New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-22
THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

CsDUIsRs on THE INFORMATION TO DE DERIVED
PROM TIE STUDY or SIGNAL SERVICE WEATHER
M,Ps-A DEBATE ON THE ORIGIN oF Co'p
wrArnEn-rRop IlsIIG's REsEAEcuEs IN TIE
GEOLOGY or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FROM
OWNERS OF COAL MINES AND PETROLEUM WELLS.
Trsou srArF CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUNE
WAsuINGroN April 2l.-Seyeral members oil the
National Academy of Sciences who were not present
NJ the opening made their appearance at to-day
sesson. Among them were Gen. barnaru' oi 'no
United States Engineers, Qnartefmh5tHi-u'on'
Mece Dr. Weir Mitchall of Philadelphia and Prof.
s. T. Langley of tho Allegheny Observatory. Inc
papers read to-day the report OF the ConHnto
on Weights, Measures aud Coinage ny rroI'
barnard ibo CatskiIl Group of Mountains by Prof
Guyot Contacts in Transits oil venus ana Nieic"'y
bv Prof Newconb; Transit of Venus by Prof
Davidson Improvement of Gregorian Calendar oy
Justice Bradley; Use of the SteTeoscops IN Ooome,rF
by James ID. Warner. and size of the Bran IN FN-
tnct Mammals by Prof Marsh. Al the business
meeting the following members were eccteu
Prof Robert f. Rogers, chemist, "i Phiahc'ph'a'
Prof Asaph Hall, astronomer of Washington fiol
Alphcus Hyatt Curator of the Natural history so
ciety of Boston Prof Joseph lie Conto, geo'ogiSt
of San Francisco, and Mr. LOWS II. Morgan
| eihnOlogist, of Rochester
With its usual studied disregard 81 the popular
el.1ncot the National Academy OF Sciences has
brought together itS more dCLlNb hohip'''' "' ~
boly besides to It's animal meeting Tho charter
requires this meeting in April. at Washington. me
last rnoong-a somiannual one, held At the option
of the Academy a. TO time aud place-was appointed
AZ Philadelphia on election day in October. vi
| conrse every member who attended, except inc lew
residents lost the opportunity to vote. The sublime
Indifference of science ~ politics was mover more
curiously illustrated. In tho groat CONFUSION
which shook out of their shoes so many legislators
so many o.icc-holdors, the Academy took no interest,"
| no share Of tho meeting to-day the pnbhc nohce
was confined 10 paragraph in local paper, whi'h
attracted liEtle attention that no. score o WIS.,
| itors took advantage of charming April morning
! To gather in the halls of the museum. or to roam
through its grounds thckset with eyergreens' where
| the bird, ara singing the loves of Spring.
| The busines. meeting Of the membeis was helu
apart.
At12m they adjourned TO the large lecture-hall,
| and scanty following of visitors sat down with
them. Prof. Henry, grave and Venerable t1at III
seems impossible that he could have ever been
| young man, flied the chair There ~ "A CERTAIN
severity abont his manner which is utterly AT var-
ance with the kindly gaze of hs eye ar the pleasant
| cnrvcs about his lips Tn" iial As'sfant-ln-
Charge of tho Coast Survey Prof j. e ilileard cow
Presidcnt-clsct Of tho American Association Tor the
Advancement of Science, was Secretary of tho meet
/
cares ia ts vaults and corrliprs "a tn SmltISoIiah
| Prof. Spencer j. BIlri lO0Sel info the hall,
shook hands with some OF his friends, ana
then Withdrew TO his birds and fishes Prof.
| f. A. Y. Barnard of Columbia College.
| fresh from encyclopedia labors and scholastic
duties "assisted" by more than his venerable pres
| ence for during tho afternoon he relieved Prof..
| Henry in the duties of the chair. Prof. Newberry
| lift his fossils behind him in Columbia College ana
came hither Yale College has sent three notahes;
| Prof Loomis who sleeps with Unt-'l States weather
maps under his pillow Prof Marsh. vino divides ms
happiness bstween his new Museum and the Valley
of Bones IN the Bad Lands, and Prof. Benjamin Sill
man whosc health certainly do not suffer from his
| iabors, constitute the New-fiavcn dsiegation Dr.
| J. H. TrnmbnIl, who knows more about North
American indians than any other man III Hartford,
If not in the United States, completes the iist oi
| member, from Connecticut. From New-jersoy there
is Prof. Afr. W. Mayer of the Stevens Institute OF
| Technology al IIobokcn. fimors for researches
| in the theory OF sound. who IL TO America what
| IIclmholtz is to Rirops. and one vt whcse
latest chef, Gume is an explanation of tho music Of
| the mosuuito's wing; and Prof Arnold Guyot of
Princeton distinguished tho associate VI Prot
Aglssiz and in tho more prof III 1d RESEARCHES OK
| physical geography. Pennsylvania sen Is Prof j. T.
| Lesley Director IF the theological survey of that
| State and DR.. John l.. LIS COato OF PhlladHlphIa
! rotund and happy notwithstanding tho angry AT
tacks of tine manufacturers OF Paris green who oh
iect to his WORKS of warning Respecting its daa@ers
| 10 humanity when used to kill the Colorado potato
| beetle. Was iington is well represented by Others
| than those who have been named: there are Prof
Gill who has all the Jaw breaking double names Of
| recent natural history nomenclature at his
| fngsrs ends DR.. Ferrcl, deep in the nys
terry of the laws of cyclones. with
| his associates, PROS. Schoit ami Lane
Of the Coast Survey; Prof Simon Newoomb OF
the L. S. Naval Observatory, yonng in years hut old
| in tho wisdom OF the skies DIR. Woodward OF the
| Army. who consistently with his profession. is
| stuJent of blood stains and Prof. Hayden. whose
| animal excursions in the Western Gsologcs. SUI
veys have added ~ many quarto VOLUMES To our lit
eraturr Th.s, are not sill ths notabies present but
| probably the reader thinks the list long enough.
| Only two papers were attempted during the days
session-ihose Of Profs LOOMS and Lesley abstracts
| Of which are given below The debate Prof
| Ioomiss essay was conversational in its character
and much of it, though exceedingly interesting. was
carried on in tones scarcely andiblo throughout the
hall The list Of papers in tho hands of the Secre
,ary and likely to DO read al the meeting. includes
| the following:
Report of the Cor,intteo Weights Measures, and
Coinage, Prof Barnard: Evidence OF Gradual Uplifting
nj Coasts OF Chill and Southern Peru Alexander Agssz
Exploration of Lake Titicica, the same Relations o the
Primary Fa,inal Regions. Prot GIL Observations of
co,S s"eessiona Mmiica,lons in The Skeletons Of
Certain Mammals. Prot. C"po Geographical Distrou-
SAINT Observable OF the Transit Of venus Pr4l Dav
mroy% ing the Of ~ c oT re Ms Pro r nor
ton New Formula for Bars Under stress, the s,nc;
ur1nrnI o. Base Line near Atlania Ga tho same
| Orogruphy OF the Catskiil Grnp. Prof. duyoL
STORMS AND SPELLS OF WEATHER.