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Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887

by Various

English· 04:48:48· 33 chapters
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1845. It has been a mainstay of popular science with in depth articles across a broad spectrum of scientific fields. In this supplement are short articles ranging through such topics as Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks, Cotton Industries of Japan, The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap, and Wisconsin Cranberry Culture. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The British Association at Manchester

    02:22
  2. Chapter 2

    Progress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic CombinationProgress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic Combination

    05:14
  3. Chapter 3

    Synthesis, Chemistry of Vital Functions

    08:41
  4. Chapter 4

    Chemistry of Vegetation, Chemical Pathology

    07:34
  5. Chapter 5

    The Crimson Line of Phosphorescent Alumina

    03:52
  6. Chapter 6

    Carbonic Acid in the Air

    09:06
  7. Chapter 7

    Analysis of Kola Nut

    03:59
  8. Chapter 8

    Chapin Wrought Iron

    09:33
  9. Chapter 9

    Celluloid

    03:29
  10. Chapter 10

    Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks

    16:39
  11. Chapter 11

    Improved Biscuit Machine

    04:29
  12. Chapter 12

    Improved Cream Separator

    04:10
  13. Chapter 13

    Gas from Oil

    08:09
  14. Chapter 14

    The Manufacture of Salt Near Middlesbrough

    09:12
  15. Chapter 15

    Cotton Industries of Japan

    10:56
  16. Chapter 16

    Centrifugal Extractors, Part 1

    10:59
  17. Chapter 17

    Centrifugal Extractors, Part 2

    12:14
  18. Chapter 18

    Centrifugal Extractors, Part 3

    13:09
  19. Chapter 19

    Centrifugal Extractors, Part 4

    09:06
  20. Chapter 20

    A New Type of Railway Car

    02:36
  21. Chapter 21

    Foundations of the Central Viaduct of Cleveland, Ohio

    09:57
  22. Chapter 22

    Centrifugal Pumps at Mare Island Navy Yard, California

    09:42
  23. Chapter 23

    The Part That Electricity Plays in Crystallization

    15:38
  24. Chapter 24

    Electric Time

    16:49
  25. Chapter 25

    New Method of Maintaining the Vibration of a Pendulum

    03:17
  26. Chapter 26

    Dr. Morell Mackenzie

    05:01
  27. Chapter 27

    Hypnotism in France, Part 1

    12:22
  28. Chapter 28

    Hypnotism in France, Part 2

    13:26
  29. Chapter 29

    The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap

    06:27
  30. Chapter 30

    Wisconsin Cranberry Culture

    15:43
  31. Chapter 31

    Soudan Coffee

    10:40
  32. Chapter 32

    The Height of Summer Clouds

    04:25
  33. Chapter 33

    On the Cause of Iridescence in Clouds

    09:52