Vol. VI. October, 1882. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



No. 6. 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. 8. OA^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PEOOEBDIKGS OF SOCIETIES. 



1. The Slst Annual Meeting of the American , 



Association for the Advancement of Sci- 

 ence. "Reported by Theo. S. Case . . .325 



2. President Dawson's Address H26 



3. Retiring President Brush's Address. . . . 330 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Transit of Venus. Wm. Harkness . . . .335 



2. Evolutionof the Earth. Rev. Sam'l Haugh- 



ton 338 



PHYSICS. 



1. Instruction in Physics. T. C. Mendenhall.339 



2. Instrument for Determining the Location of 



Bullets in the Human Body. Alexander 

 Graham Bell 341 



3. Color Blindness. E. L. Nichols 343 



4. The Diatonic Scales. P. H. VanderWeyde 343 



CHEMISTRY. 



1. Chemical Literature. H.C.Bolton. 



.344 



MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 



1. Importance of Experimental Research in 



Mechanical Science. W. P. Trowbridge. 345 



2. Aerial Navigation Practicable. Joseph 



L'Etoile 347 



3. Aerial Navigation. W. H. Lynch .... 347 



BIOLOGY. 



1. Biology of American Mollusks. Wm, H. 



Dall 351 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. Some Physical Characteristics of Native 



Tribes of Canada. Daniel Wilson . . .313 



2. A Scheme of Anthropology. Otis T.Ma- 



son 355 



3. The Cross and the Crucifix. Chas. Whit- 



tlesey 357 



4. A Stone Grave in Illinois. Chas. Rau ..38 



5. Chief Deities in American Religion. A. S. 



Gatschet 359 



6. Beliefs and Superstitions of the Iroquois 



Indians Mrs. Erminnie Smith .... 860 



7. Indian Migrations as Evidenced by Lan- 



guage. Horatio Hale 362 



8. Affinities Between Ancient Customs in 



America and other Continents. J . W. 



Phene 363 



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GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. 



1. Geology and Mineralogy of the Pacific 



States. E. T. Cox 349 



2. Source of Bitumen in the Ohio Shale. Ed- 



ward Orton 349 



3- Successive Palseozooic Floras of Eastern 



North America. J.W.Dawson . . . .350 



4. Mastodon Remains near Freehold, N. J. 



Samuel Lockwood 350 



5. A New Geological Society 350 



MICROSCOPY. 



1. Histology and Microscopy. A. H. Tuttle, 



Chairman 366 



2. The Hi)use-Fly as a Carrier of Poison 



Germs. Thomas Taylor 366 



ECONOMIC SCIENCE. 



1. Economic Science • and Statistics. E. B. 



Elliott 370 



MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 



1. Opening of the Peter Redpath Museum. .371 



2. Excursion to Quebec 373 



3. Excursion to Ottawa 376 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Kansas Weather Service.* Professor J. 



T. Lovewell 379 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Report of ihe Commissioner of Education 



for 1880 380 



2. Sparks from a Geologist's Hammer, S.C. 



Griggs & Co 381 



3. The Coues Check List of North American 



Birds. E^te- & Lauriat 382 



4. Floating M.itter of the Air. D. Apple- 



ton & Co 382 



5. Collet's Historical Record 383 



6. Other Publications Received 384 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Some Recent lemprovements in the Me- 

 chanic Arts. >:" F. B. Brock ....'.. 384 



2. Lime vs. Powder , 



.385 



EDITORIAL NOTES 386 



JTEMS PROM PERIODICALS. . . .387 

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