New-York tribune., 1884-10-16
SCIENCE IN NEVpOpy
TIE NATIONAL ACADEMY N srs,,.

VALUABLE PAPERS FROM EMINENT MY
TANEous PnoroGRApny--Tnr sot,,,' ~
| ANTMAIs-TiE AMERICAN INDIAN
fBY rELEogArH 10 HE TRnru,
| NEWPORT Oct. 15.--The first psper re,dl
National Academy OF Sciences at n, 49,. M
session was on - The Columella Aui. NJ ,ho We
sauria," by Professor H. ID. Cope. II ym q, @
to show the evolution Of certain bones of IN. A.. F
reptiles named, aud II involved on iDtore.tin,
comparative anatomy, presenting also Imp,r,a,
tiops Of evolution. Tvs
Professor fairman Rogers followed with
Merybrdees Experiments on the Motion A. .,,1
| by instau,aneous Photography Ths.. ,,.,. ''a
| conducted IN California five years ago hi pLn''s
snined this summer ~ fairinount Park piI.s-,1sn
Forty cameras we're placed In TOW aud 80 ss,ssvv,s
to he successively opened by The motion q, sn .'
passing In front ol them These .sp.tims,,.ana
throw light on the mechanism of animal. wy, VI
give valuable application In machinery, vot "J
marine engineers do not agree on the be., ,o,s We
steamer screws. II IL probable that an e,h.smaf
study of the iishs propeller would th,ov iI.,..' W.
this. There will probably be ~ ,lihcnli, in ,,,iaNs
q glsss tank through which fish eau he mad. 10 ssH
aud be photographed In transit. The motion. ss.N
horses-especiay h. rscers--deors aud other ani..ir
lunnng, we're describel aud interesting ssd ~.
longrd III scusson ensued w
Professor i,ngera stated an interesting po,, 4. 4. .
nosutc Of The long pastrtn. when u horse s,llo. n
moves IN a horizontal line iiis body keen. sl.,s
uniform direction notwithstanding that M. iss, t, -,
fall no bcnds M. paatrrn 10 keep lowell In taco ~
n touches Tho track, lie cited aa an instanse . 49,
htatrd faoo hofsr which uard ~ make elshi n.t.,, A.
ground. four fof the rastcfn' aA well "a the tva, A.,
tracks
iiir oniuis Nv fir ANtnicAs iNplls
Professor Tyiof ~ o,fofd, England The rmiass,,. a..
hfupoogi,i considered nj sroa, lenslh The "ti,l.l.
II the American Races" particularly thu hai x.,.h
Molaye and wailopi tribes, among which he had nuL
lie said
II the costume of tho olibwss had hsea ann,
hly arranged they mish, have passed ., iAls.
We neared tho Pacific the rc.emblanes hAsI
The became more aquiline and the featares aArs
We often saw tho Chinese within yard ~ iva N N,
genuine Indians. Everything was unfayorsbis Is W.
Of close approximation and certainly the Chss o.,
very much varied from The tribes cf Tho North has
tertiary briso which united Asia nnd America msr,
ages before. whereby interchanse' of ~,
was there during tertiary and quaternary p,,s<s
the difficulty Of pOpulating America + solved. That seas
snch movement took place almost proved by th .,sI
ofiangage Between the languages OF the TroQuei rt
the Algonquin races there l. no tangible fescmh1se
but II suppose wide dif.re zee In the angassss
Asia before the people crossed have the pAeno<ao,
explained.
certain slpersiiions prevail Ike some IN Europe n
utes have way ~ burying dead man IN sireamAh
ay his ghost This il paiallcod IN West Africa csnsi
American trace their se-cent nOm The mother,
not the fathers line. Tho Dutch found this asxa
among the old Malays HcrOdous neatm,
the same custom among the Iyclan-. The pm
lence nf the vep0uted star Of the Asatic magean
paraleled among the Indians. too. ~ these inedtns
II nv object 10 show how anthrOpo gi.ts have 10 s
In y very way by the mere rule 0f thgnn aNf
would he desirable Tor them t0 secure some more sst
rate nrthod.
The following members Of the Academy arrived ieIsr
General H. L. Abbot, Professor George j. Bru'b Ge.sfZ
Cyrus b. Com,tOck. Professor Josiah Cooke Pfots;
Edward d. Cone, Professor Charles = Pcirce and Pn
fcs.Or Edward :. Morse. Professor Cooke enitfiaBt
the Academy az tea at his villa GIBBS lhs efel.