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Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

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    Chemistry
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    English
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The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge 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 Seyfferth's Pyrometer, Organic Matter in Sea-Water, On the Composition of Elephants' Milk, and Economy of the Electric Light. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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  • 01
    Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere
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  • 02
    Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps
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  • 03
    On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter
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  • 04
    Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard
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  • 05
    Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12
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  • 06
    Seyfferth's Pyrometer
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  • 07
    Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production
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  • 08
    The Preparation of Perfume Pomades
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  • 09
    Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life
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  • 10
    On the Composition of Elephants' Milk
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  • 11
    The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley
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  • 12
    Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus
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  • 13
    Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil
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  • 14
    Chian Turpentine
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  • 15
    On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal
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  • 16
    Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah
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  • 17
    Dry Air Refrigerating Machine
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  • 18
    Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel
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  • 19
    The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President
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  • 20
    Delicate Scientific Instruments
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  • 21
    The Future Development of Electrical Appliances
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  • 22
    Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power
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  • 23
    Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity
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  • 24
    Economy of the Electric Light
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  • 25
    On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor
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  • 26
    Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables
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  • 27
    The Photographic Image: What It Is
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  • 28
    Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern
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  • 29
    An Integrating Machine
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  • 30
    Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches
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