Scientific American Supplement

by Various

English · 1887 · 4h 48m · Essays & Short Works, Science

5 (4 reviews)

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

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scientific progress

(5 stars)

Bill Cosby

Civilization has progressed tremendously since this was written. The old white male authors talk a lot about atoms, conservation of energy, and a bunch of other problematic heteronormative gobblidygook. Today's 'Scientific american' no longer talks about these silly topics, and instead focuses on the role that reactionary gender roles play in causing anthropogenic global climate instability. Thank the goddess we are no longer trapped in a heteronormative power structure that minimizes that roll urban interpretive dance plays in advancing STEM