New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-26
A CORDIAL WELCOME TO BosToN--A CONGRATU
LAroRY TELEGRAM SENT TO THE BRITISH Assc

advocates and votaries Of science He then alnded TO
F ID, u AMI and tr,bnt, 10 ia history and ITS
lusrrous members He referred 70 tine growth OF ne
A.'l d i" eits If which h WA. an naI member
and vcnrurr 10 predict or 10 future comparative with
tnat of ile ENGLISH rocictv. Speaking II the junction OF
sucn .ocetv the THE od tnat III was for tue advance
ment OF science and this implied diffusion"
ar character OF It's meetings How could De-t IYance
science by sowing the seeds OF science as widely as
possible through me world wake uing "osr latent spirits
and unborn taenr- and leudcnci,s when should mere
urged exclusion tne annual reports OF al pup
lcAil"ns WAch nefe 40. OIL a csi'T mr. Lag l,H
eige Dr. .inoy lac gaihcun. together facts b
fl progresses Of asccralun-n ar ine de'eopmeut Of
laws ny '"''''i =. ~ ~ 81 A.
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Governor Long aP'"e "s '"'-"'S'
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can A.soc ,tiou for Advancement Of Science: was
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AN Sl her Iae. azure. L na, entered upon Us
r,l Of Membership th- names OF sons OIL
nv r..f,l l,uowl".ee Gavr pId her the br-t
return flr rne education sDe gave them. Among us
residents s r''h IL h"'''' ptoi'is ~ u'I
md mrfu 'rt -lir na'rr "I A--ri" " tIc''" 'f'uu
aud ui tray fd'- .c.u' - i'-''I' van. In. lu'
mem % 'ssr'e ',' f p ~, ~ W bn'iac.s ~ rhe
people; Tor ocrcr mastery OF nature a. the founda
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rp.strt,-r ,,onc,>'s RESPONSE.
r,~.rl,.,., ro tbe welcome adir..s.. Of slavor
iri,..' md Governor ron, President Morgan spoke
I'D effect as follows;
Tins re Fl 80 session ~ the association IN Boston
.tr iN'' -,.f year , i'. 'i ~ eo T6S
o.. ci ol tucr labor. was popular because he
doos ser. oren-tio az rnsisrI Id any nsl i,m' Oh
rN.cn -. wo7k oil be- members and tide material pros
pcu,y OF the county, Tor he deycopm.n Of science
winch science would have been ia leading strings to-day
Tie secretary reported the deaths for the pasr
year as follows: George W. Aobe, New-York; E.
B. Andrews. Lancaster ohioi Homer 1. Blake
NeW-ICr 4. \. Clirn5, New YORK; Caleb Cooke,
.,f.,, NJ. BENJAMIN 7. Nrdge. Mammalian.
KAN; Thomas Nicholson, New-Orleaus; Louis
Francis de Pourtalcs, Cambridge. Mass.
The rec iot- for the gear naye been 1910 70 Of
this sum $1,000 has been eXpen 'ed for general
expenses, and r40O auuci 10 1he iIc membership
fund.
co,,r,iftea of which Professor Wfliiam r
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h'-ers was "irilaH prepared '''" 'o1 TIC i'iIO"-
ir,, message hy ca Die:
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sc'e ce. d, Sc sion ~ t n lS ViH 1 & .s' 10
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committee was appointed To draft rcSO, utlOns
.i l...t, oe ..,.r.l ,lhort 7 Nver and tLo
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following were elected q si&Nhlng committee: W.
m Z Na. ffrrt,
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l.. /. Cox, inclahap"is; NJ I.'dW t"Ihic'S ana -
T. Mason WASHINGTON and !. 4. Lattimcre,
Rocbe,ter
- +n,s mint re General session was adjourned
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THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
A4.l. ,f,.rnoon se..fou of fire a-sociatlon Sec /
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lion 4. "IltA comprises tHe Hit'heiHaii'u anu as /
rrounulicgl I.ptrtmruts. met i'm Huntington Hail. !
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MaVpr, OF IObOhru. auG joan lr)N Drudge, OF New |
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Professors r. II. Nmli D, ~ NlIg MA - NJ an Week
If Nnd!lotowu. Conn.,. Thomas Han, OF Portland /
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THE PROGRESS or ASTRONOMY
prof.ssor Asapb HALL. in whose charge the great
,,,.,or,oI ~ W,.t,nyton is placed opeued with an
an. address nrereaipg mis- remark. with hisrori-
t .+. pr,fo5e,r Hall snok. In sfect os fol
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,,a tr,..l ,bo various discoveries. which have At
length developed win TIE present advanced conclton
o. sei'Lcei q, q , r, az i,r. - fheir of,c,i nI
mechanical XII 70 furnish ASTRONOMY with instruments
necessary or ls further ddvd cement Among snri Ne
considered no Que helI more Iu,,a paVy ,ian
JOSEPH tranenHoieI. Ihls mth DrEtn LIS sVIthIluc
the OF twenty Two wears ana died at thirty
nine ana yet IN lhose srye'.en ears ne gave 10
Of zeal ana the utcDduird details OF IN
sirumeuts winch IN the hands OF Bes'ei ana strive
gave 10 observations degree OF accuracy hardly
Thought OF before. Amos, the entire wor OF astronomy
is vast system Of apprOxml lion. the calcl-
lal0n which entails enormous labor. IL was there
fore of the highest importance OBTAIN The results,
r. introduce order and me nod into this department Of
asiro.omy aud sncA method was that OF squares the
n m which mas become the chief Characteristics
of astronony
TLr accurate tbOrs Of modern astronomers next
gaged his attention. aud Professor Hall asserted that
methods 81 astronomy had now become well estab-
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