New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31
A BUILDING FOR SCIENTISTS.
SOCIETIES UNITE FOR TIE PURPOSE.
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT TO ERECT \ GENERAL
HEADoUARTEIs-PLAN OF THE
COMNI1rIE


There few things that 90 TO make He in a
great city ENJOYABLE which New Norh has not. or
she has not taken steps to get Nearly all the great
Institutions and attractions which the capitals u
Europe boast have been cXamlci by the ubiquitous
New Yorker, and have been adopted lerN with such
improvements and changes the cOnd tons In
shis counwy require. While some Of thcsr at
fractions do not surpa,s their models. the prospect
Of their cqualllng them are bright. ard number
have developed IN unexpected lines and have become
distlnctvcly American.
For some time steps have been taken by the
different scientific societies I'm This city t. unite In
erecting a handsome headquarters In which all these
societies may have their own separate set # ROOMS
for meetings, lectures or private discussions. be
sides which there Will De general hall with a
seating capacity - 200 70 1.ioO. m which The
public Will be- i'tci for lectures scientific *
pcriments and for the reading Of interesting scientific
papers.
The plan also +, 10 have general parlor- where the
members Of the different slcictic, may meet on
common ground, while 10y some arrangement the
libraries Of these different sOcictc, viii b. united
under one head. md Vet the -lme time prc.crvc
their identity. The societies which ar interested
In this movement arc the New York Academy u
sciences the Torrey botanical club. the Ncw York
MicrOscopical society, the Linna"an rocity Il N"v-
York. the Ncw-Nork Neurological Club. the Ncw-
York Mathematical society, and the New York ,cc
ton Of the American Chemical Society. These or
CARNATIONS represent total membership Of 1871
All Of them except three. the Liuuacin society Of
York. the New York Meteorological club, and the
New York Mathematical society arc Incorporated the
Oldest Of them, the Sew York Academy Of Sciences
being organized In I-17, and the young"t, the New
York section Of the American Chemical society,
being organized IN 1902.
For some time the member, Of these societies have
felt that they needed place II meeting where
their libraries could be properly shrlvcl and con
suited with facility and where all the apparatus for
illustrating and aiding scientific lecture, expert
mcnts and ESSAYS could Dee housed IN one cOnrcn
lent place. short time ago they formed The 81
.nlLc Alliance. which Is governed by Council con
sstng Of PRESIDENT and tWp members Of each N the
societies. The present council consist, Of .. L.
Hubbard, Nathaniel l.. Eriton. Charles r. COX. for
the New York Academy " rciencc,, Addison Lr0Wn
botanical Club; J. y. Hyatt. r. H. Dnd;cy )! l.:
j. A. Alien. L. = Foster, Arthur IL. Howell for Inc
llnnaen society OF New DIRK. ENJOY MCtnntOcA,
Ihomua +. fisEe, j. H. Won Amrlnse. for the Sew
York Mathematical society, George r. kunl -. =
Martin, W ID. subcommittee. log the New urk Mine
r7uogical Club; A. II. snDin. A. 4 Iircnemni, E~yn
Chemical society. the PRESIDENT fJr the CJunHl II
1882 $50 j., Charles r. Coz. While Professor Nathan
lei Bittcn IS secretary and treasurer.
committee " dcvise and report "a plan Tor an np
nltlce consists ~ Charlc- f. Co.'S. Henry H. EusA.N
r. II. Dudley, J. A. Allen. Emory Mc,linock. v. D.
ton. MANY mrrlngs vi tn, building committee have
already been held and Inc general plaza lor the new
building has been practically decided nppn.
irOlcssor Nathaniel l.. Britton said 10 Tribune re-
porter: We shal probably erect "a suitable bm1ins,
Finy ninth sis. OF Tifd ave. and east of sixth
ave. The ground and building when furnished viii
probably not less team 100000 10 9OO,VUO. and
when completed IL will De- a mode, u it, hind and
ornament 10 the city. 1t will not only be "A head
ner ,or al ibinc. it vii h. d,rtrfs tr ali
scientists In the United statea ~ T. whether II VIII
be "A cub with a restaurant can't say, but doubt
very much If there viii be anything OF the kind; but
far n, genera meeting place In social way. for
the members Of the different societies forming the Al
lance Is Concerned suppose 1t might be called club
1t will be place Were distinguished foreign and
'S %u 2 fam y pYGnf reestd Anc
oaesd primarily m On the Pa OF tG hoyn
The Old Burlington Iiouse. in London. built in 1913
i743 by Richard. Lord burlington. purcl by
gardens, on which various new structures had been
built. The Burlington House l. In Piccadily between
Renaissance style, completed III lo72 In designs by
Banks and Epiiy, and occupied By several societies 20
whom the rooms are granted BY the Government free
OF rent.
" In the east wing arc the ROYAL Academy Of
wing are the Antiquarian, Astronomical ana
Llnnacan societies. The ROYAL society or AS 1t Is
better known the academy Of Science. the most i'm
VAS founded IN 1860 ana received It's charter vi in
corporation from Charles II in 1868. As early as
1913 however. its germ existed the meeting Of fcw
men Of learning FAR removed from the turmoil Of the
Civil war. to discuss subjects relating to the phy steal
and cxnct sciences The first number Of its famous
philosophical transactions appeared In 1865. The
Academy now has 80 members, each Of whom Is en-
titled to append 10 his name the letters F. r. 81 OI
Fellow Of the Royal society. The library ~ the society
consists Of 10000 volumes ana 5000 fan1scfipts
The contain portraits and busts Of celebrated
fellows. including SIR Christopher Wren. Sir Isaac
Newton Robert Boyle, HALEY, Sir Humphrey Davy
Watt and Sir william lcrschel. The room also con
talns telescope which belonged 10 Newton. and his
manuscript Of the ihilo,opliac Natunllsis Principal
Mathematical ana the original model OF Dnvy's safety
lamp.
"of course II will be some time befre the New York
volumes relies OF such Interest a. Dawes snfetv
lamp. but by mailing Il good beginning and getting
the support Of Influential citizens OF New. Yn,k (1ty
We may hope to lay the foundation Of whai win de-,
yelop into one OF the most valuable and perfcct in
sttutonS Of It's kind in The world ~ '''''N' "
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