Scientific American Supplement, September 8, 1883

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Title

Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883

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Produced by Olaf Voss, Don Kretz, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Distributed Proofreaders Team

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English

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T: Technology

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Science -- Periodicals

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8718

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August 1, 2005

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Contents

1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 401
2. 2.NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 8, 1883 — Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XVI, No. 401. — Scientific American established 1845 — Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year. — Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
3. 3.MONUMENT TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, AT BARCELONA, SPAIN.
4. 4.SCENERY ON THE UTAH LINE OF THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE.
5. 5.PHOTOGRAPHY APPLIED TO TERRA-COTTA AND OPAL GLASS. — TERRA-COTTA PHOTOGRAPHY IN PRACTICE. — TONING. — OPAL PRODUCTION IN PRACTICE.
6. 6.PAPER NEGATIVES.
7. 7.SOME OF THE USES OF COMMON ALUM.
8. 8.CLOTH STRETCHING MACHINE.
9. 9.WOOLEN FABRICS PURIFIED BY HYDROCHLORIC ACID GAS.
10. 10.APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO THE BLEACHING OF VEGETABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS.
11. 11.IMPROVED SPRING TRACTION ENGINE.
12. 12.TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE DIMENSIONS, LENGTHS, RESISTANCES, AND WEIGHTS OF PURE COPPER WIRE.
13. 13.IRON FRAME GANG MILLS.
14. 14.THE HEAT REGENERATIVE SYSTEM OF FIRING GAS RETORTS.
15. 15.A NEW GAS-HEATED BAKER'S OVEN.
16. 16.CAPTAIN MATTHEW WEBB.
17. 17.SEMI-DETACHED VILLAS, BROMFIELD CRESCENT, HEADINGLEY.
18. 18.THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR IN PARIS.
19. 19.RECENT EXPERIMENTS AFFECTING THE RECEIVED THEORY OF MUSIC. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
20. 20.THE MOTIONS OF CAMPHOR UPON THE SURFACE OF WATER.
21. 21.CARBONIC ACID IN BEER.
22. 22.ON THE DIFFERENT MODIFICATIONS OF SILVER BROMIDE AND SILVER CHLORIDE.
23. 23.ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF NEW ZEALAND COAL. — By OTTO HEHNER
24. 24.DETERMINING MANGANESE IN STEEL, CAST IRON, FERRO-MANGANESE, ETC. — By E. RAYMOND.
25. 25.MANGANESE AND ITS USES.
26. 26.OZOKERITE, OR EARTH-WAX. — By WILLIAM L. LAY. — ON THE DEPOSITS OF EARTH WAX (OZOKERITE) IN EUROPE AND AMERICA. — "PRODUCTS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS.
27. 27.THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 6, 1883.
28. 28.A BURIED CITY OF THE EXODUS.
29. 29.THE MOABITE MANUSCRIPTS.
30. 30.SHIPPING OSTRICHES FROM CAPE TOWN TO AUSTRALIA.
31. 31.A NEW WEATHERCOCK.
32. 32.CHARRED CLOVER.
33. 33.THE QUEEN VICTORIA CENTURY PLANT. — ( Agave victoriæ-reginæ .)
34. 34.ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NATURAL FATS. — By J. ALFRED WANKLYN and WILLIAM FOX.
35. 35.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
36. 36.PATENTS.

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