Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Vol. 6

Download or read book Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Vol. 6 written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Vol. 6: For 1877 8 The second semi-annual meeting of the Academy was held in Kansas City, June Oth and "lh, 1878, in response to the invitation of tin1 Kansas City Academy of Science. A lecture upon "Rocky Mountain Geology." by Prof. B. F. Mudge, and one upon "Steam Navigation," by Prof. F. W. Bardwell. were delivered at the evening sessions, and the day was occupied in an examination of certain mounds in Plane county, Missouri, supposed to be of prehistoric origin. In the mounds were found remains of about twelve skeletons, and several of Hie skulls and some of the other portions were secured in a fair state of preservation, hut the most of the bones found were so extremely fragile that they could not lie preserved. The skeletons had been placed in vaults walled with atone, with an entrance toward the south. The walls gave evidence of some care in their construction, being laid very smoothly on the inside. Tlic bones secured were placed iu the cabinet of the Kansas Academy of Science. The eleventh annual meeting. The eleventh annual meeting of the Academy was held in Topeka, October 8th and 9th, 1878. The first evening's lecture was given by Prof. B. F. Mudge. upon "The Rocky Mountains and their Fossils," and that of the second evening by Prof. I) II Robinson upon "The Historical Value of Linguistic Study." The day's session on the 9th was occupied by the reading of the following papers: I. Connection of the Fossil Forests of the Dakota Group in Kansas with the Fossil Forests of Greenland. Prof. 15. F. Mudgc On a New Form of Ratu Gauge. I'rf. J. T. Love well. 8. On some Kansas Minerals. Prof. Geo. E. Patrick. 4. On Recent Additions to the List of Kansas Coleoptera. K. A. Po-ienoe, ft On Recent Additions to the List of Kansas Plants. Prof. J II. Currulh. U. On the Dermal Covering of a Mosasaurold Reptile of the Cretaceous Formation in Western Kansas. Prof. F. II. Snow. ." On the Bile of the Rattlesnake. Joseph Savage. 8 On the Habits of Richardson's Sphermophile. S. V. Wllllston, New Haven, Conn. it. On the so-called " Alkali" of Western Kansas. Prof. Geo. E. Patrick 10. On Additions tn the Catalogue of Kansas Birds. Prof. F. II. Snow. II. Notes ou the Antiquity of Man. l)r. A. H. Thompson. 12. On Dinosauria. S. W. Wllllston 13. On the Gas Wells of Kansas. Prof. R. F. Mudgc. 14. On the Remains of the Mastodon in Douglas County. Joseph Savage. 15 On Science Popularized. Marcus Sayler. Hi On llio Fishes of the Mantis dcs Cygues. Win. Wheeler. 17. Geological Explorations for the year 1878. Prof. B. F. Mudgc. IS Botanical Notes. E. A. Popeuoe 19 On the Giant's Causeway and Flu gal's Cave. Prof. C. I). Merrill. 20. On Sound Transmission by Electricity. Prof. J T. Lovcwcll. 21. On the Recent Discovery of Mounds in Leavenworth County. Hon. K. G. dams. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.