Vol. V. 



June, 1881, 



THE 



No. 2, 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. OA.SE. 



TABLE OF 



PAGE. 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Coming- Astronomical Events,*(Illustrated) 



Prof. Edg^rL. Larkin 65 



2. Planetary Phenomena for June, 18S1,* W. 



W. Alexander 73 



CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY. 



1. Chemical and Dynamical Geolojy,* Eras- 



mus Haworth 75 



2. The History of Tin So 



S. The Gamgee Perpetual Motion S6 



ARCH.ffiiOLOGY. 



1. Prehistoric Man in America 90 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



1. Science I^etter f.om Paris 96 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Something About Tornadoes," Prof S. A. 



Maxwell 99 



2. The Passing of Low Barometer,* Isaac P. 



Noyes 102 



S. The Dark Day in Canada . 108 



4. Kansas Weather Service,- Prof. J.T. Love- 

 well * 100 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE, 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



1. Early Notices of the Missouri River and 



Indians, •■= John B. Jones. 110 



2. Notes and Queries Ii9 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. Preveniion of Diptheria 119 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1 Th-i Voung Folks' Cyclopaedia of Persons 



and Places. Henry Holt & Co . . . 121 



2. Odontornithe';— The Extinct Toothed Birds 



of North America. 121 



3. Transactions oi the Kansas Academy of 



Science .-. .122 



4. The Hygiene and Treatment of Catarrh. . 123 



5. Other Publicalisns Received 12? 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Glass Spinning and Weaving 123 



2. The Uses of Sawdust 125 



;;. Discoveries by Accident . 125 



4 Iron and Wooden Ship-building 126 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 128 



ITEMS FROM THE PERIODICALS .... 129 



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