Scientific American Supplement, March 29, 1884

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Title

Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884

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English

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T: Technology

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Science -- Periodicals

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8484

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 430
2. 2.NEW YORK, MARCH 29, 1884 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XVII, No. 430. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.THE DODDER.
4. 4.RECENT BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS.
5. 5.RECENT BOTANICAL ADVANCES.
6. 6.ELECTRIC LAUNCHES. — By A. RECKENZAUN.
7. 7.THE FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
8. 8.ELECTRICAL GRAPNEL FOR SUBMARINE CABLES AND TORPEDO LINES. — By H. KINGSFORD. — REFERENCES TO THE DIAGRAMS.
9. 9.HUGHES' NEW MAGNETIC BALANCE.
10. 10.HOW TO HARDEN CAST IRON.
11. 11.APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SMALL RESISTANCES.
12. 12.TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. — TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. — SYNCHRONOUS SEISMOLOGY.
13. 13.THE IRON INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL — (PROVINCE OF MINAS GERAES.) — By Prof. P. FERRAND. — STUDY OF THE METHOD BY CADINHES. — OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM. — ELABORATION OF THE ORE. — SETTING UP A FORGE.--SELLING PRICE OF THE IRON.
14. 14.THE STEAMER CHURCHILL.
15. 15.THREE-WAY TUNNELS.
16. 16.MONT ST. MICHEL.
17. 17.ADORNMENTS OF THE NEW POST OFFICE AT LEIPZIG.
18. 18.COAL GAS AS A LABOR-SAVING AGENT IN MECHANICAL TRADES. — By THOMAS FLETCHER, F.C.S.
19. 19.INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY.
20. 20.FALCONETTI'S CONTINUOUSLY PRIMED SIPHON.
21. 21.THE WEIBEL-PICCARD SYSTEM OF EVAPORATING LIQUIDS.
22. 22.COMPARISON OF STRENGTH OF LARGE AND SMALL ANIMALS. — W. N. LOCKINGTON.
23. 23.OIL IN CALIFORNIA.
24. 24.NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CONDIMENTS. — By HELEN D. ABBOTT, Assistant in the Chemical Laboratory of the Philadelphia Polyclinic, and College for Graduates in Medicine.
25. 25.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
26. 26.PATENTS.

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