Scientific American Supplement, October 2, 1886

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886

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16360

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 561
2. 2.NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2, 1886 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXII., No. 564. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.COMPOUND HYDRAULIC PRESSES.
4. 4.JET PROPELLERS.—HYDRAULIC PROPULSION OF VESSELS.
5. 5.THE NEW ARMY GUN.
6. 6.COMBUSTION, FIRE-BOXES, AND STEAM BOILERS. 1 — By JOHN A. COLEMAN.
7. 7.ATLANTIC STEAMERS. 1 — By W. JOHN.
8. 8.EXAMINATION QUESTIONS IN GENERAL CONSTRUCTION.
9. 9.CELEBRATION OF THE FIVE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG, AUGUST, 1886. — MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER IN RUSSIA.
10. 10.IMPURITIES IN PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICALS, AND TESTS FOR SAME.
11. 11.THE CATASTROPHE AT CHANCELADE.
12. 12.SOMZEE'S NEW GAS-BURNERS.
13. 13.THE CLAMOND GAS BURNER.
14. 14.A NEW THERMO-REGULATOR.
15. 15.PIPETTE FOR TAKING THE DENSITY OF LIQUIDS.
16. 16.USEFUL BAGS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM. — By JOHN T. HUMPHREY. — HOW TO MAKE BAGS.
17. 17.MOLASSES, HOW MADE.
18. 18.PRIMITIVE IRON MANUFACTURE.
19. 19.WOOD OIL.
20. 20.SOAP. — By HENRY LEFFMANN, M.D.
21. 21.OPTICAL ERRORS AND HUMAN MISTAKES. 1 — By ERNST GUNDLACH.
22. 22.PROBABLE ISOLATION OF FLUORINE. DECOMPOSITION OF HYDROFLUORIC ACID BY AN ELECTRIC CURRENT. — By M.H. MOISSAN.
23. 23.COHESION AND COHESION FIGURES. 1 — By WILLIAM ACKROYD, F.I.C. — 1. A Law of Solubility. — 2. Its Connection with Mendeleeff's Periodic Law. — 3. A Solidified Vortex Ring. — 4. That a Submergence Cohesion Figure is a Vortex Ring. — [AMERICAN CHEMICAL JOURNAL.]
24. 24.THE DETERMINATION OF NITRIC ACID BY THE ABSORPTION OF NITRIC OXIDE IN A STANDARD SOLUTION OF PERMANGANATE OF POTASSIUM. — By H.N. MORSE and A.F. LINN. — THE APPARATUS. — THE SOLUTIONS.
25. 25.WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION. — By W.W.J. NICOL, M.A., D.Sc.
26. 26.ALPINE FLOWERS IN THE PYRENEES.
27. 27.A CENTURY PLANT IN BLOOM.
28. 28.CREOSOTE A SPECIFIC FOR ERYSIPELAS.
29. 29.A NEW APPARATUS FOR THE STUDY OF CARDIAC DRUGS. — By WILLIAM GILMAN THOMPSON, M.D., New York. — THE
30. 30.Scientific American Supplement. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
31. 31.PATENTS.

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