New-York tribune., 1868-08-14
rhe following arc the ttes Of papers read ths aiter

The following are the titles of papers read this after
noon in Section A.: . =,
the Mathematical made for The Construction Of
on Measuring very small RectnsN Motions BY
WOE ! o. the Laws Of Ocean Currents ByI Crimes
0gse: Baro%etTOgsgh g as applied to the ln'esa'on OF s
Remarks BarOmetrcaI Column By
8 The Profile. of Blast Furnaces By Tt.ma, Esle.on o.,
Prof Vanderweyde attacked Prof. Grimes the posi-
sor reminded his opponent OF his once having spent an
and having discovered at the end that he
had all the while been contradicting kess
the fourth paper and also the subject of the fth is an
Instrument which records the hight Of Che barometer
may be seen glance. Mr.. ERestons paper on Blast
a sSsec Of gey yyhc hardly any one and certainly
none OF those most concerned mas any Puc V
the crudest empirical notions ne mas pe9n @ ee e o
and now proposes laws by which the work tha can De
done by blast furnace can DO VII" Tbe " es o
papers read this afternoon IN Section b are; ,u.,
tn. cIe"s ARs% a'ss'"1 ssss9sSs
On Two New Eo RorE. es ., eS S ooiI b. Ss~5ert
On EH,mognasA and its Relations to the Taprde generally
Sketch of,6s Topography Geology and Antiquities Of the Caucasus
The I as paper on account of the want of familiarity
of its author with the English was read oy Dr
Newberry 1t was very tn te o Ppes on the Cas-
cally that part Oh IL reia'lns W '"o ." "'''' ""
pir an ST nrsdav Prof D. Tillrnan read paper On the
Combinna Power OF the Chemical Elements" He com
mcnoed bY stating the advantages which followed the in
trodnctio1 of the doctrine OF Types and Subsuons BY
@ Of symbols an ideal structure Is formed
flor OF the real structure nothing is know) Whcn rcPe
sent tbe supposed relations OF it's several constituents
In ID the saturating power Of either atom or comb-
alton OF atoms Is measured Dy degreeste OWesI ss.ut
ating power being taken as the unit given hunper Oh
combining units require like number OF other com,
binng units to complete the structure certain pars vi
this structure may 6e displaced provided substitution
of the same equivalence made to preserve the moecu
lar equilibrium. Thus the chemist assigns %
nat w
TO deal with them readily as with dOnlhOes ana "
comMne them I'm process OF matching which affords the
st fcton IL ia always associated with
order rapidty and precision OF molecular cHges lo'
this kind of chemical reckoning mas WIN ba an aomejty
value. 1t Is often decreased By Sppliqati22h 2.
seems to be actually increased beyond It's natural
energy by KIND Of induction which cannot now be ac,
counted for saturatng power depends ON causes ana
conditions sl wrapt In obSeurty Equivalence hvoVes
terms applied to pOnderabe matter; for two elements
having diverse chemical functions ana widely dlnerng
atomic weights like hydrogen aud chlorine sometimes
assume the same relative position in the mazes OF chenl
cal combination The smallest quantity OF an eengho g
,SniSht and doubtiess normal sphere Of attraction,
which may be modified IN its relations 10 that ol aOer
element on changing the rate and range OF the un1ua
tons Of the ntefaohc medium through the AGENCY OF
light and heat or on disturbing s general ths tbs
minute changes which mOecule undergoes III chemical
action involves problem OF motions too complex lor
Pr0f Fman after auding TO the diversity OF opinion
among advanced chemists TO the atomcity OF sevefa
elements proceeded give certain views OF European
chemists from which he dssented After showing that
tLe nitrogen atom never plays the part OF dyad, tley
had asserted lac proceeded defend the law OF dTen-
tial atOlnicIty, previously published by hlnl
as follows: The atOmiclty OF q torso Uhat Is
an incomplete body or radical contain
ing one atom OF element united to one or
atoms Of another element Is equal 70 the dlherehce
between the n6Tiai sdi0TaIng 0NerOf its conponens
After showing 70 what extent useful application OF TINS
law be made he took up the other branch OF his sub
ect which treated OF the which produce diversity
OF combination OF the same element AuOng the novel
causes assigned for the wonderful fact that the hundreds
Of organic compounds ARE made up by the cOnOlna-
tiOns OF different numbers Of only three or IOur
clements, nc said that tie atomic Welghts OF
these clements being multples Of prime num-
hydrogen being Oel indicated true harmonic rea-
tions in the vibrations produced in by Them Certain
discoveries regarding the atomic weights OF the elements
OF group made by Dumas OF France and other
relations shown by Lea of Philadelphia, ascribed TO
from his view Of the relation OF certain prime numbers
the elements that accounting for the existence or
the metal calcium. In combination with oxygen and ph0s-
phOru in the animal structure. After setting fOrth tue Pc
culiares Of the four cemcntshy drogen, oxygen nitro
gen and carbOn-he proceeded to show that numerous
bodies derived the organic kingdom owed their di
combination TO the presence OF carbon and ny
drOgen, and concluded by reference to late expert
mens by Berthelot or France, proving that hydrogen
carbon which saturated by It. The remarkable
composing and dccOmposlng properties OF these two ele
neDts ascrbed principally to the fact that they are
autipOdes In their prominent characteristics.
The reading OF this paper elected discussion, In
which Prof Barker took prominent part