New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
TO ADVANCE SCIENCE.
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION WILL MEET
IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEK.
AN INTERESTING PROGRAMME ARRANGED-hfNi
1yREs AND ExCURsIoNs-MANY PROMINENT
SCIENTISTS TO BE PREsENr-AFFlLiATED
SOCIETIES WILL JOIN IN MAKING
THE MEETING A SUCCESS.

SOCIETIES WILL. JOIN IN MAKING
THE MEETING SUCCESS.
For the first time in the history Of the American
Association for the Advancement OF SCIENCE VIM"
was founded In 1850 Its annual meeting Will NC
he'd this year in Brooklyn. The Association has
not met in this vicinity since 1887, when the ihee's
was In New-York large attendance not only OF
.h members I'M, OF others interested IN scientific
nroeress is expected at the proceedings wnch open
on Wednesday and last a week The ARRANGEMENTS
for the reception and entertainment OF the heoe''
of the body have been made by large co'n'i'''
OF BROOKLYN citizens. headed by Mayor ochiereh'
The Executive Committee In charge OF the details
consists OF the Mayor. Professor George W. rS'"p-
ton. secretary: Felix Campbell. treasurer heNiS
w Maxwell chairman of the Finance Committee
Professor John Marlborough chairman OF tne
Committee on Invitations and Recepuohs' III ~
seph H. Raymond. chairman or the Conh'i.'ee o
PAGES of Meeting; Professor Franklin W. fooPe''
chairman Of the Committee on Scientihc Papers
DR. Waiter b. Gunnison. chairman OF the Comm.'ee
on Excursions and Transportation; Herbert r. "u''
n,.on chairman OF the Committee on Press; james
Hamblet chairman of the Committee on Teiegraph.
Mail and Express: DR.. T.. H. Barley, chairiha" Vi
the Committee Membership. and Mrs. D. o. l.
Stranahan chairman of the Ladies Recepuon |0'"
mittee.
~.rgenents are these wel-known men: Dr. Tru-
man I Backus president of the Packer Institute Ut
david II Cochran, president OF the polytechnic
Institute; Rear-Adniral Bancroft Gherarui, MAYOR
GENERA q O. Howard, DR.. Cornelius y. Hoagand,
DR. c. H. Levermore. principal OF the Adeph'
Academy; Father sylvester Ma.one. one OF 'he
state Board Of Regents; Bishop Charles f. Melon
nj DIR William H. Maxwell. Superintendent OF
prh.ic Instruction: Charles NJ Pratt bernard
peters Of The Brooklyn Times eN-Mayor Fred
erick A. Schroeder. John II. Schuman. D. AeNahuef
7 r. Skone BENJAMIN d. Siiliman the Rev. Dr.
Richard s. Storrs, James S. I. StranaAan froiVsso
Charles f. West, and Genera. John b. Wood"afu'
,,resident OF the Brooklyn Institute. In aduiVoh'
abou, three hundred wel-known citizens are on 'he
General Committee. and some seveny-hVe moie
on the Ladies' Reception Committee
ARRANGEMENTS have been made TO ho.d the I'M
portant pubic meetings in the Academy oi hus''
a reception In the Art Gallery and Assembly Rooms
adjoining and the sessions of the Association ana
the several sections into which /, is divided In the
halls and ,ecure-rooms OF the Polytechnic institute
in Livingston and the Packer Institute IN Jorae
mon.st The sections have each room assigned Tor
its individual USE The office of the secretary VIII
he on the first floor of the Polytechnic INSTITUTE
xth nostofBce and telephone office adjoining. There
will be writing. conversation and smoking rooms
near at hand The convenences which VIII De
afforded will be free to al. members OF the Asso-
citation who are registered and have secured badges.
