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VoL. VI. 



November, 1882. 

 THE 



No. 7. 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. C^SE. 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. The Coming Transit of Venus.* Prof. H. 



S. S. Smith 389 



2. Speculations About Comets 394 



3. Electricity and the Phenomena of Comets. 397 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Remoteness of the Final Catastrophe.''' 



J. D. Parker, U. S. A 398 



ZOOLOGY. 



1. Animals and Their Diet 40'? 



2. A Lesson in Comparative Zoology .... 41/8 



BOTANY. 



1. Some of the Wastes of Nature.* Rev. L. 



J. Templin 413 



COKRESPONDENCE. 



]. Science Letter From Paris.* F.Connor .417 



METEOROLOGY, 



1. Meteorological Factors and Phenomena.* 



Isaac P. Noyes 421 



2. Weather Prognostics.* S.A.Maxwell .428 



3. Hail and Hailstones 431 



4. Kansas Weather Service.* Professor J. 



T. Lovewell 432 



CHEMISTRY. 



1. Chemical Literature 433 



2. Extraction of Precious Metals from Ores 



by Electrolysis 437 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



PASE. 



. .438 



PHYSICS. 



1. Telegraphing Without Wires . . 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



1. Aztec Remains in Colorado.* F. E. S . . 442 



2. Human Foot-Prints in Solid Rock 442 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1. The Origin of Matter and the Indestructi- 

 bility of Mind.* Wm. Stevens 443 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. The Currents and Temperatures of the 



Bering Sea. Government Printing Of- 

 fice 447 



2. Publications of the Washburn Observatory, 



Vol. I 448 



3. Knight's New Mechanical Dictionary. 



Part II. Houghton, Mifflin & Co ... 449 



4. Slight Ailments. P. Blakiston, Son & Co.449 



5. Other Publications Received 450 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY, 



1. Some Recent Improvements in the Me- 



chanic Arts.* F. B. Brock ..... .450 



2. The Comet* T. Berry Smith . ' 451 



EDITORIAL NOTES 451 



.452 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS. 



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