590 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



SEVENTEEN YEARS : 1868 1< 



Year. 



S 





1869. 

 1870. 

 3871. 

 1872. 

 1873. 

 1874. 

 1875. 

 1876. 

 1877. 

 1878. 

 1879. 

 1880. 

 1881. 

 1882. 

 1883. 

 1884. 



101.0 



96.0 



102.0 



103.0 



97.0 



104.0 



108.0 



99.0 



98.0 



99.0 



98.0 



99.5 



01101.0 

 65104.0 

 94 105.0 

 66 96.5 

 30 98.0 



Mean.- .53.29 97.8-12.8 



-16.5 



- 5.0 

 -10.0 



- 6.0 

 -18.0 

 -26.0 



- 3.0 

 -16.5 



- 5.0 



- 9.0 



- 6.0 

 -16.0 

 -12.0 



- 8.0 



- 6.5 

 -14.0 

 -21.5 



o ^ 



160 

 167 

 197 

 218 

 ,192 

 165 

 187 

 196 

 179 

 217 

 228 

 203 

 211 

 210 

 232 

 217 

 198 



W 



W 



77 

 105 

 100 

 120 

 116 

 101 



99 

 106 

 102 

 126 

 107 



90 



89 

 110 

 102 

 106 

 115 



41 7 199 35.18 20.87 104 30 44.65 68.7 12 137,591 19.106 



CO Q 



78.2 

 68.4 

 65.9 

 64.4 

 64.0 

 65.7 

 66.7 

 66.8 

 72.6 

 70.2 

 67.1 

 67.9 



42 70.1 



41 1 68.6 



24 69.7 



56' 72.6 



*^ 



154,508 

 145,865 

 145,316 

 148,120 

 113,997 

 125,793 

 124,758 

 146,039 

 141,430 

 137,736 

 141,164 

 131,188 



2 bd 



29.103 

 29.097 

 29.076 

 29.112 

 29.093 

 29.121 

 29.102 

 29.102 

 29.117 

 29.067 

 29.127 

 29.123 

 29.103 

 29.113 

 29.135 

 29.111 



In the column of minimum temperatures a dash indicates temperature below- 



zero. 



CORRESPONDENCES 



THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION. 



Editor Review: — The Christmas holidays gave our city teachers a much 

 needed vacation, which was improved by about forty of us in visiting the New 

 Orleans Exposition. Of course we went by way of the Memphis Short Line, 

 with buffet sleepers the whole distance. As the ground was covered with snow 

 and ice, and the mercury only barely above zero when we started, little can be 

 said of the picturesqueness of the scenery, the charms of the climate or the 

 verdure and productiveness of the soil along the route, either in Kansas, Missouri 

 or Arkansas. At Memphis we found the Mississippi full of heavy floating ice, 

 and from that city for the greater portion of the way to New Orleans old winter 

 had locked everything up in icy bonds, so that so far as appearances went the 

 "Sunny South" had fully acknowledged his sway. A few holly-trees, some 

 pines, some canes, and, as we approached the Gulf, some magnolias and live- 



