Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-08-30

prof Caswell offered resolutions reafhrmiDg
the spproyal Of the Association Of the metric
system. and the inexpediency Of changing the
ve;gbt and fneness Of the monetary uniie-the
gold dollar.
Tho resolution was referred to the Committe
on Weights and Measures.
\ general meeting for election Of officers anu
business was voted for this evening at City
Han.
Section A met at the Court House, DR.. Gould
presiding. The minutes of the meeting of Sa-
iurday were read and adopted Mr.. Roosevelt
moved that the resolution adopted by the last
meeting be expunged from the record; the mo-
ton vas Lost unanimously.
Prot. Chandler wac reappOintei on the JOINT
Committee.
Prof Hslderman was chosen chairman for the
day.
The first paper read was by Prof L. Hors-
ford on the effect Of Sunshine on Fires lie
detailed an experiment made by him on the |
current Of air in a chimney whereby in favor
able circumstances a difference Of halt degree
centigrAde between the outside and inside sent
the current up or down, which might cause
fires to turn vel or i'll. He gave l.eOunt Of
experlmtnis usde By himself and ollefs on the
eopsumption Of candlts and fuel in t., sunlight
and in the da,k he bad himself fc,Al no DIFF
ference beyond that due to sccidei Il causes
but had Lot yet quite concluded as exPeri-
ments.
Prof Lowering then read par by Prof.
Peirce, who was unable to be present in person,
on the Communication Of Vibrations
Prof. L. showed by experiment tat two or
gan pipes vibrating in exact unison made less
sound blown together than each alone, but at
certain distances apsr; the pipes help instead Of
hinderinr each ether He then gave an expert
ment If Prof PIERCE, showing how vibrating
ball sets in vibration another ball hung from the
same oross thread, Is itself stopped and then
again set in motion by the second while ihst
one stops-a very curious experiment
Mr.. Morgan, Of Rochester, read by invitation
his paper on Indian Architecture. going to show
from their modes of building common origin
for the Indian tribes of this country. He held
that communion Is a distinguishing feature Of
them all
Section B.-Natural History and Geology.
Prof Worthen as elected chairman.
DR.. Newberry presented the first paper, on
some Fossil Reptiles and Fishes from the car
boniferous strata of Ohio. Kentucky and ILL
nois. Prof. n exhibited a large number o.
specimens, and illustrated the peculiar structure
E of some Of these fossils by diagrams. Some re
, marks were also made by Messrs. Hitchcock and
e Putnam on the subject of the paper.
The second paper was BY R W Raymond, OF
S Cotta's Law Of the Earth's Development. Mr.
. R presented very clear and able analysis 0
e Co;ts's Theory, and gave it high commentator
as whole, while criticisipg some OF its details
The gist Of tie theory is this, that any particu
t lar stage is q summation of all preceding pro
D cesses and developments. Yet two chssms remain
D tc be bridget by this theory,-that between tn
e crystal and the cell, and between the cell an
c the soul Capitalization and organization
could not yet be assumed SIS convertible forces
The theory ignored, too, the essential character
e istics Of man.
D Col. Whittlesey did not read the paper whicl
: had been announced, on Mountain Masses o
o Iron Ore; as he had no map prepared larg
!, enough to enable all in the room to follow him
J.. In place Of this he read letter in regard t
: veins of oxide of tin recently discovered in Mis-
;, souri,. They were ike those worked in Corn
: wall, and promised to be profitable.
1 Mr.. Raymond expressed good deal Of skep
d ticism in regard to workable veins Of tin Il
d Missouri. Samples sent to New York to sell tn
Y land with-probably not the worst that could b
O found showed no tin at all, even to the micro
e scope, but very different mineral. Some
IS these so called tin ores had been assayed, an
A Welded no tin. The tin found in Maine sn
New Hampshire could not be worked to profit
how it could be with regard to that occurring
d Idaho and California was yet to be seen. Pro
- Nevberry and Whittlesey also made some II
I marks on thesame subject.
70 Paper No. wss presented by Mr.. b 5 y
- man, and discussed the Lover Silurisn Brow
4 Hemati,e beds of America. 1t wss CAREFUL
u prepared and creditablc paper, and was illa
se tratei by charts which were distributed to II
or members.
&c Prof C II Hitchcock then exhibited map
h, Maine which he had colored to show It's geolog
~ cal structure. This he explained at eonsderab
"a length. discussing also the ages to which oerta
Of the formations should be assigned
. Prof. Verrin made some remarks on the cha
> acter Of the rocks IN the Western part Of t
Il; state. giving view different from that present.
IT. on the map
m The Section tEen adjourned to meet at 2;
. pm.
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