The New York herald., 1868-12-13

SCIENCE AND ART.
Lecture by DIR. J. T. Beynton.


The large hall OF Cooper Institute was well filled
last evening nv a highly appreciatiye audience to
listen to the third lecture OF series by DR.. j. T.
Boynton. given under the auspices OF the Cooper
Inion for the Advancement OF Science and Art en-
titled .sThe Introduction Of Life upon Our Planetn
The lecturer in his opening remarks dwet copiousy
on the formation OF the earth contending that the
earth at the beginning was melted mass OF matter
And was cooled fr0m that melted condition and
has now upon 1t a solid crust formed by the cooling
process and that sediments were raised upon that
primitive crysalized crust The earth at the begin
ming was without form, and was empty and
void and desolate waste, and man had been upon
earth but few ages-geologically speaking, hardly
second OF time; contrasted with the long period
before man came into existence. Darkness was
upon the face OF the EARTH and God said let there be
light on the place where he was speaking. Many
people think that God created light but the
Bible did not say 80; light being only
one OF the constituents OF matter, and
under chemical agencies was evolved. This
was the chemical age OF the world, this was the
period OF dissolution and waste when the earth had
cooled down from her melted condition and the
waters condensed and the surface OF the rocks
began to crumble, the elevation and depression OF
the thin crust producing the changes, and in some
cases fused and turned back into crysaliZed Masses
and there were earthquakes by the thousands, ana
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was quiet at that Tune; whereas now the average OF
earthquakes is but three hundred and fifty year.
To-day the earth's crust Is thicker, hrmer and
greater than ever In travelling around Lake
Superior and examining California and Central
America In 1S49-50 the earth's crust was found to
be broken hundreds of miles, and melted matter
came up and lines have been formed and there
are found the lines OF copper and various other
minerals. In many cases gold and other ores have
come up from the interior. In the region OF Syra-
cuse and Salina, where the rocks have been
broken, the evidences were plain that there
had mingled with the water by the upheaval. Earth
quakes and volcanoes, he contended, were just as
necessary 70 the worlds good as for sap to permeate
Man was was not te among m M the rst animals introduced
into planet nor the OK, sheep, goat pigeon cat
Gates The entrance q this species was conteinpo.
Tary with man. They were represented IN specles In
families PrsSus to this period new
Creator never repeats, and since that time we know
that not single new species has come into exist
transformation OF one species into another for he
was not willing to trace back his origin to race OF
Or as he ceud nd nothing that
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last last thing hing the Creator produced ID upon % earth nth
was where he had the most beautiful and
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form form Of the human body The forms S Of % life were
put mere cells, rOund gOpuleS Ol Inatter, ana 30
small that no microscope can reach them, yet par
Ncles q matter with life. The life-givng principle
Of the Almighty was broodsd. over the face Of the
deep Instead Of the fate Of G9d, moving
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waters Of that ancient sea- and they
are unlike the species that live in those seas now.
These fishes built reefs Of corals, every particle
radiating from a common centre, and the Contents
OF the coral grew and sent Its tissue out In order
to succncty illustrate the views expressed by
the lecturer, series OF magnied views OF the for
nation OF the earth and its component parts
by tho aid OF the microscope were shown,
embracing Paul's illustration OF the structure
OF the EARTH historical geology. In describing the
formation and location Of ridge, of rocks IN
Central New York. 1t was shown that the same chain
extended across the state Of New York into Ver-
mont and there formed the Green Mountains. In
describing the microscopic chart OF Agassizs Reign
OF Fishes, Reign OF Reptiles, Reign of Mammals,
Reign OF Man, the lecturer remarked that man made
but small mark In the crusts Of the earth. The mi
croscopc Illustrations were continued at some
length and were explained in detail A magnifed
microscopic view oil the eye OF a common house fly
created some little surprise at the counties number
OF lines running through it, The lecture closed at
ten O'Clock.