NEW YORK, MAY 12, 1883
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Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XV., No. 384.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. ENGINEERING.--Locomotive for St. Gothard Railway.--Several figures.
The Mersey Railway Tunnel.
Dam Across the Ottawa River, and New Canal at Carillon, Quebec. Several figures and map.
II. ARCHITECTURE.--Dwelling Houses.--Hints on building. By WILLIAM HENNAN.--Considerations necessary in order to have thoroughly sweet homes.--Experiment illustrating the necessity of damp courses.--How to make dry walls and roofs.--Methods of heating.--Artificial lighting.--Refuse.--Cesspools.--Drainage
House at Heaton.--Illustration.
A Mansard Roof Dwelling. 2 figures.
III. ELECTRICITY.--The History of the Electric Telegraph.--Documents relating to the magnetic telegraph.--Apparatus of Comus and Alexandre.--Origin of the electric telegraph.--Apparatus of Lesage, Lemond, Reveroni, Saint Cyr, and others.--Several figures.
Electrical Transmission and Storage.--By DR. C. WM. SIEMENS.
III. MEDICINE AND HYGIENE.--Malaria. By Dr. JAMES SALISBURY.--VII. Report on the cause of ague.--Studies of ague plants in their natural and unnatural habitats.--List of objects found in the Croton water.--Synopsis of the families of ague plants.-- Several figures.
Ichthyol.
Autopsy Table. 1 figure.
The Exciting Properties of Oats.
Filaria Disease.
IV. CHEMISTRY.--Preparation of Hydrogen Sulphide from Coal Gas. By J. TAYLOR. 1 figure.
Setting of Gypsum.
V. TECHNOLOGY.--On the Preparation of Gelatine Plates. By E. HOWARD FARMER.
Pictures on Glass.
VI. NATURAL HISTORY.--Survey of the Black Canon.
The Ancient Mississippi and its Tributaries. By J. W. SPENCER.
VII. AGRICULTURE.--The Spectral Masdevallia.--Illustration.