, 1875-08-14
TIL; SCIENTISTS.
Papers Kcnd Heforc the Convention
Mt Detroit.

FApGTt 1kEHQ HGe0FG tHG NVAscutsVA |
Mt Detroit.
pxrrnrr, Aug, t3~-The American Association
fot tie Advancement Of kcicnce, now holding it's |
tventy-fourti annual meeting IN tbih city con-
vopcd this morning ut 10 o'clock for tbs third
session Of this meeting In order to sten to tho
atdfesses of r1ofs. Newton and DawHen. Chair
men respectively Of Scctons 4 and H. and Eico
Secretaries OF tho Association. After winch
Prof. Kley rendered tho reporta Of tho Stats
EnsomnlogiAts Society TO tho AasnciatioE.
THO Ssand'ug Cesn1nsttao adanted sha follow
Ing resolution:
Ee.,tr<, That this A'oc'Aon earnestly rrquc.t tho
s,ae authnritits lie different sast- in tie Union
as well tue c> rs III the respective d:paFt:nenta OF
the Snnna 0orsrnnrn 10 furnish the library of ths
Ar.oc,a!on with MI reports scientific Rub1ects, by
rea,itsins item to tbs rsr.nanent Secretary.
Invitations to visit various manufacturing g"
tablshtnents. and especially to cxan1no tho
PROCESS o! plscicuLuze at Worthwhile, "ero TO-
nnrnber OF new tnembcrr ~ero then admitted
TO tho Association. alter Which prof. Putnam
| E!.xabe.n Thompson, Of Now York. to be ex-
pended at the discretion Of = committee OF the
ASSOCIATION, had Locn devoted 10 thn publication
Of monograph Of al THAT IL known ot so.*ll
butterflies. Tho putllcst,on Ia handsome,
| Iatge. paper, quArto pamphlet.
Secretary ScuudcE reported invitations IN hold
tho u"1t meeting uf tho Ashocistlnn u Buffalo,
Philadelphia. aud Nashville. The invitation
| from kta4 taLkCE blklaoN ~
| Iennessoe and b the principal officers Of the
! Government Of that state.
The general ression Of tho Association thou
| adjourned until 10 o'clock t0-uorrow morning.
fvn,e Of the members. who wore specially iutor-
sBted in microscopy, mot in tho Circuit Court
| roor1 to consider tho htneba OF organizing a
subsection in tlht department.. either fof tnla
! year or next There Heemad 10 DO Attia prospect
| Of d 1ing uluch at present. and u Was thousht
that another meeting might bs held hereafter.
| At which the proper pre,iuainariGs to the ertan.
!,ehment Of the subsection for uext year should
b. taketl. By elsctlng Chairman ID accorahuce
| with the conditions OF tho Constitution.
1n the attornoon, In Section A, tho following
! pppese we're read mud discussed: "On the DIE
trbution of the Aateroidt." by Daniel KIRK
| wood; "On Sotna Inequalities ot tho Long re-
vol; A1gcbrasc Curves Expressed in Tr.R0no-
motrlc Equations" by IL. a. Newton; "Trans-
formation of Curyes from Alehraie 10 Trsntcon-
'lcu.as." by II. A. Ne~son; "0u cersAln IrAnn'
cendental Curves" by A. ". Pnllhps.
In tho Hub-syction of Chemistry tho following
nbpers we're d,tponcd of: Ono BY Ilad ".
Atovons. " Rapid and Automatic Filtration. VIII
Description OF Apparasue;" and one ~ .. T. y.
Ottob Method Of Estimating Phoephore Acid IN
tho rrosenco OF Iron aud ALUMINIUM !" "Appa.
rstus for Fat Extraction Composition OF
Corn, Fodder, sad YIELD per acre a. TGhompo. Tha1,.
Method OF Estimating Nitric Acid"
In Sec. soyen papers were read. Tbs.
uere ns to,lows: "Nex speesmens q Foss'ls
from Cauada," BY ]. ". Dawson; On Bono New
aui Netn ArKablo C&,al- Plants from the LoweF
Coal ateasu1os Of Ohio and their Typical Aola-
tlons'. by E. B. Andrexs; 'E1letsnce Of dlA-
cial Action upon tho Bu.pmit Of ut. Washing
'. ton, N. H." by C. II. Hitchcock; "04 the
dsoosy Of tbo Southern counties e. Ne. iqTs
!, gjoo, by James Hall "0n son1e OF the Aesuts
of tho Geological Survey Of OHIO, W J. g. Now
berry; "Ou Anciout Glac!at!ou at kelly,s La
aud, Ohio" by Charles Whi.t1esv; "On Lead,
ing Diylslons III Hecens aud Fossil Ch'tonidu,
, ! By L. +. Carpenter.
Last nisuL the members Of tho Ansncintior
uoro received by +. 4. brush. QUO Of the otdesI
md wca!thcss citlzeuB Of Drttuit, and during
tho eyen!ug = diamond trcasi-pln worth Sooo
wts sto!eu from bureau in his wfe's bedroom
which bad been aesigusd to tho ladiea foF toiie
PURPOSES. It 10 supnosed that II was taken b!
so1no HneAk.thef, who took sdvAntnge OF th'
crowd to obtain admission 10 the house.
Tonight tho Aaaoc,ation ii entertained b
Gov. BaEloy. Tho celebrated Light Guard Dant
; IL now playing in tho park opposito lis real
| fnnca.