New-York tribune., 1879-02-03

men most deeply concerned IN the matter were
there TO hear aud sec for themselves. The theatre
holds, perhaps, eight or nine hundred people It's
doors open at eight for the friends OF members
with tickets and seats supposed 10 be reserved
for members till ten minutes before nine.
At quarter past eight last evening neither
seat uor standing room was to be had
in any part of the hall. The hemcycle
in front of the lecturer was crowded with celebri-
ties. Mr.. Seracns and Mr.. Spotjiswoode. Mr..
RapicT and Mr. De Meritens, Sir Trcder OK Leighton
and Mr. Mllais were there in the interest OF science
and art-and fifty other men not less distinguished
IN their kind. DR.. Tyndall had group on and
about hI- table almost every machine which MARKS
an epoch IN the history Of electrical light, ana the
room was hung with drawings OF many Others
Experiment succeeded experiment; demonstration
followed demonstration; for an hour and halt
the splendid story Of the struggles OF science was
unrclcd, till you were lost in doubt which was the
more brilliant, the light the lecture. For prac-
teal purposes. this conclusion may be drawn that
IN Dr. Tyndals opinion the electric hight is certain
to he used for public illumination, while for DO
nestle PURPOSES he holds that It's general adoption
is possible only.
You nrint Sergeant Ballautine. VIII Won per-
mt me to say that the only photography known III
ENGLAND Is Scueant" Worccstcr's Dictionary,
am aware gives both spellines and gives precedence
10 .rgeant.' But the legal dignity to which the
word is applied ia En- gland only, andn England
the word when used in its legal sense Is invariably
printed "S,Ijcant" 80 long there was SeEJeanis
Inn 1t was spelled as -wth your proofreadeTs leave
-nOw spell II. When Mr. Ballantlne's or Mr. Parry
pamcs occur IN legal reports they occur as Mt Ser
jtaut Baantnc. or Mr.. Serieant Parry, and an Eng
i-h lawyer or IN English layman wOnd scarcely
recognize them in any other form. The title Is
rapidly becoming purely Observation-Disclosures the pity
Seiicauts' Inn has been sold tho serjeants them
selves are vanishing from of the face OF the earth
aud no more of them will be created. But so long
a. one or two examples of order lliustrlou-
survive 1t only charity to give them the name by
which they themselves prefer to be known.
II was often asked by BOsionians," says Dean
Stanley. eff did not find Boston like an English
city, said no, but like Geneva" The Dean added
that he liked Geneva with its good old wcll-'o-do
cultivated families its "reminiscences Of CalviniSm,
IFS formal and reserved mauner andits lack Of temp
tations for youth He said he meant the comparison
q, a compliment, but feared it WAS not SO taken
Unless he added the explanation. am afraid IT
was not. Imagine says friend the feelings OF the
Bo,touians at hearing the metropolis OF New
England that is what they were beginning TO call
II when was last there likcueI to a little town Of
less than 20 600 inhabitants Bur am so much m
admirer of the great Puritan city that 1 think rs
greatness has little to DO with size or numbers.
q. ". :.
AN ABSTRACT OF TYNDALL'> LECTURE.
Professor Tvndall said the subject was sue-
g.ted him los tne late honorary -ecret nv hr. SJl-
yclr Ms regret ~ the loss Of such conuauion had
T.. opposite tccIng IL The pleasure wtn when he had
p. lin rising through sheer intrinsic merit moral ana
i Ill., - W f Dii II ,r,. III tie power oi Er.-
b D. l4gr - B. IL
dali ucyt t4uscd the gentlemen, inventors an ohl-'
who had assisted hin in The e"oA Of tlr n'teTa iot
his discourse Beginning Win the discovery OF o.u nc
then explained the principle OF cIranr decohno7iIol
aud resistance 10 fhe eiccc current thd Sal'u hc pan
rrcb Ilavv took in demonstrating the importance OF
Nota's discovery fresn step w, made M l-3l, Ehen
FaradaY dl-covereh masnetoeltctf ulIcllon iF'in
Ia tinc the work carried on 10y Holmes, the Ali
aucc Company OF Paris y. Grammr DF. sem rs ahi
/ sr & WLp5,St,iuc Cvho made an import mt scoycry
/ sriuu' 'taucou,iyJ ana n number OF inventors whose
names mad be, recently before the puJIc. Iha sey-
rii machine made M To late times were described,
muItituie ~ experiments were made bv the Lecturer
assisted by Nr Cotrcl, and various modes OF recr.c
electric candle three ciib0s q, current being gene
rated by one u hs machines, winch Profess lynGau
I4dI showed tue Wallace Farmer machine, ana llI-tr
cd ire brilliant effect OF the lDcande-ccnc" ol Iridium
VI. Rah,h showed Ms IaiH, Is I.oN "'4 - - m "
a sieuen- lamp hung from the root ana Mt. N-TdIt-
c.ncusou, Frof ssor Iyndal sand he would noi tH,n
ami mcandestoncc. Al laws oI tnl' -ui9ect ne
he'd been dealing with were ku""u ana thc.e was uo
[
ya room for RE application OF such mrcnalcal lhg"-
uuty - mad given H. the srS--iEdthu ne, th- IhpHo-
l,ru5a aad many other things. iA" investigator 'HI
t.tovcrer pursued his theme for the lake o. gaming
Lgrwic,'s.; the inventors I1l was generally 10
make money, though ne gladly recognized that 10
bIlLv cases The inventor WAS -'iHu!t.rd ny lo.C VI
Ll- art. lines these mon spoke dstc'pccuuly u
each other NJ CuvIcr dcsps"d me man e! pruoica! nr
ulIcatIon probably not taking into ut that the
t,' iu; of science reacted on .uce iIi near
Tuy tt,tlulatlon OF the condition oi tuc c0MuuNIy
w.> any rite object WoE,H llp-..uE -oF. -u! u
Ma well - D. mat .Jsc L--."FD ~. -nI dpplrJ
tuus Wuicu struck TIE pullc ~ I ana rAcii-u ~ much
,l-tu,.iou, o4tn come from u,H whose sole stimulus
lh, question. there "A slut. co.ou ot Socu! fo-
.,U-Ia.u.s n,u OF h sh aims. aba Tor Nhom lie hal
great RESPECT, VINO NUuld haHd over 7cituce anu
lcicutiG" WrU 10 hierarchy ""irA W"u.d determine
the particular subjects mat fbr rDl~Niht man ol-ht
10 pr~ur. Where tbdt hierarchy Was 10 -tt It's Wis
L.,. tt.v meyer explain. d. lLJ-" writers ia,
ro..ucrd AID scuru,d al reference to what
they considered tu Ic rtr tpall Eu.u human n"c',
.ui Nrt upon sensible cuut"Vtuu~t- oi molecules, Tor
times depended tn li"-t d,cJNtlcs
When uo feeble maCucty-ec.iric spark Was hst intro
oirl fi oxford don cNpres.cu his rrat regret lhd,
,c discovery should nave pre made; fg. he sad, II
ult rrE end fac'Io lluen d. tue hands ~ TIE lu
r-uaiary fauguter Lei tuem imagine that hi"i ir ny
OF wltch lie had spoken WaicLilS iladay leodii-S
over his ID cupt-. They wound certainly haVr -rit 'iu
hHc 10 tie boohhlndrr'- bench a. idr more dlLLEtd
oc.upaton Yet IL FaiaGay spark tnai now shUnc
AID winch he hoped would illuminate our Ql3ys and
halls and reUduaGer ana squares, ana possibly disO OGl
holmes. tCnc,-s
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