Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-09-02
The American Association for the
Advancement Of Science.
SIXTH DAYS SESSION.

SIXTH DAYS SESSION.
The Association met at 10 a.. m in gen
eral session, and was called to order BY
Col j. w. Foster, the President.
The Association passed resolutions ap
proving the suggestion made by the Inter
national Statistical Congress, soon to b
holden at Hague, Netherlands, to hold
their next meeting in the United States
Profs Torrey and Henry, were added
to the committee to decide upon the place
for holding the next meeting of the Asso-
citation.
Prof. Torrey, from the Committee on
Weights and Measures, reported and rec.
commended the following resolution
Resoloed, That this Association cordial
ly approve the proPOsed adspta,
tion Of American coinage to the metric
system, by making the value Of tho dol
lur precisely that Of IA grains OF fine
gold seeing in this new step toward
the promotion Of fraternity among nations
by the unifoation Of weights, measures
and coinage, inanmnch M all nomentary
unita which have simple relations u the
grain. must have simple relations to each
other.
This change is the one sought TO be
made by law which it Is hoped will soon
receive the approval Of Congress. Prof.
Gould stated that tho change of about .
third u a cent wins all that was necessary
to bring tho American dollar into con-
forn,ity with the metric system.
DIR. A. y. Gould announced that tho
Astral journal, established in 1S49 for the
purpose Of stimulating astronomical In
vestigaton by the publication exclusive
ly Of original communications purporting
TO be additions to Dur astronomical knowl-
edge, was soon to be revived.
After continuance for nearly twelve
years at an outlay of nearly one thousand
dollars above the proceeds Of all subscrip-
tions, the Journal was discontinued soon
after the beginning of the late war, In
Of the yet higher claim Of
other public needs.
Through the generosity of friend OF
science, who had unfortunately forbidden
the use of his nsme, the Astral Journal 10
now to be re-established, and 80 soon as
the necessary arrangements can be made,
its publication will be resumed, and its
existence ensured certainly for one volume
and probably for yet longer period.
A list of members was read, and the
Association then adjourned its general
session till 4 p. IN.
SECTION c. ~.
The interest excited by the papers read
in this section was equal to any that
has been manifested since the Association
has been in session. M
Mr.. Felix Foucou, of Madison Univer-
sity, read paper on the construction Of
three large maps of Europe, Frsnce, and
North America. The system Of projec-
ton of these maps is the gnomis one,
which is the Development Of . country
once plane tangent to the terrestrial
spheroid, or the center Of said country. The
superiority OF this method Is that II rep
every grand circle Of the earth By
. straight line, instead of curved lima,
- in other systems. ~ o.+ e
1t is claimed that this system 10 calcu-
lated to furnish better guidance to min
ing operations and geographical studies,
~ it is now sscsrtainsd that many Of the
grand circles of the earth constitute the
lines Of dislocation Of the earths crust
and the belt Of mineral wealth Of similar
origin. This has besn inside svidsatiin
both Europe and America By reosnk do
eoveries Of mines snd minefI1 speiAsA
md by tho close study Of the main IA
lures Of the two continents. .a a