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Author
Various
Title
Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.—No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures
Credits
Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Lesley Halamek, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
T: Technology
Subject
Technology -- Periodicals
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eBook-No.
38481
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38481
Release Date
January 3, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber's Note — SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
  2. 2.NEW YORK, July 14, 1877. — Vol. XXXVII.—No. 2. [NEW SERIES.] — $3.20 per Annum [POSTAGE PREPAID.]
  3. 3.Contents:
  4. 4.BOWER'S PATENT AIR COMPRESSOR.
  5. 5.Death of Professor Santini.
  6. 6.John Yule.
  7. 7.Business Prospects.
  8. 8.To Disinfect Rooms. — ESTABLISHED 1845.
  9. 9.MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT — NO. 37 PARK ROW (PARK BUILDING), NEW YORK. — TERMS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. — The Scientific American Supplement — Publishers' Notice to Mail Subscribers.
  10. 10.VOL. XXXVII., No. 2. [NEW SERIES.] Thirty-second Year. — NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1877.
  11. 11.No. 80, — For the Week ending July 14, 1877.
  12. 12.CARRYING PEACE INTO AFRICA.
  13. 13.ADDRESS OF CLARENCE KING ON CATASTROPHISM.
  14. 14.DUPLEX EDUCATION.
  15. 15.THE CARRIGEEN CROP.
  16. 16.CATASTROPHISM IN GEOLOGY.
  17. 17.A NEW APPARATUS FOR STORING AND UTILIZING SOLAR HEAT.
  18. 18.Phosphorescent Sweating.
  19. 19.UTILIZATION OF TIN SCRAP. — New Alloy.
  20. 20.Sebastin—An Improved Explosive.
  21. 21.A NEW METHOD OF BOOKBINDING.
  22. 22.IMPROVED CURTAIN FIXTURE.
  23. 23.BOOT AND SHOE MACHINERY.
  24. 24.On Dyspepsia.
  25. 25.The Destructive Effects of Lightning.
  26. 26.The Sea Serpent Sighted from a Royal Yacht.
  27. 27.Sunstroke.
  28. 28.Dead Horses Standing Erect.
  29. 29.SETTING LOCOMOTIVE SLIDE VALVES. — BY JOSHUA ROSE.
  30. 30.New Steamer.
  31. 31.A Tin-Can Telephone.
  32. 32.COLLENDER'S IMPROVED BILLIARD TABLE.
  33. 33.Coating Engraved Copper Plates with Steel.
  34. 34.Test for Sulphur in Organic Compounds.
  35. 35.IMPROVED BILLIARD BALL HOLDER.
  36. 36.THE MONITOR CHALK CUP.
  37. 37.CURIOUS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.
  38. 38.Popular Fallacies.
  39. 39.The Extension of the Plague.
  40. 40.Education in Germany.
  41. 41.Bleaching Silk and Wool.
  42. 42.An Alloy of Tin and Phosphorus.
  43. 43.American Institute Exhibition.
  44. 44.American Inventions for New South Wales.
  45. 45.Man's Place in Nature.
  46. 46.Special Notice.
  47. 47.DECISIONS OF THE COURTS. — United States Circuit Court.—District of New Jersey.
  48. 48.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS. — Inventions Patented in England by Americans.
  49. 49.Notice to Patentees.
  50. 50.NEW AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS. — IMPROVED HAY ELEVATOR. — IMPROVED CORN HARVESTER. — IMPROVED SULKY HARROW. — IMPROVED HARROW. — IMPROVED COMBINED COTTON SCRAPER AND CULTIVATOR. — IMPROVED CULTIVATOR. — IMPROVED CHICKEN COOP.
  51. 51.NEW TEXTILE INVENTIONS. — IMPROVED FULLING MILL. — IMPROVED SHUTTLE-DRIVING MECHANISM FOR NARROW-WARE LOOMS. — IMPROVED LOOM TEMPLE.
  52. 52.NEW WOODWORKING AND HOUSE AND CARRIAGE BUILDING INVENTIONS. — IMPROVED THILL COUPLING. — IMPROVED VEHICLE SPRING. — IMPROVED TIRE HEATER. — IMPROVED CHIMNEY COWL. — IMPROVED WAGON AXLE. — IMPROVED WAGON BRAKE LEVER.
  53. 53.NEW HOUSEHOLD INVENTIONS. — IMPROVED BAKER. — IMPROVED FIRE KINDLER. — IMPROVED MATCH SAFE. — IMPROVED NURSERY CHAIR. — IMPROVED FRUIT JAR. — IMPROVED VENTILATOR. — IMPROVED BAKING PAN. — IMPROVED STOVEPIPE SHELF.
  54. 54.NEW MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING INVENTIONS. — IMPROVED WATER WHEEL. — IMPROVED VALVE MOTION FOR STEAM ENGINES. — IMPROVED REVERSIBLE ECCENTRIC. — IMPROVED EXPANDING REAMER.
  55. 55.NEW MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS. — IMPROVED TORTOISE-SHELL HANDLE. — IMPROVED HAND STAMP. — IMPROVED BUCKLE. — IMPROVED LIQUID DIFFUSER. — IMPROVED OIL CAN. — IMPROVED HARNESS TUGS. — IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR CASTING ORNAMENTAL FIGURES. — IMPROVED PEN RACK. — IMPROVED STOPPER FOR MUCILAGE BOTTLE. — COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. — HINTS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
  56. 56.INDEX OF INVENTIONS — June 5, 1877,
  57. 57.DESIGNS PATENTED.
  58. 58.Grain & Middlings Mill. — Dayton Cam Pump — WOOD & LIGHT — Machine Co. — 1874
  59. 59.WATER WHEEL
  60. 60.WE ENAMEL — ELECTROTYPES AND STEREOTYPES — REFERENCES. — COPY. — TIME. — CHANGE OF SIZE. — PROOFS. — PRICES. — TERMS. — Manufactory, 19 W. 4th St., Cincinnati. — SECOND-HAND MACHINERY. — AT
  61. 61.JOSEPH C. TODD, — NON-COMBUSTIBLE STEAM BOILER AND PIPE
  62. 62.WITH "AIR SPACE" IMPROVEMENT.
  63. 63.Lathes, Planers, Drills, &c. — MUNN & CO., — COFFEE & SUGAR MACHINERY
  64. 64.LEAD STENCH TRAPS.
  65. 65.STROUDSBURG, PA. — EMERY WHEELS AND GRINDERS. — Transcriber's Note: — Errata

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