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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
- Chapter 1
The British Association at Manchester
02:22 - 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 - Chapter 3
Synthesis, Chemistry of Vital Functions
08:41 - Chapter 4
Chemistry of Vegetation, Chemical Pathology
07:34 - Chapter 5
The Crimson Line of Phosphorescent Alumina
03:52 - Chapter 6
Carbonic Acid in the Air
09:06 - Chapter 7
Analysis of Kola Nut
03:59 - Chapter 8
Chapin Wrought Iron
09:33 - Chapter 9
Celluloid
03:29 - Chapter 10
Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks
16:39 - Chapter 11
Improved Biscuit Machine
04:29 - Chapter 12
Improved Cream Separator
04:10 - Chapter 13
Gas from Oil
08:09 - Chapter 14
The Manufacture of Salt Near Middlesbrough
09:12 - Chapter 15
Cotton Industries of Japan
10:56 - Chapter 16
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 1
10:59 - Chapter 17
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 2
12:14 - Chapter 18
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 3
13:09 - Chapter 19
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 4
09:06 - Chapter 20
A New Type of Railway Car
02:36 - Chapter 21
Foundations of the Central Viaduct of Cleveland, Ohio
09:57 - Chapter 22
Centrifugal Pumps at Mare Island Navy Yard, California
09:42 - Chapter 23
The Part That Electricity Plays in Crystallization
15:38 - Chapter 24
Electric Time
16:49 - Chapter 25
New Method of Maintaining the Vibration of a Pendulum
03:17 - Chapter 26
Dr. Morell Mackenzie
05:01 - Chapter 27
Hypnotism in France, Part 1
12:22 - Chapter 28
Hypnotism in France, Part 2
13:26 - Chapter 29
The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap
06:27 - Chapter 30
Wisconsin Cranberry Culture
15:43 - Chapter 31
Soudan Coffee
10:40 - Chapter 32
The Height of Summer Clouds
04:25 - Chapter 33
On the Cause of Iridescence in Clouds
09:52