New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-01
THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.
TIE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION MEETING.

PREPARATIONS IN PHGLADELPHIA-A FORECAST OF
RocEEDINGs-CoURTEsIEs ID MEMBERS AND
VISITORS.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 31.-The thirty-third
annual meeting Of the Associate ior tue Ad-
vauc mcnt Il Science which b1gIs IN this city
Thursday at the Ac demy OF Music, promises
70 be o. the largest ever held The meeting will
occupy days, and during he session II il exp ce1
taat ther, will be ai between 800 and 500 papers At
the opening Of the raj rhlr.d,y morning
President Young Will resign the air 10 Professor j. r.
LESLEY, after which address OF leone To m mem
beIs OF the tmeicln Association and the delegates N
for ign sOcie'cs vi b. delivered behalf Of he state
By GOyernOr Pat-ou. an on behf ot "a city by Mayor
smi h.. The same evening lecture will bo de-
uyerod before the A-socat on. ~ winch the
member, Of the America institute ~ MA NJ Enzneer-,
which will be IN during the week and ho OF the
other scte uthc A-socia' ions, have been Invited
Friday evening Professor G. A. Y0uns VIII deliver an
address. to the members Of the American aad BRUSH
Associations. the delegates OF the Royal society u
Canada and other for,ien and American spi'uss after
which reception VIII be given by the citizens of Phla-
de pha on Saturday excursions 10 The aside The An
thr,c rcsion7 and tlc Delaware Wa'er cap viii take
place. On Weine.diy ptenber ID tIe association
AM wishing delegate wil bee invited to Inspect the et-
bits OF tue International Electrical Exhibition. rAs
rest of fh session Will b. devoted 20 5uhle.s meetings.
meeting. The different sections. ding of pdp'rs etc.
and Oh Thurs evening, september IL, the concluding
cx rc.es VIII be he'd.
Abstracts Of ,arg number II papers have already
been reccv by the permanent scc etiry but OF tler
character or con cuts nothing learned until they
have been examined boy tho standing committee which
meet. on september3 g. Those accepted viii b. referred
the ain rem sections. aud t'r being t-d upon "
them those receiving favorable alton VIII be read
Ia ad itlOn tO tns pr gr1 the presdent- ~ tls
different sections vii deliver addresses ~ follows;
A-Mlthenat.cs and Astron0my H. I. Eddy, Ol Cucn-
matt: B-Puyscs John TfoYbridge ~ tambritgei c
Chemistry. John W Langley, O AM Arbor D-N chant.
=. q -fpu pfI Hahn "a
Gto1raDhy, n ~. Winchel of Minneapolis; BIOLOGY,
T. D Cope, OF phllad' phi G-liistYlO-y aud Micro
scopy 4. g Wormey Of Ph ladelphls; H-Anthrpo ogy,
L. - Morse. OF salem; I-EcOnOmc -cI, aud stsiis-
ties; John Eaton OF Washington.
The ropoed orga ikafon ~ an lntcruaii nal scie =
tHc AsaO afOu Will be brought rWard sni dl.cussed,
and II d. hope thar the British Associa'iou now IA
session at "a rel viii take action fOward uniting
with the Americans "A rt 10 Ouud International
Congress. OF sci, ifc DInDg the INK through
the courtesy Ol the Western UnOn Ie cnapI company
social kilograms Tor members OF The American aud
British Associations viii bc sent from Philadelphia AL
part- ~ the United States aud Can ia free u chlfge and
BY cement among the Atlantic Gable Comp 'nes,
soc al message. u br Transmitted O. Europe for tho
members 0f the Bntsh AssOcidi lon without charge.