Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883
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1. NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 8, 18832. MONUMENT TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, AT BARCELONA, SPAIN.3. SCENERY ON THE UTAH LINE OF THE DENVER AND RIO GRANDE.4. PHOTOGRAPHY APPLIED TO TERRA-COTTA AND OPAL GLASS.5. PAPER NEGATIVES.6. SOME OF THE USES OF COMMON ALUM.7. CLOTH STRETCHING MACHINE.8. WOOLEN FABRICS PURIFIED BY HYDROCHLORIC ACID GAS.9. APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO THE BLEACHING OF VEGETABLE TEXTILE MATERIALS.10. IMPROVED SPRING TRACTION ENGINE.11. TABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE DIMENSIONS, LENGTHS, RESISTANCES, AND WEIGHTS OF PURE COPPER WIRE.12. IRON FRAME GANG MILLS.13. THE HEAT REGENERATIVE SYSTEM OF FIRING GAS RETORTS.14. A NEW GAS-HEATED BAKER'S OVEN.15. CAPTAIN MATTHEW WEBB.16. SEMI-DETACHED VILLAS, BROMFIELD CRESCENT, HEADINGLEY.17. THE DWELLINGS OF THE POOR IN PARIS.18. RECENT EXPERIMENTS AFFECTING THE RECEIVED THEORY OF MUSIC.19. THE MOTIONS OF CAMPHOR UPON THE SURFACE OF WATER.20. CARBONIC ACID IN BEER.21. ON THE DIFFERENT MODIFICATIONS OF SILVER BROMIDE AND SILVER CHLORIDE.22. ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF NEW ZEALAND COAL.23. DETERMINING MANGANESE IN STEEL, CAST IRON, FERRO-MANGANESE, ETC.24. MANGANESE AND ITS USES.25. OZOKERITE, OR EARTH-WAX.26. THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 6, 1883.27. A BURIED CITY OF THE EXODUS.28. THE MOABITE MANUSCRIPTS.29. SHIPPING OSTRICHES FROM CAPE TOWN TO AUSTRALIA.30. A NEW WEATHERCOCK.31. CHARRED CLOVER.32. THE QUEEN VICTORIA CENTURY PLANT.33. ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NATURAL FATS.34. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.35. PATENTS.