The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-22

time, de-, and said ITS merits were brevlty, economy
and In dong away with unnecessary characters.
His plan was received with smiles OF increduity,
and when he sat down the assemblage expanded
Mr.. VANDRRsYsE, OF New YORK. said the new
notation was failure that the one now
IN use was perfection for rapid passages and that
ahead, which could not be done IN this new notation.
IL was mol invented by one man, but the product OF
rics II was capable OF graphic expression It's ac-
cidentals were beautiful, and IL had been demons
rated that nve lines were all that the eye could
read.
Mr.. Tu.LMAN-I suppose it would take twenty
years TO Introduce this system. Everything new Is
Professor vANDERNyNE-Yes but we do not want:
1t; the OLD system Is theoretically perfect.
Mr.. TlLLMANmIns system Is practicable.
Mr. TiLLMAN-l cannot explain all now, 1t would
Professor vAsprRsYSE-NOne could ever learn
This paper was followed by an able exposition Of
Texan winds. Adjourned.
On Monday the association goes to Saratoga by
special train dining at Congress Hall.
The Proceedings Day by Day-Is tho Ten.
deney to Mature and Develop Sci
ence s-The Subjects Under Discussion
Spots ON tho Sun, Inland Navigation and
Studios in Natural History Amsng the b.
nocular MiscroscOpcs-Thc ''Theory Of Cir.
culntion by Observation-Disclosures Of a
Noble WOman's Claims.
TROY, August q, 1870
To-day Sunday finds the Association ut rest.
Troy, therefore, presents unusual spectacle save
perhaps that the city churches their pupts are
nlled with the savants and the scientific clergy. The
convention has been In session Just four DAYS and
as have previously adverted to its conspicuous tai
ent, 1t can now further be airmed that this talent
has developed little originality. 'Why :" said one
OF the prominent members 10 me to-day, "Ideas |
Did you expect to lind new ideas-new ideassn The
intimation was IN the Affirmative. 'No,- said he.
"the ideas are all old. They proceed from Ger
many: on can pick them up in Denmark; they are
metamorphosed exOtIcs.n This, fear Is about true.
Men come here, aud they must, they must read pa
pers-papers, you see. are absolutely necessary II
would not be scientific to participate in the proceed
ings without you are b.lleted for abnormal verte-
brae or the prevailing society at the North Poler
You lose caste as savant. Let one conjure then the
heaps OF oial that are deposited among the literary
rubbishstale stun, extracts from documentary stu
pldity solids boiled down from liquid nOnsense-and
oh such weary platltudes, such obscure conclusions
such precise, such grinding, such minute logic /
heard one paper yesterday. 1t was something ike
thls:-"Rome had her I" Docletan de-
clares and the religion OF the Brahmns
renders 1t necessary y While law Ia n mere
conscrvator therefore regard this
invention as superb" This is by no means an
average paper. They have better leaven; but the
loaf is DID, and the staff OF life is the same that has
come down the corridors Of science since Newton
and Kepler lived What Il the use OF an assocja-
ton Of learned men II ts time is consumed By those
who repeat only to ampllfy and read only Tor local
prestige, for their words are nearly all soundg IL
would be much better II all were heard; but upon a
fair hearing 1t should be understood that any one
q shO
hum ilation Of the convention 1t does not advance
science to pretend to discover theories which
are already venerable or assist progress by
examining chlmeras exploded 200 years ago 'But,n
said gentleman to me, 1--WE meet for O good social
time; our tastes are similar; we are brotherhood,
ana to keep going we must keep a talking" The
prevalence OF any desire to iathon the mysteries OF
electricity, to develop chemistry, are not discovered
to ee.enthusiastic The formulated laws OF natural
history may receive few additions Astronomy
may be assisted by star or facts about the milky
way or spots on the suns disc, but as for any re-
searches into those sciences for an exposition Of
which the world Is eagerly waiting, thus far
there has, been no promise. Fossil history Is
laung to technical mechanism, transit in.
struments, &C., but no man Is yet so bold as 10
drive the wheels which 3. f. b. Morse ana Michael
Faraday set in motion. What may yet be brought
forward cannot now be said but the Indications are
that the labors OF the convention Will, considered
for the public veal, condense into wordy nothing
ness. The trouble is not in brains or application
but In misdirected energies, toying with attractive
themes, which from their very natures must Often
terminate III contradiction and speculation. BY
visiting
THE DEPARTMENT OF MIC oscoPY
yesterday the Supervisors rooms the Court House
were found to be filled with microscopes OF tue bi-
noeuar pattern, capable OF magnifyiDg 1000 tines
Some able masters OF this delightful science were
present, subjecng minute particles to the i!lumi-
nation and enlargement OF powerful lenses. The
professor duly adjusted several, and l was per-
mted to examine mere atoms. Several human
hairs, marked ''aged hair" were put under the
magniher, which was elegantly mounted and deli
cately adjusted The hair became as large as lead
ha apt
oring matter in the centre, forming bold, black
but not symmetrical cylinder, ana the tissue
which encases this pilh Is transparent, resembling
glass: The whole structure OF the human hair was
clearly visible In Size varying outlines color and
condition Hair IL not round-t Is more Ike an
eliIpse IN shape. ana transverse section looks like
nattened pencil of glass, with the lead running
through the centre.
Insects were examined, especially their minute
organs, and these were enlarged TO such size aud
illuminated to such a clearncss that even the MI
nutest tissues were distinctly visible.
All kinds Of fossil wood, coral, Opaque objects
crystalllzed gold (rarel, anatomical specimens, il-
1ected and not injected, and, in fine, all species Of
interesting study. One specimen mounted upon q
piece of glass two inches long cost thirty dollars
gold, ana is marvellous piece OF mechanism. In
rectangle upon this glass; which rectangc is in
superficial area, onequarier Of the face Of ordi-
nary disc, 400 shells have been inlad In balsam and
firmly liked. This IS more wonderful than writing
the Declaration OF Independence upon an
object OF the size OF three cent piece:
say, under the binocular microscope, ana IL
s multiplied 200 times. on can trace the
the construction OF every shell; the disposition Of
every particle; the shining surface the honey
combed architecture and the miraculous symmetry
and yet 10 know that these four hundred shells can
be taken into the stomach never known, never felt,
never imagined These are some Of the wonders
not new, TO be sure-yet, when coupled with this
association, they prove the advances TO maturer
science tlln we now possess.
DR.. Ward exhibits a new attachment OF twelve
hundred angular apertures, IN which the objective
glass gives higher power larger angle better illu.
before found n a microscope. The Improvement IL
IN the horizontal slit. DR.. Ward read paper relai-
ing - this SUBJECT, entitled ION the Illumination OF
Bnocnar Microscopes, with Proposals Ior New
Diaphragm
Professor i. A. =. Barnard also illustrated the
science by Il valuable paper ION new form b.
Docuar microscope In which effects are produced
bv prIsms OF calcte, or double reiractng spar. cut
in peculiar manner, original with Dr. Barnard.
Though not highly important the invention Us lBgc-
NOUS.
In section yesterday afternoon the discussions