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Vol. V. 



March, 1882. 



No. II, 



THE 



KANSAS CITY REVIEW 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. O^SE. 



TABLE OF 



PAGE. 



HISTORY. 



1. Early Notices of the Missouri River and 



Indians,* John P. Jones 655 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



1. Who were the Mound-Builders?* J. F. 



Snyder, M. D. 

 2. The Mound-Builders and the Aztecs , 



661 

 ,667 



GEOLOGY. 



1. The Chert Rocks of Sub-Carboniferous 



Kansas,* Erasnmus Haworth, B. S. . . . 669 

 2 The Formation of Coal 676 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1. Asia— The Pamir of the World ...... 677 



2. Africa — Exoiorations of Zambesi .678 



3. Russian Expeditioa to the Bay of Obi . . . 679 



OPTICS. 



1. Continuous Images of Lightning, * Prof. F. E. 



Nipher 679 



CONCHOLOGY. 



1. Notes on the Distribution of Shells, No. 2,* 



F. A. Sampson 681 



ASTRONOMY. 



1. The Saros and the Total Eclipse of 1806,* 



Wm Dawson 683 



2. How to Weigh the Sun,* Edgar L. Larkin.689 



3. Astronomical Notes for March,* W, W. 



Alexander 694 



4. Double Stars 696 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. On the Cause ot the Absence of Trees on 



the Great Plains,* Lester F. Ward, 

 AM 697 



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



well 702 



3. Japanese Meteorology 703 



ENGINEERING. 



1. The Improvement of the Mississippi* . . . 705 

 SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY, 



I. The Scientists of Colorado,* Mrs. Flora 



The Scientists of Colorado,* 



EUice Stevens 708 



2. A Chrysalis,* Prof. T. Berry Smith ... .710 



3. New Insects Injurious to Agriculture . . . 713 



BOOK NOTICES.* 



1. Suicide. G, P. Putnam's Sons 714 



2. Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations. I. K. 



Funk & Co 715 



3. Opium Smoking in America and China. G. 



P. Putnam's Sons 715 



4. Books for All Time : Reading Diary of 



Modern Fiction. F. Leypoldt 716 



5. The First Book of Knowledge. G.' P. Put- 



nam's Sons 716 



6. Other Publications Received 716 



EDITORIAL NOTES 717 



ITEMS PROM PERIODICALS 719 



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