New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-18
NV SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
w NINETY PAPERS READ BEFORE
THE SCIENTISTS.
Most OF THEM WERE OF A TECHNICAL
.praLUMINUM vIoLINs-THE VALUE
or GoLp-AN ADDRESS ON
THE WEATHER.

..sr Of scientists connected with the American
1H .,..,on now holding its annual meeting in
A'',, listened yesterday 10 no less than eighty
B-aners upon topics of especial interest to the
ss'' 'o.,ons into which the association is divided
si's u NJ specialists in many fields for the last
IH w. presented. Many of the papers possessed
!sA '.,ncai interest. but there were several which
SS :, somewhat popular character. There were
s'N canes added TO the list of members registered
ran -, There are now four hundred men,
ye".snt Yesterdays arrivals included Lincoln
@sr. Newton. Mass. benjamin Lord New-lork
Rs"r,s William r. Brooks, Geneva, \. y;
GU. II Rockwell. Tarrytown. ~ Y; Frank
c~ washington. d. c.; Joseph Jastrow. Madison.
~" ,-,bur VI Burwell, Cleveland, Ohio; Fred
charles Newcomb. Ann Arbor. Mich; Emma
81 Weshngton H. H. Hlgbee. Baltimore
.o W Chapman. Brooklyn; Thomas French
SH~ .,,,nat. Ohio: Gardiner G. Hubbard. Wash
e. " + purfee Peter II. Wander Weyde
ts"vo CITY: W. NJ Munson. Orono. Me; Avian
MI Cambridge. Mass; NJ. Theodore Clark
"s-sge Mass; James Walker. Thomas B
e yev-York City; Arthur =. Nichols, Haver-
P v.ss Ernest Ellsworth Smith, Newly rk CtY
." =, stokes Chicago; Charles Reid Barnes, Mad
w,s william Kent. Passaic. y. j.; Charles T..
f M yev.York City: George a. Hoadiey. Swarth-
hne'' Dam Y L. Britain. New-York City; Eliza
nv q Rrttan New-York city Leroy C. Cooley
W" -,nue,sie " y; j. Burkitt Webb Hoboken
At y Waite Washington; F.. A. de Schwen-
.. washington: Edward L. Rice Middleto"h
s~ Miss Nellie l.. Ubersteuffer, Ridgehed' ~ D.
n,, Cuin Philadelphia; Frank DIN Marvin
a,ce Kan: Andrew 5. Fuller Ridgewood' y
- rsward II Squbb. Brooklyn; Edward H. Squioo
- - charles F. Squibb, Brooklyn Frederick
.. yaYei,v Brooklyn: Mary Evelyn Height, Alfred
W. ,~.u,sn Iarchmont. y. y; r. II. Thurston
Y: = A. Goodridge. Flushing. L. l.;
i 'I." uallock New-York City; W. II. Chandler,
,,..r, Penn: F. A. Fernald. New-forK CITY
~. = Fernal. NewYork city: George w
Ms pr,o,,vn. Mrs John Hudson Peck. Troy. n V;
sm.r, II Hicks Washington. ID. C.: Edwaru Lee
w. perk,lev cal Albert II. Brundage brook-
,. Edward B. Southwck, New-forK C't!' Edgar
MILLER Baltimore Md; Charles barnard New
~ CIV. : H. Bracket. st. Johnsbury. VT
Yum prackett. 81. Johnsbury VT; Mary c.
r., :, Johnsbury Vt; Catherine Frances Fed
80 lawrence Mass. James A. Skilton. New
- Ci,v. Charles Mohr Mobile. Ala; David Is.
o,a.,, Atlanta. Ga: John A. Myers. Morganstown'
" Va Mrs John 4 Myers, Morganstown' W. va
~. Henry l. smith NewYork City; George Amos
n.,ssv Cambridge, Mass; George l.. English, New
York Cii.. 81, a.,
. general meeting of the association was heid IN
ha rorninc at which Professor Edgar Frisbie. or
.s.r,,on was elected vice president of the Asso-
.o,or for Section on Mathematics and Astronomy
,5 Charles r. Bessey Of Lincoln. Neb' VICE
rss,sent % the Association for the Section on
bo,snv The several sections then met IN 'he
ms assigned to them. Before the Section on
phvs,cs which meets in Room No. 3d. Poiytechmc
Institute the following papers were read:
"a Problem in Stereoscopc Perspective w
IeConte Stevens; ION the Directe3 Neiocts Vi NV
p.r,,clas in the Electric Arc" Benjamin w Snow
. Aluminium vionns." Alfred Springer; THE Photos-
ranbv Of Manometric Flames Not Yet Decided
vulian Uallock: - New Form OF Spectrophotom-
.,ar -" Edward L. Nichols: The Thermal Con
auc,iyity Of Cast Iron l. T. Osmond: Iherma'
CorAuctivitv Of Copper at Low Temperature. H.
