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Vol. VI. September, 1882. 



No. 5. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE, 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. Who Were the Mound-Builders?* F. F. 



Hilder 261 



2. The Tablet of the Cross/' Warren Watson .269 

 8. Relics of a Race of Mound-Builders in Cal- 

 ifornia 270 



CHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 



1. Alcohol and its Effects.''' Rev. L. J.Temp- 



lin, 



274 

 279 



2. The Will-O'-the- Wisp 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



1, Science Letter from Paris.* F. Connor . 285 



MINING AND ENGINEERING. 



1. Engineering; Past and Present. Ashbel 



Welch 288 



2. Colorado Mines 301 



3. Artesian Wells in Colorado S03 



4. Missouri Copper Mines 804 



5. A Coal Problem 806 



ZOOLOGY. 



1, Migrations of Birds of Prey. William H. 



Ballou 308 



ASTRONOMY, 



1. Meteoric Shower of Aug. 10, 1882.* Wm. 



Dawson 812 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. The Elements of Forestry. Robert Clarke 



«fe Co . 314 



2. National Religions and Universal Reli- 



gions. Chas. Scribners' Sons 315 



3. Annual Report of the Regents of the Smith- 



sonian Institution for 1880. Government 

 Printing Office 316 



4. Report Upon the U. S. Geographical Sur- 



veys West of the One Hundredth Meri- 

 dian. Government Printing OflSce . . 316 



5. Other Publications Received 316 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Artificial Butter. Geo. Lanzendoefer . . 317 



2. The Telephone and Electric Light in Egypt319 



3. Artificial Quinine 319 



4. Corrosion of Iron Under Steam Pressure. 320 



5. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. T. 



Lovewell 321 



6. Measurement of Water 322 



EDITORIAL NOTES 322 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. . . . 334 



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