Wichita eagle., 1889-10-22
KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
MANHATTAN. Kan, Oct. q, $50.


| To the Editor of the Eagle.
The annual meeting of the academy will
be held at Wichita in the rooms of Lewis
academy, beginning at 8 o'clock a. m. on
| Thursday, Oct q, and continuing through
the 25th and Goth. business meeting
will be held on the evening of the 23rd in
| the parlors of the Occidental motel. The
| annual address OF the president will be de-
livered on the evening of the oath by Pro-
| fessor T. H Dinsmore, ,Jr., upon the sub
iect "a Wonderful Structure"
The evening of the 18th will be devoted
| to an exhibit of microscopes and micro
scopic work.
The local committee has arranged for a
reduction of rates to S1.5O per day at the
be the headquarters of the
academy. The Trans Missouri Passenger
association, which includes all Kansas
roads, has granted a round trip rate OF one
| and one-third fare to those in attendance.
| to be available only to those who secure OF
the agent at the starting point and juno
ton points, receipt Of the standard form
for full fare paid This receipt must be
countersigned by the secretary of of the
academy before it will be honored for re-
duced return fare over the same route
travelled in coming. On the Missouri Pa
ciic railway certificates viii he honored at
the following junction points only or at
Wichita: Harrington, Beloit, Clifton and
Winfield.
In no case will the reduction be available
unless there are in actual attendance on the
meetings, 100 persons holding receipts for
full fare paid in going.
Following is list of papers SO far as
TITLES have reached this office. Others
are promised and will be added at the
meeting. The arrangement OF the pro-
gram will be in the hands of the committee
to whom requests for special time should
De preferred:
Kansas artesian wells, Robert Hay.
On the occurrence OF gold IN Montana,
J. r. Mead.
On the geology of Kansas rock salt and
gypsum. 4. w. Cragin.
On the occurrence of strontianite and
blende in the drift of eastern Kansas, E..
Ii. S. Baily and E. Z. Slosson.
On Labette county glacial stiae, W. S.
Newton.
A contribution TO the messoZoic strait
graphy and paleontology of Kansas, +. w.
CraGin.
Notes on the cenozoic of the plains, F.
w. Cragin.
On fossil leaves in the American chalk,
T. w. Cragin.
Some notes on the Of cements. T. O..
Marvin.
Some tests of cements manufactured in
Kansas, f. G. Murphy.
An examination of Blake'S weather
tables, George Il. Curtis.
Some preliminary statutes of hot winds,
j. Il Jennings.
The curve of mean daily temperature at
Lawrence, Kan, for twenty-One years, L.
III. Snow.
Equasions to water jets in Barker's mill.
w. 5. Franklin.
Some tests on the insulation resistance
of electric light wires exposed to moisture,
L. !. Blake and II. Radcliffe.
Electric current and friction between
metallic surfaces, l.. l. Blake and E. w.
Caldwell.
A method of telegraphic communica-
ton between ships at sea, L. L. Blake.
Notes on magnetic dectinaJiOn in Kan
sas, Il. O. Marvin.
The amonia and the nitric acid in the
rain Waters collected at the Agricultural
college and methods of analysis, q. II.
Failyer.
Analysis of some Kansas mineral waters,
E. II. Bailey.
Notes from the chemical laboratory of
the State Agricultural college, G. H. Fail
yer and A. N. Bollse.
On peculiar sugar syrup, L. G. Frank
lin.
Notes OH the analysis of agricultural
products J. L. Willard.
Notes on aibumlnoides, l.. K. Sayre and
G. f. Wede.
On the classification of small sensations,
(critical) w. ID. Franklin.
On the mode of respiration of the sala-
mander, amblystOma mavortium, L. H.
Snow.
Note on Culene Robiniae, CFoster) War
rem knaus.
On the habits of some Kansas beetles, E.
Is. Popenoe.
On the mullophaga or bird lice, l.. Kel-
logg.
On some insect parasites f A. Popenoe.
Observations on the architecture Of in
sects, L. \. Popenoe.
On the artificial dissemination of chinch
bugs, entomophthora, f. II. Snow.
Some monstositles in Towering plants,
w. A Kellerman.
The Kansas species of TaphrinR. w. A.
kellerman and w. T. Swingle
Vegetable fibres and Irvine manufacture,
l.. +. Sayre.
A list of Kansas Erysiphea, W. T.
Swingle.
Descriptive list of the Kansas Uredinea,
w. A kellerman and w. L. Swingle.
The Kansas species OF Uredinicolous
Fungi, w. 7. Swingle.
Arrangements are being made by the
local committee for excursions, concern
ing which full announcements will be
made at the meeting.
Visiting members who prefer will be en-
tertajned by the citizens of Wichita
f. A POPENOE Sec