Scientific American Supplement, December 12, 1891

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891

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English

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Science -- Periodicals

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15052

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February 14, 2005

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 832
2. 2.NEW YORK, December 12, 1891 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXXII, No. 832. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.THE GREAT BELL OF THE BASILICA OF THE SACRED HEART OF MONTMARTRE.
4. 4.NEW SUGAR ITEMS. — FRANCE. — GERMANY. — AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. — BELGIUM. — RUSSIA. — OTHER COUNTRIES.
5. 5.AMERICAN WORKSHOPS.
6. 6.MODERN METHODS OF QUARRYING.
7. 7.THE TROTTER CURVE RANGER.
8. 8.THE RAIL SPIKE AND THE LOCOMOTIVE. 1 — ROBERT L. STEVENS INVENTS THE AMERICAN RAIL AND SPIKE. — DIFFICULTY OF ROLLING THE AMERICAN RAIL. — FIRST JOINT FIXTURES. — THE FIRST RAILROAD SPIKES. — MR. STEVENS EXAMINES ENGLISH LOCOMOTIVES. — THE "JOHN BULL" ORDERED. — THE "JOHN BULL" ARRIVES AT BORDENTOWN. — DIMENSIONS OF ENGINE AND PARTS. — FIRST TRIAL OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. — A TENDER IMPROVISED. — STEAM OR HORSE POWER? — TRIAL OF THE ENGINE BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE. — FIRST CARS. — EARLY DIFFICULTIES. — THE FIRST PILOT. — IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE BUILDING. — BALDWIN'S FIRST LOCOMOTIVES. — THE LINE FROM BORDENTOWN TO SOUTH AMBOY. — THE FIRST AMERICAN STANDARD TRACK. — THE LINE OPENED BETWEEN BORDENTOWN AND SOUTH AMBOY.
9. 9.THE BRITISH CRUISER ÆOLUS.
10. 10.TRIALS OF H.M. CRUISER BLAKE.
11. 11.HINTS TO SHIPMASTERS.
12. 12.ALFRED TENNYSON.
13. 13.FIFTIETH YEAR OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
14. 14.DEVELOPMENT WITH SUCRATE OF LIME.
15. 15.DUCK HUNTING IN SCOTLAND.
16. 16.A PLEA FOR THE COMMON TELESCOPE. 1 — By G.E. LUMSDEN.
17. 17.ARCHÆOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AT CADIZ.
18. 18.PREHISTORIC HORSE IN AMERICA.
19. 19.FURTHER RESEARCHES UPON THE ELEMENT FLUORINE. — By A.E. TUTTON. — IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR PREPARING FLUORINE. — CHEMICAL REACTIONS OCCURRING DURING THE ELECTROLYSIS. — PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLUORINE. — METHODS OF EXPERIMENTING WITH FLUORINE. — ACTION OF FLUORINE UPON THE NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS. — ACTION OF FLUORINE UPON METALS. — ACTION OF FLUORINE UPON NON-METALLIC COMPOUNDS. — ACTION OF FLUORINE UPON METALLIC COMPOUNDS. — ACTION OF FLUORINE UPON A FEW ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
20. 20.APPARATUS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF FAT IN MILK. — By E. MOLISABI.
21. 21.AMERICAN ASSOCIATION—NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDEXING CHEMICAL LITERATURE. 1
22. 22.THE FRENCH WINE LAW.
23. 23.THE ALLOTROPIC CONDITIONS OF SILVER. — THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
24. 24.Architects and Builders Edition. — $2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cts. — THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
25. 25.Cyclopedia of Receipts, — NOTES AND QUERIES. — 65O PAGES. PRICE $5.
26. 26.THE Scientific American Supplement. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
27. 27.A New Catalogue of Valuable Papers
28. 28.Useful Engineering Books
29. 29.ATENTS!

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