Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-08-30
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The first paper presented vas by Prof G.
Hough on meteorological results deduced FRI
the new method OfregIstrahon by selfrecordil
instruments. He gave an account Of the re
ords Of total disturbance Of the barometer,
whole motion, BY an instrument Of his ov
invention. During the time the sun is below Il
horizon the mercury is at its extreme heigh
the highest point being earlier in summer tha
in winter and its lowest point later. It was ais
demonstrated by his observations that waves {
barometric pressure run from west to east, bu
, not much from south to north that perfc
history Of the weather could be written by tn
use Of his instruments without having seen any
thing but their record, and that it is possible {,
predict storms Of wind u hours in advance
Prof Caswell gave an account Of his Efforts tc
obtain a correct barometer. and some Of his de-
duc;ious from his observations of the past 80
years, and expressed the hope that some energetic
and younger man would take up the analy-
sis Of the best records Of bsrometc observations,
to deduce therefrom if possible, some general
laws Of storms /; and his satisfaction at leaning
Of the production Of more accurate and min
utely registering apparatus than those generally
in use.
The second paper being called for. Prot. J. II.
Coffin made some remarks en the laws Of winds
and the progress in investigation of the same, Of
which we are unable to make any report.
The third paper was discussion by Prof
Lowering Ofthe Periodicity Of the Aurora. lie
exhibited a diagram Of a curve delucsi from
over 5000 observations. showing maxim II
height il March and September, and a minimum
in July, and q numter Of similar diagrams de-
duced from observations recorded at difertut
places flr different years and considered the
fact Of such ms1ima and minima iemoastratei
The fourth paper was On the occupations Of
the people, classified ; by EB. Elliott.
Ofthe commercial, agricultural and iadus
trial parts the population az aIpears from
comparison Cf the census returns, rct consider
ing the professional SC. in this country, the
first contains II PER cent, the second Sc per
cent, the third IS Per cent, while in England
they contain respectively S. p, and 6 PER
cent, showing the United States to be more agri-
cultural AMI lsss Industrial than Great Bri-
tain. OF tn. Industrial part there are engaged
in textile Manufacture 81 per cent in this c0ul-
try and - per cent in England, and engaged
in Ion manufacture anI mining 8 per cent and /
Sc per cent
The 9Th TaIer vas on the determination q
Latitude from observations in the prime ver;i- .
cal by Prof W. \. Rogers, purely technical .
discussion Of an Astronomical problem, Of which /
no sbs,rae.is possible
Tie 9Th and Jas, paper was > Prof D TIL I
man On the illustration Of the prominent eharac-
teristics ofha chemical elements by new diagrams
azi derivatiye symbols.
Section b. Natural History ani Geology,
ne, at City Hall
This Section met at half past two. Principal .
J. ". Dawson. Of MeGm College, presiding. .
sud Mr.. S Il. Scuiler. Curlt5r Of the BE; N
Society Of Natural History, Secretary.
The frst Parer vas read BY Mr.. Soudder and
presented some valualls considerations drawn
from the study Of the Or,hoPt,ra Of Ncr.h
America 1, vas Of special interest to stuisnts
Of Entomology.
The next paper Wss read by Nr. Geo. L.
vose, Of Paris, Ne. lie discussed the traces Of
ancient glaciers in Tie White Mountains, and
showed the different directions in which tie
scratches On the rocks showed the ice misses to
have moved lie gave his theory Of the geolo-
gical structure Of this range, sud, altogether,
presented very valuable and interesting pa
per, embodyirg the results Of his own obserya-
tons
Prof O. C. Marsh, Of Yale College. next gave
a paper on the origin Of the so-ealled Lignilites
or Epsomites. There has been a great variety
of opinions in regard 20 these among geologists,
some considering them to lie fossil eorals, and
others attributiug them to capitalization. The
latter sxplsnation had been adopted BY Profs.
Hall, Emmons. and other American geologistf.
Some regarded them ss formed by the rain.
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the name Of stylo,iies. Various theories hal
been brought forward BY the geologists Of El-
rope, but most Of them were based on local Pc
culiarities. Prof Marsh ascribed these forma-
tons to pressure, produced in most cases by the
mass Of the over-lying strats. In the more per
feet specimens the shape Of the column was de-
termined by fossil shell at one extremity.
Professor Hall next presented an elaborate
paper upon the Geographical Distribution Of
the Sediments srd the Fossils in the Hamilton,
Chemung and Portsge groups of New York,
stating with considerable specification the
changes which appeared in these formations
when traced from East to West, both in their
structure aid IN their fossil remains; and ez-
pressing the hope that the Geologis;s Of Aneri
ca would be able to adopt consistent theory
which should embrace in an ineligible system
the various formations Of New York, Michigan
and the West He did lot believe in different
theory fer each state.
Prof Newberry thought tba; the key to the
problem was to be found only BY study f'he /
region TO the south Of Lake Erie, and made .
some remarks upon the geology Of Ohio.
The Hon L. E Chittenden Of New York then /.
read come .. Notes on tie Distribution of the
Limuasa Megasoma and Cogua,e Genera" ard
presented specimens Of these shells.
In the evening, at the Court House, Prot
Lowering by request repeated his interesting
paper on the Optical Method Of studying sound.
A good audience. composed largely Of ladiss,
listened attentiyely 10 his lucid explanations,
and spplauded his successful experiments The
sudden fsilure of the gas hr s few minutes was
an incident not laid down in the programme,
and gave an opportunity for very sh3aS and
pleasant social leyee.
TRIDAY-FoRESoOs.
The proceedings of this forenoon commenced
with the reading Of the Journal OF the last meet