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Vol. VII. 
September, 1883. 
No. 5. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. O^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PHIIiOSOPHY. 
1. The Baconian Philosophy.* T.D.Parker. 
U. S. A 261 
ENGINEERING. 
1. Translation of a French Report of the Pan- 
ama Canal.* Dr. Ivon D. Heath. . .267 
2. The Florida Ship Canal 2fi8 
3. The Storage of Wind Power 269 
4. The Gunnison Rolling Mills 271 
5. Mining Surveys 271 
6. Asphaltum Pavements 272 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
1. The Cave-Dwellers of the San Francisco 
Mountains 273 
2. Remarkable Progress of American Archae- 
ology 276 
3. Prehistoric Remains from Southeast Mis- 
souri 278 
4. Prehistoric Immigrants 279 
5. Value of Anthropological Studies 288 
6. Missouri River Mounds from a Geological 
Standpoint.* E. P. West 290 
GEOLOGY AND PAL.ffiONTOLOGY. 
1. U.S. Geological Survey of Leadville Min- 
ing District.* 280 
2. A Geological Guide to Mining Prospectors.282 
3. The Glacial Period above Cincinnati . . . 295 
PROCEEDINGS OP SOCIETIES. 
1. 32d Annual Meeting of the American As- 
sociation for the Advancement of Science'!^84 
Some Unsolved Problems in Geology, J. 
W. Dawson, LL. D.. 285; Scope and 
Value of Anthropological Studies, Prof. 
Otis T. Mason, 288; The Missouri River 
Mounds, Considered from a Geological 
Standpoint, Judge E. P. West, 290; Ag- 
ricultural Botany, Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, 
293; The Glacial Period, Prof. I. C.White 
295; Evidence for Evolution Found in 
the History of the Extinct Mammalia, 
Prof. E. 0. Cope, 299; Excursions, etc . 302 
BIOLOGY. 
1. Agricultural Botany 293 
2. Evidence tor Evolution in the History of 
the Extinct Mammalia. 299 
ASTRONOMY. 
1, Astronomical Notes for September, 1883.* 
W. W. Alexander . . . • c02 
2. Sun and Planets for September.* Wm. 
Dawson 305 
METEOROLOGY. 
1. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. 
Lovewell, 
, S06 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. A Visit to Ceylon. S. E. Cassino & Co . . 307 
2. Recollections of My Youth. G. P. Put- 
nam's Sons 308 
3. Other Publications Received 308 
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. Scientific Notes.* S.A.Maxwell. . . . 309 
2. Professor Espy . 311 
3. Bottled Sunshine.* T. Berry Smith . . .314 
4. The Work of the Kansas Fish Commis- 
sion 315 
5. Spiritus Mundi*. E. R. Knowles . . . . 316 
6. Money : Its Origin and History 316 
EDITORIAL NOTES ....... 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS 
323 
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