New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-27


discussions or ~, Drr period rz thd ri lo'ing go many
geological events aud tho fr0d-aad Up OF de-
duclg 40 nanycfcs froG ons canno adequate 90 e pro
- varied ctfr-ff
rs6 r, oos , been oos-i,tod whtn NC have asAocscl
ducton end distribution Of Clio ordt-ard enc
second N eessin, Si tic Gfas phenomena TO any on,
osnse Bach pheiomcDa t9lng connective Iics OF
causes extending through long friends oi time.
The ioDds there introduced 1oade DO sccnlr elevation on
the continent producing reduction II Temperature giving
riao 10 great cap northern
portions Of the continent attaining by pscoPa,ns Of snow
and hsil mnsnse thckDess Tia was characterized as
period Of essential rest long continued SECULAR
slow depression OF tie continent during watch the Oceanic
eRcroachod the Ice mass and oil aong its greatly
erteadoi ma gin formed ice Iah which aoslsd
OF with their angular detnUs THIS was the grest ice raH
general suio being flooded by tho the monsters licked
Cha base OF the greater mountain masses. Hero We
into he sea aud canug phenomena appropriate their
peculiar This - tho period OF GENITAL gaciersradl'
atp0 oui from mountain Tie depression still oontn
ua until the mountain engulphedlong after which
great still further toward the pole send down
their berge and floating ice which IL continued until now
Dnrlng and subsequent this liter period the angular and
transported Of the Ice rfs ce fields aud csbeIgs
were rolled rounded ground down 10 sand and pebbles
rcarangcd with beds Of sand and clay containing sueac
tic spsc This was the ereudc t, the Present era proi
to produce 81 the drift pteuouena.
b. StcrrT Hunt said that though rcsemb,nces could DO
trace phenomena of the socaed dr aud tho
result of glacial action which found in alpine regions we
Gnd the drift over great ares In NORTH Ame,ea i le%o S
forbid the supposition That mountains could ever nave
existed Elevated pa do not afford the moeotooea con-
airy Circumstances and the hypothesis Of great land glacier
therefore demands asroomca agency which ot1cein
distant POI iodS supposed TO beye covered the rcamPoT
regions with mmense oc-c'p extending halfway TO the
equator The phenomena OF evasion and drift have bongca
all epOch from the tine whom orrontioh con-
gomcate beds rmed to that when great valleys were
cat out Of the urcean IN anesoa certainly carver a c s1s
evasion q the great Upper Devonian sandsiones whose
gave the red sandstoncs of neeogoic age and bns
that which pro uced ostertary drift Il is an agency
belonging TO period but OF MI area and has acrnaP
destroyed and created great formations ri mechane scot
ments.
The glacial phenomena III the gos'retRed drifts
Of North America be maineinod 10 be submarine ana be-
longing different dates in the pas, tertiary prods LEGALLY
and regulary disrbued anoas s'rahed sus@afn, eays
other OF tie Continent which have been subsequently
sgs SsS w % wood and Gcos He alluded TO the
great lines OF bo0ldors found in New'Ensl'nd which no
thought could only b explained on the hypothesis OF noang
81 loies dropping their freight they melted in their south
repeated the opinion expressed by him in
the debate of Wednesday that all the Drift phenomena In this
part Of North Amerca VITA perhaps some local exceptions
were due to polar 100 brought soulhwsrd by oco
wbers often stranded. they gave rise 10 many pho
Stimulating there produced by land glaciers Tue ao
evidence which shows that the great 81 Lawrence BASIN was
eyaded by agency which ran from the present gulf south
westward for several hundred miles upon what now an n
oned plane which no hypothesis OF land glaciers could ever
5 O. TsSS S~R ns se cOa Of
which .he north-oastern portion. emerged last ..,.