" Quick and y. S Lanphear: the influence Vi
Heat and Electricity Upon Youngs Modulus Tor
pano wire" Mary c. Noyr. The Influence or
Temperature Upon the Transparency OF solutions
Edward /. Nichols and Mary c. Spencer stud'es
If the Iimelight" Edward L. Nichols ana Mary
l.. Crehore.
ALUMINIUM V1OLINS'
IN his paper upon aluminium violins Mr.. Springer
s.russed their merits. and he also played upon an
rrn,nent made of the new metal. He said that
.c,iboaIds made OF aluminium differed from those
ras from other metals. and were analogous 10
,bos4 of wood They did not produce secondary
tones which we're not In harmony with the prime
,0,ss There we're many difficulties to be over
eone in the manufacture of violins from aluminium
The material could not be soldered satisfactorily
s.a h.d 20 no rive,ed AS uneven thicknesses could
~ I
mt be secured for the belly and back IL was
NECESSARY 70 RIB and arch the metal. In con-
clusion he said: - =.
Nv experiments incline me TO believe that tne
real cause Of the superiority OF oIu h tn tho elias
,Ici,v NJ the wood or in the composition OF me
varnish, but in the peculiar wasp,' ~ The posIton
an sfe hoins and sound post have never seen
good old instrument which was not thus ,npent
Narrower believe II a new wooden ihstIu u.
Ssrs ,rnr,,ed,atelv so constructed while goo1 Il,
first would doteriorate because lurtnei H., ~
w., vu IL vs. No such effect on aluminium vioins
they remain practically Una ,o y.ar. shows
no signs OF crsiazaton perfect ;ies
would consequently retain an Oh i'S e'o'
and could easily be duplicated
METEOROLOGICAL SUBJECTS
7, The section Of An,hropo.ogy. Dr. Franz Boas
p,esSed The papers read were: primitive IT.
panning in Peru" w J. Niece; VARIATIONS III '''e
Human Skeleton" d. G. Brinton southern ''''''
Q. the Esauirnau." ". NJ. Beauchamp; Ah'nIopo
hgcal Matters in Michigan" Harlan l. omtn
Primitive An;hropome;ry and Its Folklore A.
camber.a,n. "A Comparative Study Of the Gyphs
eCopan and Oujrigua," NJ II. Savile; The "a4ue
eGames in Ethnoogy," Stewart Culin: lhe oeat
q Consc!maners" Pau, Carus; Notes on Nhi'u
Study" j. Edward Warren; Shell Mounds OF MICA
'agua' J. Crawford
In connection with his paper Professor Mc"ee
Showed seventeen skulls. selected from 'n'usa''N
elected by General Munz. in Peru. Ihey ,'u'
ts,ed the method OF treating skull fractures by
Primitive people. whose only instruments were o,
rons Skulls were also trepanned to release evil
spirits
In his paper DR. Brinton called attention 70
Humber Of pecu.iarites In the human sKe'e'o"
Which had attracted the attention OF anato'ns's'
ana which had frequently been interpreter as s's"'
VI feyersion 10 an ape.ike ancestry. lhey couu ~
Nager be offered as evidence Of the theory OF eVo'u
ton. considered as critera or marks OF human
Faces
~ II. savile. in his paper on "A Comparative
'oay OF the G yphs Of Copan and Quirlgua' pre-
s'A'ed his conclusions In regard to the hierosNph
pax and in the discussion OF the paper Dr or'it'n
announced for the first time that ne nah oee'ue'
nun studies Of vases in the Museum OF Pehhsy-
~A That the symbol pax" was represe"'"'o"
ne sacred drum Of the Aztecs. ana that 'he
.eSyph stood in the goddess for paxahs, III ~
dasase
N Rev ". NJ. Beauchamp described the sou'n-