Vol. Ii:. 



May, 1879. 



No. 1, 



THE 



Kansas City Review 



OF 



SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 



EDITED BY 



THEO. S. CASE. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



1. French Expedition to Central Africa,* by 



Capt. H W. Howgate, U. S. A. 



2. Coal Deposits near Lake Nyanza. 



3. Selection of an International Meridian. 



4. An African Harbor of Refuge 



5. Government Surveys. 



6. Copy of Act accepting James Gordon Ben- 



nett's Vessel. 

 ANTHROPOLOGY. 



1. The Bible Narrative and Heathen Traditions. 



2. Indian Figures in Western Kansas * Prof. 



S. W. Wiltiston. 

 ASTRONOMY. 



1. One Eleven Year Period of Sun-Spot Obser- 



vations.-'- Wm. Dawson. 



2. Some Recently Determined Meteor Showers. 

 GEOLOGY. 



1. On the Origin and Formation of Coal.* Prof. 



E. L. Berthoud. 

 2 Geology of La Grange County, Indiana;* 



E. -5 Edmunds. 

 CORRESPONDENCE. 



1. Recent Facts from Colorado.* John K. Hal- 



lowe 1. 



2. Spring in the Rocky Mountains.* E. L. 



Berthoud 

 S. Science Letter from Paris, France.* 



[METEOROLOGY. 



1. Remarkable Storm at New Orleans.* Theo. 

 V. Van Heusen, U.S. A. 



ritten for the Review. 



2. 



3. 



Meteorology of Oakland, CaL.for 1878.* J. 



B. Trembly, M. D. 

 Meteorological Summary for March, 1879 * 



S W Rhode, U. S. A. 

 MINING AND OTHER INDUSTRIES. 



1. Description of various Mines in Colorado * 



John K. Hallowell. 



2. San Juan Mining Items. 



3. Commercial Application of Refrigeration. 



4. Instrument to Determine the Presence of 



Metals in Ores 



5. How to get to San Juan. 

 SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. 



1. Tests of Silks. 



2. New Protecting Coating for Iron. 

 3 Making Lumber from Straw. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



1. Practical Instruction in Animal Magnetism. 

 J. P. F. Deleuze. 2. Natural Resources 

 of the United States. J. Harris Patton. 

 3. Honest Money and Labor, by Carl 

 Schurz. 4. Transactions of the Kansas 

 Academy of Sciences, Prof. E. A.Popenoe. 

 5. Two Months in Europe, O. R Bur- 

 chard. 6. Observations of Solar Eclipse 

 at Ft. Worth, Tex., Etc. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



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