Scientific American Supplement, March 21, 1891

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Title

Scientific American Supplement, No. 794, March 21, 1891

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English

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Science -- Periodicals

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15708

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April 25, 2005

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 794
2. 2.NEW YORK, March 21, 1891 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXXI., No. 794. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.IMPROVED OVERHEAD STEAM TRAVELING CRANE.
4. 4.BEST DIAMETER CAR WHEELS. 1
5. 5.A NEW INTEGRATOR. 1 — By Professor KARL PEARSON, M.A.
6. 6.SOME HINTS ON SPIKING TRACK.
7. 7.THE EXPERIMENTS AT THE ANNAPOLIS PROVING GROUNDS.
8. 8.HIGH EXPLOSIVES IN WARFARE. 1 — By Commander F.M. BARBER, U.S.N.
9. 9.THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF PLASTER OF PARIS.
10. 10.SPACING THE FRETS ON A BANJO NECK. — By Prof. C.W. MacCord.
11. 11.GLOVE MAKING.
12. 12.FABRIC FOR UPHOLSTERY PURPOSES.
13. 13.REVERSIBLE INGRAIN OR PRO-BRUSSELS CARPET.
14. 14.ARÆO-PICNOMETER. — [Continued from SUPPLEMENT, No. 793, page 12669.]
15. 15.GASEOUS ILLUMINANTS. 1 — By Prof. VIVIAN B LEWES. — IV.
16. 16.ELECTRICAL LABORATORY FOR BEGINNERS. — By GEO. M. HOPKINS. — THE SOLUTION. — CONVENTIONAL SIGN FOR THE BATTERY AND GALVANOMETER. — DECOMPOSITION OF WATER. — SOLENOID. — MAGNETIZATION OF STEEL. — ELECTROMAGNET. — ELECTRIC MOTOR. — COMPASS AND MAGNETIC EXPERIMENTS. — GALVANOMETER. — EXPERIMENTS SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF RESISTANCE. — RESISTANCE OF A FLUID CHANGED BY THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER FLUID. — MAGNETIC ELECTRIC INDUCTION. — INDUCTION COIL. — EXTRA CURRENT. — TELEGRAPH SOUNDERS AND KEYS. — MAGNETIC FIGURES. — EXPERIMENT SHOWING THE CURRENT. — MICROPHONE AND TELEPHONE. — ELECTRO METALLURGY. — THE HEATING EFFECT OF THE CURRENT. — DUPLICATION OF BATTERIES.
17. 17.THE ACTION OF THE SILENT DISCHARGE ON CHLORINE.
18. 18.ESTIMATING CARBON IN ORGANIC SUBSTANCES. — By J. MESSINGER.
19. 19.NEW RACE OF DWARF DAHLIAS.
20. 20.SOME WINNEBAGO ARTS.
21. 21.THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONSUMPTION. — By Dr. J.S. CHRISTISON, Chicago. — THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — Architects and Builders Edition. — Building Plans and Specifications. — THE Scientific American Supplement. — A New Catalogue of Valuable Papers — Useful Engineering Books
22. 22.PATENTS.

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