Scientific American Supplement, July 11, 1891

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891

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English

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Science -- Periodicals

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15050

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February 14, 2005

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 810
2. 2.NEW YORK, July 11, 1891 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXXII, No. 810. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.MINE TIMBERING.
4. 4.TRANSIT IN LONDON, RAPID AND OTHERWISE. 1 — By JAMES A. TILDEN.
5. 5.RIVETED JOINTS IN BOILER SHELLS. 1 — By WILLIAM BARNET LE VAN.
6. 6.THE NEW BRITISH BATTLE SHIP EMPRESS OF INDIA.
7. 7.THE "IRON GATES" OF THE DANUBE.
8. 8.THE NEW GERMAN SHIP CANAL.
9. 9.THE KIOTO-FU CANAL, IN JAPAN.
10. 10.FAST AND FUGITIVE DYES. 1 — By Prof. J.J. HUMMEL2 — THE ACTION OF LIGHT ON DYED COLORS.
11. 11.COMPOSITION OF WHEAT GRAIN AND ITS PRODUCTS IN THE MILL. — FLOUR. — WHEAT MIDDLINGS. — SHIPSTUFF. — BRAN. — AMERICAN WHEATS.
12. 12.PRECIOUS AND ORNAMENTAL STONES AND DIAMOND CUTTING. 1 — By GEORGE FREDERICK KUNZ. — DISCOVERIES OF PRECIOUS STONES. — THE DIAMOND CUTTING INDUSTRY.
13. 13.SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE IN VACUUM TUBES. 1 — By Prof. J.J. THOMSON, M.A., F.R.S. — THE ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURE OF PHOSPHORUS.
14. 14.LAYING A MILITARY FIELD TELEGRAPH LINE.
15. 15.AN ELECTROSTATIC SAFETY DEVICE.
16. 16.EXPERIMENTS WITH HIGH TENSION ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
17. 17.THE RELATION OF BACTERIA TO PRACTICAL SURGERY. 1 — By JOHN B. ROBERTS, A.M., M.D., Professor of Surgery in the Woman's Medical College and in the Philadelphia Polyclinic.
18. 18.INFLUENCE OF REPOSE ON THE RETINA.
19. 19.SUN DIALS.
20. 20.THE UNDYING GERM PLASM AND THE IMMORTAL SOUL. — By Dr. R. VON LENDENFELD.
21. 21.COCOS PYNAERTI.
22. 22.THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 1 — By JACQUES W. REDWAY. — INTRODUCTION. — GENERAL GEOGRAPHY. — HISTORICAL. — PHYSICAL.
23. 23.FREEZING MIXTURES.
24. 24.THE APPLICATION OF ELECTROLYSIS TO QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS. — By CHARLES A. KOHN, B.Sc., Ph.D., Assistant Lecturer in Chemistry, University College, Liverpool. — DISCUSSION.
25. 25.A New Catalogue of Valuable Papers — The Scientific American
26. 26.Architects and Builders Edition. — Building Plans and Specifications. — THE
27. 27.Scientific American Supplement. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY. — Terms of Subscription, $5 a year. — Useful Engineering Books
28. 28.PATENTS!

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