KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
DP DIR@RTAL, - N@OMES: 
IN our next number we shall have an arti- 
cle from the pen of Mr. C. A. Shaw, U. S. 
Signal Observer, at Madison, Wisconsin, on 
a Variable Scale for Barometric Pressures, 
presenting some original ideas based upon 
his experience as an observer. 
Professor Oren Root, Jr., formerly Pro- 
fessor in the Missouri State University, re- 
cently Superintendent of the Public Schools 
at Carrollton, Mo., and now supplying the 
place of Rev. Dr. Kimball, at the Second 
Presbyterian Church in this city, has lately 
been appointed Professor of Mathematics at 
Huimilton College, New York. This is a 
very fitting appointment, though it is rare 
for an Eastern College to seek any portion of 
its Faculty in the West. 
JULY was an unusually pleasant month, 
there having been but three days when the 
heat at 2 P. M. exceeded go° in the shade, 
while there were none when the heat at Io 
Pp. M. exceeded 81°, and very few where it ex- 
ceeded 75°, The highest point reached by 
the mercury at 7 A. M., was on the 9th, when 
it marked 78°. The highest point reached 
in the middle of the day, was on the 13th, 
96°, and the highest at Io P. M. was on the 
same day, 81°, with pleasant breezes nearly 
every night. It showed the lowest average 
heat since July, 1376, when there was not a 
day whose maximum heat exceeded go°, and 
only two above 88°. 
Dr. John Fee, of this city, will hereafter 
regularly contribute to the REVIEW transla- 
tions of popular articles from its German, 
French and Italian exchanges. This will be 
a decided advantage to our readers, not only 
from the freshness of the foreign matter thus 
furnished, but also from Dr. Fee’s well 
known skill as a translator and transcriber of 
these languages. 
SINCE our last issue we have made arrange- 
ments with Dr. E. A. Frimont of Ozuluama, 
Mexico, to correspond regularly with the 
REVIEW upon archeological, anthropological 
and other similar subjects. From what we 
know of him we anticipate very valuable and 
entertaining letters. 
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, 
LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 26, 1880. \ 
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‘* ALLOW me to congratulate you upon the 
success of the REview, both popularly and 
scientifically considered. It fills a gap in 
our scientific literature and is an essential to 
every lover of science in our new America. 
‘¢Very truly yours, 
F. H. Snow.” 
THE 29th meeting of the American Asso- 
ciation for the Advancement of Science, will 
commence on Wednesday, August 25th, at 
the Massachusets Institute of Technology, 
in Boston, and the general sessions will be 
held in Huntington Hall. Lewis H. Mor- 
gan of Rochester, New York, is President. 
Prof. F. W. Putnam of Salem, Mass., is per- 
manent Secretary. A very large attendance 
is expected and the meeting will undoubtedly 
be of the greatest interest. 
THE office of the Cafexer has been removed 
to 141 Queen Victoria St., London, C. E. 
