New-York tribune., 1870-08-23
MODERN SCIENCE.
Tpr AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

NEW CANAL 1kANniOklS LNllON bi
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY TIE LATE
MRS. WILLARD.
Troy, y. Y, Aug. 22.-Whatever questions
may BE- raised to ultimate results it is undenabe
that this years Convention has been prolific in discussion
bearing practically On many of the labor ana
social problems az present agitatng the coun-
try. This morning the attendance shOwedt no
dmnuon either in interest or numbers. and the secrc
tary read OF quite respectable list Joining the
by ettar. Tie great event OF the morning. ncT
assembly vas paper explaining and iiustra,It,h tbe
Be.sem process by Capt DuttGa ttGlacusssd in
elaborate detail the whole subject Of rromnnt on
he nbc onena of the sudden changing Of .s & that il
tane which lac accounts Tor by he Elements pres
depends upon the relative quantities oSST Of method
eni Pr thcrmoro any man VINO VII nv nm i'm fins Hes-
oi eliminating De phosphorus iron VoS,efhinc V moro use
mi ~ he world ihan the original dlseo.oI " mic iron
process itself Ii woniG Si tbe irons now used
80 =, and We are compelled to use i sii,l1 r5
tH'S 1T Te o'y yoTR Of the sections then began
'' PROCEEDINGS or SIC 1oN A. ~ d..
iI0'' ,,, :, u IN On he F!uctaaol Of The Baronetris
Colunh;" C) " ON Automatic i @ iiI ;,I,,t on
.,in OF lie Totally new facts regarding the disturb
a. AZ ,5n, o s alf tho world Mercury in the barometer
Is continually in state OF hIct1auoh; n%J.e1oUIc % @
fri.twoIty instruments, without the power o. Me'iSui
a. ,D ir S,rs' measurement Of the baromeTic col
,1-f--,Ga.t-S-q Tie maximum huctueuon occurs
N March tAe nAGnun 46e amount m 2U in TN the latter,
Which reaches hrcCtcnths OF an men, IAt lSiNiuh
disturbance in months OF 1870 occur, aJ clock T.
for the viui during the same tine l lt houfs a'eI,
tDVrcc,dg tuc wind. Iucse measurements "Ft Su'H tH
original and reliable I.t Professor rhO|Co , ,so ] ' anJ
n. lci. ,a,i the gales following the iu OF the m 6s-
routi.r. The wind is invariably west wien 'he p"'
if rir,Ii read paper on a new method Of musical
%, SON.. Tie feature eli the method consists IN th9
s.uvi. that music may be sot up I'm type ana printed
~, Iapdity There would bc no edl' 'thlEg alu @ 'c
added o each hymubook without Increasing me buik oi
fic volume singing 10y note w0nd he tnhg OF lhS
pest, Altogether the lldn Is slilhA.s aiE @ t
ca.uest attention nom the a>slin IL lAc W
winds. ........-,,.
This section was favored by paper Tom Dr. I. A. T.
BARNARD describing new form OF bIOculr micro
important changes in these delicate instruments me
biuoculr now use ls lncompctet ior lJs luIIo1e ~
that 10 has not low power, ana lOt !ea j., naS nus u,v
LIE effort of Investigation to perfect mechanism com
mamg -h and low power Inc blAoclsI' GsCor M ,i
and constructed 10y Dr. Barnard, accomplshcs III sue
most complete and thorough form ne vital need oi s5
cTns perfectly c9g2i ana lIUIld, I Win fiii
instrument jhc most difficult Of the datonS may be per-
iccig resolved with either eve used separately and with
i.dh employed at once. For extremely high power %
sicrcocr'pc microscope is Impossible.
PROCEEDINGS or SECTION h -.-,
The first uapc. read was very elaborate, and singuary
iutcIgIuc study o the White Mountain geologic s.iNJ-
tur,, Beautifully Illustrated by eolore9 2 n0Qel. f t "y
pst oe at home via every formation rom the oFSsI G
g.
a. iutc iihe abstract lnc paper was one OI cOAsdea-
Lle value 10 student, oi the science.
