The New York herald., 1869-01-03

The Academy Of Sciences OF Paris has received
On certain peculisritcs Of the solar protuDerance1
He stated that all round the the reversion OF the
hydrogen stripes might be remarked, and that thd
stratum Of this gas where IL Was thnnest could n0f
be less than fifteen seconds In depth II the spac4
be counted where the stripe ceases be black with
tum may be valued at the double at least Of the
former measurement. Father Secchi expresses some
surprise q the taas no other but th2
hofps theory. n Bertheiot sent in q paper on the
the union OF nitrogen and. acctylene. the lattef
IA q carbnret Of hydrogen endowed with considerable
ss m.y 4 sy g
and even free hydrogen; It then produces olenanl
gas or ethylcne, then hydrate OF the latter; II viii
90 on. This same chemical activity also exists be-
tween free nitrogen and aeetyiene. II mixture Of
OF strong sparks from . Ruhmkorfr's apparatus tho
characteristic smell Of hydrocyanlc acid u soon ro
marked and ITS presence demonsfraDle " cnemicay
Husson on the antiquity man In the envrons Of foul
This district our readers Know, is remarkable foe
S0d oer oSecss o e rnd which, in the pS6
museums, considered to be OF the highest anti
borhood Of TouI we have often mentioned, nov
states that In his opinion the traces Of mans exist
cnce p tlat district arc post dIluvan q later tns
Hainiains that II traces Of man have been found q
the drift tne latter must have been disturbed a. SONS
Dr. Montucci has sent the following curious detau0
OF lunar volcanoes TO the Academy OF Science ~
Paris:-At the request q the Bureau des Longitude
the Messageries lmperiales had established . tenn
porary observatory on Sarah Island, opposite Adsn
for the purpose Of viewing tho eclipse Of the leth e
August last The sky happened % be rather CLOUDY
on that day, and the observer, u. de Crety, c0ul4
not properly watch the pepomeng untl aite4
time one-third Of the SUMS disk was already IN
covered, and M de Crety then porceived three pro-
tuberances not on the SUMS limb, but on the moon'4
q thing unheard OF untf then. They were IN -
shape Of three tranglee with their bases attaches -
~ observed" says N. dc Crtty, sthrcc luqmQQ4
protuberances the moons limb; they weEy foo11y
Illuminated, and resesubled the tops Of mountaine
receiving light from the solar rays. Fifoeon minutes
from the moon, the same appendaGee weEe seen
more strongly Illuminated, and bettek diatnguishaole
from tho lunar disk; their sunInl0 hal the appear
ance OF metal In state OF fun10n. After nnotnef
quarter q an hour the central had az
Montucci concludes thst thoso strange excrescencc.
matter ninv IN state oi Sss division such = asss
and admitting that a optical Illusion is here out q
question, the observer having made seven diagrams
mystery BY supposlng that at the time OF the eclipse
there was q chain OF volcanoes In astate OF activity
on the posterl0R hemisphere Of tho moon, ana close
to Its border, and that what VS. seen was simply tnS
the crest OF lunar mountain 700 feet hgn there
much larger ones situated on tno postcIlor SUI
face at distance Of ve de9roos from the D0rucr -
that ne whole ss mns ss y y ass 4 ~ s
nearer the border on further o without cndangerin
tke principle on which his explanation rcst'