Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887


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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 Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks, Cotton Industries of Japan, The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap, and Wisconsin Cranberry Culture. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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The British Association at Manchester 2:22
Progress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic CombinationProgress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic Combination 5:14
Synthesis, Chemistry of Vital Functions 8:41
Chemistry of Vegetation, Chemical Pathology 7:34
The Crimson Line of Phosphorescent Alumina 3:52
Carbonic Acid in the Air 9:06
Analysis of Kola Nut 3:59
Chapin Wrought Iron 9:33
Celluloid 3:29
Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks 16:39
Improved Biscuit Machine 4:29
Improved Cream Separator 4:10
Gas from Oil 8:09
The Manufacture of Salt Near Middlesbrough 9:12
Cotton Industries of Japan 10:56
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 1 10:59
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 2 12:14
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 3 13:09
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 4 9:06
A New Type of Railway Car 2:36
Foundations of the Central Viaduct of Cleveland, Ohio 9:57
Centrifugal Pumps at Mare Island Navy Yard, California 9:42
The Part That Electricity Plays in Crystallization 15:38
Electric Time 16:49
New Method of Maintaining the Vibration of a Pendulum 3:17
Dr. Morell Mackenzie 5:01
Hypnotism in France, Part 1 12:22
Hypnotism in France, Part 2 13:26
The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap 6:27
Wisconsin Cranberry Culture 15:43
Soudan Coffee 10:40
The Height of Summer Clouds 4:25
On the Cause of Iridescence in Clouds 9:52