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Scientific American Supplement, May 9, 1885

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Author
Various
Title
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885
Credits
Produced by Simon Gardner, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
T: Technology
Subject
Science -- Periodicals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
27662
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27662
Release Date
December 30, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 488.
  2. 2.NEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885. — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIX., No. 488. — Scientific American established 1845. — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
  3. 3.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
  4. 4.A VISIT TO THE CREUSOT WORKS.
  5. 5.LE CREUSOT.
  6. 6.PLAN FOR AN ELEVATED RAILWAY AT PARIS.
  7. 7.ENGINEERING INVENTIONS SINCE 1862. 1 — By Sir F. J. Bramwell. — BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. — PNEUMATIC FOUNDATIONS. — SUBAQUEOUS ENGINEERING. — THE FLEUSS DIVING APPARATUS. — CONSTRUCTION OF TUNNELS. — CANALS AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS. — MILITARY ENGINEERING APPLIANCES. — USES OF CEMENT. — PRESERVATION OF WOOD.
  8. 8.THE CATHEDRAL OF THE INCARNATION.
  9. 9.MOVABLE MARKET BUILDINGS.
  10. 10.DINOCRATES' PROJECT.
  11. 11.THE CRUTO INCANDESCENT LAMP.
  12. 12.ELECTRIC LIGHT APPARATUS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.
  13. 13.ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. 1 — Prof. Francis E. Nipher .
  14. 14.THE HYDRODYNAMIC RESEARCHES OF PROFESSOR BJERKNES. — By Conrad W. Cooke .
  15. 15.THE XYLOPHONE.
  16. 16.ELECTROTYPING. — BLACKLEADING THE FORM. — TAKING THE MOULD. — MAKING THE DEPOSIT. — A RECENT IMPROVEMENT — BACKING-UP. — FINISHING ROOM. — A WET BLACKLEADING PROCESS. — A NEW FOREIGN PROCESS.
  17. 17.A NEW SEISMOGRAPH.
  18. 18.NOTES ON THREE NEW CHINESE FIXED OILS. 1 — By Robert H. Davies , F.I.C., F.C.S., General Superintendent of Apothecaries' Hall. — TEA OIL ( Camellia oleifera ). — CABBAGE OIL ( Brassica, sp .). — WOOD OIL ( Elæococcus cordata ).
  19. 19.THE OTOSCOPE.
  20. 20.STATE PROVISION FOR THE INSANE. 1 — By C. H. Hughes , M.D.
  21. 21.THE COURAGE OF ORIGINALITY.
  22. 22.A CIRCULAR BOWLING ALLEY.
  23. 23.PATENT OFFICE EXAMINATION OF INVENTIONS.
  24. 24.THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION AT ANTWERP (ANVERS), BELGIUM.
  25. 25.THE STONE PINE. (PINUS PINEA.)
  26. 26.THE ART OF BREEDING.
  27. 27.THE BABYLONIAN PALACE. — THE
  28. 28.Scientific American Supplement.
  29. 29.PATENTS.

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