not it fact that hcy exist at the Antarctic 70
gon and they constantly moving and reproducing pro
poi Hsl said many years since he had given msoh ccn
ton 10 the subject The din ard ts opin and he bad adj
vsncod tho tho acoumuaons Of drift were refrsoo
10 three distinct pOrod tho eiica drift before the water
vested and less so,ided mitcra and he bowiher
deeos,ss, a., ,o 0,..,,o, so,,lod h, observs
tioo ogardiDg 6ci1s Of lccbergs. Il,
Prof Hgard said no proposed to say few words on te
probable tbs Of climate which produced 700
eacia pcriod II eonl assign any Cause adequate TO pro
ducing Il water precipitation over Winter eysp
orion however small az first contained great
number years should have difficulty n sccornhng
81. 90 rs Such to be SaSd change Of
The Of 'sI c ~ al rSrs"s times bssa
fr greater thln present Suppose The eecenroy 20 haze
bcn such that effect Of direnccs OF distance IRON we
opposite poil OF tho ORBIT be neatly cqu 70 ,he eneS
OF inclination pf the aka which what produces our rcS
ont differences OF climate lft Tue southern '"
spheion as ct present Its Summer-he period from tho
ycrps 20 tho Autumna equinox with s greatest
distance from the sun wold oe cooled willie i's "ae
DO warmed nv rcatsr proximity 90 the sun 80 ao poSe9
nearly equabc Moderate climate throughout the year Tho
oihor hemspher onshe .ccnary world have s seaaous
greatly exlggcracd having short not summer 10 pefnfo
amoust OF heat receveG from tho the verpi and
Autumna equBcks you'd be precisely equal 20 that received
into space would Dc VrDpooncd " the time The svcrafe
temperature Of tho globe swnYs romi'na The same bat ia d
tho Snmmer "a insufficient 70 ncli al the Snovs Of
The long wnsr from year 70 yei s f,r @ SsSr
during the s ny .S a., Is We see ca days
Tho period during WHICH by the revolution Of ths arts 81 hs
earhs orbit each hemiphere pnsses from he soss IRON
pu sprinr through every iuiernedae climate 20 thai a
glacial condition and bseI again 20 sc - he csrths OF
ii; ara Of much longer period and very comeael Win n
tesui, recurrence About 10000 ears hgo tae value o. We
,si,v yas such a. 10 produce the condition descbsd
A. distant periods similar conditions have oo.ased
Rod previous 70 csrbonrous have taken place For
30 O years past has heen and Tor 900 years to zone y
be alternately subjected these changes We have here
explanation based known principles and saordng ample
for the effects 70 DC produced without invoking soi,h
coayuons or caacyss 81 nature A. no tire rSffr eAaASD
ia progr,ss nor. ,spii hsa Dsy are nos.
for the explanation which no has given Of the Of the a
oal period and he deserved the thanks Of geoog
relation to tas hiiher % yexed question
Prof Hall brought to the notice Of the Section speensn
depth OF 800 feet and from tho 0nandags mesone forma
ton Pro Han and lrews thought the discovery yalus
bic ous sfdng Indication that New l0rk was In pos
session OF another salt producing basin
Tue Section then adjourned.
The Association o'clock President Barnard in tho
The standing Committee reported the following officers for
tho next meeting who'were elected nnanrlon.y; -
Pfesdent-J s. Newbery, u C0lumbia College Now York:
Vice. Pre.dent-Dr woleot Gibbs Of Cambridge General
Sccrearyc S. Lyman Of tho Scientific SCHOOL, Yale Col
T6e standing Committee reported that the annual
meeting would DO held in Darlington on the 2st day Of Al
The Standing COMMITTEES then reported resolution for the
appointment Of Committee Of Five 20 menoIi He CongLe~
In favor Of printing annual reports Of the AUTOGRAPHED Sur
vey OF the Lakes also o Increase Of the appropriation for
The Of survey especially 70 DC applied 70 the os'ss,s
changes Of level Carried Tho President appointed as sach
Committee, James Henry Mojprsn Gep5gs q Meade Col
The usual OF thanks thea passed IN relation TO
tho which the Association had been entertained BY
The foswins resolutions also recommended By the
s gFge en-. ss anS by which m union
with nad the yeiI iae6 forever remobe, .uce.sia
nI d I' sees,ae and ps.,e ,ea aas dsaaad an ,s
lion with which they regard th happy continuation DO
Rc'rsd Tbs, suersy perseverance, and ain d.p.s BY as
ciyinso and 'roDo'ers OF b sea- wos ara yo,'