\ practical suggestion "on Improvements III eHhai
navigation was submitted by Prof Illmau, Who proved
tie feasibility and described the working OF an automatic
ertutcr speed with q cheaper method OF construction
Sucn q boat which was mnutey described, had not yet
been constructed. but the SPEAKER felt warranted III
sying that boat when loaded could be moved ~
,l.e,d Oi three miles hour at an expenditure not
.u6ye ihpt now Incurred in moving bOat Two miles an
hour with hOres. The saving thus hcltu Mod pc ne
ietn o5Coi and i2CoO0ooa year the present bust
has been diverted from the canals as az present opdtd
because of the time consumed IN uahsI3rIaIP an az
celebration of speed To the rate proposed would increase
lie OF the canals so per cent ana uouDe the rev
Mf MecLan followed with paper on " Male Flowers
the common chestnut ana me H19ehCo UI b
on the sex" In previous paper TINS gentleman hau
Shown that only tie highest grades OF vitality IN plants
I r6estHut specimens Of which exhibited, two
rcs of male blossoms are iouna-oHS III Z ,e Ia a. %
b,,nchsH , and they only bear at best but two or
sIk.s. II the Tree Is weakened N any Wy ti ttai
bong required to form the chestnut II the
tree is yor weak female flowers at an are formed
winch accounts for failure i'm the chestnut crop some
years. This singular theory was amply illustrated by
pccincus, ana seemed 10 meet the general concurrence
scholars specially NeIscd III tus DI"lcH VI A''ia'
fnd Hyat followed with theory on the "Genetic
I.ou, of the Arcties,' III which was attempted 10
establish theory, parallel TO that OF AgdSsz NOn BaeI,
&c. tLat the higher aud more eompeX ANIMALS IN lnet
,uur. .iuCes pss through transformation Wlncl repeat
.r ruareu adult character n lndiYIln&is oi q si-
. Ia 81 10 d l'rc % yy IIue Give i'm each individual q
itA- ' a.','' -, bt ,rlss of the orgIizatio in
Geological history. Ihesr coreslondelices' whch @ hta
carried only 10 Individual ana natural series IIoI.
U.f urteJ cOud De extended to the geological history
.' IN i,ouer ,v Mr. Ncelan An objection to the
Darwin theory Of fertilization through insect agencies
received great attention, and "d> followed DS discus
.. covering great latitude. Darwin shows that III
.p-c necessary to the iertihzationOf flowers; without
o., .'uu.Hlcu.c" the races Of many plants would
speedily become extinct because some lAhls HadEc
1.r- D. e-- Cor insect agency and experience OF the
,rIansemtli.. This theory is doubted. In
he sage iam-y pee eA,ellns ,n1 pInV IA % llluss
IN'l'i. '' ' H. f'ts the honey from thc out side
lp fact DO bees or insects known 70 make use OF the
.ragnar opeiing OF tne flower 50 nicely adjusted for
hem Those oAd similar point, argued ds'iHsl lne D'i-
url.nI t tl- speaker had discovered other classes
jf insects such sphuNes ana othel nghl moths Jha
Ir AVID ifs habits received veutelatOn in the Discus
JOu following this curious paper. Dr. Han, our own
smneIt ~tsc gcooast read a very interesting paper
.I"f,r ud 7ioItro.e Sandstone" :" and in which much
at was new and valuable in the geological history Of
he state p as introduced
m Tue evening special session, largely attended by
,adies WAS held the willard Seminary building, when
Dr Morris OF Maryland read an account 0f the dsG0N
sIy Oi circulation l5 respiration hy the late Mrs VII
PC WIN Mn Willard in writing Of her discoV
s. lus the story: Ihe presence of carhOnic
is lungs causing disease and sometimes death If
new theory. well as that Of tine circulation by
respiration and these two together have developed new
td WI en- simple it seems includes fatal diseases OF
which the great sc0urgr cholera is one" The author
known facts u chemistry. The blood receives caOric
from the uug,; the blood must therefore, eXpeud and If
n cNuauGs aud moves toward the left Nenirce OF the
heart hence through the 8Orta and arteries, II must Of
take that Ia which 10 ana not one IA
which it cannot move" This Is not intended
to limit the action Of the heart 10 the
addu- of "a little force u the vital current
lie work 10 furnish the grand machinery whereby the
very tide OF lie s kept I'm motion. IuduDble evidence
was given OF wherein persons believed 10 nave ded
from cholera and ike epidcmcs, by the application of
TIE principles O Mrs WIZARDS discovery, nave been
brought lie Ouh the OF prominent physi-
cau whOsc had been Tesusctdcd less than three