Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885


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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 (4 hr 29 min)

Chapitres

New Spanish Artillery 1:48 Lu par Larry Wilson
Qualitative Tests for Steel Rails 4:56 Lu par ToddHW
A New Form of Small Bessemer Plant 4:53 Lu par ToddHW
Triple Compound Engines 13:34 Lu par ToddHW
Early History of the Steam Jack 5:15 Lu par ToddHW
Bridge at Verona 4:08 Lu par mleigh
Pumping Machinery 16:08 Lu par Brize C
Improved Gun Pressure Gauge 7:36 Lu par Tim Tran
Improved Plaiting Machine 5:40 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Self-Acting Shuttle Guard 2:18 Lu par Lee Vogler
Ruler and Triangle for Hatching 1:53 Lu par RMitchell
The Distillation of Sea Water 12:31 Lu par Availle
Aids to Correct Exposure on Photographic Plates 21:18 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Isochromatic Photography 13:50 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Distortion from Expansion of the Paper in Photography 10:37 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Measuring the Thickness of Boiler Plates 1:50 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Groups of Statuary for the Pediment of the House of Parliament in Vienna 2:39 Lu par Adrian Stephens
On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part I 21:33 Lu par Adrian Stephens
On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part II 18:58 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Electricity Applied to the Manufacture of Varnish 4:45 Lu par Verla Viera
Naglo Brothers' Telephone System 3:55 Lu par gont
The Gerard Electric Lamp 3:35 Lu par gont
A New Reflecting Galvanometer 6:41 Lu par grolon
Histological Methods 12:29 Lu par Yoganandh T
Life History of a New Septic Organism 5:32 Lu par Yoganandh T
Winter and the Insects 6:49 Lu par Yoganandh T
Silk Worm Eggs 5:38 Lu par BettyB
Determining the Mean Density of the Earth 3:53 Lu par Laurie Banza
Physics without Apparatus 2:45 Lu par gont
The Casino at Monte Carlo 2:41 Lu par Alan Mapstone
On an Express Engine 12:50 Lu par John Kennard
The Mucilage on Postage Stamps 1:14 Lu par Larry Wilson
Erythroxylon 19:18 Lu par Gwilym Taylor
The Melloco 6:03 Lu par Larry Wilson