Vol. V. 



May, 1 88 1, 



No. I 



THE 



KANSAS ^ITY REVIE 



:v 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Niobrara Group.* Chas. H. Stern- 



berg ... 1 



2. The Ice Problem in Colorado.* Capt. E. 



L. Berthoud 5 



3. Pickett's Silurian Cave 7 



PHYSICS. 



1. The Photophone Explained, (illustrated) . 10 



2. Influence of Altitude on Character."* R. 



T. VanHorn 15 



3. Geological Action vs. Engineering .... 17 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



1. Incidents of Early Travels in Missouri.* 



John P. Tones 



2. Fort Orleans, Where Was It?* Prof. G. 



C. Broadhead 



3. Sniabar.* Prof. G. C. Broadhead .... 



BOTANY. 



1. Darwin on Movement in Plants .... 



19 



24 



W. 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Astronomical Notes for May, 1881. 



W. Alexander 27 



2. Interesting Facts Concerning the Sun ... 28 



ZOOLOGY, 



1. Insect Transformation,* (illustrated). Mrs. 

 Julia P. Ballard 



31 



MEDICINB And HYGIENE. 



1. Origin of Some of our Illnesses 



2. Sanitary Administration in Paris ... .37 



MINERALOGY AND METALLURGY. 



1. The Mines of Mexico 40 



2 The San Juan Region, Colorado 42 



3. Different Varieties of Steel 43 



4. Arizona Coal 44 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Kansas Weather Service. '■' Prof. J. T. 



Lovewell 45 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



1. Science Letter frc m Paris '■■ 47 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Science and Revelation 51 



2. Notes and Queries 5.5 



3. Publications Received. . . 56 



4. The Transportation of the World's Wheat. 57 



5. The Mastodon in Recent Tin.es .58 



6. A Ten-Inch Railway 59 



7. Protoplasm — Not an Ultimate Substance . . .59 



8. The Black Races of Oceanica 60 



9. Gymnastics as a cure of Disease 60 



10. Electricity in Surgery . . . ... 61 



11. Curious Experiments in Heat 61 



EDITORIAL NOTES 62 



ITEMS FROM THE PERIODICALS. ... 64 



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