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Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885

by Various

English· 03:39:48· 20 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 Torpedo Ships, The Gas Engine, Capstan Navigation on the Volga, Astronomical Photography, and Sanitary Cooking. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Blaauw Krantz Viaduct in Cape Colony

    06:48
  2. Chapter 2

    Torpedo Ships / A Plumbing Test

    03:35
  3. Chapter 3

    The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 1

    18:21
  4. Chapter 4

    The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 2

    16:27
  5. Chapter 5

    Rapid Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway by E.T. Abbott

    14:15
  6. Chapter 6

    The Osgood Mammoth Excavator / The Osgood Excavator

    07:22
  7. Chapter 7

    Capstan Navigation on the Volga

    08:11
  8. Chapter 8

    Steamboat Equipment of War Vessels

    11:55
  9. Chapter 9

    Improved Steam Trap

    04:41
  10. Chapter 10

    Photometrical Standards / Bleaching or Dyeing-Yarns and Goods in Vacuo

    05:11
  11. Chapter 11

    On the Moulding of Porcelain by Charles Lauth

    14:14
  12. Chapter 12

    Photo-Tricycle Apparatus / A Photo Printing Light / A New Actinometer

    06:14
  13. Chapter 13

    Astronomical Photography

    10:04
  14. Chapter 14

    Electricity as a Preventive of Scale in Boilers / Alphabet Designed by Godfrey Sykes

    04:07
  15. Chapter 15

    Brief Sanitary Matters in Connection with Isolated Country Houses by E.W. Bowditch, C.E.

    15:39
  16. Chapter 16

    Sanitary Cooking by Virginia L. Oppenheimer, M.D., Seymour, Ind. / Time Required to Digest Different Foods

    21:00
  17. Chapter 17

    The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell, Part 1

    16:08
  18. Chapter 18

    The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell. Part 2

    14:14
  19. Chapter 19

    The Sunflowers by Charles Wolley-Dod / A Quick Filter

    15:09
  20. Chapter 20

    Lye's Fuchsias

    06:13