The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-10

member Of the society
Tie council ~ romrst.ou proposed, ard II was on mo
ton Dr. GRs unanimously resolved that the next an
nua' session u the snsiety sl be held a Nashve,
Tennessee On the llth 1871 OF April neat As may be
Profsssof r. A. p Barnard, Of the University Of sisss
fppi, mousy elected fresders OF the Associa
ton for the next ANN a term.
d. R W Gibbs, Of Columbia, 5. c. was unanimously
| elected Vice President.
Professor " T. TrOwbrdge. of Nashville, was chosen
DR.. T. Ewn, of Philadelphia, was elected Treasurer,
and Professor Joseph Lowering, Of Cambridge perpetual
A local committee then appointed consisting Q.
Messrs. J 4. Lnsley ?. y Fave, B Fogg Carraa
Akerny d 9 ellison, COL Putnam, Dr. F. Q. Foster,
on motion OF Mr. c Conn, the Assoc atior thea iyi
ded into sections.
pRooExDMes OF SECTION A.
hATmEALcs, PHYsIo cnyMGIRY
On coming to order section proceeded to elect ~.
louis H. Steiner, OF baltimore Chairman for the day
The first paper OF the morning read by Professor
H. HARaAs, 90 the meteorle appearances Of the Ilh
Of August and the 10th Of July past The obscrva
tons Of Mr. Ianan, though evincng much scholarly
qutrement, did rot throw much light tho subject
lie explained that his obser vRons and acknowledgements
were nhae AZ baltimore ana ss ne saw the
meteor OF the 2oth OF July, II passed along from
The northwest about thirty i've degre west OF north.
Il h'st observed describing through the
veps. 1het was AZ opening between two trees nine
diatey the head the Professor, which enabled
him the with great accuracy be sup.
posed its height al about tie time il passed Long
Island Sound, % be about forty miles Its velocity from
the time OF s first appearance Wa about three quarters
OF minute, being little over eight miles second II
was about one 'h'1a Of the moons daaeter or little
than half t1Ne. The meteor moved C&ter than
the earth but not in the direction yet
ac,ly opposite molion. Professor Hartman gave a
pcated Mathematical statement OF his Of caicu
i&tiOn.
Dr. GourD, Of Cambridge College Macs said he had
intended 10 present paper the metsorc appearances
Of August last Immediately after the adjour, OF
eesiOn OF tie association at Springfield wei the
ate appearances OF the 20th OF July lae; but he had
h.Ih psl
had Lot yet obtained ali the Information necessary
rive at practical solution The FIRST these meteors
was probably OF the most remarkable observed
or Known III our n gions The oodj nust have been IN
tepsely ,nifet II exploded with a sound heard
through regioa q country 900 square miles
extent was seen iron the northern part OF Vermont
aud along the coast Of New Jersey, snd eserly far
Massachusetts, md Utica, in New York At that time
Proesh.r Gould printed circular and sent IL to mum
Der of public officers, asking for information touching this
appearance He received about seventy eighty letters
in reply, but only twenty contained anything like rel
able Information th.t could be used In computation
domestic calamity prevented him fron follow
ing OPP the interesting inves tgaton, but he hoped
10 10 SC at an carry opportunity. with regard
70 the meteor OF July 20, the promises
encouraging lie Was IN uosspssion of accounts
from about hundred and twenty places, differing
greatly Ia geogtal cal position and thought thai
when this MAS Of records shall have been properly
ste and dig stet the OF the body viii be easily
determined and The important fact " the
vexty coucavty Of tue meteor He did not hold that
IL revo'ved around The sun, but he would any
thing he might have say this subject until the
annual meeting OF the association when be trusted thst
be would be enabled to eabody facts more worthy OF
being preserved
Professor CoAKIy Of Maryland called at,ontou to the
day meieorc Appearance te month of last Septcmber
wtsrh vas seen, from, Vash,,,ton 20 New Jersey
Professor sIlnAS said thai the meteor in question had
b.e, fully studied and i,cnssrd b. Prosr Ipon,is and
othcrs.
Professor Corr rcured Of those gentleman wh, have
given their study To eteors whehes it appeared
them that apart iron the period OF the ordinary mstevc
showers meteors d,d more frequently appear
after tie month Of August than oeforef
Professor S1HAN repl,cd Automatically aud mentioned
n explosions
some yeas ago at Concord, " H. Ca the occasion Of
this appearance the meteor exploded no less than
tweu,y ,bree suere,s,yc ,mes lhroxtng 4, the esrt
about ZOO lbs OF stony rnaterone OF the stones a yhct
weighed l23 lbs and ia now pres .rveo in the college M
Marietta lie thoupt ,at Tho meteor on LAW lo, sent
stones 10 The surface OF tie earth thev would lie more
valuable il sclent,nc sese than an b,,ber,o A.,
chs-ssS 10 ,ne,eos H. u,a"Is -, s,.,s ~, a..
nnrt had heen NAMED ae n ocatv In which the Isct
.,cnr I'D ,,,o.-, or, s,on.s a." =. 49,. h, ~. 10,
| tive on the matter
Professor GotD said that the reference 70 nateoric
s,oues reminded him Of an occurrence in point soon
se, the anrr,,s,re al the ne,eo- f Inv h. h,a orr,
SON 10 60 ost one morri.g on ~ erly ,ie and on ts
return he was rfornrr tv the ano- Of the college that
rrebbr,pp l,sv annie tee pros,o- fould loogaa IN
tn. NJ yer, rooo irSe ~. nevertheless deterruel 10
eT,a ne into the facts found tbe ststeucnt regard
Ing the appearance of the Gre ban confirmed hy sey raj
t.- ,us ad ~ uspcclinr he ami, tree Discovered .,at
latee hran n ueAriv a fsat IN d.netsr bsd beer chi
,hr, quarters OF re G-et thaugat thar IL was guira
bn .terNarts found That IL was of the ssnr rl,, The
eirt could not Lave beer lrojucci by sI,arp nstru
lpeut VIE icd Is man : Land bun rrcseutnd an appear
| ancc vl3,s ,,cgg las bren ,~cdeed AZ a. Lad Sec,
strurl b. a IA eoac nrra rom a cannon Anor an se
tive .cafrh ne could 1nf no runters nor fracme1s OF
rouc n stone had alcp Il Should have been seen Tor
II must tncyita5ly bayr fronra in,o tie o,-,ynrG
Ills Was he e.scg,r Which IT, cau's not reconcile s.t
The snrc,-ance m rho t-cc - te evidence nj tnnSc VINO
! Ri v.i,u..s,d tb, ,neuor,eron "
\ N r A Gown read an ip,e-e.tipr paper ON ineuc
,. tune IN electro r,uexrt- ana xar tlla xed y bre,
| rrncr al the motions oi Tho ri ,nct ljr,nus
ht next p,per a. on the ,o-gblty of expressing the
ssusttnv ~ ;abuiatieo bv pr,r-sso- ~ C,.l.v In
ofcuiug this discussion Professor CoAxtrY said that II the