Scientific American Supplement, August 5, 1882

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Title

Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882

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English

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Science -- Periodicals

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8717

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 344
2. 2.NEW YORK, August 5, 1882 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIV, No. 344. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.METAMORPHOSIS OF THE DEER'S ANTLERS.
4. 4.MONKEYS. — By ALFRED R. WALLACE. — THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MONKEYS AND THE COUNTRIES THEY INHABIT. — AMERICAN MONKEYS. — LEMURS. — DISTRIBUTION, AFFINITIES, AND ZOOLOGICAL RANK OF MONKEYS.
5. 5.SILK-PRODUCING BOMBYCES AND OTHER LEPIDOPTERA REARED IN 1881. — By ALFRED WAILLY, Membre Lauréat de la Société d'Acclimatation de France.
6. 6.MOSQUITO OIL.
7. 7.THE CATHEDRAL OF BURGOS.
8. 8.THE PANAMA CANAL. — By MANUEL EISSLER, M.E., of San Francisco, Cal. — I. — HISTORICAL NOTES.
9. 9.IMPROVED AVERAGING MACHINE.
10. 10.COMPOUND BEAM ENGINE.
11. 11.POWER HAMMERS WITH MOVABLE FULCRUM. — By DANIEL LONGWORTH, of London.
12. 12.THE BICHEROUX SYSTEM OF FURNACES APPLIED TO THE PUDDLING OF IRON.
13. 13.GESSNER'S CONTINUOUS CLOTH-PRESSING MACHINE.
14. 14.IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOLEN CARDING ENGINES.
15. 15.NOVELTIES IN RING SPINDLES.
16. 16.PHOTO-ENGRAVING ON ZINC OR COPPER. — By LEON VIDAL.
17. 17.MERIDIAN LINE. — ANGLE OF ELONGATION.
18. 18.ELECTRO-MANIA. — By W. MATTIEU WILLIAMS.
19. 19.ACTION OF MAGNETS UPON THE VOLTAIC ARC.
20. 20.VOLCKMAR'S SECONDARY BATTERIES.
21. 21.THE MINERALOGICAL LOCALITIES IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY, AND THE MINERALS OCCURRING THEREIN. — By NELSON H. DARTON.
22. 22.ANTISEPTICS.
23. 23.CRYSTALLIZATION AND ITS EFFECTS UPON IRON. — By N.B. WOOD, Member of the Civil Engineers' Club, of Cleveland.
24. 24.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
25. 25.PATENTS.

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