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

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

  • Genres: 
    Astronomy, physics & mechanics
  • Languages: 
    English
  • Provider: Librivox
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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

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  • 01
    Gun Practice in the French Navy
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  • 02
    Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 1
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  • 03
    Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 2
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  • 04
    Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 3
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  • 05
    Iron Sailing Ships
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  • 06
    Water Blast Pump
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  • 07
    Transmission of Power between Bodies Moving at Different Velocities
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  • 08
    Steam Generator of Serpollet Brothers, Producing Steam Instantaneously
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  • 09
    Gas Lighting by High-Power Burners
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  • 10
    Synchronizing Clocks
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  • 11
    Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers
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  • 12
    Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 1
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  • 13
    Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 2
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  • 14
    The New Central Railway Station at Frankfort on the Main
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  • 15
    The Commercial Exchange, Paris
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  • 16
    A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 1
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  • 17
    A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 2
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  • 18
    Some Abyssinian Customs
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  • 19
    How a Mound Was Built
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  • 20
    A Chinese Imperial Cemetery
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  • 21
    Dyspepsia: Its Causes and Prevention
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  • 22
    A New Surgical Operation
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  • 23
    Putzeys' Flushing Reservoir
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  • 24
    Pepsin
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    Subterraneous Flora and Fauna
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  • 26
    Timber, and Some of Its Diseases
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