Vol. VII. 
July, li 
No. 3. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. 8. O^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PROCEEDINGS 
1. 
PAGE. 
OF SOCIETIES. 
Progress of Science in the Past Year.* 
Hon. R. T. VanHorn 131 
ENGINEEKIlSrG. 
1. Hydraulic Elevators and Motors,* B. F. 
Jones 140 
2. Village Improvement. * Albert F. Wells . 147 
3. History of Railroads in Missouri.* Hon. 
Geo. C. Pratt 167 
MEDICINE AND HYGIENE. 
1. Unccmmon Diseases of Peru and Bolivia.* 
Edwin R. Heath, M. D 150 
COBRESPONDENCE. 
1. Letter from New Mexico* 155 
2. Tde Atchafalaya . . 159 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
1. The Man of the Future 
2. The Origin ol the White Man . . . 
ASTRONOMY, 
.161 
166 
1, Time Observations,* W. W. Alexander . 174 
2. Ihe Sun and Planets for July.* Wm. 
Dawson 176 
PHYSICS. 
1. Absolute Attraction of Matter.* Edgar L. 
La kin , . 177 
2. Storage Batteries 180 
PASS. 
METEOROLOGY. 
1. Kansas Weather Service.* Pref. J. T. 
Lovewell 183 
2. Anti-Cyclonic Storms 184 
3. Improvement of Pasture Lands of the Far 
We.st . . . . ; 186 
ARCHEOLOGY. 
1. Steatite Quarries and Utensils.''' G. C. 
Broadhead 188 
2. Tertio-Millennial Acquisiticns . .... .189 
BOTANY. 
1. An Aesthetic Hour with My Herbarium.* 
Mary E. Holmes 190 
BOOK NOTICES,* 
1. The Golden Chersonese, G. P. Putnam's 
Sons, New York, 1883 193 
2. French Forest Ordinance of 1669. Oliver 
& Boyd, 1883 193 
3. Topics of the Time, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 
New York, 1883 194 
4. Third Biennial Report of the Kansas State 
Board of Agriculture. Kansas Publish- 
ing House, Topeka, 1883 194 
5. Authors and Publishers. G. P, Putnam's 
Sons, New Yo.k, 1883 195 
6. The American Citizen's Manual, Part II. 
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1883 .195 
EDITORIAL NOTES 196 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS .... 197 
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