Vol. VI. 



March, i8S^ 



, iwu^. 



No. II. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. C^SE 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Ancient Mississippi and its Tributa- 



ries.* J. W. Spencer. Ph.D., F. G. S.615 



2. Geological Survey of Missouri.* Prof. S. 



H. Trowbridge 621 



3. The Bottom of the Ocean 626 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. The Kindred of Man 528 



2. The Cliflf-Dwellers of the New Mexican 



Canons 636 



:i. The Moa at Home 641 



BOTANY. 



1. Seeds : Their Preservation and Germina- 



tion* 648 



2. Professor Meehan on Evolution 654 



COBRESPONDENCE. 



1. Science Letter from Paris.* F.Connor .656 



2. Taxation of Colorado Mines.* F, E. S . . 659 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Meteors and Comets 660 



ENGINEERING. 



1. Tunnels in General, and the St. Gothard 



in Particular 663 



Government 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. The Manuscript Troano. 



Printing Uffiee 668 



2. Knights' New Mechanical Dictionary, 



Part III. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. . . 669 



3. The Theory of the Gas Engine. D. Van- 



Nostrand 669 



4. The Use of Tobacco. J.D.Hinds. 670 



5. The Brewer, Distiller and Wine Manu- 



facturer. P. Blakiston, Son & Co . . . 670 



6. Other Publications Received 671 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. What State Geological Surveys have Ac- 



complished* 671 



2. The Wiggins Storm of March 9th to 11th, 



1883 673 



, 3, The Kansas City Acad,emy of Science* , . 673 



4. The Kansas City Institute* 674 



5. Was Lord Bacon the Author of Shake- 



speare's Plays? 675 



EDITORIAL NOTES 677 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS, 



678 



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