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


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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 (3 hr 39 min)

Chapitres

Blaauw Krantz Viaduct in Cape Colony 6:48 Lu par Larry Wilson
Torpedo Ships / A Plumbing Test 3:35 Lu par Stacey Malcolm
The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 1 18:21 Lu par Verla Viera
The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 2 16:27 Lu par Verla Viera
Rapid Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway by E.T. Abbott 14:15 Lu par BettyB
The Osgood Mammoth Excavator / The Osgood Excavator 7:22 Lu par George Banfield
Capstan Navigation on the Volga 8:11 Lu par Julie Anne Thompson
Steamboat Equipment of War Vessels 11:55 Lu par bilwelvox
Improved Steam Trap 4:41 Lu par Elizabeth Mason
Photometrical Standards / Bleaching or Dyeing-Yarns and Goods in Vacuo 5:11 Lu par Julie Anne Thompson
On the Moulding of Porcelain by Charles Lauth 14:14 Lu par jenno
Photo-Tricycle Apparatus / A Photo Printing Light / A New Actinometer 6:14 Lu par Beau Wood
Astronomical Photography 10:04 Lu par Availle
Electricity as a Preventive of Scale in Boilers / Alphabet Designed by Godfrey … 4:07 Lu par Julie Anne Thompson
Brief Sanitary Matters in Connection with Isolated Country Houses by E.W. Bowdi… 15:39 Lu par bilwelvox
Sanitary Cooking by Virginia L. Oppenheimer, M.D., Seymour, Ind. / Time Require… 21:00 Lu par Erica Brooks
The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell… 16:08 Lu par BettyB
The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell… 14:14 Lu par BettyB
The Sunflowers by Charles Wolley-Dod / A Quick Filter 15:09 Lu par jenno
Lye's Fuchsias 6:13 Lu par Larry Wilson