474 KANSAS CITY REVIEW OF SCIENCE. 



Washington City, and west of the same 17° 35', equal in to 946y\Yo^ miles, and 

 north of the equator 2,701 miles. 



We therefore find that the scientific departments of the United States, through 

 their various branches and highly perfected instruments, have defined the posi- 

 tion of every desirable point on its boundaries, both sea-coast and internal, and 

 also the latitude and longitude of every internal position. 



From these external boundaries and internal positions, lines have been traced 

 and measured so thoroughly that the area of each State, Territory and lake has 

 been measured and its area definitely calculated and determined. The sum of 

 these areas, exclusive of Alaska, the Indian Territory and the great lakes, is 

 3,709,196 square miles; equal to 56^ States as large as the State of Missouri, 

 and also equal to a square with sides 1,926 miles long, and would furnish a forty* 

 acre tract of land to each of a population of 59,347,136 people. 



Its most eastern longitude (west from Greenwich) is 67° West Longitude 

 and its most western is 124^°, and extension westwardly, S7}^° "^ Longitude; 

 and an extension of North Latitude from 25° to 49° or a northern extension of 

 24°, making in extreme north and south extension 1,648 miles, and in east and 

 west extreme extension 2,851 miles. Within this vast area, God has, given for 

 man's gathering all the blessings he can enjoy and he is called upon to gather 

 them by work. 



Then deducting the Peninsula of Florida from the latitude — 4°, Kansas City 

 is found to be just midway between the north and south extremes, and deducting 

 the New England States from the longitude Kansas City is in the center east and 

 west. 



EXPLORATION OF WRANGEL LAND BY RELIEF STEAMER 



RODGERS. 



San Francisco, November 7th. 



The steam whaler Belvidere has arrived; also, the whalers Northern Light, 

 Dawn and Rainbow. It appears the Dawn did not speak the Arctic relief steam- 

 er Rodgers as reported Saturday, but did speak the whaler Pacific, which had 

 communicated with the Rodgers. To-day we have direct news from the Rodg- 

 ers. The Belvidere spoke her September 27th, near Herald Island, steaming 

 south for. winter quarters, which she will make probably at St. Lawrence Bay. 

 The Belvidere brought the mails of the Rodgers, from which, and from conversa- 

 tion between Capt. Owen, of the Belvidere, and Lieut. Berry, of the Rodgers, 

 the following facts were learned : Lieut. Berry found Wrangel Land to be an 

 Island. He sent a party from the Rodgers out in small boats to explore the land. 

 They returned to the Rodgers, having gone completely around it. The party 

 also surveyed different parts of Wrangel Land. The Rodgers did not go round, 

 lying up while the party in boats went out. The Rodgers, after having estab- 



