vegetable oils and animal fats were used
The ordinary burning fold formed BY mixing alcohol
with canphene, which gave good tight but explo-
sive. To remedy this objection the lecturer exhibited
safety lamp OF ingenious construction. yon nverng the
lamp tho fluid pared Into the aperture and exuuguished
tho fame. THIS experiment repeated with suc.
cess; after which the lighted lamp was thrown
dow n and broken, which slso cruoguished the
hanc. Another safety lamp, constructed upon the
principle Of sir Humphrey Davy's lamp, was exhibited
and sgcce sfully csprrimcpied with Il had been
esimsted hat the hes Of lie by explosion Of campnnc vas
treat by railroad caastro ,hcs Thcse f.ty lamTs
mr ut be used With mpan and thus save the many lives
that we're nov annually sacrificed Several varirsics Of
coal oil used for burning Cannot coal was corrup-
ton Of "cabdlc" coal substance being obtaped from u
milling sperm. In tho Argand lamp the yscn Gas
supplied from within Where there excess OF
bon ample wick was insufficient Another source Of
artificial Ugh, the ordinary gas This was obtained
y from coal Rosi OIL dltiod BY an apparat OK
h,bed, was oonsdercd Of better qualify than that sup
Piled by The gas companies. one u the Nes York gas
co panes manufactured now I've aes a. much 9ss a In
1919 The lecturer here exhibited about dozen varieties
Of burners, from the tab tail and bats wing 10
the snned burner IN which hc now OF gas Gas checked
producing actually more light than when uncheckcd.
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