Scientific American Supplement, June 9, 1883

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883

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15417

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1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 388
2. 2.NEW YORK, June 9, 1883 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XV., No. 388. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.FARCOT'S IMPROVED WOOLF COMPOUND ENGINE.
4. 4.IRON AND STEEL. — THE WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON. — WONDERFUL USES AND DEMAND FOR IRON AND STEEL. — PROGRESS OF BESSEMER STEEL. — LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN IRON MAKING. — STEEL RAILS 150 FEET LONG. — BASIC STEEL. — HONORS AND REWARDS TO INVENTORS. — THE PATENT LAWS. — GROWTH OF THE SIEMENS-MARTIN PROCESS. — PRESENT PRODUCTION OF WROUGHT IRON. — PROGRESS OF PUDDLING. — GROSS OF IRON AND STEEL SHIP BUILDING. — A GIGANTIC STEAMER. — REMARKABLE MACHINERY AND TOOLS. — THE FUTURE OF IRON AND STEEL. — RAILWAY DEMAND FOR IRON AND STEEL. — RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND WORKMEN.
5. 5.THE "SWALLOW," A NEW VEHICLE.
6. 6.BORING AN OIL WELL. — HOW THE HOLE WAS MADE AND THE OIL BROUGHT UP.
7. 7.A CEMENT RESERVOIR.
8. 8.MACHINE FOR GRINDING LITHOGRAPHIC INKS AND COLORS.
9. 9.A NEW EVAPORATING APPARATUS.
10. 10."FLYING."
11. 11.THE PORTRUSH ELECTRIC RAILWAY, IRELAND. 1 — By DR. EDWARD HOPKINSON.
12. 12.THE THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM. — THE AUTOMATIC CURRENT REGULATOR. — THE THOMSON ARC LAMP.
13. 13.A MODIFICATION OF THE VIBRATING BELL.
14. 14.PHOTO PLATES—WET AND DRY. — INTENSIFIER FOR WET PLATES. By MAJOR WATERHOUSE.
15. 15.GELATINO BROMIDE EMULSION WITH BROMIDE OF ZINC.
16. 16.DESIGN FOR A VILLA.
17. 17.WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE.
18. 18.ACETATE OF LIME.
19. 19.THE REMOVAL OF AMMONIA FROM CRUDE GAS.
20. 20.RECONVERSION OF NITRO-GLYCERIN INTO GLYCERIN. — By C.L. BLOXAM.
21. 21.CARBONIC ACID AND BISULPHIDE OF CARBON. 1 — By JOHN TYNDALL, F.R.S.
22. 22.THE HAIR, ITS USE AND ITS CARE. 1 — By JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, A.M., M.D., Physician to the Philadelphia Hospital for Skin Diseases.
23. 23.THE INFLUENCE OF EFFECTIVE BREATHING IN DELAYING THE PHYSICAL CHANGES INCIDENT TO THE DECLINE OF LIFE, AND IN THE PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA, CONSUMPTION, AND DISEASES OF WOMEN. — By DAVID WARK, M.D., 9 East 12th Street, New York. — PNEUMONIA. — THE TRUE FIRST STAGE OF CONSUMPTION. — THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUBERCULAR MATTER IN THE BLOOD. — THE VALUE OF COD-LIVER OIL IN THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION. — THE INFLUENCE OF NORMAL BREATHING ON THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS. — SHOWING HOW THE BREATHING POWERS MAY BE DEVELOPED. — THE EFFECTS OF ADEQUATE RESPIRATION IN SPECIAL CASES.
24. 24.VITAL DISCOVERIES IN OBSTRUCTED AIR AND VENTILATION. 1
25. 25.THE RECENT ERUPTION OF ETNA.
26. 26.PHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.
27. 27.THE TRAVELS OF THE SUN.
28. 28.PROPAGATION OF MAPLE TREES.
29. 29.DIOSCOREA RETUSA.
30. 30.RAVAGES OF A RARE SCOLYTID BEETLE IN THE SUGAR MAPLES OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK.
31. 31.THE RED SPIDER. — ( Tetranyehus telarius. )
32. 32.THE HELODERMA HORRIDUM.
33. 33.THE KANGAROO.
34. 34.JAPANESE PEPPERMINT. — GLADIOLUS. — The
35. 35.Scientific American Supplement. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
36. 36.PATENTS.

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