Scientific American Supplement, FEBRUARY 27, 1886

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886

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English

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Science -- Periodicals

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13399

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 530
2. 2.NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 27, 1886 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. Vol. XXI, No. 530. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.HON. HIRAM SIBLEY.
4. 4.THE ETHICS OF ENGINEERING PRACTICE.
5. 5.LIFTING A FORTY INCH WATER MAIN.
6. 6.THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL QUESTION.
7. 7.THE MERSEY TUNNEL.
8. 8.IMPROVED REVOLVER. — [JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY or ARTS.]
9. 9.MOTORS FOR STREET RAILWAYS. — RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS ON MECHANICAL MOTORS FOR TRAMWAYS MADE BY THE JURY ON RAILWAY APPLIANCES AT THE ANTWERP EXHIBITION. — By Captain DOUGLAS GALTON, D.C.L., O.B., F.R.S. — CONCLUSION.
10. 10.ON THE THEORY OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER. — By E. MERCADIER. 1
11. 11.ON THE THEORY OF THE RECEIVER OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE. 2 — By E. MERCADIER.
12. 12.DECOMPOSITION AND FERMENTATION OF MILK.
13. 13.THE NEW "BURGTHEATER" IN VIENNA.
14. 14.THE NEW GERMAN BOOKDEALERS' EXCHANGE IN LEIPZIG.
15. 15.ALIZARINE DYES.
16. 16.CEMENT PAVING.
17. 17.A NEW BLEACHING PROCESS.
18. 18.INSTRUMENTS FOR DRAWING CURVES. — By Prof. C.W. MacCord, Sc.D. — I. THE HYPERBOLA.
19. 19.EXPERIMENTS WITH FIBERS. — By Dr. THOMAS TAYLOR. — DETECTION OF A FRAUD. — METHODS EMPLOYED. — COTTON MIXED WITH LINEN. — EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX. — WOOL TESTED WITH ACID. — TESTS OF DYED BLACK SILK.
20. 20.IMPROVED PYROMETER. — [FROM PHOTOGRAPHISCHE CORRESPONDENZ.]
21. 21.ORTHOCHROMATIC PLATES. — By CH SCOLIK.
22. 22.A NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS.
23. 23.METEORITES. — THE DHURMSALA. METEORITE.
24. 24.TELESCOPIC SEARCH FOR THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN PLANET 3 . — [AMERICAN ANNALS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB.]
25. 25.NOTES ON MANUAL SPELLING.
26. 26.FRUITS AND SEEDS FOR DRESS-TRIMMING.
27. 27.DEW. 15
28. 28.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
29. 29.PATENTS.

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