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)

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