Vol. VIII. 



June and July, 1884. 

 THE 



No. 2-3 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF 



GEOLOGY. 



1. TheRuf^ell (Kansas) Artesian Well' 



(J.'C 



b6 



70 



3. 



John D. Parker 



2. Mines of Carterville, Mo.* 



Eroadhead . 



3. Fossils of Kansas City and vicinity.* 



W. H. R. Lykins . . 72 



4. Geology in Genesis- Prof. S. H. Trow- 



bridge . .77 



5. Coal Mined in Kansas in 1883 .... 84 



PHYSICS. 



1. Tissandier's Electric Balloon. I. W. 



Cook 85 



Great Earthquakes 125 



The Eruption of Krakatoa.* Prof. 



L. G. Carpenter 



HISTORY. 



1. Tlie Conspiracy of Barrera.* Oscar 



W. Collett 



2. The Growth of the Republic of Chile. 



ENGINEERING. 



1. The Sewerage of Kansas City.=^' G. 



VV. Pearsons. C. E 



SOCIOLOGY. 



1. Social Science Convention of Kan- 



sas and Western Missouri 



2. Education Outside the Scliool-Room 



Mrs. Dr. Wm. Jones 101 



EDUCATION, 



1. Commencement at Kansas Univer- 

 sity 106 



What the Members of a State Uui- 

 i^yersity Owe to ihe State. Address 



by Dr. Bascom . . . 

 Fanatiqs. An Address at Washburn 

 College Comixiencement. Judge S. 

 O. Thacher 



4. Commencement Exercises at Wash- 



ington University, St. Louis 



5. Commencement at State Normal 



School, Emporia, Kansas 117 



6. Character as Resulting from Culture. 



Pres't Edwards 118 



7. Music as an Educator.'-'' Prof. F. A. 



Jones 119 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



1. KansasCity Academy of Science* . . 120 



2. Prof. E. D. Cope on Evolution .... 120 



3. The Iowa State Academy of Science. 150 



4. Copper in the Drift of Iowa. A. R. 



Fulton 151 



2. 



3. 



150 



101 



106 



108 

 117 



CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. 



Kansas Weather Service.'-' Prof. J.T 

 Love well . .... . . 122, 128 



April Wind.s.':' S. A. Maxwell 123 



Some Older Tornadoes.'" Warren 

 Knaus 124 



Maturitj' and Longevitj' as Affected 

 by Climate* W. Perkins 126 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. 



Habitability of Other Worlds. 

 A. Winchell, LL.D 



Prof. 



130 



ARCH./EOLOGY. 



1. Natural and Artificial Cariosities of 



the Gila Country, N. M 136 



2. Ancient Relics in Illinois 138 



3. Old Egypt 139 



BOOK NOTICES.'* 



1. Grammar of the Cakchiquel Lan- 



guage of Gautemala. D.G.Brinton 142 



2. True Theory of the Sun. Thos. Bass- 



nett 142 



3. The Woman Question in Europe. 



^Stanton). G. P. Putnam's Sons . 143 



4. Shaw's New History of English Lit- 



erature. (Backus). Sheldon & Co. 144 



5. Modern Forest Economy. (Brown). 



Oliver & Boyd ... 145 



6. U. S. Art Directory. (Koehler). Cas- 



.sell&Co 145 



7. Six Centuries of Work and Wages. 



(Rogers). G. P. Putnam's Sons . 145 



8. Geology and Mineralogy of Chero- 



kee Co., Kansas. (Haworth) . 146 



9. Coupon Bonds. (Trowbridge). Lee 



& Shepard .... 147 



10. Other Publications Received .... 147 



11. Books to be Noticed 148 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. 



Recently Patented Improvements.'' 



J. C. Higdon, M. E 148 



New R. R. Legislation in Europe . . 153 

 Cholera— The Safeguards of America. 155 



EDITORIAL NOTES 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS 



157 



159 



'■■'Written for the Review. 

 Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, Mo., as second class matter. 



