New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-08-26


mont the steamer piloTed between the deviou
shoals and reefs and the romantic scenery Of the
~ udiciously that an excellent opportunity givel
for observing the islands with which it is studded
J The following papers read during the day aut
/ evening:
! cALvERTs SUPPOSED RELICS MAN THE HrocENi
OF THE DARDANELLBs, WAS PRESENTED BY GEORGE
wAsHmURN, HOBART COLLEGE. coNsTASTrNorLE.
cir n lhn Lubbock announced not long ago that Mr.
calvert god discovered evidence at the Dardanees OF
tbe exlsenna in the MOcene period He reported
that 500 feet below the surface flint instruments baC
been found, aso split senghwise but especially
fossil bone upon which had been engraved picture Of
a horned animal The author, TN company with Mr.
Forbes Instructor In Mathematics In Hobart College
visited tho spot last April and founf Mr.. Calvert en-
gagged in mining and ready aid them The deposit
we're founi midway between the Dardsnelles and the
plains OF prOy The hills rise abruptly about 800 feet
above the straits, and are cut by deep raylnes which
The lowest formation exposed this point argyll
aceous limestone nearly white containing no fosss OF
Irregular thickness smooth. like pressed clay, its
upper surface Above tins are irregular beds OF earth
sea-sand 800 thick which contains. at irregular IN
pebble beds from to four feet thick; next s
he'd OF shell limestone az least 100 feet thick These
shells Of the braensh water variety Tchinathef
his Asia Minor, calls this MiOcene. The fossils ana
films were closely examined and the Investigators
rived az the conclusion that they were shaped by the
action OF water Teeth OF the mastodon ana parts OF
tusks were found. The bones found we're IN 50 smal
fragments that IL was not possible determine them.
Similar fragments of flint, exhibiting no other action
than that of water found In abundance IN pehoe
formation near Dardanelles and IL only question
from piles OF stones those that happened 20
take certain shape. 49,.
MT Calvert has IN his collection several bones split
lengthwise with the marrow gone. This cannot De
denied But he doubted II such bones proved the exist
ence Of human beings. They found in the hole OF a
ackal the plain OF Troy, sheep bones which nad also
been split enghvise and they inferred tha II tne bones
split they the work OF beasts But ~ Is very
doubtful II the bones found were broken IN this way
for they found that when one or the whole bones
dropped broke lengthwise and as Az the mario"
gone it resembled the split bones found. .
The bone with the supposed engraving Is fragment
about eight inches in diameter, shaped IKE naten ed
sphere, one surface smooth the other rough IL mas
been called the bone OF masadon OF Oh
hut IL so small that cannot he determined MI calvert
has had about 20 years, but only laey since ne re
Sir John Lubbocks DOCK on bones III france LAS ne
tnguished the engraving upon IT, The smooth surface
has so marks more than hai wnca are gr3upe ~
the center Taken lndVlduAiiY lhey are @ az,
puZzling together they can naruy Represent
a sketch OF an animal, or snow an evidence O uesi-n
they were unable 70 accounl IN d 49, - -
for marks suggested they might nave Deen pro
duced by worms when the oone Wa soI. ~ r az
thu smooth upper surface OF the uhutIyihE 81
limestone was covered with exactly similar MARKS
many groups Of winch maas more sttihIn. %
those found the bone One specimen Is so markeu
tnat vivid Imagination can distinguish the Plcle o.
wild boar with spear III MS sue VIII 4. IN ,ii
IL clearly cut by the sue OF ~ No one Tou ~.
dream Of atributug all the marks upon the roeks 70
design and ne thought IL equally unreasonable 10 so
attribute the similar marks upon the Dohe " Huin"n
agency. ,.s- l., .o-- ~, tho facts
mentioned above As the nts the split bones ana Tue
MARKS upon the fossil bone thaJ they believe that MI
=,
suecmeusl are mistaken in the CONCLUSIONS 70 winch
they have come, and that they have NOS Deen aDo 70
nd any evidence whatever az the Dardenees III REFER
euce 10 the antiquity OIL man.
on A sIGILARIA SHOWING MARKS OF FRUcrTIcATIoN'
BY j. W. DAWSON, LID.
