574 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE, 
THE SUN AND PLANETS FOR JANUARY, 1881. 
BY W. W. ALEXANDER, OF KANSAS CITY. 
The Sun on the rst culminates or passes the meridian at oo h. 4 m. 6.82 s., at 
an elevation of 27° 57’, and on the 31st at oo h. 13 m, 47.31 S., at an elevation 
Oleg 42: 
The sidereal time of mean noon on the 1st is 18 h. 46 m. 07.97 s., and on 
the 31st 20 h. 44 m. 24.69 s. 
Mercury on the 1st will culminate at 11 h. 2 m., a. m., atan elevation of 27° 
07’, andon the 31st at oo h. 33 m. p. m., at an elevation of 32° 56’. On the 
26th it is in superior conjunction with the Sun. 
Venus on the 1st will culminate at 2 h. 57 m. p. m., at an elevation of 35° 
23’, and on the 31st at 3h. o7 m. p. m., at an elevation of 49° 56’. Its appar- 
ent diameter on the 1st is 16”, and on the 31st 20”. It is fast increasing in ap- 
parent size and brilliancy. 
Mars on the 1st will culminate 1o h. 33 m. a. m. at an elevation 27° 26’, 
andvonythe 31st at xo h! 12%m- a.m), at~an elevation of 27° 252) ) liteisma@mine 
small and hard to see, but is slowly enlarging. 
Jupiter on the 1st will culminate at 5 h. 55 m. p. m., at an elevationof 54° 
os’, and on the 31st at 4 h. 12 m. p. m., at an elevation of 55° 46’. It is slow- 
ly decreasing in size and splendor. 
Saturn on the rst will culminate at 6 h. 38 m. p. m., at an elevation of 57° 
13’, andon the 31st at 4 h. 45 m. p. m., at an elevation of 57° 48’. Its rings 
are again slowly opening out to view, but its size and brilliancy is decreasing. 
Uranus on the rst will culminate at 4h 16 m. a. m., at an elevation of 58° 
o4’, and onthe 31st at 2h. 15 ma. m., at an elevation of 58° 22’. 
Neptune on the rst will culminate at 7 h. 51m p. m., at an elevation of 64° 
32’, and on the 31st at 5h. 53 m. p. m., at an elevation of 64° 33’. 
The Moon on the 1st culminates at 1 h. 16m. p. m., and onthe gist at 1 h. 
44m. p.m. Onthegzd itis a little south of Venus, and on the 6th and 7thit is 
a little north of Jupiter and Saturn, and on the 27th it is very close to Mars. 
IO OLE INOW UCIEaS, 
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR 1878: Hon. John 
Eaton, Commissioner. Government Printing Office: 1880; pp. 730, octavo. 
We have heretofore referred to the work accomplished by General Eaton as © 
most valuable and useful in matter as well as creditable in form, both to the Gov- 
ernment and to himself, and we can only at present repeat this conviction, though 
an abstract of the volume before us would be far more satisfactory, had we the 
space for it. 
