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be willing to pay him $5,000 along with the contract price if he 

 would construct her so as that she would make the trip to 

 Newburgh in fifteen minutes less than the Thomas PoAvell does — 

 the Thomas Powell's time being three hours and fifteen minutes. 

 If that could be accomplished he (Captain Anderson) would take 

 $10,000 a year extra from the railway. 



Mr. Mason stated that he was told by a young nobleman who 

 came out in the Great Eastern that they scarcely knew what sea 

 sickness was on board of her, and wished to know whether a 

 steamer could be built large enough to obviate sea sickness 

 entirely. 



Mr. Bartlett admitted that there was less sea sickness on a 

 large ship than a small one, but believed that if any person was 

 to undertake to build a ship so large that he could guarantee 

 passengers from sea sickness, that old Neptune would put in a 

 protest against it. He believed that steamers exceeding 5 to 

 6,000 tons would not be serviceable in a commercial point of 

 view. He thought the Great Eastern was too large, and that 

 she would endanger any military purpose that she might be put 

 to if her whole capacity was to be used. 



Mr. Seely gave notice that at the next meeting he would 

 introduce the subject of a new dye called "Anniline." 

 "Adjourned until Thursday evening, Sep. 2*7 th, at 8 o'clock, P. M. 



American Institute, Polytechnic Association, ? 

 Sept. 2Y, 1860. ] 



Professor Mason in the chair. 



Mr. Seely proposed to introduce, at the next meeting, an elec- 

 trical light to be used as a substitute for gas light. He stated 

 that there was one in use in London at the present time, as a test 

 one, and that it had neither heat, smoke or smell. 



The Chairman asked him if it was proposed to procure an 

 available light without carbon. 



Mr. Seely said it was, and that there was no consumption at 

 all in the light which he intended to introduce. 



Adjourned until Thursday, Oct. 11, at half past seven o'clock. 



The subjects for discussion at the next meeting will be the 

 " cut-ofi"," in steam-engines, and Mr. Seely's hew light. 



