The New York herald., 1870-08-21

! Troy is now Inundated with science waves OF
nervous force almost be sscn IN the atmosphere,
and maturcd ntelecs ha &c their predicatiye moods
IN bald helds d haggard faces. At The hotels,
prvae houses ON the street corners, and every
Where that two or three gather this universe IL sub
Jected 10 az analysis ole ormcre Oh It's component
parts. The amount of discussion Is actually astOn-
6hlng; but whet is most remarkable is the large
number OF amateur scientists mea OF years and
Btin fun Of enthusiasm, wno elaborate upon their
pet theories win ingenuity ana perspicuctty
that is scarcely realized in the pytnospia.
Last evening coavarsel wita g dozen or moro
upon subjects in whi, they claim they have brought
into the wo ld-that is, have invented aTl each 10
positive Us ioa new discovery. There are over one
hundred papers already entered, and portion Of
them have hcea read. AS rule they have no small
value Tor aside from the speculative ehara cter
OF many OF them. In most every Instance they show
an admirable grouping OF facts. q continuity OF
logic and clear, natural conclusions. They are all
the o1spr.ng OF re,ei irch anc thought, and while
many, perhaps, adj little to tao sum OF the obscure
and uniuteresting sciences, there are others ihat
must starte the sei .ntInc world For instance, q
paper will sool be read upon the constitution OF
society by Mr. Cllnton Roosevelt, in which that
gentleman elaboratesa theory physical and meta
physical in its crift by which he connects mind with
uuWeecls duu SstuisNcSd Il NliCI Is notiiuB
bat making intellect the complement OF phys.cs.
Proceeding on the well sustained hypothesis that
per.ect .orm CT government conslts, hrst. IN tine
creative arts; seconi, IN tle conserving arts third,
In the refining arts, he draws only an analogy
between the operations OF the brain and the move
ments Of force II space b1j he also estabislcs An
actual connection betwe n the Two which 20 to
The very root CT unYefsalogy. HIS demon STATIONS
can be understood by o c all. aad they produce
suits that cave never becl broagnt forward pub
lcly.
might refer to other remarkable papers, ana
especially to one by Joseph Truar IN which e shows
the utter ineompl .teness f modern astronomy. His
Investigation otliteralcs Two OF Kepar's Iaws--the
Iecond and third ad TO III extent conlicis with the
teachings OF Sir Isaac Newton OH the subject OF
gravity. This point Is made tho Iertulba ions of
Uranus when discovered Neplune By tni5 proo,
which Is uDanswerabe, he shows that gravity does
not utey control heavenly bodes-that tnere Is
RnOther and react onaly fCfce which must soUn be
Rdmlt cd by Sc,cnlSts
In electricity find no new or very deep invcstiga-
louS TIey h:ostly refcr to miuOr details which
leave that great subject dark rs ever. 1t can bo
Bad, with Perfect ia uce, that the stron muis OF
NE convention have not been concentrated upon
lhls SUBJECT when SUI deIes acL urate anal ss.
Natural hi tory IS particularly luli ia papers: but
sner specuat o Character especially as 10 FOSSIL ie.
m4ins, tlVe ihein no more weight Than Is attached
10 the prestige oil thaif az, iiorS.
All IN all, the aDors the convention are proving
OF more value tnan at frat enticlpated; but it
VIII take some before il can aceOmflsA m uch
as a corporate boiy without Il netter oy can zaliol
ana greater c0acent alton oi talent upoa nooted
questions.
The disposition to scuss sub ecs OF value 20 the
people Is net general. Professor Winchei is aboat
bhe only one who his undertaken 10 eailghten the
Convention on the wond ,rfni resources OF Michigan
lnd nc has per ormed his duty With dislngu sized
Ability. Aen wit spend nours upoa reaong aud
months NJ on wTit1us On tle cfanIai fornat on OF
reptan skull, when The countries where these very
tepEes abound have Ao pusit:on In compaiat.v.
Natural history America witG It's XplOrel
mountains, valleys aud plans and natural curiosi.
hes like the magnetic wells OF Michigan, Is almost
totally ne ..ectel.
1t would conducc 10 the Interests OF scicncc to Its
pOpularLalion and wide dilu,ioi. II the members,
before separating at the end oi each annual meet
Ing. should each be assigned one s1becs 0r paper
WI liberty to wrie upon another at their own ire-
nom.
lhe association leaves this afternoon O. three
o'clock for Albany, where the ineihDers wil be
quests OF the Albany Institute. Un hO5tlay the
savans leavs ior Saratoga, and Will remain there,
dining at Congress uall and returning the same
Yesterday af.eraoon tie proceedings were quite
Important, and send absLayrs OF tile most v..iu.
Able papers.
SectSon A.-PioiessUr q. w. Hough d rector OF
he Dudley Observatory, has paper u l0L "a new
neterorgraph tor the automatic re sistratlou OIL
eorolog.ca phcnonena" Its Operation Is careful
Ind thor ugh.
"an abstract Of re1 eaich on simple method 0f
measuring eieclficll con .utcueles oy heals ol Two
equai apu oppo5eu ihdsbeto e'ect.ic cafieAiS Or
waves" Inc paper ".lS wen recclVsl.
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