Scientific American Supplement, July 11, 1885

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Title

Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885

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English

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Science -- Periodicals

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9666

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January 1, 2006

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 497
2. 2.NEW YORK, JULY 11, 1885 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XX, No. 497. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.FOUNDATIONS IN QUICKSAND.
4. 4.LIFT BRIDGE OVER THE OURCQ CANAL.
5. 5.ST. PETERSBURG A SEAPORT.
6. 6.THE NEW FRENCH DISPATCH BOAT MILAN.
7. 7.THE LAUNCHING AND DOCKING OF SHIPS SIDEWISE.
8. 8.IMPROVED HIGH-SPEED ENGINE.
9. 9.THE NATIONAL TRANSIT CO'S PIPE LINES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM TO THE SEABOARD.
10. 10.THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE. — By GEORGE WARDMAN.
11. 11.CLOSING LEAKAGES FOR PACKING. — By L. C. LEVOIR.
12. 12.LUMINOUS PAINT.
13. 13.BOXWOOD AND ITS SUBSTITUTES. — By JOHN R. JACKSON. A.L.S., Curator of the Museums, Royal Gardens, Ken. — BOXWOOD SUBSTITUTES. — Natural Order Pittosporeæ . — Natural Order Meliaceæ . — Natural Order Ilicineæ — Natural Order Celastrineæ — Natural Order Sapindaceæ . — Natural Order Leguminoseæ. Sub-order Papilionaceæ . — Natural Order Rosaceæ . — Natural Order Myrtaceæ . — Natural Order Cornaceæ . — Natural Order Ericaceæ . — Natural Order Epacrideæ . — Natural Order Ebenaceæ . — Natural Order Apocyneæ . — Natural Order Bignoniaceæ . — Natural Order Corylaceæ .
14. 14.COMPOSITE PORTRAITS
15. 15.HAND-CRAFT AND REDE-CRAFT.--A PLEA FOR THE FIRST NAMED. — By DANIEL C. GILMAN, President of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
16. 16.MAKING SEA WATER POTABLE. — By THOMAS KAY, President of the Stockport Natural History Society.
17. 17.THE ACIDS OF WOOL OIL.
18. 18.A NEW ABSORBENT FOR OXYGEN.
19. 19.GAIFFE'S NEW MEDICAL GALVANOMETER.
20. 20.THE SUSPENSION OF LIFE.
21. 21.CONVALLARIA — By OTTO A. WALL, M.D., Ph.G.
22. 22.FLIGHT OF THE BUZZARD.
23. 23.AN ASSYRIAN BASS-RELIEF 2,700 YEARS OLD.
24. 24.DEPOSITING NICKEL UPON ZINC. — By H.B. SLATER.
25. 25.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
26. 26.PATENTS.

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