Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885Front matterReading editionChapter navigation29 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.A VISIT TO THE CREUSOT WORKS.LE CREUSOT.PLAN FOR AN ELEVATED RAILWAY AT PARIS.ENGINEERING INVENTIONS SINCE 1862.1THE CATHEDRAL OF THE INCARNATION.MOVABLE MARKET BUILDINGS.DINOCRATES' PROJECT.THE CRUTO INCANDESCENT LAMP.ELECTRIC LIGHT APPARATUS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.1THE HYDRODYNAMIC RESEARCHES OF PROFESSOR BJERKNES.THE XYLOPHONE.ELECTROTYPING.A NEW SEISMOGRAPH.NOTES ON THREE NEW CHINESE FIXED OILS.1THE OTOSCOPE.STATE PROVISION FOR THE INSANE.1THE COURAGE OF ORIGINALITY.A CIRCULAR BOWLING ALLEY.PATENT OFFICE EXAMINATION OF INVENTIONS.THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION AT ANTWERP (ANVERS), BELGIUM.THE STONE PINE. (PINUS PINEA.)THE ART OF BREEDING.THE BABYLONIAN PALACE.Scientific American Supplement.PATENTS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →NEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885.All chapters and sections (29)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.A VISIT TO THE CREUSOT WORKS.LE CREUSOT.PLAN FOR AN ELEVATED RAILWAY AT PARIS.ENGINEERING INVENTIONS SINCE 1862.1THE CATHEDRAL OF THE INCARNATION.MOVABLE MARKET BUILDINGS.DINOCRATES' PROJECT.THE CRUTO INCANDESCENT LAMP.ELECTRIC LIGHT APPARATUS FOR MILITARY PURPOSES.ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM.1THE HYDRODYNAMIC RESEARCHES OF PROFESSOR BJERKNES.THE XYLOPHONE.ELECTROTYPING.A NEW SEISMOGRAPH.NOTES ON THREE NEW CHINESE FIXED OILS.1THE OTOSCOPE.STATE PROVISION FOR THE INSANE.1THE COURAGE OF ORIGINALITY.A CIRCULAR BOWLING ALLEY.PATENT OFFICE EXAMINATION OF INVENTIONS.THE UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION AT ANTWERP (ANVERS), BELGIUM.THE STONE PINE. (PINUS PINEA.)THE ART OF BREEDING.THE BABYLONIAN PALACE.Scientific American Supplement.PATENTS.Issue TitleNEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885. →