Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22, 1888


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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 Iron Sailing Ships, Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers, Pepsin, A Chinese Imperial Cemetery, and Subterraneous Flora and Fauna. - Summary by Larry Wilson (4 hr 9 min)

Chapitres

Gun Practice in the French Navy 3:41 Lu par Larry Wilson
Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 1 13:31 Lu par mpinedag
Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 2 13:45 Lu par mpinedag
Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 3 14:31 Lu par mpinedag
Iron Sailing Ships 2:25 Lu par Larry Wilson
Water Blast Pump 3:58 Lu par Larry Wilson
Transmission of Power between Bodies Moving at Different Velocities 5:12 Lu par Squish
Steam Generator of Serpollet Brothers, Producing Steam Instantaneously 14:05 Lu par mleigh
Gas Lighting by High-Power Burners 6:59 Lu par erinbrown23
Synchronizing Clocks 2:46 Lu par Stacey Malcolm
Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers 12:16 Lu par emmaweigham
Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 1 10:39 Lu par twomustangs
Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 2 13:04 Lu par twomustangs
The New Central Railway Station at Frankfort on the Main 8:16 Lu par BettyB
The Commercial Exchange, Paris 7:12 Lu par BettyB
A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 1 15:07 Lu par Bryan Travis
A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 2 15:12 Lu par Bryan Travis
Some Abyssinian Customs 1:47 Lu par Cajucom
How a Mound Was Built 8:08 Lu par Saint Frank
A Chinese Imperial Cemetery 5:56 Lu par Availle
Dyspepsia: Its Causes and Prevention 15:02 Lu par Bryan Travis
A New Surgical Operation 4:31 Lu par Larry Wilson
Putzeys' Flushing Reservoir 5:27 Lu par Squish
Pepsin 7:16 Lu par Christine Rottger
Subterraneous Flora and Fauna 16:59 Lu par emmaweigham
Timber, and Some of Its Diseases 21:35 Lu par Christine Rottger