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Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

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The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge 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 Seyfferth's Pyrometer, Organic Matter in Sea-Water, On the Composition of Elephants' Milk, and Economy of the Electric Light.
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Chapters

Chapter 1
Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere
06:53
Chapter 2
Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps
02:25
Chapter 3
On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter
25:18
Chapter 4
Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard
20:40
Chapter 5
Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12
13:23
Chapter 6
Seyfferth's Pyrometer
07:50
Chapter 7
Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production
11:28
Chapter 8
The Preparation of Perfume Pomades
02:44
Chapter 9
Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life
06:09
Chapter 10
On the Composition of Elephants' Milk
12:45
Chapter 11
The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley
07:36
Chapter 12
Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus
17:36
Chapter 13
Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil
13:33
Chapter 14
Chian Turpentine
05:58
Chapter 15
On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal
07:11
Chapter 16
Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah
05:43
Chapter 17
Dry Air Refrigerating Machine
07:07
Chapter 18
Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel
04:02
Chapter 19
The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President
19:00
Chapter 20
Delicate Scientific Instruments
26:49
Chapter 21
The Future Development of Electrical Appliances
09:35
Chapter 22
Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power
14:53
Chapter 23
Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity
04:33
Chapter 24
Economy of the Electric Light
09:52
Chapter 25
On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor
10:27
Chapter 26
Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables
07:29
Chapter 27
The Photographic Image: What It Is
12:47
Chapter 28
Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern
09:34
Chapter 29
An Integrating Machine
08:40
Chapter 30
Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches
06:25

Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

Chapters

Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere

Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps

On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter

Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard

Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12

Seyfferth's Pyrometer

Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production

The Preparation of Perfume Pomades

Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life

On the Composition of Elephants' Milk

The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley

Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus

Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil

Chian Turpentine

On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal

Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah

Dry Air Refrigerating Machine

Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel

The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President

Delicate Scientific Instruments

The Future Development of Electrical Appliances

Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power

Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity

Economy of the Electric Light

On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor

Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables

The Photographic Image: What It Is

Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern

An Integrating Machine

Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches