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Vol. VII. 
May, 1883. 
No. I, 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. C^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PKOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
1. Unveiling of the Statue of Prof. Henry by 
the National Academy of Sciences ... 1 
2. Address by Chief Justice Waite 
3. Oration by President Noah Porter, D. D . 3 
EDUCATION. 
1. Npture Studies for the Young.* Prof. S. H. 
Trowbridge 10 
2. The Public School Problem.* E. R. 
Knowles 19 
ZOOLOGY. 
1. Notes on the Distribution of Shells, No. 
IV.» F. A. Sampson 22 
GEOLOGY. 
1. Age of the Missouri River. E. P. Wet . 25 
CORBESPONDENCE. 
1. Science Letter from Paris. ♦ F.Connor.. 28 
ABCHJEOLOGY. 
1. Exploration of Altar Mounds. Prof. F. W. 
Putnam . . 32 
2. Aichae loeical Discovery in South America 3i 
3. Ancient Man — A Reconstruction 38 
BOTANY. 
1. Conditions most Favorable to Vegetable 
Activity 40 
2. Power of Vital Force in Germinating Seeds. 42 
ASTEONOMY. 
1. Manner of Calculating True Time.* W. 
W. Alexander . 44 
2. The Sun and Planets for May '•' Wm. 
Daws n 47 
H. The Great Rusfian Telescope 47 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy 
of Sciences 51 
2. History of the Negro Race in America, 
Vol. I. G P. Putnams' Sons £2 
3. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of 
Sciences .... 52 
4. Forests of England. J. Croumbie Brown, 
LL.D 52 
5. Proceedings of the Bo^ton Society of Nat- 
ural History PS 
P. Our Choi', G. P. Putoams' Sons .... 53 
7. Other Publications Received ....... 64 
METEOBOLOGY. 
1. Kansas Weather Service, February, 1883.* 
J. T. Lovewe'l. 54 
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. Old Maps.* G. C. Broadhead . . . 
2. The Min-s of Old Mexico 
3. Sewage and Sewerage 
56 
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