NEW YORK, OCTOBER 25, 1884
Reading edition
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XVIII, No. 460.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. CHEMISTRY. ETC.—Wolpert's Method of Estimating the Amount of Carbonic Acid in the Air.—7 Figures.
Japanese Camphor.—Its preparation, experiments, and analysis of the camphor oil.—By H. OISHI.
II. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.—Links in the History of the Locomotive.—With two engravings of the Rocket.
The Flow of Water through Turbines and Screw Propellers.—By ARTHUR RIGG.—Experimental researches.—Impact on level plate.—Impact and reaction in confined channels.—4 figures.
Improved Textile Machinery.—The Textile Exhibition at Islington.—5 figures.
Endless Rope Haulage.—2 figures.
III. TECHNOLOGY.—A Reliable Water Filter.—With engraving.
Simple Devices for Distilling Water.—4 figures.
Improved Fire Damp Detecter.—With full description and engraving.
Camera Attachment for Paper Photo Negatives.—2 figures.
Instantaneous Photo Shutter.—1 figure.
Sulphurous Acid.—Easy method of preparation for photographic purposes.
IV. PHYSICS. ELECTRICITY, ETC.—Steps toward a Kinetic Theory of Matter.—Address by Sir Wm. THOMSON at the Montreal meeting of the British Association.
Application of Electricity to Tramways.—By M. HOLROYD SMITH.—7 figures.
The Sunshine Recorder.—1 figure.
V. ARCHITECTURE AND ART.—The National Monument at Rome.—With full page engraving.
On the Evolution of Forms of Art.—From a paper by Prof. JACOBSTHAL.—Plant Forms the archetypes of cashmere patterns.—Ornamental representations of plants of two kinds.—Architectural forms of different ages.—20 figures.
VI. NATURAL HISTORY.—The Latest Knowledge about Gapes.—How to keep poultry free from them.
The Voyage of the Vettor Pisani.—Shark fishing In the Gulf of Panama.—Capture of Rhinodon typicus, the largest fish in existence.
VII. HORTICULTURE, ETC.—The Proper Time for Cutting Timber.
Raising Ferns from Spores.—1 figure.
The Life History of Vaucheria.—Growth of alga vaucheria under the microscope.—4 figures.
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS.—Fires in London and New York.
The Greely Arctic Expedition.—With engraving.
The Nile Expedition.—1 figure.