New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-22
DI CEsNoLNs TESTIMONY FINISHED.

WHAT THE MICROSCOPE SHOWS ABOUT III" 'O
FACES OF STATUES ETC.
General iii CesnOla concluded his testimony
YESTERDAY In the morning letter was rcld winch "
been received by Hiram Hitchcock from the witness III
October, 1872; in it the writer stated 'na' NJ
about 81 s. 600 TO his collection letter d! lhoui
Newton referred to an offer of 10000 MADE ny tne
British Museum Tor the Cuum treasures, about
of the entire collection witness said that lie derived
the title of Count from his family Mr. Choate aici
ward put evidence official papers signed by Ca'o''
Prime Minister OF italy, which conferred hohors Oh ~
witness and addressed HIM as Count In support vi 'n
proposon that General d Cesnoa had at one time gone
under another name, Mr.. Bangs produced nio Vi
The Herald and pointed out an advertisement Oh
the witnesses school OF languages, dated In February
1865, which signed l.. Palmer General Ill CcshoIa
said 1t Typographical error ana MI Ohoale Po''
ont that the mistake was corrected days later ana
the same advertisement signed L. Palma al Ceshoia'
Mr.. BRAKEMAN, the president OF the New-iorK nlclo'
scopc Society and Fellow OF the Royal society OF Eng
land, testified:
Ihave used the microscope for thirty years nave
studied the general subject OF rock surfaces DE- DAT
nard asked me last spring would tc i ~
scOpo examination OF tue surfaces OF tDe STATUES "a ~
Cesnula Collection spent two hours day IN eAhIh
In them during April ana Mays spent "eeh uiiI
the summer and about ve hours day since October 10
last. / am able 10 distinguish between SUI
freshly cut and surface that mas Oeeh 'oF'00u y
burial.
Mr. Bangs objected Mr. Choate replied that he wished
TO show that the differences between an ancient ana
modern surface were not matters OF opinion blt were
susceptible of proof. The Court allowed the
testimony. The witnessed continued:
The Cyprotc stone whereof these statues arc scuptured
is cellular, caCareOS tua. The ceIS are hiHhlc anu
crowded There ABOUT 200 10 the square ci lucy
are spherical in shape, and ABOUT l-lOO OF an lncn IN
diameter When freshly cut 1t will De lOlnI LAT Vho
walls some cells htIdtr than the walls or otHe''
The hard walls resist tie rect "a che atmosphere WIN
more success than tac softer ones. During
exposure SOFT SD ices sink lr'i, ana IeaIe
the hard standing ike cTatetS on Inc race OF INC
MOON The soft spaces sink into dOme-lkc shapes ana
small Orices indicate thai tAc atmosphere mas begun 10
affect them Then cups thus formed IRE carrier
away the hard projections Toll off III slall globes ana %
process Each process occuhes several
CENTURIES In the OF buried objects III cyprus tLe
water hcring through the ground makes felosu OH
them more or less thick, OF carbonate oil ulnr' l
have gwen seven eight hours 10 the micro
scOpic examination OF the statucttc OF venus anu
il is susceptible scientific demonstration tina tr sur
face OF the sOcallcd mirror and the SURROUNDING" SURFACE
are ancient. On the mirror eight sllpos OF cabO-
nate OF lime deposited IN the way nave stated, wmch
integral part the ancient surface ana "Ouu not
appear freshly cut sIIdCc. 1hese cNlucnccs OF an
tiuuy could not be taken away without DfCahng the
stone. They NIL the cavities whereof have spoken lhey
appear the OF the drapery wtlh thTee-hx-
trcnths of an ncn lne mirrors Outline Ny uiviOsco"
would have disclosed cement 1-lUOO or all inch III
thickness
The will go Oh next Wednesday.