New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
or SCIENCE.
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not all the members having returned from their Sunday
surts net tbs morpirg at 10 O'Clock, g. m, 10 Gen
eral Session resolution passed, requesting the
British Association 20 cortirue lie labors il ecdesvOr
ing 10 secure magnetic observations IN the colonies o.
Britain The resouiioL changing the rule so a. 10
prnf in the proceedings the titles Ct papers which are
r. 40 in the NEE rgs bu. not approved by the Stand
ing COMMITTEE came up Tue character Of the Asp
c,ntop vas the subject Of much discussion. Many
bers who have read papers before tue AssocsoO,
which have been rrpOIed in the b-HsPap-r5, aid
over vt,ch ihsy have felt very Euch tlated, have
been greatly disappointed q, seeing mentloa OF their
productions IL pau phlet proceedings. ms Is s,d
10 be rather provoking wbeu ole has PROMISED srea
many iIeIGs to Send them copies But si'ef aH' Il
Lot If iuportar tie pamphlet proceeding OF
Which but few huudTed copies ere prrted, are oi tIe
cor, eouence compared wt the report o single
newspaper # which quarter OF million OF copies
sie published. T resolution was lot.
MI wv. X. PKlNCE Of Flushing VINO lhs oeth
taking o. what he calls Sp ualisnl, e very i"ui
voice ano without the fear o SceIce before his eyes
for several onys e. the Ma-saeot House, where Io't
Of Us az, and attracted the atteIu0n oil the
Mr. PKIs!DLSI: hold in my hand preamble and
resolution. sutitct about which there BIAS been
great opposition in THE A-soca'ion aud all nov ask
II short bur 4 cardid hearing. SersaonJ Learned
Societies have been a-sa.d e. composed o atheists
and infdels and desire 20 give You en- opportunity
toset this calumry at rect Laughter. Furthermore,
| that tbs Assoc htlUL c3uu give tue Wufu
poo, ba. its object 10 euctae AID rot 70 -appress
Investigation TIE subject is Mental Power, or Sprt
ualisu. do 10, consider that thu Association has
anylug 10 60 With the in-ua ed fact thai spirits DO
conn uic6te with mau. but this Society is
Tie PREsIDEsT called FOR q succltct stateineat OF
tie resolution
Prof CAswlLI-I cal for the readiI Of the resclu.
ton. $500, .
Mir PRIsCE-I gniug on to say that this Society
is cer,ain, bound 10 recognize Men'slism and Spirit
uhlen so far u ey form medium Of communca alton
for bIowit dge.
Prof CAswIIL-I cal for the reading of the resou-
ton. - -,
MI PRISoE-I cant Mr.. President, read the reso-
luton without reading the preamble
Dr. GIBBoN-Wtt the permission Of our freed,
propose that the subject be put as de for little while
have great many papers, ard We nave OUT htlio
tine ~ resd them. ~
The PRrsiDlsI-The Chair would respectfully rep
reseit 10 MI Prince that the preamble will, vim the
resolution be submitted 10 the St,ndirg committee.
Mr. PKInCr-I WIS gong Ia chow the stupidity OF
The action Of tie Association before will read the
resolution
Reol,,d Ths, Committee comprised Of six members be
now suut.d kr ccusdTation he Claims u sPfiui
Communication 10 be ranked among the SCIENCES
The most exact science!
the: the same Committee repoH at the next annual
sion Il Til. As.ociaion
Now Nj Pre-ic eut is Il in order for to comment
on The Ies, luion enough to make It Understood
The PRrsIDrNT-It will BE- referred TO the Standing
Committee.
moiion was made 70 Icy IT On the table
The PHEefDLNT-Tbe question Is on the acceptance
q, the resolution an anne ndmeu Is made TO lay il
the table.
Prof. CAswTLr-I move 70 lay the resolution on tie
table.
A viva voce vote the President declined to deter
Uoon a division there were but negative to some
- affirmative votes.
