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Vol. VIII. 



April, 1885. 

 THE 



CITY REVIEW 



No. 12. 



INDUSTRY, 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. C^SE, M. D. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



1. The New Phrenology.* Dr. J. B. 



Browning, ... 6t>9 



2. Where does Consciousness reside ? . 677 



GEOLOGY AND MINEKALOGY 



1. 



Some Geological and Topographical 

 features of Soathern Kansas.* 



Prof. F. W. Cragin 668 



Mineral Belts of the Continent. . . 682 



West Virginia's Tin Mines 684 



The Mexican Tin Fields 684 



ENGIJSTEEKIWG. 



1. The Nicai'agua Canal 



709 



PHYSICS. 



1. Electricity and Magnetism.* 



P. E. Nipher 



2. Fatigue of Metals . . . ... 



Prof, 



689 



HISTORY. 



1. A Paper on New Mexico.* Mrs. Ploi-a 



Ellice Stevens 690 



2. The United States in 1780, 1880 and 



1980.* E. A. Hickman 694 



3. The Renaissance in Italy 697 



ASTBONOMY. 



1. Certain Spots on the Sun, What were 



they?- Dr. Louis Watson .... 699 



2. Notes on sauxe.- Prof. C. W. Pritchett 700 

 •S. The Sun and Planets, for April, 1885.* 



Wm. Dawson . . 702 



4. Recent Astronomical Discoveries . 703 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



1. Prehistoric man in Egypt and Syria 703 



2. Use of Copper Implements by the 



American Aborigines 705 



MBTEOKOLOGY. 



1. The Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. 



J. T. Lovewell 708 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. The Origin and Spread of Cholera . 711 



2. Prevention of Cholera 713 



BOOK NOTICES. 



1. Creator and Creation. Ivison Blake- 



man. Taylor & Co 717 



2. Chapters on Evolution. G. P. Put- 

 nam's Sons 718 



Approaching End of the Age. A. C. 

 Armstrong & Sons .... ... 718 



4. The Theistic Conception of the 



World. Harper & Brothers . . . . 719 



5. Wonders and Curiosities of the Rail- 



way. S. C. Griggs & Co 720 



6. Medical Electricity. Fowler & Wells 720 



7. Techical Education ami other es- 



says. J. Fitzgerald & Co 720 



8. Other Publications Received .... 721 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Recently Patented Improvements.* 



J. C. Higdon, M. E. . . . .... 722 



2. The St. Louis Academy of Science . 723 



3. A Study of Amei-ican Wheats. . . . 714 



4. Exploring Alaska . : . . 725 



5. Coal-Dust in Colliery Explosions. . 726 

 b. The Permanency of Wrought-Iron 



Structures 727 



7. Sanitation in St. Louis ....!.'! 729 



3. 



EDITORIAL NOTES 730 



ITEMS FKOM PERIODICALS . ^ . . 731 



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