New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-28
THE THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS
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rosrox. Aug. 27.-lncludug those wuo came TO-
~ tb.re are now fully 1000 persons here in at
.ondsnce upon the meeting of the American
sssocaiion. Of whom probably one-fourth
,au,c, The members come from all
orts 81 the United States. from Canada. and
on from England. Some dissatisfaction has been
o~rrossed by a few of the older members at the
crowlnr proportions of the association but 1t IS
held nv Others that the larger it grows the more
elay IL becomes then easier to dlvidelt into
SECTIONS snd sub, ctions, just large school IS
more easily graded than small The force Of
The lat er opinion wei illustrated by the work
ofto-iay. when of the seventy-nine papers ordered
nv the committee to be read. not one was listened
toby tie general session. Bong Of technical and
nnrev scientific character they read before the
secfonS of chemistry microscopy. biology, geology,
anthroaolocy. and on. all attracting large audi
ences The interest felt shown by the proiracted
discussion taat followed each paper and which bad
o,ten To be- curaIled BY the chairman. A. rule
tbe pape,s not of popular interest. Professor
IS More read paper on Types Of Pottery: III
which %, declared that the ancient pottery OF
Yetdo ! pan closely resembed the pottery OF the
Northe-a United States. while ,hat of Central Japan
resemb'rd that of Porto REQ and Jamaica. He dld
not at.emp- TO draw any historical conclusions,
however
willow FEVER INVTsTIG ATOMS.
r.. Corr. II. Steruberg, Of the Yellow Fever
Commission appointed by tie National Board OF
Health red paper on the McroscopIcal lnvest-
CATION of be Havana Yellow Fever" be spent
three months DO Havana with the object OF deter
r,i,ip- Tie nature of the yellow fever poison. lie
only reached negative conclusion winch ne TINS
expressed:
Ih.re s ro gross ard conspicuous germ or organism
ether Oh. blood If yellow ever patients or m the
ion ~ OH. crosse 1pSi ani cause .u'pci'n tt' II I'1
vc-ftth -... yellow lever. Yellow FEVER SO ar IS
tie germ I'll ory l- concerned NAV ne Case" ",,n
,,eret ~ oc germ fevers but L which 40 organism
la ve. bee demonstrated.
THE rHoToPHONE.
Thi.ever..e Professor 4. Graham Bell. of Cam
orio.e rcturci before the general session upon his
new. i,v.naoa tte pbotoph1ue. The lecture was ii-
Illustrated w.-l diagrams. and the photop-oue was
shown vi 5e operated Tomorrow. DR.. Bel
began Dr. declaring that discoveries made
by simmer Mmtor and himself bal r.
slrel m apparatus for the production AMI
1eprolu.t..ao o.. sound by lsl,. They began 20 ey-
pertinent With scleuum. remarkable substance
thai l.. Away. been regarded as one of the curi-
osle, ai lh arts; but the final result on the" re-
scare .e- uIien4d lac class of substances sensitive
T. light vibrations until hey are able to PROFOUND
TIE fact that such seusityene,s Is general prop
ertv of o. matter; tue on.F objects w-ich yielded
nore-ult, were carbon and thin microscopic glass.
Professor Ben said;
W. t1d thlt when v.o"tory beam OF lsat La,is
uIo- iA-'' 20 '.aiceS '"' C'' nov ~ tbe y ,-,r.rv
clar-. ID. f. zlt. aud char control tAe form
Or cnti t'-r ~ .e '-n, '',' rrr,I ne an i.v
q rnr ami and obtain all vareac- Of ar'cul.te
sprec- We CAD t1n, "i, , ~ station yher-
ever We can project heim Of light We nav NO, had
oppofto o. testing ..T .,ni bar W. nave spoken 10
anu i,o point 2l3 m,tr.- l93 jar-l %t'',, 40 M
seen do o. 49,. ID u. ~. q 5e..n ~ light can be
flashed trom observatory To- a'o.nrr.
The rL1tophone is operl-e1 with a SEN IDS
spiral crcait, telephone and Dat ny. Inc A'N' is
passed through an orince I'D an OPAQUE S''''" ','-
sstiaG of a CIRCULAR DISK pierce" WIN 0"'' '..- '-'
circumference. Upon rapuit rotating U'' ''-.N d"
Intern -tcnt beam "l i'eN ial'S upon 'Io ''' num-
and musical zone is producer rom 'Ie IT, e' .','
the Iltca Il "hicA o' 'N' "'''" '"'
rotation oi the disk Ii was necessary I'LL oi',l ~
reduce TIE lo'' TO i'''o''.' 80 a. 'Il,
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