Scientific American Supplement, May 23, 1891

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Various

Title

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891

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Produced by Don Kretz, Juliet Sutherland, Victoria Woosley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

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T: Technology

Subject

Science -- Periodicals

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Text

eBook-No.

13358

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13358

Release Date

September 3, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 803
2. 2.NEW YORK, May 23, 1891 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXXI., No. 803. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.THE GREAT EQUATORIAL OF THE PARIS OBSERVATORY.
4. 4.LILY OF THE VALLEY.
5. 5.REPORT ON INSECTS — THE ONION MAGGOT. — Phorbia ceparum (Meig.) — THE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. — Pieris rapae (Linn.) — THE APPLE TREE TENT CATERPILLAR. — Clisiocampa Americana (Harr.) — THE FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR. — Clisiocampa disstria (Hübner.) — THE STALK BORER. — Gortyna nitela (Gruen.) — THE PYRAMIDAL GRAPEVINE CATERPILLAR. — Pyrophila pyramidoides (Guen.) — THE GRAPE BERRY MOTH. — Eudemis botrana (S.V.) — THE CODLING MOTH. — Carpocapsa pomonella (Linn.) — THE CABBAGE LEAF MINER. — Plutella cruciferarum (Zell.) — THE GARTERED PLUME MOTH. — Oxyptilus periscelidactylus (Fitch.)
6. 6.THE BREEDS OF DOGS. — POINTERS.
7. 7.RESTOCKING THE SEINE WITH FISH.
8. 8.MODERN ARMOR. — By F.R. BRAINARD, U.S.N.
9. 9.THE COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM OF PARIS.
10. 10.THE BUILDERS OF THE STEAM ENGINE—THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN INDUSTRIES AND NATIONS. 1 — By Dr. R.H. THURSTON, Director of Sibley College, Cornell University.
11. 11.IMPROVED HAND CAR.
12. 12.THE CONIC SECTIONS. — By Prof. C.W. MACCORD, Sc.D.
13. 13.TABLE OF ATOMIC WEIGHTS. — (Issued December 6, 1890.)
14. 14.THE TANNING MATERIALS OF EUROPE. — PHYSIOLOGICAL. — PATHOLOGICAL.
15. 15.AN APPARATUS FOR HEATING SUBSTANCES IN GLASS TUBES UNDER PRESSURE. 1 — By H. PEMBERTON, Jr.
16. 16.TESTING CEMENT.
17. 17.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Architects and Builders Edition — $2.50 a Year. Single Copies, 25 cts. — Building Plans and Specifications.
18. 18.THE Scientific American Supplement. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY. — Terms of Subscription, $5 a year.
19. 19.A New Catalogue of Valuable Papers
20. 20.Useful Engineering Books — MUNN & CO., 361 Broadway, New York.
21. 21.PATENTS! — MUNN & CO., Solicitors of Patents, 361 Broadway, New York.

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