Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
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1. NEW YORK, JULY 9, 18812. ALCOHOL IN NATURE--ITS PRESENCE IN THE EARTH, WATER, AND ATMOSPHERE.3. DETECTION OF ALCOHOL IN TRANSPARENT SOAPS.4. ON THE CALORIFIC POWER OF FUEL, AND ON THOMPSON'S CALORIMETER.5. EXPLOSION AS AN UNKNOWN FIRE HAZARD.6. CARBON.--SYMBOL C.--COMBINING WEIGHT 12.7. SEYFFERTH'S PYROMETER.8. MANUFACTURERS' SOAPS AND THEIR PRODUCTION.9. THE PREPARATION OF PERFUME POMADES.10. ORGANIC MATTER IN SEA-WATER.11. BACTERIA LIFE.12. ON THE COMPOSITION OF ELEPHANTS' MILK.13. THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RICE, MAIZE, AND BARLEY.14. PETROLEUM OILS.15. COMPOSITION OF THE PETROLEUM OF THE CAUCASUS.16. NOTES ON CANANGA OIL OR ILANG-ILANG OIL.17. CHIAN TURPENTINE.18. ON THE CHANGE OF VOLUME WHICH ACCOMPANIES THE GALVANIC DEPOSITION OF A METAL.19. ANALYSES OF RICE SOILS FROM BURMAH.20. DRY AIR REFRIGERATING MACHINE.21. THOMAS'S IMPROVED STEAM WHEEL.22. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.23. A PAIR OF COTTAGES.24. DELICATE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.25. THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.26. RESEARCHES ON THE RADIANT MATTER OF CROOKES AND THE MECHANICAL THEORY OF ELECTRICITY.27. ECONOMY OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.28. ON THE SPACE PROTECTED BY A LIGHTNING-CONDUCTOR.29. PHOTO-ELECTRICITY OF FLUOR-SPAR CRYSTALS.30. THE AURORA BOREALIS AND TELEGRAPH CABLES.31. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE: WHAT IT IS.32. GELATINE TRANSPARENCIES FOR THE LANTERN.33. AN INTEGRATING MACHINE.34. UPON A MODIFICATION OF WHEATSTONE'S MICROPHONE AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO RADIOPHONIC RESEARCHES.35. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.36. PATENTS.