NEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885.
Reading edition
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIX., No. 488.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.PAGE
I. CHEMISTRY.—Notes on Three New Chinese Fixed Oils.—Tea oil. Cabbage oil.—Wood oil.—Paper read by R. H. DAVIES before the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 7793
II. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.—A Visit to the Creusot Works.—Giving a description of the works and the projects undertaken by the proprietors.—With full page of engravings illustrating the Hall of Forges and the 100 ton steam hammer. 7784
Le Creusot.—Extract of the report of the visit of the American Gun Foundry Board to these works. 7784
Plan for the Elevated Railway at Paris.—4 figures. 7785
Engineering Inventions since 1862.—By Sir F. J. BRAMWELL.—Bridge construction.—Pneumatic Foundations.—Construction of tunnels.—Canals and river improvements.—Military engineering appliances.—Uses of cement.—Preservation of wood. 7787
III. PHYSICS, ELECTRICITY, ETC.—Electric Light Apparatus for Military Purposes.—With engraving. 7790
Electricity and Magnetism.—By Prof. F. E. NIPHER. 7790
The Hydrodynamic Researches of Prof. Bjerknes.—By C. W. COOKE.—5 figures. 7791
Electrotyping.—With a full description of the process. 7792
A New Seismograph.—With engraving. 7793
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IV. ART AND ARCHITECTURE.—The Cathedral of the Incarnation at Garden City. 7787
Movable Market Buildings.—7 figures and engraving of movable flower market at Paris. 7788
Dinocrates' Project.—With three engravings of landscapes showing human profiles. 7789
The Babylonian Palace. 7798
V. HORTICULTURE.—The Stone Pine (Pinus Pinea).—With engraving. 7797
VI. HYGIENE, ETC.—The Otoscope.—With engraving. 7794
State Provision for the Insane.—By C. M. HUGHES, M.D. 7794
VII. MISCELLANEOUS.—The Xylophone.—2 engravings. 7792
The Courage of Originality. 7795
A Circular Bowling Alley.—With engraving. 7795
Patent Office Examination of Inventions. 7795
The Universal Exposition at Antwerp, Belgium.—With full page engraving. 7797
The Art of Breeding. 7798