Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884
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1. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 25, 18842. LINKS IN THE HISTORY OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.3. THE FLOW OF WATER THROUGH TURBINES AND SCREW PROPELLERS.14. IMPROVED TEXTILE MACHINERY.5. ENDLESS ROPE HAULAGE.6. A RELIABLE WATER FILTER.7. SIMPLE DEVICES FOR DISTILLING WATER.8. IMPROVED FIRE-DAMP DETECTER.9. CAMERA ATTACHMENT FOR PAPER PHOTO NEGATIVES.10. INSTANTANEOUS PHOTO SHUTTER.11. SULPHUROUS ACID.—EASY METHOD OF PREPARATION FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES.12. THE NATIONAL MONUMENT AT ROME.13. ON THE EVOLUTION OF FORMS OF ORNAMENT. 114. STEPS TOWARD A KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER.115. APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO TRAMWAYS.16. FIRES IN LONDON AND NEW YORK.17. THE LATEST KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GAPES.18. WOLPERT'S METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE AMOUNT OF CARBONIC ACID IN THE AIR19. THE VOYAGE OF THE VETTOR PISANI.20. THE GREELY ARCTIC EXPEDITION.21. THE NILE EXPEDITION.22. THE PROPER TIME FOR CUTTING TIMBER.23. RAISING FERNS FROM SPORES.24. THE LIFE HISTORY OF VAUCHERIA.125. JAPANESE CAMPHOR—ITS PREPARATION, EXPERIMENTS, AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAMPHOR OIL.126. THE SUNSHINE RECORDER.27. BREAKING OF A WATER MAIN.28. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.29. PATENTS.