New-York tribune., 1897-08-15
TIE TORONTO MEETING OF THE
BRITISH ASSOCIATION.
II Is THE SECOND TIME THEY HAVE MET
OUTSIDE GREAT BEIrAlN-LoRD KELVIN
LORD RAYI.EIGH LORD LISTER. PRO
FEssOE MILNE AND OTHER
NOTED MEN TO BE


in Montreal. Within the next few days Canada
Is again to 5e favored in similar manner; and
Toronto has been chosel for the scene of that
highly interesting occurrence Nearly all OF the
various exercises will be held in the buildings
OF the University of Toronto. on Wednesday
evening. August IS. the president will deliver
the opening address. and the final meetings OF
the association as a whole and Of its sections
will on the Goth.
One cannot but admire tho splendid enthusiasm,
the patriotism and the fraternal feeling ex-
hibtcd by hundreds Of British scientists in cross
Ing the Atlantic to participate in and promote
these undertakings. The eminence of many OF
these pilgrims is a conspicuous phase Of the
matter AT the Montreal meeting, for instance
Lord RayIeigh (one of the two discoverers of
arronl prcsided Sir William Thomson (now
Lord Kelvin. Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe the
chemist: George Howard Darwin. a son of the
great naturalist; Dewar. who has since made
ice out Of air; Preece and Lodge, the famous
electricians; Ball, the astronomer; Sir Klchard
Temple of the Indian Civil Service; Roberts
Austen, whose metaurgical researches nave
excited profound interest on both SIDES OF 'he
Atlantic and Sir Lyon Playfair were 1e" Oh
the more distinguished persons who came 10
Canada in 1884 Asa Gray, o. c. Marsh, I'd
ward Atkinson. the late Professor Newberry. OF
Colup,hia College and Lieutenant (now Gen
eraD A. w Greely were among the represen-
tatives Of this country on that OCCASION
So too. this year, there will be striking
array of foreigners. Lord Kelvin LORD kay
leigh. Professor Roberts Austen ana MesSrs'
Preece and Lodge will attend again Loru
Lister the father Of antiseptc surgery anu
last wears PRESIDENT Professor william ram
coy who was associated with Lord Rayleigh in
the discovery Of argon. and VINO aohe II en'i'ieu
70 the glory Of first finding helium in terrestrial
minerals; Sir John Evans, the new PRESIDENT
Professor John Milne, recently of the University
OF Toxic where he investigated the phenomena
Of EARTHQUAKES extensively; Professor William
Cawthorne rnwin one Of the engineering ex-
perts who counsellcd the Cataract Construction
Company when Niagara was harnessed' Sif
Bosdn Leech, chief engineer of the Manchester
Shin Canal; Professor James Bryce, author of
"The American Commonwealth and sixty or
seventy Others who enjoy high reputation in
England Scotland or ireland. by reason OF their
professional activity in some department or
science. will also be present
This number will. OF course be considerably
sweled by a class Of members who are scarcely
more than amateurs, by score or more or rep
resentative scientists from the Continent py
Canadas own splendid membership, and by TWO
hundred or three hundred Yankees. most OF
whom will go directly to Toronto from Detroit
where the American Association for the Al
vancement Of Science was in session last week
Thirteen years the American Association
held its meeting directly after. instead OF before
that of the British Association; and more than
% hundred foreign savans went from Montreal
n PHILADELPHIA to assist in the proceedings In
the City Of Brotherly Love.
Sir John Evans who is to preside at Toronto,
represents a type of man with which Europe
ard especially Great Britain. is more familiar
than this country. He is a business man OF such
broad culture and varied tastes that IT has been
possible for h"n to be the president Of the Paper
makers Association Of his native land. and. at
the same time TO occupy a similar place IN the
Geological Society. the Anthropo!ogical Institute
the Society Of AntiquaIans. and the Numsmatic
Society He was not president Of these Scientlfc
bodies at once. but that he should have been
president of them at all. while still an active
manufacturer and at the head of q great trade
organization. is a significant and beautiful iact
And now at the age Of seventy-four, he comes
across the Atlantic to hll an even more dlstin-
guished. hut well won. Office.
Besides the presidents address. two lectures
are to be given during the week which are likely
TO attract much attention. Professor John Milne
will discuss Earthquakes and Volcanoes, and
Professor Roberts-Austen viii talk about lhe
,1o,aIs of Canada" and illustrate his discourse
with experiments in the reduction ana separation
of metals with an electric furnace. on Thurs
day and Friday Of this week and on tuesday
and Wednesday Of next week. the ten sections Of
the association will hold their sessions. Profes- |
sor Forsyth. d. Sc. f. r. s. of the University of