The speaker explained in detail the nature OF the
eafscars and marks growth OF this remarkable tree
of the coal formation. and then proceeded to describe
the scars left specimen in question, which showed
the rirdles OF sears left by the fall of the fruit He
- barn hepn n the
srObes but must have Deen horne on sePtrte
modified leaves after the manner OF some CyeAls Ile
gpecimen he mad belonged to species soon 10 ne
described by him. and closely allied 70 D. SataSarid OF
Schmper
DISSIPATION OF ENERGY, BY H. F. wALLING.
Since the DAYS Of the ancients it has been known that
all mechanical motions gradually developed by
friction and must finally unless maintained by
external power Even the heat Of the sun, which
Is the source OF all the motive power Of the earh Is
being gradually expended the prOdsous lavishness
Of distribution II supposed the reslstahce 0 l1e
ethereal medium exist by the mandatory theory
Of light viii gradually cause the satellite 20 fil INTO
center after which darkness, silence. and death VIII
reign The object OF the paper was 10 suggest dt tne
/ maintenance OF motion might be from two reasons
First, series OF chemical eyoiutions or combustion
similar what going on IN the sun under US
conditions OF enormous pressure, &C. ny which unde-
| cOmDosable elements produced, and from which
incOncetvably enormous quantities OF heat are de-
the universe would permit never-ending concentration
OF II also suggested that the concentra-
might be gradual that catastrophe effects might
| be avoided, either by tidal influences or by ma
| collisions
| A NEW METHOD OF MEASURING THIE VELOCITY OF LIGHT
! BY A. E. DOLBEAR.
The velocity Of a luminous body that moves toward OF
! ayav from the earth has been measured by HugGn
and Others by observing in the spectroseope the dis
placement OF the lines velocity OF two miles a sec
ond will produce enough 10 be observed II Is proposed
by Prof Dobear observe Of the planets as Venus
both when approaching and recedlng from the earth
lie takes lines in opposite ends or the spectrum
and their displacement both IN approach ant
recession. II the line OF red rays move WIN te -. M
velocity. the dlspiacemerts should De the same hhei
! they with VARYING velocity the difference gve
an apprOXmating measure Oh the velocity OF the lgnt
| RRgAks IN THE AMERICAN PALEozoIc sERIEs-BY PROF
! Z sTERRV HUNT.
The author began by considerations On the vaue ant
significance OF breaks the OF and
organic remains; he then referred TO the classification
the paeozoc rocks Of the NewYork series and showe
that Hall in lsl and again in sa1, pointed out the exist
ence therein Of fauna older than what was then ca
/ snurian by Murchison, known in Great Britain
maintaining that our comparison with British rock
must commence with the Trenton limestone. The equiva
lent OF the Llandeio Upper Cambrian OF Sedgwtcl
Lower snurian of Murchison). The rocks below thi
norson in America the equivalent Of the Lowe
Cambrians Of sedgwick, which, when they were foun'
70 be fossiferous we're wrongly and claimed By Muir
Gibson as part the suran. he sketched the history
J OF the introduction of the nomenclature o
Murchison into our American geology. and ther
! proceeded 70 show the existence OF Orea
| both stratigraphical and paeontoiogical a
the base OF the Trenton The contact between the cal
ciferOus sandr0ck an the uncOnf0rnlaoy OVerIIinl
Trenton is seen In Herkimer County n Y, according
| 10 Hall The sOcalled fOssiliferous Quebec group 0
Toean the primal aurOral Of Rogers, which exend
along the great Appalachian valley from the Lower 81
lawrence TO Georgia, corresponds 20 the Lower cam
brian and the POtsdam calcIferous and Chazy lorna
mons are it, equivalents in the valley OF the ottawa anC
Lake Champlain much reduced in thickness These arr
overaid by the rocks Of the Trenton ana ldbOn rive
groups UJpDer CamDrian) which IN various lCeates U
/ The north overlap the older fOssiferOus rocks, an'
repose on the crystaines, indicating CONSIDERABLE
| Continental movement corresponding 70 the Dreai
i'm Acknowledgment succession. The relation between
these Is explained by Logan resulting from move
ment DosteriOr the deposition of the Hudson Rive
| grouD, which produced great uphrt OF seVera
| thousand feet, extending for more than 1000 miles