Vol. VII. 
October, 1883. 
No. 6. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. O^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
•G-EOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
1. Explorations in the Judith River Group.* 
Chas. H. Sternberg 
2. The Lead and Zinc Region of Missouri and 
PAGE, 
326 
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3. Notes on Kansas Minerals 
335 
ANTHROPOLOGY. 
1. The Tools of the Pyramid Builders. (11- 
S"fi 
2. Early Man in America 
3. Mastodon Bones ia Illinois 
3J4 
351 
ASTRONOMY. 
1. The Corona.* Edgar L. LarV in . . . . 
2, Astronomical Notes for October, 1883.* 
W W Alexander 
352 
3. Sun and Planets for October, 1883.* Win. 
3.=i8 
4. Correction of Eclipse Table 
359 
METEOROLOGY. 
1. Practical Hints Regarding Tornadoes.* 
J. D. Parker, U. S. A 
359 
SBl 
3. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. T 
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FHYSICS. 
I. The Telephone Service at Kansas City.* 
.365 
BOTANY, 
1. Concentric Rings of Trees.* A. L. Child; 
M.I? 
36S 
EXPLORATION, 
1. The Loss of the Proteus.* 369 
ARCHEOLOGY. 
1. Ancient Ruins of Sonera 375 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. Studies in Literature. G. P. Putnams' 
Sons ; . . . 376 
2. A Text-Book on the Elements of Physics. 
Ginn, Heath & Co 376 
3. Manual of Taxidermy. S. E. Cassino & 
Co . 377 
4. Modern Locomotive Engines. Henry 
Carey Baird & Co. . . .- 377 
5. Poems of Passion. Belford. Clark & Co . 378 
6. Transa tions Kansas Academy of S ience.378 
7. Old Italian Embroidery Patterns. Franz 
Lipperheide 379 
8. Other Publications Received 379 
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. Money: Its Origin and History — Conclud- 
ed. f?0 
Persepolis 3813 
Changing the Color of Flowers by Culti- 
vation 383 
Historical Department Johns Hopkins Un- 
iversity 384 
Vibration from Trains 384 
i he Map of Sebastian Cabot g85 
.386 
. 388 
Ep.JTORIAL NOTES . 
ITfiMS FROM PERIODICALS 
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