Vol. V. 



January, 1882. 



No. 9. 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF 



PAGE. 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Marble of Southeast Missouri,* Prof. 



G. C. Broadhead ... 523 



2. Shells of Eureka Springs, Arkansas,* F. A, 



Sampson 526 



3. Floating Stones,* Chas. H. Sternberg . . .528 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



1. Archaeological Explo'ation of the Missouri 



River, => .529 



2. Doctor Edward Palmer's Researches in 



Mexico 534 



8. On the Mound-Builders' Knowledge of 



Metals,* W. H. R. Lykins 535 



ENGINEERING. 



1. The IMississippi Levees — How Built and 



How Repaired 536 



2. Some Great Engineering Projects 512 



3. The New Tay Bridge 543 



4. Under-ground Cables 543 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



1. Science Letter from Paris,* 544 



PHILOSOPHY. 



1. Prayer for Physical Healing,''" Prof. S. H. 



Trowbridge . . 548 



2. Responsibility of the Insane 552 



3. State Assassins and the Defense of Insanity, 554 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1 The Jeannette — Probabilities 555 



2. Exploration by Use of Balloons 567 



CONTENTS. 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. Astronomical Notes for January, 1882,* W. 



W.Alexander 557 



2. Galileo and Current Myths .' ! 560 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. Kansas Weather Service,* Prof. J. T. Love- 



, „we;i 561 



I. Precipitation and the Storm-Centre,* S. A. 



Maxwell 5g2 



3. The Meteorology of Christmas Week for 



Nine Years,* P. F. Lyons, U. S. A. . . 564 



4. The Timber Line of High Mountains . . . 565 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Norsk, Lapp and Finn, G. P. Putnam's 



Sons 570, 



2. The Fathers of the Third Century, D. Ap 



^leton & Co .571 



3. Fairway and Folly, K. C. Book and News 



Co 571 



4. Other Publications Received 572 



SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Western Artists,* Mrs. M. W. Hudson . . 572 



2. The Risks of the Electric Light 575 



3. Earthquakes of 1S81 576 



4. Glass as a Building Material . 578 



5. The Garden of the Gods 580 



6. Brains and Intelligence Compared 581 



7. The Missing Link 533 



EDITORIAL NOTES . 583 



ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS 586 



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