THE 



WESTERN REVIEW OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



A MONTHLY RECORD OF PROGRESS IN 



Science, Mechanic Arts and Agriculture. 

 VOL. 1. OCTOBER, 1877. NO. 8. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES' 



THE KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 1877. 



The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academj' of Science convened 

 at Topeka on the 11th of October, 1877, and closed its session on the evening 

 of the 12th. The business meeting convened at the office of Dr. Thonijjson, 

 at which the following members were present : Prof, F. H. Snow, Mr. Savage, 

 Mr. Foster and Miss Mozley, of Lawrence, Pi'ofessors Mudge and Kedzie, of 

 Manhattan, Dr. Brown, of Leavenworth, and Messrs. Adams, Cooper and 

 Thompson, of Topeka. 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Prof. Snow. The min- 

 utes were read and the treasurer's report made. 



Dr. Halley, of Kansas City, on behalf of its Academy of Science, invited 

 the Kansas Academy of Science to hold its next semi-annual meeting in 

 Kansas City, which invitation on motion was- accepted. 



Committees were appointed for nominating officers and other purposes, 

 and the academy adjourned till evening. 



In tlae evening an address was delivered in Eej)resentative Hall by Prof. 

 B. F. Mudge on the subject: "The Value of Science." The object of, the 

 lecture was to show that all science has a j)ractical value ; that there is no 

 dividing line between that which is practical and that which is purely ab- 

 stract. Every truth and fact in nature has its use and its value. 

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