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Proceedings of the Stated Monthly Meeting, February 21st, 1856
215 FRANKLIN
INSTITUTE.
Proceedi~zgs of the Slated 3YIonthly .Meeling, February 21s/, 1856. John C. Cresson, President, in the chair. John Agnew, Vice President. Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Letters were read from the Royal Society and the Zoological Society, London, and fi'om the Regents of the University of the State of New York. Donations to the Library were received from the Royal Institution, the Zoological Society, the Institute of Actuaries, and the Society of .Arts, &c., London ; The Royal Irish Academy, Dublin ; The Commissioner of Indian Afthirs, Thomas U. Walter, Esq., and M. T. W. Chandler, Esq., Washington, D. C. ; Captain Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy ; The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Maryland; Prof. John F. Frazer, Prof. B. H. Rand, and H. Nolen, Esq., Philadelphia. The Periodicals received in exchange for the Journal of the Institute, were laid on the table. The Standing Committees for the ensuing year were appointed by the President and approved as follows : On the Library.
On Cabinet of Minerals and Geological S2eeimens.
John Allen, James H. Cresson, George W. Conarroe, George Erety~ Samuel B. Finch, Raper Hoskins, James Lnkens, Win. S. Levering, Clement W. Smith, Thomas S. Stewart.
Martin H. Boyd, Isaac H, Conrad, John F. Frazer, F. Augustus Genth, Henry Hartshorne, John L. Le Conte, B. Howard Rand, J. Hamilton Slack, Laurcnce Turnbull, John C. Trautwine.
James C. Booth, Thomas Biekerton, Samuel Broadbent, Jacob R. Eekfeldt, John M. Gries, Edwin Greble, J. Hall Rohrman, F. De B. Richards, James M. Somerville, John Wallace.
On Cabinet of Models.
On Exhibitions.
On Meetings.
William H. Clark, George W. Colby, James Dougherty, George C. Howard, I~Ienry Howson, Benjamin Morison, Clayton B. Rogers, Charles J. Shain, William Smith, Andrew M. Spangler.
John E. Addieks, John Agnew, George W. Conarroe, James H. Cresson, Owcn Evans, Joseph Harrison, Jr., Samuel V. Merrick, John H. Towne, Isaac S. Williams, Thomas J. Weygandt.
On Cabinet of Arts, and Manufactures.
William B. Atkinson, Henry ttowson, Washington Jones, J. Vaughan Merrick, Thomas S. Martin, John F. Mascher, John P. Parke, B. Howard Rand, Marshal B. Smith, Laurence TurnbutL
On Meteorology. Charles M. Cresson, Owen Evans, John F. Frazer, James A. Kirkpatrick, E. Otis Kendall,
Alfred L. Kennedy, James A. Meigs, Edward Parrish, Theodore Poesche, Ayres Stockly.
216 Franklin Institute. The Treasurer read his statement of the receipts and payments for the month 6f iJanuary. The Bcm:rdof Managers and Standing Committeesreported their minutes. •~ , : ~ , ,.lor 1 B'~' ' S l,.l l p 1:-H ,%, Institute (8~J were propo.~ed, and t)ancuO[~tes emue t~J, ~ \ the candidates proposed at the last meeting (7) were duly elected. ])r. Rafid exhibited ttoard's gas regulator. This is intended to be attacheii::hetween the service pipe and the metre, and thus maintain an uniform: SlOpply of gas to all the burners in the building. It consists of a small gaRc!meter sealed with mercury, from lhe top of which a rod passes upwardsi:.imd is attached to the apex of" a conical valve playing in a conical seat! iiJhe gasometer is open within to the atmosphere, and the whole apparaiss'is enclosed in an iron box furnished with a drip. The gas passing th;rough the box presses upon the top of the gasometer, and as the press~2re varies, causes it to rise or fall, carrying with it the valve, and thus maintaining a constant pressure in the metre. ])r. l~m.~d, also, exhibited a model of an apparatus invented by Aaron l/.obertsi intended to aid in the extinguishing of fires when in narrow alleys or:i~ high buildings, it consists of a telescopic tube, having at the top a ifipe, which is to be guided by chains aifixed to it and in the hands o¢':firemen who may be in a secure position. It is on a low carriage on x~,.heels, and may be raised to any required height by means of a rack ati{~ :i.~inion. It is i,{ended to be securely stayed by chains fastened to stapieg~iin the side of each joint and secured to posts driven in the groundi : T h e water is admitted at its lower end and is supplied fi'om 2 , plugs or; t:!ngmes. Dr. t~a~ad, also, presented a model of a self-acting farm gate, invented by MrS':El Dunbar. This invention, which it is difficult to describe without the aifl of a drawing, has been submitted to the Committee on Science a~d:the Arts. Mr. F i D e B. giehards exhibited a series of beautiful French Photographsi: Dne of these, representing one of the prints of the Louvre, is believed ~o be the largest picture ever taken, and is remarkable for the ~harpnes~:of its outline and the fineness of its tone. It is a collodion picture ~ k e n by Bisson Brothers, of Paris, with a piano-convex lens, six inches in.~liameter, five feet focus, with a diaphragm in front of one inch ooenin~{ time of setting, one minute. "Mr. ~,lascher exhibited a series of stereoscopic pictures bound in a volumg ~iad furnished '~vith one of his patent stereoscopes. Any number of P ie{ut~e~ :~i with the stereoscope attached ma,Y be thus put into a moderate compress, and ready for use at a moment s notice.
