514 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 
The self-recording anemometer, from which the wind record is obtained, is ex- 
posed to the unobstructed blast as it comes from the prairies and strikes the tower 
of Washburn College, where the imstrument is placed. ‘The velocity of the wind 
has several times reached 40 miles per 
the day. 
hour, and on the 4th was 41 miles part of 
We have had no giles so violent as occurred in the first part of Octo- 
ber, but the total miles traveled by wind has been as great. 
Last 11 days First 10 days Second 10 days From Oct 20 
of Oct. of Nov of Nov. to Nov. 20. 
TEMPERATURE. y 
TILT hs Sc PASS ee 32 6 33.4 14.9 27-0 
Teaco NU NU hha Rua y tO IE 61.3 54 4 34.1 49.9 
WWieamiecana Audie Lee aah ii 45.9 43.8 24.8 88.2 
ATO ene Nhe aan 29 9 21.0 19.2 29.4 
GP Gin cirri a lc AN MeN LVR Eaten 35.2 BH) J W383 29.5 
Droid Sen Ader en Renee SE 53.6 49.2 29.1 44.6 
Oo esratc Pa MoUe eR eon Sie 43.1 38.9 18.9 33 6 
itech ite are atest istic eteaiis 44.0 41.5 22.0 39.8 
Ret. HumMIpITy. 
RAAT Saree als ouhtaditedt re puat i stals .718 .729 687 61L 
Che VU eeu ee VANDA pi - 655 . 666 648 656 
Oreste ee nS) ia at pg er . 698 . 683 679 687 
Nearer tio a CPSU Leste sis 692 . 689 663 . 681 
PRESSURE. (32); b. 
TAME MOA e lh atirc ty vba ndeeae 30.14 29 94 30 08 30.05 
OY Ta). Fras ton eee DUNG EU A eH ea 30.01 29.86 30 24 30. 04 
a) ray ani eH aA Gila ul ean eau ato Na 30.01 29. 91 30. 36 30 09 
Ngee urn ay CanEN ee Me UR BLN 30. 01 29.90 30.37 30.09 
WIND. 
Mulesumirayeleds soe | 8,565 | 4,127 3, 461 | 11,153 
RAINFALL. 
Inehiesizen G. Dee | Glico voanao 26 | bho oo obo 6° es 5 1.61 
ELT OMe, INC ues, 
THE October meeting of the Kansas City 
Academy of Science was largely attended. 
Dr. Joshua Thorne read a carefully prepared 
and brilliant essay upon ‘ Intellectual De- 
velopment,” which was followed by an ac- 
count by Theo. S. Case of an ‘¢ Excursion to 
the Birth-place of Montezuma.”’ 
The November meeting was also well at- 
tended and the audience amply repaid by 
hearing the third paper of Mr. W. H. Miller 
upon Herbert Spencer’s philosophy, and that 
of Prof. E. C. Crosby upon the Barometer. 
At the December meeting, Col. R. T. Van 
Horne will read an essay upon the origin of 
life, under the title of “*« A New Hypothesis.” 
THE annual session of the Kansas State 
Academy of Science was held at Topeka, 
Kansas, on the 12th, 13th and 14th ult. It 
was a most interesting and enjoyable meeting 
in every way, most of the papers read being 
the results of original investigation, and show- 
ing much zeal and research. A full report 
by Professor J. D. Parker will be found in 
this number of the Revzew, and it is hoped 
that most of the papers will be sent us for 
publication in full. 
The Kansas Academy is an honor to the 
State, and its recommendations should receive 
the careful attention of the Legislature. 
Now that the President of our Academy of 
Science has ‘been elected to Congress, we 
may expect that its library will be the recipi- 
ent of all the valuable publications by the 
various departments of the Government. 
