Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884Front matterReading editionChapter navigation34 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1884FAURE'S MACHINE FOR DECORTICATING SUGAR-CANE.THE GENERATION OF STEAM, AND THE THERMODYNAMIC PROBLEMS INVOLVED.1PLANETARY WHEEL-TRAINS.THE PANTANEMONE.RELVAS'S NEW LIFE-BOAT.EXPERIMENTS WITH DOUBLE-BARRELED GUNS AND RIFLES.BALL TURNING MACHINE.COOLING APPARATUS FOR INJECTION WATER.CORRUGATED DISK PULLEYS.EARLY HISTORY OF THE TELEGRAPH.THE KRAVOGL ELECTRIC MOTOR.BORNHARDT'S ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR BLASTING IN MINES.IMPROVED ELECTRIC FIRE ALARM.A STANDARD THERMOPILE.TELEPHONIC TRANSMISSION WITHOUT RECEIVERS.ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF GROUND CONDUCTORS.ON ELECTROLYSIS.THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL EQUIVALENT OF SILVER.A NEW STANDARD LIGHT.DR. FEUSSNER'S NEW POLARIZING PRISM.ZIRCON.A PROCESS FOR MAKING WROUGHT IRON DIRECT FROM THE ORE.1SOME REMARKS ON THE DETERMINATION OF HARDNESS IN WATERS.THE DENSITY AND PRESSURE OF DETONATING GAS MIXTURES.TURKISH BATHS FOR HORSES.MIRYACHIT, A NEWLY DESCRIBED DISEASE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND ITS ANALOGUES.1THE GUM DISEASE IN TREES.1DRINKSTONE PARK.ON THE CHANGES WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE CONVERSION OF HAY INTO ENSILAGE.DIFFRACTION PHENOMENA DURING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES.1Scientific American Supplement.PATENTS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →NEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1884All chapters and sections (34)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1884FAURE'S MACHINE FOR DECORTICATING SUGAR-CANE.THE GENERATION OF STEAM, AND THE THERMODYNAMIC PROBLEMS INVOLVED.1PLANETARY WHEEL-TRAINS.THE PANTANEMONE.RELVAS'S NEW LIFE-BOAT.EXPERIMENTS WITH DOUBLE-BARRELED GUNS AND RIFLES.BALL TURNING MACHINE.COOLING APPARATUS FOR INJECTION WATER.CORRUGATED DISK PULLEYS.EARLY HISTORY OF THE TELEGRAPH.THE KRAVOGL ELECTRIC MOTOR.BORNHARDT'S ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR BLASTING IN MINES.IMPROVED ELECTRIC FIRE ALARM.A STANDARD THERMOPILE.TELEPHONIC TRANSMISSION WITHOUT RECEIVERS.ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF GROUND CONDUCTORS.ON ELECTROLYSIS.THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL EQUIVALENT OF SILVER.A NEW STANDARD LIGHT.DR. FEUSSNER'S NEW POLARIZING PRISM.ZIRCON.A PROCESS FOR MAKING WROUGHT IRON DIRECT FROM THE ORE.1SOME REMARKS ON THE DETERMINATION OF HARDNESS IN WATERS.THE DENSITY AND PRESSURE OF DETONATING GAS MIXTURES.TURKISH BATHS FOR HORSES.MIRYACHIT, A NEWLY DESCRIBED DISEASE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND ITS ANALOGUES.1THE GUM DISEASE IN TREES.1DRINKSTONE PARK.ON THE CHANGES WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE CONVERSION OF HAY INTO ENSILAGE.DIFFRACTION PHENOMENA DURING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES.1Scientific American Supplement.PATENTS.Issue TitleNEW YORK, JUNE 14, 1884 →