New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-07
ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF SCIENCE.
FOURTH DAY.
Prom OnT Own Reporter

! The sclentInc members Oi tne AbsVciaiVh,
whose tastes had heretofore led them only into
closters of studious retirement, were last evening
quite bewidered by the elegance Of the reception
given them BY Mr.. Daniel Parish; and although some
touched with the incogbe vice Of punning, had oeen
complaining of the hard fate Of the Association M being
thus thrown upon the parish they had no sooner
entered upon the beautiful avenue lined with mowers
and with towering shrubs, fragrant in the moonlight
than they acknowledged that they were not such oo
jects of confederation as they had supposed. lbis
| better state of mind was confirmed entering the
house, where the cordially of their welcome the ex
celence of the music, and the tranquizng effect OF
the ocean views from the piazza soon put them al Their
esse Later in the evening, they had the opportunity
of scientific investigation into the edible properties OF
| sundry crustaceans mousks compounds OF cream 10
sugar CONCEALED by artificial cold &c, and lnt3 te
potable nature of various fluids purportiog 10 nave
been expressed from the fruit of the ris rnyera ana
other species of grape The psychologists while,
were interested in the abundant opportunities they Gu
joyed for stud ing the human sou in the books recon
mended by Biron in the pay-women's eyes. Numer
copies Of these, in elegant bindings, were reey
circulated through the rooms.
One of the reporting corps from New York City ID
reported TO have lost his way and, instead OF coming
upon the parish, walked by mistake into the house OF
the Hon. George Bancroft whom he bad unfortunately
offended but a short time ago, and who therefore re-
| ceyed him with such cooness that on reaching MI.
| Parish's he declined ice cream.
Mr. Douglass friends last night let of more fireworks
from the Old Mill Park in front OF the Atlantic House.
suppose for bis health 1t certainly could have nad
no political significance, because he has ntimaed his
desire very di tinctly that politics should be barshed
from the sland during his stay. The Atlantic House
fir him excellent speculation 1t IS more nearly
| full than any other house here.
The Standing Committee ecommendedtha' the Asso-
citation remain IN general session.
DIR. Joseph Barrat, the dscoverer OF the kan-dAc-
| aSphh up "A
| Obi, he produced.
Prof. Apassz suggested that the regular Business Of
| the morning should be proceeded with.
New members were elected.
II was announced that boats would be IN readiness
| TO take members 10 the Fort at Al P. N.
An invitation was received fro Mrs. DIR. Howe TO
take at her house, in Lawtons Valley at clock
| on Monday Accepted.
| Prof. Aoassz then spoke on Methods in Zoology.
He said: Gentlemen, the progress Of Natural Science
does not depend much upon the accumulation OF our
information upon the methods with which TINS lnfof-
nation is considered and combined. In fact the re.
suits of our studies to be controlled by methods OF
investigation and they acceptably and sasfaetorl-
y proved only when they have stood the test OF care
fnl criticism. Unhsppiy in Natural History and per-
haps in Zoology the devotees OF these are still, many
of them lingering upon the level of description
they are satisfied in making known what they see and
what before them and they have not yet been gem
orally willing to submit these facts to tests 10 method5
of notification OF that severity and care by which
astronomers and physicists have learned 20 test every
one of these operations Qualitative analysis haa be-
come indispensable in chemistry, and go with astr9-
nomical and physical observations, the value oil Whch
must he tested before they be allowed to enter as
| an element upon which science can be constructed.
believe that it great misfortune that in thus coun.
try there is much that has not been descnbed all
the ingeI uy and force of members ia thrown upon
these descriptions of forms, under the impression
and belief that glory and fame can be gathered IN that
| way. There was time when that could be done
| that time has passed. There was time when so little
| was known of what upon the surface OF the
globe that further acquaintance with il was neeessa-
ry in order to structure OF knowledge OF am
mails and pants, and TO ascertain their relationship
| Now-adays we want something more; we want, II
possible TO arrive clear insight into the foundation
of all these relations that may be able 10 test all
| the theories which are now coming out respecting
the origin, Transformation OF successive appear tnee
| of animals, and the geographical distribution OF
| all these beings. And how are we TO begin
the inquiry into these comprehensive subjects unless
| we have tho means, frat OF asceFtalDDg whether
our facts are fit for such test Therefore we have
learn VIII ether facts lit to be Standards For
vertebrate this has been very well established; 1t ls
of the very great merits OF German physologss
| TO show that whole type OF yerebrata 10 0uit
upon distinct plaD Since was sketched by Sehel-
| ling Oxen and Gothic, whose poetic mind caught 1t
| with perhaps distnctless than any other, and
since It has been ed into France by Geofroy
ST. Hilaire and made acceptable to the Ango-Saxon
| mind by Owen, there ID one who does not under
stand that vetebra built upon so different plan
from any other division Of animals, that there can be
| nothing in common between them ana any Otn6ri anu
since there are those who seek to impress upon us the
idea that animals have been successfully changed 80 as
| to form the great variety which we see, II
they were aware Of the difference between these plans,
| they would pee that these at once untenabe,
and hope the time will come when it will be as well
| known in Zoology in Mathematics, that certain
figures exclude Others are incompatible with them,
and thus therefore, in order to be transmutabe, any
animal must belong 10 the same series as that from
which it is supposed 10 be derved and you see there
fore what must be the value of knowledge OF these
different plans. The plan of articulates has been well
ascertained first worked out by Savigny, whose ond-
ness alone prevented him from carrying il out, then
| taken up and carried on by Audouin. We have now
two types the pan of which is not determined and
will attempt to-day TO show you that at least another
| Of these great groups 10 constructed upon
| plan as different from any other the plan
Of articulates from Vertebrates, or Vertebrates
from Mollusks, showing essential difference which
indicates the impossibility Of transmatatlon Of Of
| these and i will first say q few words TO recall
the peculiartes of aTcuates and verebrates TO you
The whole body of articulates whether of crstacea,
or insects worms consists of succession OF rings,
ioined cylinder and within that tube are inclosed all
the systems of organs through which fe is maintain
ed The differences between Insects aud crusacea and
worms arise simply from the way in which these JOINTS
are combined with another, and from the various
prominence OF and the other, and the appendagea
depending from Them Between this type and the ty pc
Of veriebrates there is immense difference. lnseaf
| of the hollow cylinder we have in the yertebrafes
cold aXi, in the center. From that rises howard an
arch inclCsDg the nervous system, and downward
springs another areh which ncloses ali those or yans
through which life ia maintaned while the systems
through which the animals a3t and receive
| IMPRESSIONS are contained in the upper cavity.
| Here again the body consists OF succession
| of segments at the anterior part OF which
is the head the head being the end of the backbone
and in the highest species Of vertebrates have the
backbone upright with the head uppermost. Now let
| us see how srticuates constructed-and trust
shall show you that the structural elements OF their
plan different from either the radates verebrates
Inn r. Al,