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Vol. VIL 
December, 1883. 
No. 8. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. O^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY. 
1. The Triassic Beds of Texas, * Chas. H. 
Sternberg 455 
2. The Genesis of Native Copper.* JohnK. 
Hallowell 457 
3^. Tne Pluton Geysers of California 4l0 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
1. British Association Notes 461 
ENGINEERING. 
1. Cable Railways in Various Cities 4ti7 
2. The Cable Railway of Kansas City.* Rob- 
ert GiUham 468 
3. Rural Engineering.* Rev. A, E. Wells . 470 
PHYSICS. 
1. The First Electric Telegraph 478 
2. Life on the Planets 474 
3. Sound Vibrations Photographed 475 
CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY. 
1. The Smoke Nuisance.* Prof. R. S. G. 
Paton ^ 477 
2. Philosophy of Fluxes . 482 
ARCHAEOLOGY. 
1. The Lake Dwellers of Venezuela 486 
2. Relics of an Extinct Race near Santa Bar- 
bara 487 
3. Piedras Pintadas of Colorado. •■• Capt. E. 
L. Berthoud 489 
4. Visit to the Pueblo of Acoma 490 
PASB. 
ASTRONOMY. 
1. Kepler's Third Law.* E. L. Larkin ... 493 
2. Sun and Planets for December, 1883.* Win. 
Dawfon 497 
3. Reappearance of the Comet of 1812 . . . .498 
METEOROLOGY. 
1, Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. T. 
Lovewell. 500 
2. Report of tbe Chief Signal Officer for 1883.501 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. World-Life. S. C. Giiggs & Co £02 
2. The Sun. J. Fitzgerald & Co 504 
Forest Lands of Finland Oliver and Boyd.504 
.^ea Sickness. S. E. Cassino & Co . . . .505 
Theory of Morals. Chas. Scnbner's Sons,506 
Seven Spanish Cities. Roberts Bros. . . 507 
The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch. G. P. Put-,^ 
nam's Sons 507 
English Verse. Charles Scribner's Sons . 608 
Historical Sketches of New Mexico. Ram- 
sey, Millett & Hudson . ........ 509 
Other Publications Received 509 
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. Recently Patented Improvements.* J. C. 
Higdon 
2. An Element of French Literature.* E. R. 
Knowles 512 
3. Comparison of Strength of Lai ge and Sniall 
Animals 814 
EDITORIAL NOTES 517 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS .... 518 
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