New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-28
SCIENTIFIC WORK.
SoIAbLE MEN AT MONTREAL-LORD RAYLEIGHs ADJ
DREss-PROGREss OF THE YEAR.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rnrBuSEi


with dry air bracns clear sky and warmth
without oppr ssve heat he Canadian climate for
DAY al least satisfied tine fas idous captiOus
Engishman In town Goo hu1nor wa infectious under
e'e con itons The reception thronged from
y uhu O'Clock, presntng a most animated spec acle'
Inc preliminary arra1 gem"ns for the session rap
ldly completed AT the council meeting ten organizing
committees were appointed an hour later A general
committee; at O'Clock an at O'Clock sectional
ms eeS A. o'clock and at half past oc Ock ad-
dress of welcome was presented in Gu ems Hall by the
Mayor and tha Council OF Mon real
AT O'Clock this evening the first general session
held Cir william Thom-on. "a Professor Cay ley's
deputy resi- med the chair and Lord Rayiegh delivered
an Inaugural address President Tomorrow the sections
VIII meet no IL o'clock for scientific
"orH nm In the evening reception will be given by
the gyernora of McGil College I'm the grounds
ana buildings of the university The English delegation.
as seen twice today In Qieeu'- HALLS most remarkable
body OF men UuiEe American college professors who
or i'm ry have salow compile XtOns and signs OF
premature age, these distinguished representatives OF
English scholarship have rudy faces strong frames.
erect hglics and apparently enjoy robust health Even
the od men are wonderfully well preserved There
are no benz gu aud stopping shoulder and whor hair
hl' tuneI it ia iron gray, not wno. In manner the
ec'nti't are gDai and frank talung quietly with few
Er lures and ma deep toucs. without har4bucas Occ-
aion } Hy mtu be- drpcrod ucotuR around hoirlousli
90 u ia roatrl ~ shelter and retirement eff private
library hui tno great majority look libr mon NJ the
world, ac u''omol 10 do, viii public arir' or private
hu'ln"'s ou largo -oIlc Great irtnu H repre- cn rd
at tnla meeting uy nuudr da itn NO distinguished
achoilfr n every D. au,h ~ science The ion. moat ia
reputation h 'r william Thomson Eug aud's
eht elect irinn ANA mathematician. lie
n SEQ Gilman about HAtY yets u age,
or rctiun disposition Ia socleY. hu' mou
.ahonon student aud VorKer era uaiug al Cambridge
with nigh ron hr was appointed almost immediately
an inn. ..rr. O. ls
oon.rouu To science $50 have been OF the first
rank; relating to heat rcIty magnetism submarine
telrgraphy. uud ana dyuamirs HIS services In con-
meet with ocean cables are well KNOWN and he
IL st ingenious inventor of scientific instruments.
The grra eat clem.s at che meet IS Profess Henry
Enfield Roscoe. II author Of various works chemis
try md SPEC rum antlrss AMI has dstngus ed 9imsef
boy laDorous CATION, respecting IL chemical
action OF light sir Richard Temple has made great
reputation civil admiuist in India. having EN-
red the Bengal service thirtyeght years ago and he'd
important p5siti ns unier various governments lie
super Intended he re.ie operations Bengal IN famine
years and has hid mos, varied expereuct in tn East.
He Is tall. spare with soldery bearing aud large
features. tace Of the most remarkable in The
semDv. His Roman noe, pier ing eyes amt
scam s,lu D't0Scn strong cud,acict and a
history OF unusual interest. George Howard
Darwin is % o.. De celebrated naturalist Tie is pro-
e.,0r OF ns.fouo ry at tambri and mas already at
trtC''d attention. by MS No. Ut. isop-IL
: FalL Astronomer Ro al of Ireland, il one Of the
Younger mel mt he has arnaiv made great repu a-
ton "a. an an hor. lecturer and poitiiln Among tha
eminent -eoo-sts Is PROBES or william boYd Dawk n''
who has occupied lhpo tahl char7 III owens OoHege,
conducted geolog cal survey III Great britain ana
Its cooni am "r5.eu FdIIdDe WORKS D. b Nirh is
secretary ttical Society, London H is an
Ingenious aud industrious investigator.
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marked ttures lie has quiet scholarly manner AID
shows no signs Of age. He ms a chair at Cambridge
University an' VIII De "mos ''e strongest u'o''e7 IL
the chem "a section. br. AeN'N''I VINO A7 a''enuO"
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on fhe requircments Of hospitals. Pf0les or tuhudl
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the department OF me taurgy. Ilr cdom ms '' -''-
tom of tie a sootafion and nvarubi, produces so ld
80 - ,y,o,t rr,c,ical valuc sr Lyon Pdyfiir is
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