Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882THE MINERALOGICAL LOCALITIES IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY, AND THE MINERALS OCCURRING THEREIN.Reading editionChapter navigation37 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…NEW YORK, DECEMBER 16, 1882THE COMET FROM THE PYRAMIDS, CAIROJAMES PRESCOTT JOULE.THE NEW YORK CANALS.COTTRAU'S LOCOMOTIVE FOR ASCENDING STEEP GRADES.BACHMANN'S STEAM DRIER.H.S. PARMELEE'S PATENT AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER.INSTRUMENT FOR DRAWING CONVERGING STRAIGHT LINES.FEED-WATER HEATER AND PURIFIER.MONTEVERDE'S STATUE OF ARCHITECTURE.DESIGN FOR A GARDENER'S COTTAGE.PAPER MAKING "DOWN EAST."WHEAT-MEAL BREAD AS A MEANS OF DIMINISHING TUBERCULAR DISEASE.THE NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION PONDS AT CALEDONIA.MIOCENE MAN.GOULIER'S TUBE-GAUGE.SOLDERING WITHOUT AN IRON.WORKING COPPER ORES AT SPENCEVILLE.SIR WILLIAM THOMSON'S PILE.SIEMENS' TELEMETERPHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.THE CASCADE BATTERY.PERFECTLY LOVELY PHILOSOPHY.THE PROPOSED DUTCH INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL AND GENERAL EXPORT EXHIBITION.NEW METHOD OF DETECTING DYES ON YARNS AND TISSUES.CHEVALET'S CONDENSO-PURIFIER FOR GAS.ARTIFICIAL IVORY.CREOSOTE IMPURITIES.REMEDY FOR SICK HEADACHE.SUNLIGHT AND SKYLIGHT AT HIGH ALTITUDES.THE MINERALOGICAL LOCALITIES IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY, AND THE MINERALS OCCURRING THEREIN.PART III.ENTOMOLOGY.SPARROWS IN THE UNITED STATES.--EFFECT OF ACCLIMATION, ETC.HOW TO ESTABLISH A TRUE MERIDIAN.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.PATENTS.Previous chapter ←SUNLIGHT AND SKYLIGHT AT HIGH ALTITUDES.Next chapter →PART III.All chapters and sections (37)Other sectionsNEW YORK, DECEMBER 16, 1882THE COMET FROM THE PYRAMIDS, CAIROJAMES PRESCOTT JOULE.THE NEW YORK CANALS.COTTRAU'S LOCOMOTIVE FOR ASCENDING STEEP GRADES.BACHMANN'S STEAM DRIER.H.S. PARMELEE'S PATENT AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER.INSTRUMENT FOR DRAWING CONVERGING STRAIGHT LINES.FEED-WATER HEATER AND PURIFIER.MONTEVERDE'S STATUE OF ARCHITECTURE.DESIGN FOR A GARDENER'S COTTAGE.PAPER MAKING "DOWN EAST."WHEAT-MEAL BREAD AS A MEANS OF DIMINISHING TUBERCULAR DISEASE.THE NEW YORK FISH COMMISSION PONDS AT CALEDONIA.MIOCENE MAN.GOULIER'S TUBE-GAUGE.SOLDERING WITHOUT AN IRON.WORKING COPPER ORES AT SPENCEVILLE.SIR WILLIAM THOMSON'S PILE.SIEMENS' TELEMETERPHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.THE CASCADE BATTERY.PERFECTLY LOVELY PHILOSOPHY.THE PROPOSED DUTCH INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL AND GENERAL EXPORT EXHIBITION.NEW METHOD OF DETECTING DYES ON YARNS AND TISSUES.CHEVALET'S CONDENSO-PURIFIER FOR GAS.ARTIFICIAL IVORY.CREOSOTE IMPURITIES.REMEDY FOR SICK HEADACHE.SUNLIGHT AND SKYLIGHT AT HIGH ALTITUDES.THE MINERALOGICAL LOCALITIES IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY, AND THE MINERALS OCCURRING THEREIN.Parts3Part 3 · Other sectionsENTOMOLOGY.SPARROWS IN THE UNITED STATES.--EFFECT OF ACCLIMATION, ETC.HOW TO ESTABLISH A TRUE MERIDIAN.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.PATENTS.[Footnote: Continued from SUPPLEMENTS 244 and 246.]◇By NELSON H. DABTON.← SUNLIGHT AND SKYLIGHT AT HIGH ALTITUDES.PART III. →