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nan\froca.-ColJlUtheex;Me;innoifininanoalljuidirlavbril»lcforSi-miit' iAmerican Association of Science.The American Association for the Advance-lof): ment of Science assembled, to bold its secondeia'l annua* m(’et,,,o: at ^‘e •ecture-room in HarvardCthe ! Hall. Cambridge, on the Uth inst..ept The body was duly organized, and proceeded j anlt; lin- 'to bus:nc?- Pape is weie presented on the Coi oy, Aurora Borealis, on Coral Insects, and on other Mir me.! scientific subjects. at itire On the following day. at 11 a. m , 1 rofessoi ted in;- Lou s Agass 7. presented a paper on the Zoologi-j hai* at- cal C ha racier of ^ oting Mammalia. 1 lie same zed: I gentleman also presented papers on the \egeta-was hie Character of the Xanthidiiim of Ehrenbeig. our an.| on t he Remains of a Fossil Klephant. foundin- lately bv tin* workmen on the Rutland and Bur-•ted, , linstonVadiond. (Mount Holly division.) and •osi- presented to the museum of the Cambridge like Scientific School by Mr. Samuel Henshaw, of I up that city.• no Other papers were presented afterwards by sent Lieutenaiit Charles H. Davis, of V. S. navy, i red ()n an American Prime Vertical; by Prole»or cise K. X. Hoisefoid and Dr. Wyman.on Valerian-per- ate of Moiphme, a new medicine, useful inthe ca'C-of dysenteiv, iXc.. now for sale: by James ts a I). Dana, esq , on Volcanos not safety-valves, tsu- which he proved by three volcanoes in Hawaii.■rent otic of the Sandwich islands: and last, but nothis- |ea.-t, by |)r. John C. Warren, on the Existencemi's of Remains of Mastodon Atigustideus, which r*[»le heattempte! to show had been discovered in . re- Greensboro’. Maryland, m the shape of a tooth. ,lt;* in The lecmie-ioom was well tilled with schol- tin icss ars troin all patts of the Union. A large (of call atiiotinl of useful knowledge was communica- ‘ g to ted. which could be appreciated bv any heanj-eac- of a good general education.■elt;*p The association continue their sessions every nail, day during the week.her- Among the distinguished member* of the as-inol. -ociation a id stranger.- piesent. that have notthe been mentioned, were President Hitchcock, ol the 1 Amherst College, the Hon. Horace Mann, ex-111i- president F.verett. ami others,ur.i- 'l’he list of officers lor tin* present year is below: g of Prof. JosKtui Hunky. President,and Dr Jnmuns Wyman. Secretary,lave ! Dr. Ai.rannS. Ki.wvn. Treasurer,very ; Standing Committee.reeh I Prof. Jo*eph Henry, 1y or I)r. Jeffries Wyman, Ex-Officio. 1 knpro- | [)r. Alfred S. Ehvvn. V jth;use- William C. Red field. Esq.,ces- Prof. Walter R Johnson,. the Local Corn mitt :c.y as John A. Lowell. Esq. Prof. Louis Agas-iz.e to [r. Jacob Bigelow. Prof. Benj. Pierce.•ice. Hon. Nathan Appleton. Lieut, (‘has. H. Davis,ould Hon. Nathan Hale. Prof K. N Horsfoid,igis- Geo. B. Emerson. Esq. Prof. AsaGrav, ight. Prof. H. D. Rogers. id Cambridge. . Tlis to f)r. A. A. Gould, of Boston. : bef.et In accordance with the seventh mle. them!- na the iowo g gentlemeu were elected upon the Stand- pr nt at ing Committee: I ^ jitiii- Prof. A. D. Bache. Prof. Asa Gray. j hgood i (amis Agassiz, “ James Hall, w“ Ben j. Pie ice, -i Benj. Silliman. Jr. j mbewibonopn.I,*sbwipew;veUiW lt;»:sciVOtinMwlonthHungary.•1.1.1 1/ /■lt;).lt; .(f/ J K.i I f i! Inti-i Mir it*MXV\
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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia, US
Tue, Aug 21, 1849
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