Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-17
SCIENCE.
Meeting of the American AssO-
ISOLATION.
NASHVILLE Given the Go-bx.

DETROIT, Aug. 16.-The meeting of the
| American Association for the advance
ment Of science began its second week
with a general session at the Opera House
this morning.
The standing committee reported in
favor of Buffalo as the place Of next meet
ing, and also reported the following nomi-
nations for ofhcersi
President, VIM. B. Rogers, Boston; Gen
eral Secretary, q. G. Mendenhall, Colum-
bus, Ohio; Vice President, Section A,
Chas. A. Young, Hanover, n. H; Vice
President, Section B, Z. S. Morse, Salem;
Secretary Section A, A. w. Wright, New
Haven; Secretary Section b, A. II. futile,
Columbus, o.; Treasurer, ThOs. B. Bourne,
Boston.
The report was accepted and laid on the
table until tomorrow, when an election
will be held.
The committee also reported the follow
ing preamble and resolution, which was
adopted:
Whereas, the Smithsonian Institute and
Indian bureau are now forming large col
lection illustrative of the archaeology and
ethnolOgy of North America, which will
constitute a department Of the United
A9tuNCo SGAAAGAAAAoA La ptoiblNA az AAAAofACl-
phia;
Resolved, that the American Association
for the Advancement of Science do invite
the International Congress Of Prehistoric
Arch8lOgists to hold q meeting in the year
1876 in the United States, at some locality
which may be hereafter designated, and at
such time as will not interfere with the
meeting of other similar scientific associa-
tions.
After some business announcements by
the Secretary, Prof. A. II. Newton, of Yale,
submitted a report on weights and
measures, concluding with preamble an
nOuncing that the ruling powers of the
world have called for a convention pro-
viding for the creation and maintenance
in the city Of Paris, of an organization, TO
be called the International Bureau of
Weights and Measures, for the preparation,
veriicatiOn and distribution to the govern
ments of all the asserting powers, Of &C
curate standards of measure, and for the
preservation Of the prototypes from which
standards are derived, to which convention
the government of the United States be
came party By the assen: of the Presi-
dent and the signature Of its Authorized
representatives.
nc 4CHOLL dAoO NDuldlAltN ANoOAuLAOlo
providing for a memorial to Congress re-
questing an appropriation to provide for the
expenses of the commissioners from the
United States.
The report was accepted and the pream-
bic and resolution adopted; and the gen
eral session adjourned until tomorrow.
The principal paper read in section A
was by JnO. W. Osborne, of Washington, ID.
c., on a new meteorological instrument
designated 10 measure the effects of
the climate of localities upon the |
human body. He said the body is a warm |
machine, constantly cooling. It is affected |
seriously by the changes in the tempera- |
ture. The mere statement Of the Their
mOmeter does not show how we are af- |
fected by changes 10 the temperature. Eff |
fects Of wind and moisture are well Known |
to exert great influence upon the human |
body, and these must be taken into consid- |
Grafton as well as mere heat and cold. |
The instrument has a motive power fur |
nished by a clock, which agitates two /
pounds of water heated to the temperature |
of the blood. The water is con- |
tanned in a paper vessel, which /
permits evaporation. The centigrade Their /
is used, and water for these ex-
periments was heated somewhat above /
blood heat, for quickness in rec. STEERING;
the vessel containing water represents the /
human body, and the effects Of cold, heat
and moisture can be measured Just as they |
affect the human body; thus the precise
extent Of these changes can be registered.
-Four other papers were read, and this
section adjourned.
In Section B nine papers were disposed
If