2OO HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



ENGINEERING SOCIETIES. 

 Publications. 



Transactions of the Association of civil engineers of Cornell uni- 

 versity, v. I-XIV. Ithaca, 1893-1906. 8. 



With v. 15 title changes to CORNELL CIVIL ENGINEER and Transactions 



. . . (m.). 

 Price: $i per vol. Exchanged by the Secretary of the association. 



Proceedings of the Electrical society and of the Society of mechan- 

 ical engineers of Cornell university, v. I-XII. Ithaca, 1894-1905. 8. 

 v. 1-7, 1893/94-1899/1900, have title Proceedings of the Electrical society. 

 Discontinued; the two societies being superseded by Sibley Club (social). 



KANSAS. 



Kansas Academy of Science. 



Address. Capitol Building, Topeka, Kan. Secretary: J. T. Lovewell. 

 History. Organized in Sept. 1868, as the Kansas Natural History So- 

 ciety; present name since 1871. Became by act of the legislature in 

 1873, a coordinate department of the State Board of Agriculture, and 

 has since 1895 received legislative appropriations. Library and natural 

 history collections in the Capitol Building. 



Ref.: Historical sketch of the Academy. (/ Transactions, v. 19, p. 10.) 

 Object. Increase and diffusion of knowledge in the various departments of science. 

 Meetings. Annually at such time and place as the executive committee shall 



designate. 

 Membership. 140 annual (entrance fee, $i ; annual dues, $i) ; 22 life ($20); 2 



associate ; 8 honorary. 



Publications. 



TRANSACTIONS . . . v. I-XX, 1868/72-1905/06. Topeka, Kan., 

 1873-1906/07. 8. 



v. 1-5 were issued as parts of the State Agricultural Reports for 1872-76, 



(Topeka, 1873-77) ; also separately, 

 v. 1-3 reprinted 1895-96, v. 4-7 in 1906. 

 General index to v. 1-17: in v. 18, p. 260-284. 



Prices: Reprints of v. 1-3, SDC. ; of v. 4-5, 40c. each; of v. 6, 6oc. ; of v. 7, 

 $i (original volumes o. />.) ; v. 8, 6oc. ; v. 9, 12, 14, $1.25 each; v. 10, 13, 

 $i each; v. 11, 75c. ; v. 15-19, $1.50 each; v. 20, in 2 pts., $i each. 

 Distribution. Exchange with other societies and with technical journals. On 

 sale by the Secretary. 



Kansas State Historical Society, and Department of Archives. 



Address. Topeka, Kan. Secretary: Geo. W. Martin. 



History. Organized at Topeka, Dec. 13, 1875, on the initiative of the 

 Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association ; incorporated Dec. 15 ; 

 reorganized by act of legislature Mar. 10, 1879; entrusted with the 

 care of the public records of the State by act of legislature, Mar. 4, 



