Vol. V. 



September, 1881. 



X No 5. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



,259 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1. Heaih's Discoveries in South America,* 

 by Prof. John D. Parker 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1. A Study in Biology,* by Prof. H. A. Reid 26i 



2. Rel.ttions of Science to Speculation, by 



Principal J. W Dawson, LL. D . . . 268 

 3 The Nature of the E.xistence of Matter,* 



by E, R. Knowles 269 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Carboniferous Rocks of Southeast 



Kansas, by G. C. Broidhead 273 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Tables of Meteorological ObservatiDLS,* by 



Dr. E. R. Heath . 276 



ASTRONOMY. 



1, Asironomical Notes for September, 1881,* 



by W. W. Alexander 278 



2. The New Comet 281 



MINERALOGY. 



1. Iron Sand 282 



2. Increasing Use of Asbestos i^8 ! 



3. Nickel in New Caledonia 284 



\. Mica 28j 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



1. Early Notices of the Missouri River and 



Indians,* by John P. Jones 286 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. Treatment of Hay-Fever 



291 



2. Cookerv for Invalids 292 



3. Alcohol in the Army . 293 



4. Summer Drinks 291 



5. Relation ot Foul Air to Coa^umpiion . . . 295 



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SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. The Pre^idenlial Cold Air Machines . . .295 



2. Origin of Life Insurance 297 



3. Kansas Weather Service,- by I rof. J. T. 



Lovewell 298 



4. Railway and Canal Transport,.ti6n . . . .299 



PHYSICS. 



1 The Siorage of Electricity 299 



CORRESPON DENCE. 



1. Notes f. om "Correspondence Scientifi- 



que. 



300 



PROCEEDINGS OP SOCIETIES. 



I. The American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science' 303 



CHEMISTRY. 



1. Glass and Cements 319 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. The State and Higher Education. An ad- 



dress before the Minues-ta Academy o*" 

 Natural Sciences 320 



2. First Annual Report of the Winchester Ob- 



sarva ory 321 



3. Papers of the Archaeological Institute of 



Americi 321 



4. Annual Reporti of the Peabody Museum . 321 



5. Artists of the Nl;ieteenth Century and their 



Works . , 321 



6. Kansas Hi'-to ical Collections. Kansas State 



Historical Society 322 



7. The School of Life, Roberts Brothers . 322 

 8 How to Tell the Parts of Speech. Roberts 



Brothers 323 



EDITORIAL NOTES 323 



ITEMS PROM THE PERIODICALS . 324 



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