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                          THE USES OF ASTRONOMY.


                               AN ORATION


             Delivered at Albany, on the 28th of July, 1856

                                   BY

                             EDWARD EVERETT,


                                 ON THE

               OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE DUDLEY
                        ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY,


                                 WITH A

                   CONDENSED REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS,

                          AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE

              DEDICATION OF NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL HALL.


                               NEW YORK:
                      PUBLISHED BY ROSS & TOUSEY,
                           103 NASSAU STREET.
                                 1856.




                          A NOTE EXPLANATORY.

     The undersigned ventures to put forth this report of Mr.
     EVERETT'S Oration, in connection with a condensed account of the
     Inauguration of the Dudley Observatory, and the Dedication of
     the New State Geological Hall, at Albany,--in the hope that the
     demand which has exhausted the newspaper editions, may exhaust
     this as speedily as possible; not that he is particularly
     tenacious of a reward for his own slight labors, but because he
     believes that the extensive circulation of the record of the two
     events so interesting and important to the cause of Science will
     exercise a beneficial influence upon the public mind. The effort
     of the distinguished Statesman who has invested Astronomy with
     new beauties, is the latest and one of the most brilliant of
     his compositions, and is already wholly out of print, though
     scarcely a month has elapsed since the date of its delivery.
     The account of the proceedings at Albany during the Ceremonies
     of Inauguration is necessarily brief, but accurate, and is
     respectfully submitted to the consideration of the reader.

                                                    A. MAVERICK.
     NEW YORK, October 1, 1856.




                    TWO NEW INSTITUTIONS OF SCIENCE;

                                  AND

              THE SCENES WHICH ATTENDED THEIR CHRISTENING.


In the month of August last, two events took place in the city of
Albany, which have more than an ephemeral interest. They occurred in
close connection with the proceedings of a Scientific Convention,
and the memory of them deserves to be cherished as a recollection of
the easy way in which Science may be popularized and be rendered so
generally acceptable that the people will cry, like Oliver Twist, for
more. It is the purpose of this small publication to embody, in a form
more durable than that of the daily newspaper, the record of proceedings
which have so near a relation to the progress of scientific research. A
marked feature in the ceremonies was the magnificent Oration of the Hon.
EDWARD EVERETT, inaugurating the Dudley Observatory of Albany; and it is
believed that the reissue of that speech in its present form will be
acceptable to the admirers of that distinguished gentleman, not less
than to the lovers of Science, who hung with delight upon his words.


                 THE DEDICATION OF THE GEOLOGICAL HALL.

On Wednesday, August 27, 1856, the State Geological Hall of New York
was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. For the purpose of affording
accommodation to the immense crowds of people who, it was confidently
anticipated, would throng to this demonstration and that of the
succeeding day, at which Mr. EVERETT spoke, a capacious Tent was
arranged with care in the center of Academy Park, on Capitol Hill;
and under its shelter the ceremonies of the inauguration of both
institutions were conducted without accident or confusion; attended on
the first day by fully three thousand persons, and on the second by a
number which may be safely computed at from five to seven thousand.

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