Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404

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1. 1.Scientific American Supplement. No. 404
2. 2.BIETRIX'S VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL COMPOUND ENGINE.
3. 3.IMPROVED GAS ENGINE.
4. 4.METERS FOR POWER AND ELECTRICITY. 1 By Mr. C. Vernon Boys .
5. 5.RAISING AND MOVING MASONRY BUILDINGS. — RAISING AND MOVING MASONRY BUILDINGS.
6. 6.FILTER FOR INDUSTRIAL WORKS.
7. 7.THE VAL ST. LAMBERT GLASS WORKS.
8. 8.MEASURING STARCH GRANULES.
9. 9.PROPER SHOEING.
10. 10.[ Milling World ]. IDEAS. By A. Looker-on . I.
11. 11.PHOTOGRAPHS FOR STUDYING THE MOVEMENTS OF MEN AND ANIMALS. By M. Marey . 2
12. 12.DETECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY.
13. 13.[Continued from Supplement No. 384, page 6127.] THE HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 4
14. 14.A NEW SULPHATE OF COPPER PILE.
15. 15.LODGES.
16. 16.THE DECAY OF THE BUILDING STONES. 6 By Dr. A. A. Julien . — I. THE BUILDINGS, THEIR NUMBERS, AND COMMON MATERIALS. — II. THE BUILDING STONES, THEIR VARIETIES, LOCALITIES, AND EDIFICES CONSTRUCTED OF EACH. — III. DURABILITY OF BUILDING STONES, IN NEW CITY AND VICINITY. — IV. METHODS OF TRIAL OF BUILDING STONE. — V. MEANS OF PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF STONE.
17. 17.ELEPHANTS MOVING TIMBER AT MOULMEIN, BURMAH.
18. 18.STRENGTH OF YELLOW PINE.
19. 19.THE EDUCATION OF GERMAN WOMEN.
20. 20.SCIENCE IN ANTIQUITY. HERON'S PNEUMATIC AND COMPRESSING APPARATUS .
21. 21.FILTH DISEASES IN RURAL DISTRICTS. By Alfred L. Carroll, M.D., New Brighton, N. Y.
22. 22.HORSE MEDICINE BIT.
23. 23.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP.
24. 24.PREPARATION OF CHLORHYDRINES.
25. 25.A NEW METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF SUGAR IN THE URINE.
26. 26.CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS MADE BY COMPRESSION. By M. W. Spring . — CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN FROM THESE FACTS.
27. 27.COPPER ALLOYS AMONG THE ANCIENTS. By Prof. E. Reyer, Ph.D. , of Vienna . — CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER ALLOYS. — CASTING THE ALLOYS. — HARD BRONZES OF THE ANCIENTS. — SUMMARY OF ALLOYS USED BY THE ANCIENTS.
28. 28.THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA.
29. 29.THE Scientific American Supplement. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Terms of Subscription, $5 a Year.
30. 30.PATENTS.
31. 31.FOOTNOTES:

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