New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-06
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES.

ALBANY: ALBANY INSTITUTE: NoNchpOi "
Al account gwen by DR.. Holmes, OF large cohec
ton OF manuscripts containing the Official correspond
snee other papers Of Robert Norris the first seS
of the United states Treasury covering perouo VI
about seventeen years beginning in i7Sl.
SAN FRANCISCO: MIcRoscOPIoAL SOCIETY;
Nov lo-A paper was read by Dr. Hardness the fun
gus found by him IN San Nateo County attached ~a
sammy oxidation. This considered DIV nie t -
probably species new . 70 sSgn, scsded'
SAN FRASCIsCo: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Hoy M-Dr j. @. Cooper read second paper on 'uo
seology OF California during the Eooene peneu s" ~
yapeed the opinion that the changes on chna , IN ,
country and elsewhere on the globe weIe pvtn u
duoea by a change in the direction OF inc gar "''
BosrON: AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AXIS AND
SCIENCES: Oct 1S-The President announced tne oea'
Of Ey,e de beaumont Sir James Fair6airn, and NJ Gui
act ,orea n honorary members paper Was read from
rof (,Ihl,s ON the Hexaome Compounds; one by PrOi
Gray Contributions to North American Botany; and
ope by Prof. Z. Pickering Graphical 1ntegrati9n
New iL-yirohow OF Berlin and Clerk Maxwell oil En-
gland were elected foreign honorary members. M
saOrd read n the Motion OF tho solar system
space. The Academy voted to take upon ltsea tne
charge OF repairing the simple monument over lhe re-
Of Count RumfOrd at Psssy injured al the Dom
bardment OF Paris
WASHINGTON: PoToMAC-SIDE NATURAL HIS
TORY CLUB: November ga paper read by Dr. L. d.
Gale upon Bartrams OAK (Quereus heerophpiId which
he considers hybrid between tOcde and q 'mor'ea
ma Two or three specimens are growing In the DIS
1et all the seedlings far as known revert DacA
70 the @ tmbreGrse. DIR. YarrOw gave an account OF
sient burial place Aoiquu, New Mexico Tine skele
tens found in this were lying contrary 70 Jae weTc
found and the entire locality Is being carefully e1
pored, the human remains and other aruceS eAhuneu
10 DO forwarded to Washington
MADISON, WIS: WISCONSIN ACADEMY OF
SCIENCE Nov. l0-A paper was read by froi' j. u
Batter upon of che modes by which Governments
have patronized knowledge and promoted its GROWTH
A communication made by Prof. Nicodemus upon
riot Iphi
vicinity OF Madison of which three had been re-
senty examined. these were situated upon the crest
bead Lake Ridge separating Lakes MoDona and Wngra
The most interesting discovery In these eNporaons
soon crumDsd ashes exposure 10 the air Several
wellmarked crans were obtained, OF winch Pno'o-
graphs were exhibited 10 the Academy.
WASHINGTON: PHLosOPHICAL SOCIETY: Nov.
n-TDe President Prof. Joseph Henry, made his annual
address in which up the work Of the Society
during the past year. Prof. Cbickerlng presented d
communication upon the relation between the WINDS
and the surface temperature of the ocean, in which he
stated as the result OF series OF Investigations Tor
several years Rye Beach, New Hampshire, that, con-
ary 20 the general IMPRESSION while the winds blowing
on shore than those from the ocean, the
eject of an oshore wind to reduce equally the
Temperature OF the while decided increase
was manifested when the wind in the contrary
appreciaDle within few hours lie considered lne
explanation OF this apparent anomaly to be that while
ihe superficial layer OF driven off shore by
she wind from the land the lower strata which are
always much cooler than those above, rushed into
supply the place and that on the other hand when tue
wind blows toward the warmer surface layer toward the
shore, the bottom layer goes out TO sea, producing
genuine circulation.
Mr. f. b Elliott referred to the proposed graduation
OF the Post Office balance according 10 the metric sys
ten showed that II Is grammeS he taken equiva-
lent TO bali aud the scales are divided accord
mig ~ grammes, what would appear TO be II ounces,
according to the scales would really be equivalent ~ Is
by our present system.
Topeka, KANSAS: KANSAS ACADEMY OF
A nicafi IN
was made by Prof. II. B. Norton on the people and
scenery Of the glacial period; aud one by Prof Frank
IL Snow upon the lepidoptera OF Kansas. OF which he
enumerated 3i5 species 1t was announced that the
Society intended publish list Of the injurious insects
Of she state benefit of the farmers 1t was also
stated that heat OF the had resulted
M DESTROYING large OF caterpllars and other
poxeus insects that probably Notwithstanding the
aenth the agricultural prospects OF the State for the
coming year were very materially improved on TINS
account. Col Tweeddale read paper on the water
sapyly OF Kansas. which he showed that although
the annual rainfall is fHy equal to the necessities OF
the State, yet owing to the character OF the SOIL the
comparatively little benefit. He therefore advocated
the construction OF system OF interior reservoirs 1or
stoting the rainfall. and allowing 1t gradually to
escape -, ,,.o
amounting go species. Papers were read by
PROT b. F. Nudge the Disappearance OF the Prairie
Fossil Fish Prof Kedzie gave his opinion that there
genuine mines OF tan N the United states, the
having been manufactures Tor sPeenlatlye PURPOSES
OF cOeopterous insects 50 far determined as existing In
Kansas amounted to $40. lie cited an instance III which
hoek OF qualls living along a hedge saved field of
corn bordering upon 1t froB chinch bugs while the
Inainder OF the field was totally destroyed by their raw
He thought II the law would protect the quail
the chncb bug would gradually disappear from the
State.
PHILADELPHIA: ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCI
hScBs: Nov. SA paper presented for publication
entitled "Oa New Species of NOeiiWdG," by Aug. r.
aroto TIE President read q letter from Prot E. d.
Cope dated Camp NacimientO, New-MexcO Nov
H. 1874 giving brief resume of his geological work in
that region and describing the remains of village built
ny an extinct Of Indians Dr. T. Y. Hay den
blbited photographs of ruins supposed to be similar
M character those mentioned by Prof Cope. Dr. j.
g. Hunt reported that specimen purpOrting to be
stalk Of BrOmus or chess, growing from an ear Of
Tsiheurn, which had been referred TO him for
tor, manufactured specimen, the BrOmuS having
been inserted into the wheel and fastened by OF
a gum, probably gum tragacantb. Remarks were made
BY several Of those present concerning similar attempts
to impose specimens upon students Of natural
history.
Nov. lO-Nr. Jos. Wilcox made remarks
upon the drainage system OF Western North Carolina
and Eastern Tennessee, and also upon curious mode
of burial which prevailed among extinct
formerly iDhabtng that region. DR.. JOS. Leidy ex-
hibed specimens molar teeth from the lower law OF
Titanotherum, sent TO him by Dr. Hayden from Colo
RADIO. The Doctor also continued the report OF his mi
crescopical studies OF the Amo6e Several species
were described, and the discovery announced Of
bisexual organs in the A9mba.
Nov. l7-Mr. Thomas Meehan corrected an error into
which he had fallen in Observ atoms on the Am
Artemisiaer Oa, contributed TO the Academy's
proceedings few years ago. He stated in that paper
that there classes Of anthers in the flowers
one barren with horns and the other poenerOus ana