Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
Notes from State University.
LAWRENCE, NOVEMBER Is, 1893.

the series of Biologia Centrali Ameri-
cano. This volume will be one of a
series on the biology of South Ameri-
ca and will treat of the diptera of that
continent. Professor Willston is one
of the few American contributors to
the series, most of the contributions
coming from English pens. The
publication of the whole series is made
possible by the financial support Of
two English gentlemen, Messrs. God
man and Salvin.
The department of Chemistry still
searches in vain for moro room. All
the extra rooms in the basement of
Fraser Hall have been taken and now
another room has been secured in the
Physics building The need of new
building simply increases with time
Very few people in the state realize
the amount Of material stored away
in the Kansas University Museum at
Lawrence, some of which has attract
ed attention both at home and abroad.
In paleontology, the collection of
CretaceOus vertebrates is only excel
cd in number in one institution yale
University in the United States, and
In excellency of individual specimens,
it is unexcelled. The collection of
fossil leaves from the Dakota sand
stone of the central part of the state is
very complete, there being no better
outside of the national museum at
Washington. The collection of car
boniferous plants is also very complete
and has attracted some attention, al
though no original work has been done
on them up to the present time. In
zoology and entomology the collec-
tions are very extensive, the collection
of North American Mammals, mount
ed by Prof. d, che, having been award
ed the medal at the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition at Chicago in '93.
The collection of beetles is the best in
any educational institution in this
country, and the collection of butter
flies is very excellent. At the present
time the exhibit rooms in Snow Hall
are full to over6owing, many of the
best geological specimens being
slowed away on this account.
Messrs. Stewart, Beedy, and Prem
tice are busy on the next volume of
the Paleontology of Kansas in the
University Geological Survey ser es.
The paleontology of Kansas will be
written up by Mr.. Beedy, while Mr..
Stewart and Professor Williston will
take the western part of the state.
The drawings are being made by Mr..
sgd Prentice.
The new Fowler Machine Shops are
rapidly nearing completion, and in a
few weeks this last addition to the
group of University buildings will be
ready for dedication.
The new machinery for the shops
represents an outlay of $40, 900, and
may be divided into three classes.
First-Machinery for instruction in
mechanical work, including lathes,
planers, shapers, milling machines,
forge rooms, foundry, engines and
boilers.
Second-Dynamos and moters for
lighting and power for all the Univer
sity buildings. This machinery is of
a commercial type and represents
large units. There is large a!ternat-
ing current dynamo for the incandes-
cent lights, direct current generator
for power, and an arc light machine
Third Machinery for instructional
and testing work in electricity. This
class includes various types of small
generators and motors representing
all of the standard makes. Testing
instruments are in abundance, and
the students are given facilities for
all sorts of tests.
The two large high pressure boilers
in the west end OF the shops are a
new kind, and are set with patented
method so that hydrogen enters large
ly into the combustion. In this way
a practical smoke consuming device
is obtained, a'so almost complete
combustion of coal. In addition to
the two large boilers, there is small
12-horse power boiler so set as to
allow tests on boiler, fuel, ETC., and
it is connected with an independent
engine so that an isolated plant i.
made available for students. 10,O(N
feet of floor space of the shops will b,
given to machine work proper, and z.
500 to electrical work and steam pres
sure purposes.
Two rooms, embracing 5000 fee
of floor space, will be used bv the de
partment of Civil Engineering mainly
for testin0 the strength Of malaria I.