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Vol. VIII. 



May, 1884. 

 THE 



No. I, 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. 8. O^SE, 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE, 



BOTANY. 



1. Fungi : Their Nature and Habits.* 



Rev. L J. Templin 1 



2. The Flora of the Daliota Group.* C. 



H. Sternberg 9 



ENTOMOLOGY". 



1. Recent Progress in Economic Ento- 

 mology.* Prof. C. V. Riley 13 



PHYSICS. 



L The Progress of Electric Lighting. 



Prof. W. H. Preece 

 The Gulf Stream. Hosea Ballou . 



GEOLOGY. 



1. Geology 



Genesis.' 

 Trowbridge 



Prof. S. H. 



25 



ANTHROPOLOGY 



1. 



2. 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



North Australian Tribes.* Prof. Otis 



T. Mason 32 



Dr. Schlieman : His Life and Work . 34 



METEOROLOGY 



1. Birth of the Tornado.* Capt. Silas 

 Bent 



37 



40 



2. Meteorology Revolutionized by the 



"VVeather-Map.* Isaac P. Noyes . . 



3. A Remarkable Hail-Storm.* S. A. 



Maxwell 46 



4. Russian Fruit for American Prairies. 



Prof. A. E. Popenoe 47 



5. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. 



T. Lovewell 49 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Creation. Chas. Scribner's Sons . . . 50 



2. Discovery of Circulation of the Blood. 



P. Blakiston, Son & Co 52 



3. Political Economy. G. P. Putnam's 



Sons 52 



5. Other Publications Received 53 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. A Missouri River Commission .... .54 



2. Proposed New Route to Europe ... 57 



3. Greely Relief Expedition 58 



4. Taking Aim— Two Eyes or One. ... 58 



5. Recently Patented Improvements.* 



J. C. Higdon, M.E 59 



EDITORIAL NOTES 



ITEMS PROM PERIODICALS 



* Written for the Review. 



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