Vol. VII. 
November, 1883. 
No. 7. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. OA.SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PKOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
J. Ths; Museum of Naples.* Ermine Case . 389 
PHYSICS. 
1. Electrical Phenomena on Pike's Peak.* G. 
H. Boehmer . 398 
HISTORY. 
1. The Explorers of Western- America.* G. 
C. Broadhead . . 407 
2. Natiual Science in the 17th Century.* T. 
Be ry mith 412 
CHEMISTKY. 
1. The Chern'Or-l HI ments. J.H.Gladstone, 
Pf'.D.. F.R S . . "lie 
2. Artificial Sione as .1 Building Mater-al. . .420 
MEDICINE AND HYGIENE, 
1. Climateii the Cure of Consumpiion. Ssm- 
u 1 Aug. Fisk, IM. I> 424 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
J. Lei ter from West Cuesier, Pa.* A. Sharp- 
le-s 429 
2. L'-tter from PUasaut Hill, Mo.+ G. C. 
Broachead 4.S0 
ASTRONOMY. 
1. Sun and Planets for ^ov^mber, 1883.* Wm. 
Daw-on 431 
2 Kepler's Third Law.* E. L. Larkin . . . 4^2 
3. Astronomical No'e< for November, 1883.* 
W. W. Alexander 4*5 
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GEOLOGY. 
1. The U. S. Geologi al Survey for 1883 ... 436 
i;. s esiiT- and It^ Appl cations 487 
h'. Gunnison Ccunty, Colo. John K. Hal- 
lowell 440 
METEOROLOGY. 
]. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. T. 
Love* e 1. 
442 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. Moun (s of the Mi-<-i siopi Valley . . 4 
2. Eighth Annual Report of the Railroad 
CommisMO ers of Mo 
H. Report of the Smithsrnian fnsti'ution for 
lJ-81 . 4 
4. Questions and Belief. G. P. Puttam'> 
Sins 44 
5. Cor stitulionsl An endmem Man al .... 44 
6. Life of Washing o . G. P. Hutram's Son«,44 
7. Wa. Sons". Oliver Diison & Co 44 
S Other Pubhcatu ns Received 44 
SCIENTIFIC, MISCELLANY. 
.1. Emul-'onsof Petroleum as Insecticides. C, 
V. Ri;cy, Ph L> .447 
2. Gas From Sav/Dust 4-18 
3. The Ma kay-Bennett Marine Cable . . . .448 
4. Sambo on the "Rail-Bird". .'. . . .449 
EDITORIAL NOTES ... 449 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS . . . .453 
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