Vol. VII. 
February, 1884. 
No. 10. 
THE 
KANSAS CITY REVIEW 
OF 
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
EDITED BY 
THEO. S. O^SE. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
PAGE. 
ASTRONOMY. 
1. The Transit of "Venus in New Zea- 
land.* Prof. H. S. Pritchett. ... 588 
2. Astronomical Notes.* Prof. W. W. 
3. Sun and Planets for February, 1884.* 
Wm. Dawson 596 
GEOLOGY. 
1. The Fossil Fields of Southern Ore- 
gon.* Chas. H. Sternberg 596 
2. Flint Chips.* Prof. G. C. Broadhead. 599 
3. A New Mineral to Central Kansas.* 
Warren Kraus 602 
CHEMISTBY. 
1. Kaw Water at Lawrence, Kansas.* 
Prof. E. H. S. Bailey 603 
2. Wonders of Photography 605 
8. Progress in Artificial Lighting . . 610 
AKCH-^OLOGY. 
1. Recent Archseological Discoveries in 
New Mexico.* J.C.Cooper. . . . 614 
2. Mastodon Remains in Missouri.* A. 
M. Slaluaker 615 
PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 
1. Memory.* Dr. R. Wood Bi-own. . 
616 
METEOROLOGY. 
1. The Weather Sphynx.* C. A. Shaw. 621 
2. Kansas Weather Service.* Prof. J. 
T. Lovewell 6:7 
A New Theory of Dew . 628 
3. 
FA6S. 
ENGHSTEERIISTG AND MINING. 
1. Street Pavements.* W. B. Knight, 
C. B 630 
2. The Street Paving Question. . . . .-631 
3. Sewerage Svst em of Memphis ... 63 
4. 'Ihe ArlbergTunnel 635 
5. Mining in Colorado in 1883 636 
6. Recently Patented Improvement.* 
J. C. Higdon 637 
BOOK NOTICES.* 
1. Lectures on Painting. G. P. Put- 
nam's Sons . 639 
2. The Organs of Speech. D. Appletou 
& Co . . . 640 
3. Where Did Life Begin ? Chas Scrib- 
ner's Sons . . . 641 
4. Electricity and Electrical Engineer- 
ing. D Van Nostrand 641 
5. Third Annual Report U. S. Geologi- 
cal Survey 642 
6. Political Recollections. Jauseu,Mc- 
Clurg & Co 643 
7. Knight's New Mechanical Diction- 
ary. Houghton, Mifflin & Co . . . 644 
8. Ballads of Home, Beauty and Brav- 
ery. Lee & Sliepai'd 614 
9. Other Publications Received 545 
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 
1. The Old Man of Hoy.* Rev. S. J. 
Douglass 645 
EDITORIAL NOTES 
ITEMS FROM PERIODICALS 
647 
649 
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