The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-24
Troy. August %, 1870.

Week, tne AbSOCldtlOn yeStefudy tOoh epScio oAi
for Saratoga prepared to enjoy all the pleasures sup
posed to belong to an invitation from the city OF
Troy. From Saturday night after the Convention
mad adjourned until yesterday monday morning
few themes were as interesting to the Swans as
Saratoga The special train was IN waiting at the
depot at ten A. M. and the scientists, Win tnelr
wives, daughters and other Preside appendages
were punctual TO the second The depot swarmed,
and Immediately as the cars backed up TO thelr
STATION there was O rush TO get ON board. AIter
waiting half an hour the train moved on ana In
pne hour and half the wise men
INVADED SARATOGA.
Here becan the disgraceful features OF the excur-
mon. which as whole was one OF the worst hum.
bugs ever put upon q body OF Swans. NO one was
at the depot to receive them; no carriages were at
hand to convey them to Congress Hall, and the cour
sesy of a wretched sidewalk and dusty road was
MI mat Saratoga could offer. The wise men then
MAD 10 foot it to Congress Hail. and from one O'Clock
10 four they were at In the great ocean Oh dis
appreciation.
Dinner hss been announced for four O'Clock, but
" the me sntime all were famishe and mad.
''Nothihs IN eat since eight O'Clock" was the mourn
full walls heard on every hand. Swans went over
70 eco Warren Leland and investigate the science
Displaced "a running the Grand Union. They inter.
vsewet n sDpre woman on the corner and pro-
por@ea grave Scestions to the itinerant purvey0rs
~ o3teai1, But VI the Springs there was
III, IaE SCENE FOR YOU
M rec wvtstigators OF empirlcsm stood over
ms fouatasf 81 health drinking Of the waters,
ssaa Oair q a.T scientific mouths, in the hope per-
haps a. Somp-ess from the lithia or magnesium
acme rev substance for dlsquisiton.
r,nally the magf nour came; four was at hand.
The Hon. Henry Hunt. leading the way with his
arm aiectonately craspiNg the waist Of the hand
led iuLO
room, while the nggers gfinned, The young ladies
smiled in derislon, aud the aged CrCesuses stood
in wonder. All were soon seated to one OF the
most nnappreciated meals ever offered to cor
porate body. Walters we're not numerous. though
demands for them were, and as for that which
Gould ae sc ths oa heTs w sanana
IN the Convention came to us IN the
evening telling OF the terrible famine existing at his
table; OF the short ratons the gentility Of the
walters and the beautifully empty dishes Said he,
'Say Tor me that this dinner was the biggest impo
sition OF the season. Others complained loudly,
aud the whole party, without escort. ceremony or
courtesy OF any nature returned to this city at eight
w n moses turned up ana tSe
gentlemen told the proprietor OF the Troy House
thar they had lost good dinner by leaving town.
Al nine p. NJ. grand reception was given at the
residence OF
Nh. JOHN ". FRANCIS,
edltOr0f the Troy Times, Second street, the par
lOrs Of his elegant mansion were thronged until
midnight ny the distinguished gentlemen OF the Con.
particpassd II the good things OF the evening. It
was mere tnat tnee Jaing IN refreshments at Sara
sn NJ ne
An occasion M OF interest TO all. 1t viii be remem-
n bered that General Grant held his reception here
after having been received by Mr., Francis himself
and that universal significance attached to the
event. tsnrewd prophets are predicting the nomina-
LION OF Mr.. Francis for Governor In opposition to
Horace Greeley. stronger under current than one
would believe from the surface Of State politics. may
land Mr.. Francis as guDernatIonal candidate, on
Canvass y
the guest dispersed highly pleased with the nospt
The Convention met this morning at quarter to
eleven O'Clock and proceeded with business. Over
two hundred spectators were present. A resolution
mittee which provided for the establishment OF an
observatory on the Pacific slope such that observa-
tiOns could be obtained from the highest point IN
that region. The committee will report at the next
annual session.
Pierce, Dansingburg, n. y: William II. Hale Al
bany; Governor John W. shafier, Utah; General 3.
Walter th rssOars s. Scr a.
Troy; E. Howe, Baltimore; D. G. Eaton,
aSHs Mass Miss John Mary Merra whitney Scy % ae
j0urnast); Vim. II. Chandler chemist New York;
E. B. Benjamin, New York; Robert Green, Troy:
ley New Haven; Miss Helen storker, Auburn.
n. y; Miss Mary Keybold, Delaware City; Mrs.
Professor J. M. sIILIMAN third Of that remarkable
family, then read valuable paper on the spectre
scopic examination Of the Bessemer name. He en-.
tered Into elaborate analysis of two entertaining
chemical process, but discovered nothing new IN his
discussion. Before the conclusion OF his address
borne from the room.
GEORGE F. BARKER delivered himself of speech
on Molecular OlassiicatOn.n mOleCule was the
minutest quantity OF matter which could exhibit the
properties OF bodies. 1t was formula for school
teachers, and had little relation to the advance
ment OF science.''
+. W. CLARKE followed on an examination OF the
doctrine OF atomltes 1t was not new. The
audience began retire before Mr. Clarkes terrible
proliXity.
Clinton Roosevelt OF New York. for many years an
Calculator OF science and inventor, poet, w.t. a
philosopher and scholar. delivered ar able paper,
entitled ITO Whom is Due the Credit Of the Most
Important Application of Steam as a Motive POWerS''
He claimed that the English first made the sta-
tonary steam engine; THAT the Americans gave 1t its
legs torun-that Is, made q locomotive by the con-
version OF rectanear TO the circular motion; but
application Of two cylinders and pistons, operating
IN cranks set at right angles precisely as are used
Densing with the fly wheel and enabling the engine
to run up hill He said that the widow Of Nicholas
j. Roosevelt, who went down the river In the hrst
steamer ever on the Mississippi called the New Or
leans. and which ran during the earthquake Of 1S11
Is stu living He reoounted many salient points
gress through all its varying viclsstudes The idea
Of propeiling vessels by water wheels had occurred
70 DR.. Franklin, but ne rejected them impractical
Bile. Nicholas j. Roosevelt built the first engines in
America. The first cylinder was cast ID l775, in
New York, by p. T. Corternus, grandfather of the
speaker. He had assisted to demolish the statue of
George the Third Ia Bowling Green.
paper on the method Of representing physical laws
by curves. Decimals were defective. He showed
the results OF experiments made by himself to pre-
pare paper Tor accurate Investigation. But paper
when wet expands; common type were therefore
used and the paper printed dry.
Professor SIMPSON read paper entitled "a
Graphical Discussion of the Various Formula Pro-
posed for the Combustion OF Illuminating Gas,
and the Volume OF Gas Consumed" lie discussed
different kinds OF burners, and drew out tine point
that the mention TO be shown was the amount Of
light produced compared with the quantity OF gas
produced. He illustrated on the board the outlines
OF names. He proved that light was not proper
TONED either TO consumption, or to the mass Of the
consumption.
In SECTION &c. H. Hitchcock argued that the
North American Continent had been submerged
since the drift period. He said that the existence
OF tweDtyseven species VI maritime plants in
the great lakes proved this. He called them by name
and locality. These plants were originally MIRO
duced along an ancient estuary. The plants In the
salt springs OF New York were introduced IN the
came way. The preglacial nora had been destroyed
by the intense cold. He therefore from these and
many other clear nOsitfOna admiralty provpd that