TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
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SMO UAT MURR EING, LOOT etter: serene ie arses sllclsvaballe Sis ajleimvatayeei= =, 8:2, shui st elnl'mbeneisvevess eral 12 
CONSTITUTION AND By-LAWS OF THE ACADEMY........-2.- eee ceee erst eee 14 
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TRANSACTIONS. 
I, PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES: 
A Theory of the Cosmos—E. B. Knerr.............. 0... eee eee: 20 
A Brief Outline of Ecology —A. S. Hitchcock...............+.-++: 28 
II. CHEmiIstry AND PHySICs: 
Experiments on the Relative Heating Power of Coal and Illuminat- 
ing Gas— EH. H. S. Bailey (illustrated)...............6-----0 002: 35 
On the Effect of Oxygen upon Animal Life—J. T. Willard and A. T. 
(sia Gaya heeera 2S tenancies nee hy eke. type ter arate acl eisintaio sin. ats Spanair aioe @ 38 
Effect upon the Composition of the Soil of Continuous Cropping of 
Wiheat— oh) en Willard. sarceeie ss arene trae ei oleae eects 41 
Silica Cement Mortars—W. Tweeddale.. .............---. 2020 eee 42 
The Atchison Diamond-drill Prospect Hole—A. E. Langworthy 
(pullers tres GEG) Becpevayet- eects icrcvapeyeteeeh kere cue eer rvote slo fake (ars fotos aelieg ager aye 45-52 
Comparative Analyses of Coals from Atchison, Weir City, and 
IDGER Gohl ls See aQaneoe eo dlsHonualneadelocgeepmcooccodacoqaoer 49 
Analyses of the Mississipian (Subcarboniferous ) Limestone from the 
Atchison Prospect Well—Fred B. Porter................22-+-+: 52 
Analysis of Magnesia Water found near Madison, Kan.—F. W. 
IBiYS|aVoy aves Goma io sod BUNS eben Bade eM tORee TGade obcno do ccOdoooconde 53 
The Muscotah Artesian Wells—E. B. Knerr....................--- 53 
Water-supply from a Sanitary Standpoint—F. O. Marvin........... 54 
III. Brotoey: 
Some Diatomacez of Kansas—Geo. H. Curtis (illustrated)...... 67-78 
Diatomacee of Gage’s Pond, Topeka, and of Silver Lake........ 67 
Diatomacess of jeno) County, Iansass.cjerte cere sia sole) terciatelalaiel clolel= 70 
The. Hood of Mish im) Contral Kansasy osc fess 'c)3 «s,s etescjans3)s 0 e)ye'alc’ 75 
List of Plants in my Florida Herbarium, Part II—A.S. Hitchcock, 79-105 
AAGItIONS LOE arty lisse pee ee ee eters creer aoe nalts creme eae 97 
Native Kansas Plants Adapted to Cultivation — Grace R. Meeker... 105 
Additions to the List of Kansas Coleoptera for the years 1899 pad 
TWO S\Wirisior GEE A ag onpaseccouudoout sod weed odoEe oO daoood 109 
The Black Duck in Kansas—R. Matthews...................02-0+: 114 
Annotated Catalogue of the Crayfishes of Kansas—J. Arthur Harris, 115 
A List of Birds seen in Dickinson County, Kansas, from August, 
1898, to August, 1900—D. E. Lantz.... 1.0... 06. 0s cece ees 116 
