Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-14
SCIENCE.
Meeting of the American Assoc
citation.

Nashville Extends IN Invitation.
DETROIT, Aug. 13.-The American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of Science,
now holding its twenty-fourth annual
meeting in this city, convened this morn
ing at 10 O'Clock, for the third session Of
this meeting, in order to listen to the ad-
dresses II Professors Newton and Dawson
chairmen respectively OF sections z and j,
Vice-Presidents Of the Association, after
which, Prof. REILLY having rendered the
reports of State EntOmologtsts Of Missouri,
30 the Association, the Standing Com
miltee adopted ths folloWins resolution:
Resolved, that this Association earnestly
request the State authorities OF the different
States in the Union, as well as the officers
in the respective Departments Of the Ma
tional Governments, TO furnish the library
Of the Association With all reports on scien-
tiic subjects by RENTING them TO the per
manent Secretary.
Tbs Secretary reported Invitations TO hold
the next meeting Of the Association at
Buffalo, Philadelphia and Nashville. The
invitation from the latter is signed by the
Governor of Tennessee, and by the princi-
pal officers Of the government Of that State.
The general session Of the Association then
adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Some Of the members who were specially
interested in microscopy met in the Cir
cult Court room, TO consider the fitness OF
organizing a subsection in that depart
ment, either for this year or next. There
seemed to he little prospect Of doing much
at present, and it was thOnght that another
meeting might be held hereafter, at which
the proper preliminary TO the establishment
of the subsection could be taken.
In the evening the following business
was transacted.
In section A, the following papers were
read aud discussed: On the distribution Of
the asteroids, by Dan'l. KirkTOOd; on some
inequalities Of long periods in the moons
motion, by JnO. =. Rockwell; alegebraic
curves, expressed in trigOnOmetry, by n.
A, Newton: transformation Of curves for
algebraic TO transcendental, by H. A. New
toni on certain transcendental curves, by
A. w. Phillips.
In the sub section of chemistry, the fol-
lowing papers were discussed: one by
Thad. NJ. Stevens on rapid and automatic I'll
tration, with description of apparatus, by 5.
w. johnson, bearing the following titles on
Atlas method Of stating phOsphOric acid IN
presence Of iron and aluminium; apparatus
for fat extraction Of composition Of corn
fodder and yield per acre; composition OF
the sweet pOtatoi on Sharp's method OF
testing nitric acid.
In section b but seven papers were read,
as follows: New specimens Of fossils from
Canada, by J. W. Dawson; on some new
and remarkable coal plants from the lower
coal measures Of Ohio, and their typical re-
lations, by E. B. Andrews; existence Of
glacial action upon the summit Of Mount
Washington, by q. II. Hitchcock; on the
geology Of the Southern counties Of New
York, and particularly Of the Catsull
Mountain region, By James Hall; on some
of the results Of the geological survey Of
Ohio, by j. S. NeWbeTy; on an ancient
graduation at Kelly's Island, Ohio, by Chas.
Whittlesey.