Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 - Free Audiobook

Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Various,

Language: English
Genre(s): Astronomy, Physics & MechanicsEarth SciencesLife SciencesNon-fictionScience

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34 Chapter(s)
  • 1. New Spanish Artillery
  • 2. Qualitative Tests for Steel Rails
  • 3. A New Form of Small Bessemer Plant
  • 4. Triple Compound Engines
  • 5. Early History of the Steam Jack
  • 6. Bridge at Verona
  • 7. Pumping Machinery
  • 8. Improved Gun Pressure Gauge
  • 9. Improved Plaiting Machine
  • 10. Self-Acting Shuttle Guard
  • 11. Ruler and Triangle for Hatching
  • 12. The Distillation of Sea Water
  • 13. Aids to Correct Exposure on Photographic Plates
  • 14. Isochromatic Photography
  • 15. Distortion from Expansion of the Paper in Photography
  • 16. Measuring the Thickness of Boiler Plates
  • 17. Groups of Statuary for the Pediment of the House of Parliament in Vienna
  • 18. On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part I
  • 19. On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part II
  • 20. Electricity Applied to the Manufacture of Varnish
  • 21. Naglo Brothers' Telephone System
  • 22. The Gerard Electric Lamp
  • 23. A New Reflecting Galvanometer
  • 24. Histological Methods
  • 25. Life History of a New Septic Organism
  • 26. Winter and the Insects
  • 27. Silk Worm Eggs
  • 28. Determining the Mean Density of the Earth
  • 29. Physics without Apparatus
  • 30. The Casino at Monte Carlo
  • 31. On an Express Engine
  • 32. The Mucilage on Postage Stamps
  • 33. Erythroxylon
  • 34. The Melloco

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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 Pumping Machinery, The Distillation of Sea Water, Winter and the Insects, Silk Worm Eggs, and The Casino at Monte Carlo. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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