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Vol. VIII. 



January, 1885. 



No. 9. 



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THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



GEOLOGT. 



1. The Last Submersion and Emerg- 



ence of Southeastern Kansas.* E. 

 P. West 477 



2. Practical Studies in Geology.* C. H. 



Sternberg T . . . . 481 



3. The New Artesian Well at Ft. Scott, 



Kansas.* E. H. S. Bailey and E. 

 W.Walter 485 



BNGINEEBING. 



1. The Street Pavements of Kansas 



City.* W. B. Knight, C. E . . 487 



2. A New Street Car Rail. (Illustrated) 496 



3. Problem of Rapid Transit Solved(?). 498 



4. Stamped Railway Wheels 500 



5. The Washington Monument Com- 



pleted* 501 



6. The Nicaragua Canal 539 



BOTANY. 



1. Vegetable Dissemination.* Rev. L. 



J. Templin 507 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1. Religion and the Doctrine of Evolu- 



tion . .512 



2. Rapid Changes in the History of 



> Species 522 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Sun and Planets for January, 1885.* 



Wm. Dawson 523 



NATUEAL HISTOBY. 



1. Oddities of Animal Character . 



524 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Second Annual Reportof the Bureau 



of Ethnology, 1880-1. Government 

 Printing Office 526 



2. Travels on Faith from Tradition to 



Reason. G. P. Putnam's Sons . . 227 



3. Primary History of the United States 



VanAntwerp, Bragg & Co ... . 528 



4. Report of an Arch geological Tour in 



Mexico, 1881. Cupples, Upham & 

 Co. 528 



5. Proceedings of the Academy of Na- 



tural Science of Philadelphia, May 

 to October, 1884. Edited by Edw. 

 J. Nolan, M. D . . . 529 



6. Other Publications Received .... 529 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



» 1. Recently Patented Improvements.* 



J. C. Higdon, M.E 538 



2. Thoughts on Science Teaching. Alex- 



ander Winchell 531 



3. The National Exhibit at the New 



Orleans Exposition 536 



EDITORIAL NOTES 



539 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS 



539 



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