A recep,lon viii be given on Thursday evening,
after the annual address In the Academy or Music
in the Art Gallery adjoining. with hncheon' ana
II Ia expected that II will be attended by large
and representative body of citizens as "e'i
as members. There will be excursions On
Saturday to Long Branch and up the 9ouna
IN Cold Spring Harbor for all the members,
and on Thursday August %. the day after the
meeting ends a trip viii be made to West Point by
1000 persons on the Grand Republic. trip about
the Bay to points of interest Will be made on Mon
day. August 90 on boats of the Union Ferry Com
pany Other excursions that have been PROVIDED ior'
as far as time will permit, are these:
Ceologfcal-l. Fort Lee the Hudson. TO study
the Palisades. g. Orange Mountains. n. j.. to
study the basaltc columns. g. Atlantic Highlands
n j. middle cretaceous mari beds. containing 1os-
sis T. Cold Spring Harbor, l.. L. cretaceous cIa!s
folded by glacial action. 5. Glen cove ana sea
Cliff, L. L., cretaceous cays and graveis; req snare
and sandstone containing cretaceous plants. o.
Railroad cuts at Thirty-sixth-st, South Brooklyn.
section of terminal morane. I. Princes Bay, D. L.
terminal moraine (southern limit OF glacier; me
exposure showing incusions Of cretaceous and later
material. s. Krieschervile. S. l.. cretaceous ciays
and kaolins showing erosion OF clays by eiac'e'
and their inclusion in the drift
Mineralogical-l. Franklin Furnace and Ogdens-
burp n j. zinc and iron mines. 2 Tilly Foster,
n v magnetic and other iron ores. chondrodite
and various serpentine minerals. g. Montciar' ~
J.. McDoweIrs ouarres zeolte minerals. 4 staten
amd seTpe Woodbrdse J Clay deposits
rious sands. pyrtes. ignite. etc. 6. Snake HI
n. j. Quarres containing pectoiite ana the ~eoh'e
se Bossss It Long Branch. marine alsae Q
& Staten Island, marine algae and land pants.
T. Marine algae and land plants o several RAJ ia'ee
Cold spring aa fsb Gatehe4y and
the Biological Library Of the Brooklyn institute
Of Arts and Sciences Carnarse 1andins atag
fish T. dredging excursion either IN Ions
island Sound or along the coast Of New-Jersey' Is
For Engineers The Brooklyn Navy Yard q
The NewYork and Brooklyn Bridge ot issss e OF
cursions Will be arranged u meet ''e ~ "
Herinning Tomorrow meetings of affiliated scien-
of the meeting of the American Association The
%%sr meeting in the Packer Institute Mon,
day, Tuesday and "Wednesday The Association nc OF
EnfS@ esasy and The
lean Mcroscopical Society will meet In the Poly
SsY The American Chemical society win NEE,
the Polytschnic institute on snsneeT
1 %ssdnesdsS rh ~i society for q x
Service. the American Forestry Associauioh v .nt
Botanical Club and the chronological |'uo vi"
a' The sessions OF the American Association will
with meeting Of Rs SeSnS At sne
posed Of the following eminent scientists ,,
AIS.ny B. oa Dana camsTds 81
nam,e Newcomb, Washington; O. c. Marsh. New
R Rrnsh New Haven: j. ". Dawson. Montreal; c
Young. Princeton; J. p; Iesley Phi!adeiph,a H. 4
p LANGLEY. Washington: J. W Powell. Washing
ton: r G. Mendenhall Washington: George l..
Dor: Joseph lie conte. Berkeley: William Hark-
neSic eNnresidents OF the last meetingC: L. Doc-
little South Bethlehem L. NiGnols nh omb Ga
CSar,es ID Wolcott. Washington: Henry F. Os-
born. New-York; Charles E Bessey, Lincoln j.
owen Dorsey. Tacoma Park William H. brewer
New-Haven. 49,, W.T., r. rr,
ocers OF the present meensMDss,nle & w brn,
A. Rogers Waterville; T. II. Norton. Cinclnnati
Mansfield Merrman. South Bethlehem; Samuel ca.
Franz Boas. New-York: Henry Farquhar wash
ington; f. W. Putnam Cambridge; H. L. IA. rn,G-
Worcester w Beman. Ann Arbor b, snow
Madison; s. NJ. Babcock Madison; John H. KIN,
eaIv ST Louis: William Libby, tr.. Princeton