Vol. V. 



July, i88i. 



No. 3, 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY. 



1. Geological Notes on the Central Branch 



U. P. R. R.,* Prof. G. C. Broadhead . 129 



2. Geological Chart, Prof. H. A. Reid ... 138 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



1. Prehistoric Man, (concluded) 132 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



1. Fort Orleans on the Mississippi,''' John P. 



Jones 139 



BIOLOGY. 



1. Mivart on the Cat 143 



2. Relations of Science to Speculation .... 145 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. Common Sense Sanitatioa *Theo. S. Case, 147 



2. Instinct as a Guide in Dietetics 150 



CHEMISTRY. 



1. Atmospheric Ozone, Prof. Q. H. Failyer . 15^ 

 ASTRONOMY. 



1. Astronomical Notes for July 1881,* W. W. 



Alexander 



2. Cabling of Astronomical Intelligence . . . 



3. Remarkable Comets 189 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. The Storms of June 9th to 12th, 18S1,* . . 



2. Kansas Weather Service,* Prof. J. T. 



Lovewell 169 



3. The Pressure of Wind 170 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



1. Friendly Insect.':, Prof. F. H. Snow .... 171 



2. The Seventeen Year Locusts 173 



3. Rocky Mountain Locusts 184 



ENGINEERING AND MINING. 



1. The Tehuantepec Ship Railroad I'j-. Pana- 



ma Canal,* W. L. Seddon 175 



2. Old Spanish Mines in New Mexico .... 179 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



6. 



Literary Style and other Essays, S. C. 



Griggs & Co. . . . 182 



The School of Life, Roberts Bros 182 



How to tell the Parts of Speech, Roberts 



Bros • 183 



Ne-ts and Eggs of American Birds, Geo. 



A. Bates • • 183 



Scientific Sophisms, J. Fitzgerald & Co, . 183 

 Other Publications Received 184 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. The Kansas Rolling Mill Company,- . . .185 



2. The Center of Population 186 



3. Notes and Queries 187 



4. The Magnetic Survey of Missouri As- 



sured 188 



EDITORIAL NOTES 191 



ITEMS FROM THE PERIODICALS . 192 



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