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Vol. VI. 



June, 1882. 



No. 2. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAL^^ONTOLOGY, 



1. The Origin and Development of the Exist- 



67 



ing Horses.* J. L. Wortman 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Tornado Studies for 1882.* J. P. Finley, 



U. S. A 76 



2. False Notions in Regard to the Weather.* 



Isaac P. Noyes 87 



3. Meteorological Inferences from Tree- 



Growths 92 



4. Kansas Weather Service,* Prof. J. T. Love- 



well 93 



CORKESPONDEWCE. 



1. Science Letter from Paris, 



2. Benevolence for Science.* 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



1, Loyola and the Early Jesuits.* R. P. Lor- 

 ing, M. D 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. Indo-Chinese Civilization.* Translated by 



A. B. Stout, M. D 102 



2. Climate of Paris in Prehistoric Time.* 



Capt. E. L. Berthoud 104 



3. Missouri Archaeology . 104 



MINING AND METALLURGY. 



1. The Substantial Prosperity of Colorado . . 108 



2. Analysis of Leadville Ores 110 



3. General Mining News from Colorado . . . Ill 



F. Connor . . 94 

 R. P. Redding .97 



98 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Astronomical Notes for May.* W, W. 



Alexander 113 



2. Living on Mount ^tna 114 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Handbook of Invertebrate Zoology. S. E. 



Cassino, Publisher 115 



2. Atlantis ; The Antediluvian World. Harp- 



er & Bros H6 



3. Zell's Condensed Cyclopsedia. T. Ellwood 



Zell 117 



4. Morocco: Its People snd Places. G. P. 



Putnam's S^ns 117 



5. Thomas Carlyle, Harper & Bros. . . .117 



6. Garfield's Place in History. G. P. Put- 



nam's Sons ... 118 



7. Other Publications Received 118 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. The Problem of Life.* D. Eccles 119 



2. Some Recent Improvements in the Mechan- 



ic Arts * F. B. Brock 121 



3. Tost and Maintenance of Streets in Paris . 123 



4. Berlin's Electric Railway 124 



5. The Proper Dimensions for Brick Piers in 



Building 125 



6. The Lay Torpedo 125 



7. The Original Home of the Horse 127 



8. The Bacillus Tuberculosis the Cause of 



Tubercle 128 



EDITORIAL NOTES . 



,128 



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