Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883
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1. Front matter2. NEW YORK, June 9, 18833. FARCOT'S IMPROVED WOOLF COMPOUND ENGINE.4. IRON AND STEEL.5. THE "SWALLOW," A NEW VEHICLE.6. BORING AN OIL WELL.7. A CEMENT RESERVOIR.8. MACHINE FOR GRINDING LITHOGRAPHIC INKS AND COLORS.9. A NEW EVAPORATING APPARATUS.10. "FLYING."11. THE PORTRUSH ELECTRIC RAILWAY, IRELAND.112. THE THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM.13. A MODIFICATION OF THE VIBRATING BELL.14. PHOTO PLATES—WET AND DRY.15. GELATINO BROMIDE EMULSION WITH BROMIDE OF ZINC.16. DESIGN FOR A VILLA.17. WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE.18. ACETATE OF LIME.19. THE REMOVAL OF AMMONIA FROM CRUDE GAS.20. RECONVERSION OF NITRO-GLYCERIN INTO GLYCERIN.21. CARBONIC ACID AND BISULPHIDE OF CARBON.122. THE HAIR, ITS USE AND ITS CARE.123. THE INFLUENCE OF EFFECTIVE BREATHING IN DELAYING THE PHYSICAL CHANGES INCIDENT TO THE DECLINE OF LIFE, AND IN THE PREVENTION OF PNEUMONIA, CONSUMPTION, AND DISEASES OF WOMEN.24. VITAL DISCOVERIES IN OBSTRUCTED AIR AND VENTILATION.125. THE RECENT ERUPTION OF ETNA.26. PHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.27. THE TRAVELS OF THE SUN.28. PROPAGATION OF MAPLE TREES.29. DIOSCOREA RETUSA.30. RAVAGES OF A RARE SCOLYTID BEETLE IN THE SUGAR MAPLES OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK.31. THE RED SPIDER.32. THE HELODERMA HORRIDUM.33. THE KANGAROO.34. JAPANESE PEPPERMINT.35. Scientific American Supplement.36. PATENTS.