New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-09

e. deductions f7Um tie known dnenss "a ard move
u.h The earth arc Der satellite. To hi The earth
tley l. ut start from a particular spt on the nooe
sud the us' be on ar average millor- Of stones
shot suav for every ore tina; Liis the would
reJilly l0se = mas.
Tlo. B ST.. LisAs. IT, aided, tbs, fro chem;c 81
exsnis s;ion of t.e'tcne st"nes, t'ey are merely
sorIa buried If l'Om pas-i'g meteor 80 tbs. tee
great meteor thense have not reached the earth.
fIoi F. Thought Their. "a no resisting theie argu
z en- and that fact meteolc s.otes a'e kind OF
con ets
The Rev. THoyAs HUI introduced paper on GER
tain On w. whict had ri hero been eopsd-red
p lated 10 each other but which be showed to have
important geou e'rlcsl properties in commou.
Pot ". ID. WHINE gave al abstract oi paper
upon HIucoo Astronomy. His researches bal con-
vircec hni That Hindoo Astronomy vas introduced
from Greek Ar"noners 10 the second or third c-n'ury
of our ira And although is TO the credit Of the
HLoOo uipd that II mas pre-ervefth Greek Asirono-
py well il To the honor of Greece tina. she
originated &c erce for al naf!On-.
DIR. b. A. GoUID spoke cf t be great value of these
cIle nal researches Of Prot hltney.
Prot PIERCE Insde itqg iries concerning traces
Ct an oidrI astronomy among tie HiDdoos
Prof. WHTsEY replied that such traces were dis
tiicty 10 be- seen; but he had net with Ecne that
s'emeo 10 mI any connection with Chaliesn ooser'
yai'I
MI. CHAs. J. PORTER read paper on the common
centrifugal governor Of stesu-ergice. After de.
cussOn Of the snple elementary truths Of centrifugal
force, of the oifiicuiits in making It's practical
utility equal 10 ts theoretical he sid that an accident
hoo ien ts Improvement almost to perfection, which
improvement he then explained.
Mr.. GEO. Eastwood read paper on q new applca-
ton Of ecbaIica formula To gecmeIical pre- bleins.
GEOLOGY.
Mr. ii. MoR6As read d long let of Iudsn Gus
toms
Mr.. f. HITCHCOCK ofthe Vernon Geological S1r.
We, exhibited the skeleton Of tU-sll whale found Ia
Cbsrlutie Vermont, IN iSia. Tue head Is missing;
ba, k. bone II about 10 feet long.
SirNM l.. LoG,s said that 10 csudal vertebYa had
been found near Montreal, and he thought they we're
ideu tical with these. They had also found the head
OF seal Iesr B,;own. They we're found 10 connec-
tou with mnIlne shells which were al present 10 the
water If the ST. Lawrence.
Sir w. T.. LOGAN contributed paper on the his-
tory Of the Law Lue stores OF Canada and ex
bibted soI.e appearances OF tossIs which he had
found.
strong resemblance to fossil coral, and were exceed
iugly interesting, ;hese rocks having hitherto been
supposed 10 be azoc. He coDtented that there was
rotbpg to prevent the growth u cOras at that PERIOD
NJ. r. STFRRY.HUsI had been led from chemical
observations to suppose that there was very consider
sbl- amin al ann vegetable life sbf " this PERIOD.
Mr. WN L. BLAZE described the = acer gold mines
in Georgia and the hydrsu ic method of working 1em
Mr. T. STLRRl HI VI gave theory ot the reforma-
ton Ct rocks by mechanical and by chenica! MEAS
Tree war be sait, for every sedmen'nry grabFe an
ispeous graz ite and with all the Others. lie sup
tosed at the fuer strai.d deposits, Mt -tened and
heated, become pas;y, ana by chemical force may be
obtrud,d into cracks and generally perform all the
a,iic. observed in yosr0es. This would allow some
recent sp. culaops according to which the earth IL
solid TO ihr depth OF $40 1000 miles, to be entertain
ed.
In The evening receptions were given by Mr. Geo.
b. Morris, and Mr.. Samuel Bowles, the handsome edi-
tor Of Tie Springfield Republican.