New-York tribune., 1874-05-30
soJENHFIO PROCEEDINGS.

y.rup.,. HISTORY SOCIETY: May
-, meeting, Curators and officers ior que
Year were elected. The death OF Jona I;,b n
Earle member Of the Society," was ho'i'eu
appropriate remarks' - ,.o,, ,ur Pro
-, ,yn PRESERVATION OF GAME AND FISH:
~ A meeting Of gentlemen was held ior 'no
,>oao az organizing society with the aooNe
mentioned object, and arrangements "1iu 10 n 'hss
prepare a constitution to Dc suomi''eo "' '"0'
Quent meeting. ,uo.,
Dvrporr. DETROIT SCIENTIFIC AssoCATIoN-A
..oa,;no was held on May g. for the purpose Oh
,ab,;sh;np An institution TO aid in the prosecution
of science on the part of the students o, DMeuou, Detroit
room has been secured for museum M enu of ali
will be appointed 10 receive ana 'aAe en"is' '"
contributions and specimens
SALEM: ESSEX INSTITUTE May 4-Ihe evening
WAS occupied by familiar lecture Oh art D. Euws,u
f. Silsbee of Salem giving a genersi ao'ou,'' y. ~
rice of art morerespecally of painting, anu & III the
several schools that have Deeh and with crit
characteristics of the different ofueIS anu 80 "
,c,sns on many of the works OF popular arus'~
rs,vy,porIs. MINNESOTA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES;
~ President Johnson in the chair. Prof VIM
.ho, made n report upop the discovery OF coal IN
Mower County by boring, and remarked tnat IL Oh
the same formation tat of the Iowa coal ). w4nd Quo
rralena had been found near Mdgway III Minnesota,
l25 feet below the suriace -
ST Louis: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES May 4.-Ihe
exhibition Of Living Prairie Dog was maze 'ne
occasion of a discussion of the relations between
praire dogs aud snakes, Prof. Riley maintaining
that their cOnpanionship was enforced @ anu d;s- &
tremelv dsaQreeable to the dogs "A, Ions s uie
cusson took place In reference 10 nenuious pouIts
sngcsted by Che recent lectures of Iiol' IIoc'ol III
the United states 49,,
M,NcIrsJER, n H.: GAME AND FISH LEAGUE OF
Nvw -U,Npsr1,RE: MAY ia meeting of the Execu-
five Committee of the League took place. ex-Gov'
smith pnsiding The subject of restocking the
rivers of the State and the protection OF hsh was
a;scnssed and resolution was adopted appolntlnga
committee to draft memorial to the LeglSliuao io
smelling the feasibility Of restocking the rivers OF
he STATE with shad and salmon, and the instrument
falities needed to accomplish this result.
RoSroS: NEw-ENGIAND HISTORICAL AND GENE
.,oc1cA1 SOCIETY: MAY 6.-The President, Mar
shall p Wilder, in the chair. Biographical sketches
of four deceased members were read, namely: OF
samnel Hazard of Philadelphia William Otis john
son of Boston, James Parker OF Sprngheiu anu Al,
iah Weld Draper of West Roxbury. Ar. Sheld0n
read a paper upon the question as to whether tne
fraditionary story of the attack on Hadley ana tne
appearance Of G0ie had any foundation III laet
SAN FRANCIsCO: CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCI
rSCrs: May 4-The principal business of the meet
ing consisted in the consideration of the report made
nv the Committee appointed to investigate the
charges brought by DR.. Blake against Mr. George
Davidson the President of the Society This de-
ededlv exonerates the President from all improper
conduct. A paper was read by NJ. ;: =. hastiliGs
upou certain sO-called Spiritual Manifestations az
The Clark Mansion in Oakland: aud Dr. Fourgeapd
gave a paper on the Distinction between Man ana
Other Animals.
BALTIMORE: MARYLAND ACADEMY OF Sciences:
Nav 1.-THE President, p. r. Jhler, in the chair
large number Of specimens we're presented TO the
Museum The scientific business OF the meeting had
reference 10 a communication by r. II. Atwell on
Method of Applying Water and Steam as Motive
Power He exhibited on a blackboard plan OF a
vibrating engine and explained Its action and adj
vantsges over the ordinary reciWocatsng engine
He remarked that this vibrating engine would run
AT much higher rate of speed than any other style
nj engine known and give double the horse power
with the same amount of steam pressure Its motion
Is nearly continuous while Ill the ordinary engine
there is succession Of starts and stopplngs great
deal of DOW aud speed being lost at the end of each
stIoke Of the piston. The same pressure required
10 run reciprccating engine at speed Of 200 revo-
lutions per minute of the hy-wlleel VIII. 1t Is
claimed a vibrating engine at a speed O1 l,ZVV
revolutions.
BosToN: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND
SCIENCES: May l2.-T. Lyman read a memoir OF L.
srassiz being part Of the Councils Report. Prot.
b. Perce read paper on Ocean Lanes, substantially
the same as that delivered at the Social Science
meeting in Now-York and duly reported IN TIE
TRIBUNE President Eliot warmly approved OF
the plan suggested by Prof. Peirce and committee
Of FIVE of whom the President of the Academy, the
Hon. c. +. Adams, is Chairman was appointed to
prepare report upon the subject IroI' +. u
Pickering read paper upon Nlodiheatl0n OF the
Graphical Method Of Representing the Results OF
Experiments or Observations. = +. Shaipies pre-
kented paper upon a remaTkaDie case OF the Cor
rosion of Block Tin by Water. This tin bad been
exposed as the lining of "A tank 10 the acton OF
spring water, containing five parts OF nnpurlaes IN
the 10000 for period ot five years IT was hoded
over the entire surface, and i'll some places per
forated. The impurities IN the water were mostly
sulpbate and carbonate OF lime.
CHICAGO: ACADEMY or SCIENCES: ApTil.-Prof.
f. A. Andrews made communication upon the
subject of river bottoms. with special reference to
the argument of Prof Lapham that Lake Michigan
must be considered as having formerly occupied a
lower level than at present for the reason that the
rivers now running INTO the lake have beds much
deeper than the lake bottom. This vew however
was contested by Dr. Andrews. who stated that the
laws of bydrodynauics involved precisely such
condition in rapid streams with narrow banks emp
tying into broad areas Of tranquil water Prof An
Srews also made some observations upon the Mirage
of Lake Michigan, which appears WhcneVe. the
warm wind from either shore blows over the colder
water, the phenomenon thus resulting, III his opin-
ion from the fact that the heated stratum Overlying
The cold next the water furnishes, by the differ
snce of refractive power. means OF dlstortlng the
direction of the rays Of light emerging from
stratum into the other. DR.. Delafontaine read sum
mary Of his investigations on the eX istence aud
properties OF tue metal lclnun. ana also upon Inc
Spectroscoplc Properties OF Blood.
CHICAGO: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES May 12.-Dr
HA johnson IN the chair. committee reported
that the Foucault pendulum experiment had been
successfully tried under the auspices of the Acad-
eny paper was read by Prof. Colbert the
Velocity of Light, in which he claimed that if
Of light equal to that of the sun in bIlIancy, and
only 5S feet in diameter, could be generated, ii
would be observable in the moon; and that the
Chicago aud forest fires Of 1871 consumed carbon and
oxygen enough to maintain such light for three
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