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)

Capítulos

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