New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08
SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE.

they the winch nave D'fh HiFtn thti-iihu
that is saying great deal Among Che specimens arc
the jaws and teeth of which some are perfceD Of
D,Hiehhys from the Huron shalc Upper Dcvonian' OF
Ohio; and the Jaw Of fish Of the same family but
forming genus called Dplogndfhus. or the lar
ter, the cxremtios Of the mandhcs dvorge from the
sympnyss tor place of uncon), forming fork which ia
armed with double Of large acute incdrved tcoth
one row being continuous with that u the mandble the
other row runs from The point to the eympHy'H "a
structure which would astonsh dentist, as 10 is un-
known elsewhere in the animal kingdom. From The ear
bouiferous limestone % Indiana. there are enormous
teeth Of ray-kc feh named Archg05ais, which must
have been giant The rays rs dental di'play
inches long. wie and ~ Thick the cnau.l surface
Is a., autlv corru-atrd win transverse RIDGES. There
are many new TriaS,ic fishes 10 the collection ono VI
thcui tls PLctocDs has not been prev'ousF found n
This country IN the Old World 10 s confined - the La
here lbs discovery confirms the view that tc mcsoloic
sands0nes o. NewJersey and Connecticut arc in''hic
NEW LOCALITIES OF FISH CULTURE.-A hatch
ing house s to DO built the Moose River the foot Of
the Fulton chain Of lakes in the Adirondack country
Two years ago srtiacialy introduced m that
vicinity and Ncks Lake now populOus with the young
f,i In Virginia 100000 salmon are M process OF being
placed in the upper waters - dieIent rivers
SCIENCE decentralization James D.
Dana Of Yale College, has been awarded the Copley
Modal by the Royal Society The award is given " icr
his biological geolo yica aud mincraloN invesfa
liable works in which his conclusions and discoveries
have been published" II noted by The Eng ish payers
that special ongre yation Of the senate OF the Cni
yery Of Cambridge called for the purpose Of con
forrin1 the degree Of Ill. d. Mr. Darwin ~ other
candidates took degrees on that occasion, ana 4 Is
deemed unusual honor that the Senate should be cor
ycned to confer n solitary degree The Latin Grafton
delivered at The time is printed fun n Nature. The
Latin regarded elegant. and the summary OF Mr.
Darwn's work Il neatly rXure>sed. Ain"ne ms inert
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INN siuun riidicGt Biodo o. rea p0cQpVla srcd,"
sea sgn minus PGrM S,g 1 Jan,',.." Vas b ,H
ored in tine person OF NJ Faye the dstnguirhed asron-
omer. lie was appointed Minister Of Public Instruction
CoLuWBrs NOT 4 SAINT.-The following Off
cal decision recently promulg gated. dsp'ls all imlnd-
ate hope Of cauGnzug CHRISTOPHER Columbus ana
throw. az much doubt over hs spiritual position rs ihe
recent alleged discovery at Santo Domingo docs over ms
mortal remains Tile baaufcation cannot De conceded
because no extraordinary deed demonstrated eyinenE
heroic Christian virtue. Apart from his great work. che
discovery OF America, his public and private lie WIS
much criticised In the chronicles OF the time nofng
found worthy Decentralization. The fame that he left 40
his death is not that of eminent and notable catholic
In 0ue he has Meyer been considered or invoked 40
saint Tins decision 10 be communicated 20 tGose HON
may concern, and the question cannot be revived Tor
three years.
PHOTOGRAPHERS IN COLORs.-Fr0m time 10
time announcements have been made OF tho discovery o.
h
ing satisfactory il yet known to have been achieved
some Of the more promising ea)rJs made few
years ago with the very sensitive salts Of uranium bu
while il was claimed that cOlOrcd pictures were oh
taned the themselves said 10 De- fugitive
\ report from Mdnch, Bavaria. m II cDlorcd
pictures have been produced by process. Three
Photographs taken TIE first il on r plte winch Is
sensitive to yellow rays onIy the negative Of this is
printed by pllOo-lithography in yellow ink The second
photograph is from plate only sensitive 10 blue rays
aud the printing from this Is win bldc ink OVERLAPPING
the first printing tn tirl photograph Is OF rel, and
the proceedings similar with red ink The colors
tGus blended IN printing said TO give the natural
tnt u is possible tnat success NAV ultimate attend
probable that plates can prepared walcl Will only !
photograph red, yellow or blue, separately
DIspERsINC CROwDs 1T FREs.-An ingenious |
uut simple mechanical eXpcdent has been adopted in /
Glasgow ior scattering crowd that usually assemble
at a fire. Attached to the engine ia small hose, which
is upter charge Of OF the remen. lie begins opera
lions a. II lie simply trying TO water small space
around the engine he gradually enlarges the circle
until the retreatng crowd gives ample room. This clear
spacc thus attained f. kept open till the police arrive
rl form a GORDON Meanwhile the other operations Of
ne Grcuen are not mpedad they had been formerly
during Ae precious moments at The beginning OF Fe.
UsEs OF TELEGRAPHC CABLEs.-As soon rs
cables are laid giving tecsaphic connections between
new points IN opportunity is afforded for determining
and most accurate method d determining onsitudes
that has ever been invented All that Il to
have local time at each station and 10 note the
tine accurately when the signals sent. The differ
once VI local times is practically the difference OF
longitude There is a small loss of time the transmits
sion OF the signals the that this miat occasion
10 entirely eliminated by sending signals both ways over
the WIRE and computing from pair II signals. The
submarine cables with the West India Islands nave been
tfga in ttt ltr0
the Longitude OF the staOna Is thus determined within
nve yards equal 20 the hundtedtn pacI ol second OF
time.
Tr1rcRApHY IL EURoPE.-Last year there
was expended for kilograms the countries Of Europe
SI54OOOOO, at average Of 80 cents per message.
In this expenditure Great Britain led the list with nearly
43 Ter cent Of the whole France came next with about
22 per cent Germany Is per cent no other country ex
cselcd per cent The length OF wires IN Great Britain
very slightly exceeds that Of GERMANY and ia nearly
fourth more than France IN this particular switzerland
takes the lead Of the snlaer European states
NOVELTIES N PAPER.-When the usefulness
OF compressed paper for railway wheels demon
str,ted two or three years ago people asked What
nextl" The question now be answered The latest
" paper appears to be for ohmueypots. They are
made Broslau. and light and durable Before the
paper pulp moulded and compressed into the required
shape, IL treated with chemicals which render it non
iuilammabe. Specimens Of paper and cloth made from
the California cactus recently exhibited before the
Mar, Land Academy OF Sciences The cactus grows
Ghunlant'y in many OF our Western STATES aud T. lrl.
tories ana 10 IS found on arid soil whcr nothing can he
The success thar has been met with In t,l,
iuy paper lro this plant marsei that the business
VIII probably be attempted on large scale
\ NEW SUMNER SCHOOL OF SCIESCE-The
ball which set rolling by tue enterprise OF tn, late
Professor Ag.ssz Penikese. makes accretiOns
every year and the Sumner schools OF be-
coming very numerous one Of the recent OF these