Vol. V. 



October, i88i. 



No. 6. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



GEOLOGY. 



1. Ihe Burlington Gravel Beds,* Prof. John 



D. Parker 



Origin and Uses of Asphalt 



325 

 331 



3. The Fossil Forests of Yellowstor e Park. . 373 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. The Study of Mankind, by Alexander 



Winchell 335 



2. The Saoiifici:.lStoneof theCity of Mexico.336 



3. Ancient Pueblo Workshop 338 



4. The Negro as an Iron-Worker 338 



CHEMISTBY. 



1. Water Gas 340 



2. Chemical Paradoxes 3J2 



3. Prevention of Smoke 345 



COililESPO]M DENCE. 



1. Science Letter from Paris 347 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. The Wcather-Prophet Farce,* by Isaac P. 



Noyes 350 



2. Portable Meteorological Station 35.i 



3. Tree Culture on Waste Lands 356 



4. Extending the Utility of the Signal Service. 357 



5. Kansas Weather Service,* by J. T. Love- 



well 383 



ASTRONOMY. 



1, Astronomical Notes for October, 1881,* by 



W. W. Alexander 359 



2. Unusual Celestial Phenomena at Albany . 363 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1. Creational Progress,* by Prof. H. A. Reid.364 



2. Science Teaching,* by Prof. S. H. Trow- 



bridge 367 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



1. Ode to the Mound Graves,* by John Ed- 



3. 



wards ' 371 



The Alphabet in Prehistoric America. . . 372 

 The Largest Pyramid 



,379 



MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 



1. The Attenuat on of Virus .374 



2. Listeiine, the New Antiseptic Preparation. 375 



3. Preparation and Uses of Pulque 376 



4. The Tenure of Life 377 



5. Color Blindness and Color-Sense 377 



6. Diagnosis of Blood Stains 378 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Annual Report of the Regents of the Smith- 



sonian Institution for the Year 1879, by 

 Government ^ rinting Office 380 



2. Book of the Black Bass, Robert Clarke 



& Co 380 



3. Underground Treasures, How and Where 



to Find Them, Henry Carey Baird & 

 Co 3^1 



4. Report of the Commissioner of Education, 



Government Printing Office 381 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



The Practical Value of Science 384 



The Future of Electricity .385 



A New Fibre .S87 



Japanese Lacquer 387 



A Hint on Arranging Flowers 388 



EDITORIAL NOTES 389 



ITEMS FROM THE PERIODICALS . 390 



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