New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-30
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES


LYCEuM OF Natural HISTORY: NEw-1oak'
r.ner eu.sA Deanitions Of Chemistry" II eonsisseo
of car EMILY selected series Of some - oennuons
Tim sn,ence dating from the old slchemstio iaeas
Nsee IA the cbemieal textbooks OF 1875 ana sno"e'
very interesting manner, the gradual sepsrAH'.
chemistry and physce into distinct departments, .Ao
leading ideas OF the fathers Of chemistry sno 'ne
various steps and phases Of chemical ihVes"ks'n
Prof Henry wurts presented an extended aecouu. ="
- New Methods 10 Practical Gas Anslyss" In tns
psper which was Illustrated with elaborate apparatus
there were described several now processes Aos sep'
rating and isoating the different constituents anu M
PARTIES Of crude coal gas This emo was auanou y,
spcesssve INSCRIPTIONS by means OF several roaRoh "
srodu.sd for the FIRST time In such operauops' Auu
sss.nly used IN the solid form. Among tneee' oAa,D
scid was employed for absorbing ammonia euu 80
,s,ns a from water carbonic dioxide and other con-
ueuts Of the gas snphstSs ,S OF ePyEosoi was
used for absorbing oxygen aud ORDINARY ar nntances
%sius she Sres1 read paper on E@a
tion Of Manganese" describing new metnnW WIZ" ronass
had ressnty BEEN f Compound IN Be
changed TO the form OF bnoxlde Dy anntnated Inv
soiiing and ny the Of ammonia. Inc 3inone it of
lermned youmeteay by en- SedunseG usisSS and
ron In this process there ~ ou' on0 "0's''e' WV
ordinarily filtration or washinS
SALEM: ESSEX INSTITUTE: Nov. 30.-Mr. r.
r. Putnam gave account Of recent visit to tn"
and especially the cave region Of Kentucky 10 tne
Examination Of which he gave some weeks moro par
ucuarlv prosecuting investigations into the ahIh" H
soutalned in the caves He ascrloed the fornatou VI
,hes cavcrps In the limestone region to the solvent
action Of water carrying the carbOnic acid away 10
solution, dissolvng out the carbonate o, I to nn
nounced that he had discovered nuinoer OF new
,Pcs o. cave animals some OF tnon "'N
eOorless, with eyes anu some Wltnou''
RosroS: SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY Dec.
e, pr,, Norse mAde n corndncaOn upon the
.Intermedum in Reptiles and Birds" in which ne gave
An account Of his Investigations respecting INC nono
,ges OF the bones Of the tarsus In BIRDS ana requires
Prof. Shalcr presented communication on the ahtqu
Of animal lie IN the Kentucky caves Reasoning ion
geological evidence he remarked that the first tier OF
.ayes could only have begun TO form after the sfeanS
lad begun to cut into the limestones; and assuming
that this process had been continued without i9urr c
opo that sne s ws eon not have
Exceeded I7oo0oO years. and possibly not hait .n
period T1S S9as e e now W found s IN the caves to date
their existence. ne considered to be the middle }
found IN these caves, and exhibited nnnber OF living
specimens consisting of three spaces OF n'h anu '"o
kinds Of crayhsh.
SAN FRANCISCO: CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF
SCIENCE: Dec. IA paper read by Dr. j. 6. Cooper
on the Tertiary Formation Of California, and one by
Judge Hastings on the Plains and Valleys Of California
Mr. Henry Edwards presented his eleventh paper oh VIC
Pacific Coast Lepidopterd
paper was read by Mr.. L. Colbert on the transit OF
Venus which, as he stated In progress at the time OF
his speaking. paper was real ny MI noi''nS VI" 'H
development Of natural history al science
PHILADELPHIA: ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCI
sacgs: Dec. s-Dr. J. L. L. Conte, on behalf or the
Biological Society. announced that their architects
had been authorized to prepare plans for aquarial
structures TO erected in their gardens at Fair
mount, partly on the site OF the old West Phia-
aelphia Water Works. and parity in separate
building adjoining this ba>iu. Tle members OF
the Academy were invited TO call on the archl-
tects examine and critcise the plans as far as pre-
pared and furnish such advice their experience might
suggest MI b. A. Hopes exhibited mounted speci'
OF HelO,inhOphaga Lacrencii lately described by
Mr.. HerrIck paper accepted by the Academy for
publication. Mr. John Krider remarked. with regard
20 the specmen that although we'll marked in its dis
tneve characters he believed IL 10 he hvhrid betWeen
II chrySopiera and II. piAus Mr. Thos. Moehan called
attention certain occurring on the OAK
and generally suppnsed TO be due TO nsec agency DE
hs paper on rapnc formulas Of minerals Prot. iw
b. Cope made come remarks on The distribution and
characters Of the mastodon OF NOrtn America.
ALBANY: ALBANY INSTITUTE: Dec. 15.-Dr.
CpsUn read account OF English I1xicography giving
she ciIcanstauc's under waich the preparation ana
completion Of eundry great dictionaries were conducted
PHILADELPHIA: ACADEMY OF NATURAL
ecIENCEs: Dec. Is - DR.. Lcidy called attention to
specimens presented of the remains Of Tiinoa-
ther1,m from the nejghborhoOd of r d Cloud Agency
Eelraskl. These associated with remains OF tur-
similar those already described by DR.. L"idy.
tooth which DR.. L. considered as being probably
canine of TanOtteTium exhibited and described.
There were also the collection large specimens OF
InocrTGm"S and BacHiites from the Cretaceous Prof.
COpe remarked that the tooth exhibited was similar to
tho inferior canine Of SyaLorodon, which differs from
TitanOhfnUm in tue dentOn OF the lower jaw. No
part the upper Jaw OF 7ianoherum was known, and
the speclmen exhibited by DR.. Lnidv probably
ferahc {" S3mdorOdon or Grp.'t1hcriurn The latter
sad to hr probably Identical, however with 1ttdno-
heriH, while SyH6prOaon although distinct from, was
CLOSELY ictCd 20 that genus. TIE publication OF pages
1853 ~ 20 inclusive OF the Proceedings for 1874
aounced On motion OF mr. TryOD IL resolved that
the thanks Of the Academy BE- presented to Mr. Thomas
bland for the great care shown by him IN labelling,
pack king and awarding the Swift Collection OF West
tbdiau Land Shcls the reception Of which was an
ROuDced daring the early mart Of the meeting.
BOsTOE: w-ENGLAND HISTORICAL GENE
ALoGkALsOCiLTY Dec. lG-A special meeting was held
~ rocciv, aud upon the report of tho committee
eppou ed 80 drG. resolutions OF respect to the memory
OF it t;.zoi Of Paris. paper read on the
hfe writing GuiZOt, and he graphical sketches
pc # ,hrr me.brrs OF the Society. lately