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Vol. VI. 



January and February, i 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF 



PAGE. 



ASTKONOMY. 



1. Transit of Venus, December 6,1882.* Ed- 



gar L. Larliin 519 



2. The Stars for February. R. A. Proctor . 586 



ARCH-OOLOGY. 



1. The Kitchen Middings of Maine. Prof. 



F. W. Putnam 523 



2. The Stone Graves of Brentwood, Tenn . . 526 



3. The Ancient Cemetery at Madisonville and 



its Peculiar Ash-Pits 529 



4. The Stone Age in Oregon 531 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Jura-Trias.^ G. C. Broadhead . . .531 



2. The Devil's Pit.- Rev. J. D. Parker, U. 



S. A 540 



5. The Geological Surveys of Kansas and 



Missouri 592 



COHRESPONDEJSrCE. 



1. Science Letter from Paris.* F. Connor .541 



PHILOSOPHY. 



!. Our Origin as a Species. Richard Owen. 544 

 '1. Is Evolution Godless? f rof A. Winchell.543 



ZOOLOGY AND BOTANY. 



1. The Distribution of Shells, Art. III.* F. 



A. Sampson 551 



2. The Lignified Snake of Brazil. Prof. Asa 



Gray 55 



PHYSICS. 



1. Results in Aerial Navigation from the Stor- 



age of Force and the Cheapening of Al- 

 uminum. Prof. E. C. Siedman 557 



2. Velocity of Projectiles. . 550 



3. A Thames' Launch Propelled by Eleetri- 



city. Sylvanus P. Thompson 560 



4. The Coming Motive Power 561 



5. A Locomotive Without a Sm.oke-Stack . .562 



INDUSTKIAL NOTES. 



1- The Crops of 1879, 1881 and 1SS2 563 



2. Railway Construction in the U. S. in 1382 . .56.5 

 .'). The Bates County Coal Mines 567 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



4. Report of the Kansas City Stock Yards 



for 1882 . 558 



5. Colorado Coal 569 



6. Bullion Product of Colorado 570 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. Sewer Gas and its Danger to Health . . . 571 



2. The Treatment of Diphtheria 574 



METEOKOLOGY. 



1. Meteorological Summary for 1882 «. . . . . 576 



2. Kansas Weather Service, December, 1882.* 



Professor J. T. Lovewell 579 



3. Kansas Weather Service, January, 1888.* 



Professor J. T. Lovewell 5S5 



4. The Meteorology of Shakespeare 580 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. House Drainage and Sanitary Plumbing. 



D VanNostrand 595 



2. The Lowest Forms of Water Animals G. 



P. Putnam's Sons 596 



3. Military Life in Italy. G. P. Putnam's 



Sons 596 



4. How to Succeed. G. P. Putnam's Sons . 596 



5. Fasy Star Lessens. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 597 

 ti. The Odyssey of Homer. Jansen, Mc- 



Clurg & Co 598 



8. The Court and Cross. Methodist Book 



Concern .')98 



9. Other Publications Received 599 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Liberty Enlightening the World 600 



2. T'eatment of Nature by Poets 6U2 



3. Gold in Ancient Times 604 



4. Some Recent Improvements in the Me- 



chanic Arts.* F. B. Brock 605 



5. African Exploration 606 



6. Michael Angelo 607 



7. Cuvier 610 



EDITORIAL NOTES 



612 



ITEMS PROM PERIODICALS. 



.613 



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