December, 1882. 



THE 



No. 8. 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE, 



TABLE OF 



PAGE. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. The Ancient Man of Calaveras. W. O. 



Ayres 45*? 



2. Some Rare Pre-Historic Relics.* Prof. H. 



A. Reid .459 



3. Human Remains in the Loess of the Mis- 



souri River.* E. P. West 461 



4. Human Foot-Prints in Solid Rock.* Theo. 



S. Case 464 



ASTBONOMY. 



1. Observations of Comet B, 1882.+ Prof. H. 



S. S. Smith 465 



2. On Some Volcanic Formations in the Moon. 



Herman J. Klein 467 



3. Transit of Veuus, December 6, 1882.* vv. 



W. Alexander 508 



4. Solar Upheaval and Magnetic Storm.* Ed- 



gar L. Lark in 610 



AKATOMY AND PHYSIOLobY. 



1. Teeth and Brain. ■:' R.Wood Brown, M. 



D.. D.D S . 471 



2, Eccentricity and Idiosyncrasy. William 



A. Hammond, M. D . . . 476 



MINING AND METALLUBGY. 



1. General Mining News of Colorado . . .483 



2. Extraction of the Precious Metals from 



Ores by Electrolysis. — Continued . . . 486 



METEOBOLOGY. 



1. Hail and Hailstones. * Francis E. Nipher. 487 



2. Kansas Weather Service * Professor J. 



T. Lovewell. .... .... 489 



3. Annual Growth of Trees. A. L. Child, M. 



D 490 



CONTENTS. 



FAOB. 



GEOLOGY. 



1 Supposed Jura-Trias of the Front Range 



of Colorado.* John T. Hallowell . . . 492 



GEOGBAPHY. 



1. Bolivia a New Source of Rubber ... . 496 



2. How DeLong and His Men Were Buried .499 



PBOCEEDINGS OP SOCIETIES. 



1. Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Kansas -'■ 

 Academy of Sciences 500 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Mannual'of Blow-Pipe Analysis. D Van- 



Nosirand & Co 503 



2. Ants.-Bees and Wasps. D. Appleton & 



C«^v .V : 504 



3. The Diseases of the Liver. P. Blakiston 



^&Cr, 505 



4. TWe theories of Darwin. Jansen, McClurg 



& Co 506 



- 5. Beautiful Houses. Scribner & Welford . . 507 

 '' ■ 6. Braceridge Hall: Old Christmas. Mac- 

 Mil an & Co 508 



7. The Doctrines of the Unknowable; With ^ 



a Synthesis. David Eccles. ...... 508 



8. Other Publications Received 509 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. . 



1. Some Recent Improvements in the Me- 



chanic Arts.* F. B. Brock 



BDITOBIAL NOTES 



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