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Scientific American Supplement, MARCH 26, 1887

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Author
Various
Title
Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
Credits
Produced by Don Kretz, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the DP Team
Language
English
LoC Class
T: Technology
Subject
Science -- Periodicals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
11736
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11736
Release Date
March 1, 2004
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 586
  2. 2.NEW YORK, MARCH 26, 1887 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXIII, No. 586. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
  3. 3.THE RETIRO VIADUCT.
  4. 4.SEA-GOING TORPEDO BOATS.
  5. 5.FIRING TRIAL OF THE 110½ TON B.L. ELSWICK GUN.
  6. 6.GAS ENGINE FOR USE ON RAILROADS.
  7. 7.WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LOCATION OVER THE BLUE RIDGE.
  8. 8.NEW GASHOLDER AT ERDBERG. — THE NEW GASHOLDER — GASHOLDER HOUSE. — GASHOLDER TANK. — ROOF OF HOUSE. — RAISING THE ROOF. — HOISTING. — THE GASHOLDER.
  9. 9.GEORGE W. WHISTLER, C.E. 1 — By Prof. G.L. VOSE.
  10. 10.PRINTING LANTERN PICTURES BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON BROMIDE PLATES FROM VARIOUS SIZES. 1 — By A. PUMPHREY.
  11. 11.EXPERIMENTS IN TONING GELATINO-CHLORIDE PAPER.
  12. 12.THE "SENSIM" PREPARING BOX.
  13. 13.NOTES ON GARMENT DYEING.
  14. 14.FUEL AND SMOKE. 1 — By Prof. OLIVER LODGE. — LECTURE II.
  15. 15.THE ANTI-FRICTION CONVEYER.
  16. 16.STUDIES IN PYROTECHNY. 1 — II. METHODS OF ILLUMINATION.
  17. 17.IMPROVEMENT IN LAYING OUT FRAMES OF VESSELS—THE FRAME TRACER. — By GUSTAVE SONNENBURG.
  18. 18.TAR FOR FIRING RETORTS. — THE TAR FIRE — THE AMOUNT OF DRAUGHT — COMPOSITION OF FURNACE GASES.
  19. 19.A NEW MERCURY PUMP.
  20. 20.THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER.
  21. 21.ON ELECTRO-DISSOLUTION, AND ITS USE AS REGARDS ANALYSIS. — By H.N. WARREN, Research Analyst.
  22. 22.A NEWLY DISCOVERED SUBSTANCE IN URINE.
  23. 23.FURNACE FOR DECOMPOSING CHLORIDE OF MAGNESIUM.
  24. 24.THE FILTRATION AND THE SECRETION THEORY.
  25. 25.VARYING CYLINDRICAL LENS. — By TEMPEST ANDERSON, M.D., B. Sc.
  26. 26.THE LAWS OF THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT IN CRYSTALS. — By H. BECQUEREL.
  27. 27.HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S POSTAL SERVICE.
  28. 28.ON NICKEL PLATING. — By THOMAS T.P. BRUCE WARREN.
  29. 29.CHILLED CAST IRON.
  30. 30.SNOW HALL.
  31. 31.ELIMINATION OF POISONS.
  32. 32.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY. — Terms of Subscription, $5 a Year.
  33. 33.PATENTS.

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