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Scientific American, July 3, 1880

Scientific American, July 3, 1880

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Author
Various
Title
Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.—No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures
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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.
38482
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38482
Release Date
January 3, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber's Note — SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
  2. 2.NEW YORK, July 3, 1880. — Vol. XLIII.—No. 1. [NEW SERIES.] — $3.20 per Annum [POSTAGE PREPAID.]
  3. 3.Contents: — AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS. — A Rare Specimen Lost. — SIMPLE AND CHEAP PROCESS OF GAS MAKING. — MAXIM'S NEW GAS MACHINE. — Established 1845
  4. 4.MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT — NO. 37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK. — TERMS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. — The Scientific American Supplement — Scientific American Export Edition. — NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1880.
  5. 5.For the Week ending July 3, 1880.
  6. 6.THE SUPERIORITY OF AMERICAN WATCHES.
  7. 7.A REMARKABLE LITTLE STEAMER. — A STRANGE EPIDEMIC. — CANNONADING OF OIL TANKS.
  8. 8.NAVIGATION IN FOGS. — PROFESSOR MAYER'S TOPOPHONE.
  9. 9.EFFECT OF AGE ON THE QUALITY OF IRON.
  10. 10.A COLLISION BETWEEN LARGE PASSENGER STEAMERS.
  11. 11.Honors to an Aged Chemist.
  12. 12.Perseverance under Difficulties.
  13. 13.MAXIM'S NEW GAS MACHINE — Fig 2.: MAXIM'S GAS MACHINE—SECTION OF INJECTOR
  14. 14.PREVENTION OF BOILER EXPLOSIONS. — LAWSON'S IMPROVED STEAM BOILER.
  15. 15.MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS.
  16. 16.Chloroforming during Sleep.
  17. 17.IMPROVED WATERING DIPPER. — HARRISON'S WATERING DIPPER
  18. 18.IMPROVED ELECTRIC LAMP. — GUEST'S IMPROVED ELECTRIC LAMP, Fig 1 and Fig 2 — — FRUIT-PRESERVING APPARATUS.
  19. 19.APPARATUS FOR PRESERVING FRUIT.
  20. 20.New Process for Printing Gold and Silver Colors on Carpetings and other Textiles. — (Translated for the Commercial Bulletin. )
  21. 21.The Edison Ore Separator Not New — SMITH'S SLATE WASHER.
  22. 22.NOVEL SLATE WASHER.
  23. 23.The Utilization of Genesee Falls.
  24. 24.Stevens Institute of Technology.
  25. 25.NEW PORTABLE SHOWER BATH.
  26. 26.Mines and Railroads of Leadville. — AUGUSTUS R. MEYER AND COMPANY'S ORE MILL. — RAILROADS.
  27. 27.MECHANICAL INVENTIONS.
  28. 28.The Baby Elephant takes a Bath.
  29. 29.PHYLLIRHOE BUCEPHALA. — PHYLLIRHOE BUCEPHALA—AS SEEN IN THE LIGHT. — PHYLLIRHOE BUCEPHALA—SHOWING IN THE DARK THE LUMINOUS SPOTS.
  30. 30.Care of Trees and Shrubs.
  31. 31.THE FORCE OF TREE GROWTH.
  32. 32.Perseverance with the Drowned.
  33. 33.Simple Test for Chloral Hydrate.
  34. 34.NATURAL HISTORY NOTES.
  35. 35.S. P. Ruggles.
  36. 36.SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—1879-1880. — Extracts from the Report of the Judges in Horology. — DEPARTMENT III.—EDUCATION AND SCIENCE. — CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT. — AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, OF WALTHAM, MASS., U. S. A., — VICTOR KULLBERG — RESUME OF THE JURY'S EXAMINATION — FACSIMILE DIAGRAM SHOWING THE CHANGE IN RATE OF WATCHES TESTED AT THE OBSERVATORY, SYDNEY, FEBRUARY 17 TO 26, 1880.
  37. 37.SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. — NICOLE & NIELSEN. — THOS. RUSSELL & SONS — S. BACKSCHMID — N. CASTLEBERG & CO. — A. LANGE & SONS — LOUIS AUDEMARS — G. TRIBANDEAU — A. H. RODANET — INTERNATIONAL WATCH COMPANY
  38. 38.Corn Magnets. — Experiments on the Resistance of Materials. — ENGINEERING INVENTIONS. — Improved Steam Canal Boat.
  39. 39.Astronomical Notes. — POSITIONS OF PLANETS FOR JULY, 1880. — Mercury. — Venus. — Mars. — Jupiter. — Saturn. — Uranus. — Neptune.
  40. 40.Fires in New York. — ASPIRATOR AND COMPRESSOR. — New Photoglyptic Process. * — NEW INVENTIONS. — [OFFICIAL.]
  41. 41.INDEX OF INVENTIONS — FOR WHICH — Letters Patent of the United States were Granted in the Week Ending; — June 1, 1880, — AND EACH BEARING THAT DATE. — DESIGNS. — TRADE MARKS.
  42. 42.English Patents Issued to Americans. — From May 25 to June 1, 1880, inclusive.
  43. 43.The Complete Practical Machinist — HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO.,
  44. 44.FOR SALE,
  45. 45.Pittsburgh Exposition Society. — THE FOURTH
  46. 46.EXPOSITION AND FAIR — Office, GERMANIA BANK BUILDING, 89 Wood St. — MANUFACTURED by our NEW PATENT PROCESS. — The Best in the World. — POSITIVE BLAST.
  47. 47.IRON REVOLVERS, PERFECTLY BALANCED — IS SIMPLER, AND HAS — FEWER PARTS THAN ANY OTHER BLOWER. — P. H. & F. M. ROOTS, Manuf'rs, CONNERSVILLE, IND.
  48. 48.STEAM PUMPS.
  49. 49.WATERWORKS PUMPING ENGINES — DELAMATER IRON WORKS
  50. 50.Driven or Tube Wells
  51. 51.DAVID W. POND, Worcester, Mass.
  52. 52.JOSEPH C. TODD, — PATERSON, N. J.,
  53. 53.Engineer and Machinist. — THE NEW
  54. 54.Baxter Patent Portable Steam Engine. — J. C. TODD, — Miners and Manufacturers of Asbestos, — BOSTON, MASS.,
  55. 55.Lathes, Planers, Drills, &c, — LIQUID PAINTS, ROOFING, BOILER COVERINGS,
  56. 56.17-STOP ORGANS — Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pa. — Low Pressure Binary Absorption System.
  57. 57.HARRIS-CORLISS ENGINE — ASBESTOS MATERIALS, — 40,000 IN ACTUAL USE. — NATHAN & DREYFUS, — HYDRANT PRESSURE — STROUDSBURG, PA. — EMERY WHEELS AND GRINDERS. — Mason's Friction Clutches and Elevators. — Transcriber's Note: — Error

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