, 1875-05-01
SPARKS OF SCIENCE.

IhalY SCIENTIFIC svun,Is IN . Mmeh'c": M. a.
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LII. D.. lIoi. Professor Mathematics nnd Nat
,ral Philosophy. Among tho bomo ,nci,hers
vcrr hin 1,xco,Ioncy ,ohn Alams Esa.. IL. D..
Min,.fcr picn,potentiar, At Lnnflon liza lion.
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this Supreme Court; tha llcv. 3lanassch Cut|o',
r. ". $. and Philosophical Society, Philadelphia
,hn Hon. Jof,n uancoek. Esd,. 1reat,1ent or Con.
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III the list Of American members wern the names
OF hIs Exce|iopcy Benjamin Trnrhlir, Esq., OF
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dcirhia, !. II. H.. London, and II. A.
Paris; tho Hou. john TIumbull, Ed1., Of
Connecticut III. D.: and BENJAMIN West,
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pti!as lhe ilfst Vala:ao ot tao 1fan6actioas oi
the sceioty was published in lI80, with tho tito
Of .,A[cnloirs Of tho American 4tcadomy at Tho
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Adams Il Aoafao' IN Court street, ios'on. 1ho
Tolun,e IL q square octave Of $40 pages, bouHd
in leather printed in the quaint atylo OF tho po
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Ane tap'e u eoa@e.'. e"a''a'Sce n 4'esoPn@
ical DlFcoarno, puoie!y ndatossoa 20 tio hmofl.
can Academy OF hfsa anu selonces, 70 Hosso3: on
Tho Sth u N9vombc5, itso: "tloh s'o gsesIacnt
was 1ndnctcd into ohlcc. by 'nm:e Bowdoin.
ESD, President q tho Acausnsy; aud htty-
1oar papers eon.t!oaseo % 70 sne Acaaohy Dy "
r1ops OF lta hemnefs ana correspondents 20
gcthos with tho act by which, t,o socioty VA. is-
corpofascl, thn etaitltes ps when tt was govern
OIL, etc., etc. Ine t,a2ess nte divided fnto three
parts, tho hrst u "hch includes t'loao dealing
Nlth ast1oHoN5 ano ti"1Ge1aattehi ing hoSolla:
thoss Heat1g OF i1nqttca; tne atts. ana halnfai
tonics.
It was NOT arfnanuea nY nc Ac1acn7 tnas tno
pHrets pEcsehsea oeioro " eaohl4 consa4t Eye
fruits OF ofigina! lnVcsilRats3n: as III tle uih-
surosu qua imnoYerasaea q condition ot t4o coup.
XII ~a 1ooHa were nfh1g p!ac4Iem @ TEN eIe
Old notld. IT WAS raaonailT dcc1aod that oitan 1t
Fonti 10 OF more Importance 70 aiese'alnato
Rn9" aeaso o. essanHsaqa ama use.Mt iac.s tnan
u ~ nuuostu. a.ss' 1s'H H. Is5 ~ .n"iI
cAloi resoumenoat!op: ah1 Aeaaen'y therefore
wisely determined 70 publ'hh tnoso s1per'menta
Aid observations that promised to 70 OF tile srast-
est utility to tho Commonwealth Tho astrollomi-
and lunar ccj,raer, aud M tic transit of IJor.
c,,ex . ."1 ,ro r.'tr,,cd hv Tn rny sIan,.aa,,
Cutler, Of lps"lch IFrsinont Willard, Of Cam-
nI1dso Gon1ea'an Mchs' Ja'neh winthrop etc.,
ato. In their study Of tho hcaTonH
air. CusleS uacd : rotioctinR taleaoopo,
nagnifying forty.llvo times; tho Toy. Prof.
Williams usc.l tscscono magn,fying ECU times;
MI. Joseph lito"n, OF provldancs. Nacd n 3.foot
rei!tcting tectco2o, With spirit levels. rotleot-
ing tn!eacopo 81 neas te"s, a.lti prospect e'as"
yen!ent staMl;' and othora had Instruments OF
equally limited range and imperfect conatrur-
tion.
Among tho papaEn omnracet! IN fho second
part 10 ono BY JAEca Bowdoiu {who ID 1ttlto
copioua contributor to tlo HeMeirH} giving
Observations tending to proyo by phcuouneua
.nl g,r;rture lin ny?xionro ~ Al, orI, ,rhi",
sms-aH,,.}a }a ~ ,.,,oIa vishin mn,crfnt .rs,.,n
sul ~ mue "su-1 a...- Z, 7.n,, t.
Ah4 WHICH may oe neceasaFy ~ il1ohefFu IL from
thu ruin to which, without sneh colsnt0rbal-
ance, IL soouis lablo by TINT universal principle
in matter craykatIcn," The Rev. Potter Wilt
uoy furnishes "An account OF \ singular apple
tzao, producing fruit af opposite qualitlos;
part OF tho sarno applh being frequently sonr
aud the other sweot." Tic writer Of ilia papor
closes Lis description Of thu aEarrans appla-tieo
With the following paragraph:
For the truth Of wh,t lays asserted, can appe,l
wlo hays Travelled Eroas dis 70 !tcw tho tree,
aa sss 5s , , oi ~ r H. ~. sasse m os
o,tv tainitm nan enpssiya r. tunI 1ha enre,,, nr
Icafts Ct Two seeds, tbs ono from .our, tho otbsr
from awes., apple, might 10 incorporate, In she
ground, to produce hut raus; Or that farina,
from biots,us Of those oppotitu qualities, might
pass into anu 1'nfEo"hsto tno sams secds
:rhs lion. Janlos DoTdofu EsQ.. forwards 10
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