Scientific American Supplement, July 9, 1881

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

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8391

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 288
2. 2.NEW YORK, JULY 9, 1881 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XI, No. 288. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.ALCOHOL IN NATURE--ITS PRESENCE IN THE EARTH, WATER, AND ATMOSPHERE.
4. 4.DETECTION OF ALCOHOL IN TRANSPARENT SOAPS. — By H. JAY.
5. 5.ON THE CALORIFIC POWER OF FUEL, AND ON THOMPSON'S CALORIMETER. — By J.W. THOMAS, F.C.S., F.I.C.
6. 6.EXPLOSION AS AN UNKNOWN FIRE HAZARD.
7. 7.CARBON.--SYMBOL C.--COMBINING WEIGHT 12. — By T.A. POOLEY, B.Sc., F.C.S.
8. 8.SEYFFERTH'S PYROMETER. — APPLICATION OF THE PYROMETER IN BONE BLACK FURNACES. — APPLICATION OF THE APPARATUS TO BRICK FURNACES AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICAL PRODUCTS.
9. 9.MANUFACTURERS' SOAPS AND THEIR PRODUCTION. — By W. J. MENZIES.
10. 10.THE PREPARATION OF PERFUME POMADES.
11. 11.ORGANIC MATTER IN SEA-WATER.
12. 12.BACTERIA LIFE.
13. 13.ON THE COMPOSITION OF ELEPHANTS' MILK. — By CHAS. A. DOREMUS, M.D., Ph.D.
14. 14.THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RICE, MAIZE, AND BARLEY. — By J. STEINER, F.C.S.
15. 15.PETROLEUM OILS.
16. 16.COMPOSITION OF THE PETROLEUM OF THE CAUCASUS. — By MM. P SCHUTZENBERGER and N. TONINE.
17. 17.NOTES ON CANANGA OIL OR ILANG-ILANG OIL. — By F. A. FLÜCKIGER.
18. 18.CHIAN TURPENTINE.
19. 19.ON THE CHANGE OF VOLUME WHICH ACCOMPANIES THE GALVANIC DEPOSITION OF A METAL. — By M. E. BOUTY.
20. 20.ANALYSES OF RICE SOILS FROM BURMAH. — By R. ROMANIS, D.Sc., Chemical Examiner, British Burmah.
21. 21.DRY AIR REFRIGERATING MACHINE.
22. 22.THOMAS'S IMPROVED STEAM WHEEL.
23. 23.THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. — ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT, JAMES BICHENO FRANCIS, AT THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE SOCIETY AT MONTREAL, JUNE 15, 1881. — WATER POWER. — ANCHOR ICE.
24. 24.A PAIR OF COTTAGES.
25. 25.DELICATE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. — By EDGAR L. LARKIN, New Windsor Observatory, New Windsor, Illinois.
26. 26.THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. — RATE OF PRODUCTION OF HEAT, CALCULATED IN THE SHAPE OF HORSE-POWER.
27. 27.RESEARCHES ON THE RADIANT MATTER OF CROOKES AND THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY. — By DR. W. F. GINTL, abstracted by DR. VON GERICHTEN.
28. 28.ECONOMY OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
29. 29.ON THE SPACE PROTECTED BY A LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR. — By WILLIAM HENRY PREECE.
30. 30.PHOTO-ELECTRICITY OF FLUOR-SPAR CRYSTALS.
31. 31.THE AURORA BOREALIS AND TELEGRAPH CABLES.
32. 32.THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE: WHAT IT IS.
33. 33.GELATINE TRANSPARENCIES FOR THE LANTERN.
34. 34.AN INTEGRATING MACHINE.
35. 35.UPON A MODIFICATION OF WHEATSTONE'S MICROPHONE AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO RADIOPHONIC RESEARCHES. — By ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.
36. 36.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
37. 37.PATENTS.

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