Vol. VII. 
January, 1884. 
No. 9. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. O^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
PBOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
1. The Sewerage of Kausas City.* O. 
Chanute, C E 519 
2. 16th A.nnual Meeting of tlie Kansas 
Academy of Science.* 527 
ENGINEERING. 
1. The Aleghany Portage R. R. in 1833.* 
2. 
H. 0. Weaver 640 
Street Pavements.* Theo. S. Case . . 5-J3 
BOTANY. 
1. Insects and Colored Flowers.* 
L. J. Teniplin 
Rev. 
546 
PHYSICS. 
1. Remarkable Electrical Disturbances 
in Idaho.* D.A.Williams 551 
PHILOSOPHY. 
1. Spheral Evolution.* Charles Morris. 553 
AECH^OLOGY. 
1. A Monster Mastodon 557 
2. The Age of World . . 559 
3. Ancient Races of the Mississippi Val- 
ley 563 
ASTBONOMY. 
• .1. The Glowing Skies of November and 
December, 1883 564 
2. Letter from Prof. C. W. Pritchett.*. . 564 
3. Discovery of the Asteroid Palisa . . . 568 
4. Sun and Planets for January, 1884.''' 
Wm. Dawson 569 
METEOROLOGY. 
1. . Tornado Mysteries 574 
2. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. 
T. Lovewell 575 
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. 
1. On the Manufacture and Durability 
of Roofing Slate.* Prof. E. H. S. 
Bailey, Pli.D 669 
2. St. Louis White Lead 571 
3. Practical Ait School for Women-. . . 573 
4. Gun-Flints, Arrowheads, etc.* A. L. 
Child, M. D 573 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. Legends of LeDetroit. Thorndyke 
Nourse 577 
2. The Wonders of Plant-Life. G. P. 
Putnam's Sous 577 
3. Bond and Free. C. B. Ingraham . . . 578 
4. Plaster and Plastering. Industrial 
Publishing Co 578 
5. Aboriginal American Authors. D, 
G. Brinton, M. D 579 
6. Round About Rio. Jansen, McClurg 
7. A Sj^lvau Citv. Our Continent Pub- 
lishing Co 580 
8. Art and Literature. G. P. Pittuam's 
Sons 580 
9. The Cottage Kitchen. Chas. Scrib- 
ner's Sons ... 581 
10. Anti-Tobacco. Roberts Brothers . . 581 
11. Other Publications Received 582 
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. Recently Patented Improvement.* 
J. C. Higdon 582 
2. Deep Sea F.ishes 583 
EDITORIAL NOTES 583 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS .... 584 
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