Vot. IV. 
DECEMBER, 1880. 
Ise, 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 2. Important Discoveries in iMiexicomeen rear 496 
1. #*Proceedings of the Kansas Academy of 3. Northern Pacifie Coal Fields West of the 
Science: 18th Annual Meeting. Bes Missowed 6 Shaina jet) Moa EN 497 
Pontedsbyabroi):) Os Parkers ile ole 153 | CORRESPONDENCE. 
2. St. Louis Academy of Science ...... 459 1) eae : cE 
83. Leavenworth Academy of Science... . . 460 : bates Sledge Journey. By eas 
GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES.* 2. *The Oldin New Mexico |) | |!) ) 1502 
1. Mr. B. Leigh Smith’s Arctic Expedition . .460 | scjmanNTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
2. TheFranklin Search. ......... - 464 ting Hen rae rath 
8. Return of Lieutenant Schwatka’s Franklin : merica’s River System Artificially De- 
Search@Expeditionice.). a sus) - 6s 467 Velopedss’s) ie leks RIG h a0 Siang ee ae nae 006 
Avestanleygand theiGoneomne eve: sa «eee 469 2. The Successor of General Myer... . . . 508 
5. Other Congo pepeditions MReliaa ie en ieeis ae NECROLOGY. 
6. Proposed Austrian Expedition. ..... 7 
7. M. Siberiakov’s Expedition to the Yenisei.470 n Boe cc see OLA SRO SEN i wisiae Meee 509 
8. A Private Arctic Voyager’s Explorations . 470 e et eirce, Astronomer, Meena 
ENGINEERING. DLL EOR NOU Oy NOary | ol CMC CMMEIMLS Nes st ah 
1. *TheC., B.& Q. Railroad Bridge at Platts- “BOOK NOTICES. 
mouth, Neb. By A. L. Child, M. D.. . 471 1. Bulletin De La Societe De Geographic 
2. Railroad Building in the Rocky Mountains. 474 DUAN VeErSipte oh heme apn a Oneal 511 
3. Velocity of Shot, with Suggestions to 2. Bulletin of the Philosophical Society of 
SPORES UIE mp etparayil=h «\ elise Uap es se “gues Sete 477 8 Ee eee Ale teas tan 511 
APPLIED SCIENCE. . ¢ students Guide to Draughting. In- 
‘ hi dustrial Publication Co........., 
is mane Netural mclences : ape Be waic ss 4 The Neues ohsaciren S. E Geo 
an alue. Prof. T. Berry Smith, Lou- ECM RE RES ach eee hay 
isiana College, Louisiana, Mo. .... . 480 5 Mind and Body ; the Theories of their ae 
2. History of the Steam Engine. From Presi- lation. The Wonders of the Heavens J 
dent R. H. Thurston’s Inaugural Address Hitzseraldie) Coss Ne Feri anes i 512 
before the American Society of Mechan- 6. Quarterly Report of the Kansas Board of 
ical Engineers, Nov. 4,1880'. . .... 486 Agriculture wpm Uies. uaKi ul assar 519 
ASTRONOMY. 7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural 
; a Sciences of Philadelphia. 1... 513 
t ete inn: Sey WE We anne aN 488 Atti Della Societa Toscana di Scienze Natu- 
EXPLORATION. p TaUiye Reefiepen cer cnenyt crm ein ea ate pean ae 513 
1. *Log of the Steamship “‘ Gulnare” from St. EDITORIAL NOTES............, 515 
Johns, N. F., to Disco and Return. . . 491 |: ITEMS FROM THE PERIODICALS. - « .516 
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