Mr. PRINCE all the while retained the floor.
MATHEMATICS.
Prof SMITH of Auuapoli. w.s call-d 10 the chair.
The first paper was by Prof Perce upon the personal
pecnlaritles If asrououical Observers Two obser-
vers Observing simultaneously sercs Of events, Will,
ID general differ by average fixed amount III heir
estimate If the time of each event ana tins is called
the personal ecu .tup But, beside this there viii be
prricuaf disturbances, vari.'Ons from the mean,
4 rtrt for each observer; acd Prof u. eudesvored
f. poIt out some O: the Of these personal Pc
cul aiites
MI T. W. S,FfoRD gave an account of some ex.
psrireu,s AT CAMBRIDGE, proving, by the theory oil
nrhab ties the Of errors of liz chzracter
Dr. b A. GoULD made solGe observations on the
results Of hi. experience aud study OF TINS curious
mr. c;icsl question the sources OF the error.
Prof CoFFIs Of Annapolis added few WORDS, and
Dr. GouLD mentioned that rhy thmical ear was led,
when a kiug q. heard to put the observation 10 At
sp exact la interval playing tuue as It we're.
Dr. &. II. PF1kRS mare sone renarss similar 70
thpse f Mr. Ssffotd and DIR. Gould
P,tf PiIKCE summed up the discussion by the re-
max that We should at length hud that merely me
cb.lica observations would not answer ana tna' lof
portion 10 the amount Of braius used IN tbeun.
Prot. S. ALEXANDER read spaper on the harmonies
auG arci. ut history q the Solar System lie en1ea,
yored by an Ingenious comparison Of the numerical
distances OF the pai FROM the sun TO show that the
planets were originally in different condition, the
Ear anu Venus be NJ one, ana ranus belog untea 70
M tenor planet, now missing. having been, IS lie
tbinke swallowed by Saturn. The Professor poured
ont ris arguments with aeanestness ana in great
nun bel show tin lis history Of the Genesis ot the
planets was correct, and ran ON IN the maLnef oil al
oo fashioned sermon to the twenty fret application Ct
| bis theory TO existing facts
GEOLOGY.
Prof. WoRTHTS in the chair.
Mir. WV T. BLAZE Continued bic paper on the Cecil
osy Uf The Santa Re Tegon ara al Interesting discus
ion rev out of IT, in which Nj. L. Lesley, Prot.
Hall. Co. FosIER, and Others took par. Tne paper
and lis discussion deN eloped he gradual Thinning out
Ct the STRAITS hCm tie AllvgheLles westward, sud Mr..
STERKY HUST took occas ~ 10 cal out some views on
that MONT .xpr, SEED by Prof Hal in his address a.
| retirinr President at Montreal. These views were
can ty Cppu,ed by mOet of the geo 'grts present.
The discussion cid out of this Into tue old Peruyan
ousrlel which AIRED the Geological harmony al Bal
umoIe.
CHEMISTRY AsD METEoRoLoGf
Prof MAILET III the chair
| Prot. Is sILLINAS, ir., read a paper detailing sew
era itstances Of the uischarge of eecuci'y through
sa- aus al describpg lie action uNon the mans.
OIL HisRY said that this paper Was OF Importance
in c. m ectlon viii the element Of danger from
electricity introduced ITO our houses WITH gas-pPes
be ustrated IL by numerous an edotes aLd examples
Eecjnci,l In quepty abandoned he htnns Tor ga
Wpes, passu TIM ISh colsueIape INTERVENING OlOh
| al Il OItsr.
Tie Rev. Gro. JoSTs gave some instances Of lumin
ousless III the Atmosphere observed al considerable
highs the tdes aid showed specimens 81 the type
winch be was able 10 read by ~ light lie also re-
fe-,ed 10 similar righteousness observed by the
nauts on the late balloon voyage from -. Lodls 10
Nvw-York
PRO-. ELr,s LooNrs read a paper or the European
I~D .~etN.