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Vol. VIII. 



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October,' 1884. 



No. 6.. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BV 



THEO. S. O^SE, 



TABLE OF 



PAGB. 



PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



1 American Association for tlie Ad- 

 vancement of Science.* Reported 

 by Prof. E. H. S. Bailey . . ... . 287 



2. Britisli Association at Montreal* . . 29b 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Sun and Planets lor October.* Wm. 



Dawson • • 



2. Solar Dynamics— Some New Astro- 



nomy.- Rev J. W. Hanna .... 



ENGINEERING. 



1 Improvement of the Mississippi Riv 

 er— Both Sides of the Question . . 



EDUCATION. 



1 Technical Instruction in Europe. 

 Translated by F. G. French . . 



HISTORY. 



1. Louisiana-How Lost to the French.* 

 . O. W. Collet . . 6ch 



306 



328 



333 



PAGB. 



Prof. J.T 



CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Kansas Weather Service.* 



Lovewell • • • ^^^ 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1 Report of the Peabody Museum . . 340 



2. Uompargttive Vocabularies of the 



Indian Tribes of British Columbia 341 

 3 The Origin of Species. J. Fitzgerald 



6. 



&t;o . ■ • ■ - - ,^ r 



The Childhood of the World. J 



Fitzgerald & Co 



Books to be Noticed ........ 



Other Publications Received . . . . 



342 



342 



342 

 343 



344 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. The International Electrical Exhibi- 

 tion ^ 1 •... 



2 Recently Patented Improvements.- 



J. C. Higdon, M.E ^o 



348 



EDITORIAL NOTES 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS 



349 



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