Vol. VII. 
August, 1883. 
No. 4. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. O^SE. 
ASTRONOMY. 
1. Eclipses from 1800 to 19r0.* Wm Daw- 
son 197 
2. 1 he fcun and Planets for August. ♦ Wm. 
Dawson 241 
3. The Total Eclipse ot May 6, 1883 242 
EXPLORATION. 
. 1. The U. S. Arctic Relief Expedition of 188>.207 
2. A Test 01 Nordenstjold's Theory. , - . 20" 
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
1. The Phenomena of Metallilerous Deposits. 211 
2. Comparative Value of Difierent Coais. ..23 
3. The Trinidad Coal Mines lo 
THEOLOGY. 
1. Pere Hvacinthe and Catholicism.* E. R. 
Knowle* 217 
ARCHiBOLOGY. 
1. The Glacial Period in Illinois 219 
2. Toltec Antiquities 222 
3. Cliff-Dwellers of Colorado and New Mexi- 
co.* Flora EUice Stevens 222 
PHILOSOPHY. 
1. The hJature of the Existence of Matter.-' 
E. R. Knowles. . . 223 
2. Tn<- Scientific Study of Human Nature in 
Schools.* C. A. Shaw '2(5 
3. A Scientific Inve-tigation of Spuitualism . 229 
■t. The Tendency ot Scientific Inquiry . . . 229 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
PAGE. 
PAGE. 
ENGINEERING. 
1. Of Freshets and Overflows.* Rev. Albert 
E Wells 231 
2. Mexican Railways 383 
CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS. 
1. Anc'ent and Modern Glavs cf Murano . .233 
2. Who Discovered the Telephone? '^39 
METEOROLOGY. 
1, Kansa.^ Weather Service.* Prof. J. T. 
Lovewell. 249 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. From the Pyrenees to the Pillars of Her- 
cules. G. P. Putnam's >ons . ... 250 
2. Manual of Assaying Gold, Silver, Coppf-r 
and Lead Ores. Jansen, McClurg & 
Co 2M 
3. Italian Rambles. G. P. Putnam's Sons .252 
4. Studies in Biography. G. P. Putnam's 
Sorts 253 
5. Man Before Metals. D. Apcleton & Co. 253 
SCIEWTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. Some Facts about Cholera 2i4 
2. The Study of Greek 255 
EDITORIAL NOTES 257 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS .... 260 
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