INSTITUTE.
Proceedi~zgs of the Slated 3YIonthly .Meeling, February 21s/, 1856. John C. Cresson, President, in the chair. John Agnew, Vice President. Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Letters were read from the Royal Society and the Zoological Society, London, and fi'om the Regents of the University of the State of New York. Donations to the Library were received from the Royal Institution, the Zoological Society, the Institute of Actuaries, and the Society of .Arts, &c., London ; The Royal Irish Academy, Dublin ; The Commissioner of Indian Afthirs, Thomas U. Walter, Esq., and M. T. W. Chandler, Esq., Washington, D. C. ; Captain Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy ; The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Maryland; Prof. John F. Frazer, Prof. B. H. Rand, and H. Nolen, Esq., Philadelphia. The Periodicals received in exchange for the Journal of the Institute, were laid on the table. The Standing Committees for the ensuing year were appointed by the President and approved as follows : On the Library.
On Cabinet of Minerals and Geological S2eeimens.
John Allen, James H. Cresson, George W. Conarroe, George Erety~ Samuel B. Finch, Raper Hoskins, James Lnkens, Win. S. Levering, Clement W. Smith, Thomas S. Stewart.
Martin H. Boyd, Isaac H, Conrad, John F. Frazer, F. Augustus Genth, Henry Hartshorne, John L. Le Conte, B. Howard Rand, J. Hamilton Slack, Laurcnce Turnbull, John C. Trautwine.
James C. Booth, Thomas Biekerton, Samuel Broadbent, Jacob R. Eekfeldt, John M. Gries, Edwin Greble, J. Hall Rohrman, F. De B. Richards, James M. Somerville, John Wallace.
On Cabinet of Models.
On Exhibitions.
On Meetings.
William H. Clark, George W. Colby, James Dougherty, George C. Howard, I~Ienry Howson, Benjamin Morison, Clayton B. Rogers, Charles J. Shain, William Smith, Andrew M. Spangler.
John E. Addieks, John Agnew, George W. Conarroe, James H. Cresson, Owcn Evans, Joseph Harrison, Jr., Samuel V. Merrick, John H. Towne, Isaac S. Williams, Thomas J. Weygandt.
On Cabinet of Arts, and Manufactures.
William B. Atkinson, Henry ttowson, Washington Jones, J. Vaughan Merrick, Thomas S. Martin, John F. Mascher, John P. Parke, B. Howard Rand, Marshal B. Smith, Laurence TurnbutL
On Meteorology. Charles M. Cresson, Owen Evans, John F. Frazer, James A. Kirkpatrick, E. Otis Kendall,
Alfred L. Kennedy, James A. Meigs, Edward Parrish, Theodore Poesche, Ayres Stockly.
216 Franklin Institute. The Treasurer read his statement of the receipts and payments for the month 6f iJanuary. The Bcm:rdof Managers and Standing Committeesreported their minutes. •~ , : ~ , ,.lor 1 B'~' ' S l,.l l p 1:-H ,%, Institute (8~J were propo.~ed, and t)ancuO[~tes emue t~J, ~ \ the candidates proposed at the last meeting (7) were duly elected. ])r. Rafid exhibited ttoard's gas regulator. This is intended to be attacheii::hetween the service pipe and the metre, and thus maintain an uniform: SlOpply of gas to all the burners in the building. It consists of a small gaRc!meter sealed with mercury, from lhe top of which a rod passes upwardsi:.imd is attached to the apex of" a conical valve playing in a conical seat! iiJhe gasometer is open within to the atmosphere, and the whole apparaiss'is enclosed in an iron box furnished with a drip. The gas passing th;rough the box presses upon the top of the gasometer, and as the press~2re varies, causes it to rise or fall, carrying with it the valve, and thus maintaining a constant pressure in the metre. ])r. l~m.~d, also, exhibited a model of an apparatus invented by Aaron l/.obertsi intended to aid in the extinguishing of fires when in narrow alleys or:i~ high buildings, it consists of a telescopic tube, having at the top a ifipe, which is to be guided by chains aifixed to it and in the hands o¢':firemen who may be in a secure position. It is on a low carriage on x~,.heels, and may be raised to any required height by means of a rack ati{~ :i.~inion. It is i,{ended to be securely stayed by chains fastened to stapieg~iin the side of each joint and secured to posts driven in the groundi : T h e water is admitted at its lower end and is supplied fi'om 2 , plugs or; t:!ngmes. Dr. t~a~ad, also, presented a model of a self-acting farm gate, invented by MrS':El Dunbar. This invention, which it is difficult to describe without the aifl of a drawing, has been submitted to the Committee on Science a~d:the Arts. Mr. F i D e B. giehards exhibited a series of beautiful French Photographsi: Dne of these, representing one of the prints of the Louvre, is believed ~o be the largest picture ever taken, and is remarkable for the ~harpnes~:of its outline and the fineness of its tone. It is a collodion picture ~ k e n by Bisson Brothers, of Paris, with a piano-convex lens, six inches in.~liameter, five feet focus, with a diaphragm in front of one inch ooenin~{ time of setting, one minute. "Mr. ~,lascher exhibited a series of stereoscopic pictures bound in a volumg ~iad furnished '~vith one of his patent stereoscopes. Any number of P ie{ut~e~ :~i with the stereoscope attached ma,Y be thus put into a moderate compress, and ready for use at a moment s notice.