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March, 1885. 

 THE 



No. II 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE, M. JD. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. Sanitary Plumbing.* John Fee, 

 M. D . 



PAGE. 



605 

 GEOLOGY. 



1. Description of Marble Cave, Mo . . 614 



2. A Natural Curiosity in California. . 623 



3. Rambles of a Naturalist About Kan- 



sas City.='' W. H. R. Lykins .... 650 



4. The Tertiary of Harper County, Kan- 



sas.* Prof. F. W. Cragin 652 



ENGINEERING. 



1. The Nicaraguan Canal. Admiral 



Daniel Ammen . . . 623 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Meteorology of the Mountains and 



Plains of North America. Captain 

 Silas Bent 626 



2. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. 



T. Lovewell 631 



3. Thermometers.* 632 



BIOGRAPHY. 



1. Sketch of Life of Prof. B. Silliraan.* 



Prof. H. E. Sadler 636 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



1. " Did the Romans Colonize Ameri- 

 ca ? "* C. W. Irish 610 



' 2. Cave and Cliff-Dwellings of Arizona. 



Rev. Isaac T. Goodnow 647 



EDUCATION. 



1, Difficulties in Searching 

 Prof. S. H.Trowbridge 



for Truth.* 



655 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Sun and Planets for March, 1885.* 



Wm. Dawson 652 



2. The Eclipse of the Sun of March, 



16th.* Prof. W. W. Alexander . . 653 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Original Researches in Mineralogy 

 and Chemistry, by Dr. J. Lawrence 

 Smith . 659 



2 Geological Excursions, or the Rudi- 

 ments of Geology for Young Read- 

 ers. S. C. Griggs & Co 660 



3. Conditions of Mental Development, 



Etc. J. Fitzgerald & Co . 661 



4. School-keeping: How to do It. New 



England Pulishing Co 661 



5. Systematic Mineral Record. A. S. 



Barnes & Co . ... . . 662 



6. Rural Taste. Herald Printing House. 662 



7. Other Publications Received .... 663 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Recently Patented Improvements.* 



J. C. Higdon, M. E 664 



2. Kansas Cane and Sugar Associa- 



tion.* Prof. E. H. S. Bailey .... 666 



EDITORIAL NOTES 667 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS .... 668 



* Written for the Review. 

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



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 Press of Ramsey, Millett & Hudson. 



