Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885Front matterReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNEW YORK, JUNE 6, 1885NEW SPANISH ARTILLERY.QUALITATIVE TESTS FOR STEEL RAILS.A NEW FORM OF SMALL BESSEMER PLANT.TRIPLE COMPOUND ENGINES.[1]EARLY HISTORY OF THE STEAM JACK.BRIDGE AT VERONA.PUMPING MACHINERY.[1]IMPROVED GUN PRESSURE GAUGE.IMPROVED PLAITING MACHINE.SELF-ACTING SHUTTLE GUARD.RULER AND TRIANGLE FOR HATCHING.THE DISTILLATION OF SEA WATER.AIDS TO CORRECT EXPOSURE ON PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.[1]ISOCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY.[1]DISTORTION FROM EXPANSION OF THE PAPER IN PHOTOGRAPHY.MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF BOILER PLATES.GROUPS OF STATUARY FOR THE PEDIMENT OF THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT IN VIENNA.ON THE FRITTS SELENIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES.[1]ELECTRICITY APPLIED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF VARNISH.NAGLO BROTHERS' TELEPHONE SYSTEM.THE GERARD ELECTRIC LAMP.A NEW REFLECTING GALVANOMETER.HISTOLOGICAL METHODS.LIFE HISTORY OF A NEW SEPTIC ORGANISM.WINTER AND THE INSECTS.SILK WORM EGGS.DETERMINING THE MEAN DENSITY OF THE EARTH.PHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.THE CASINO AT MONTE CARLO.ON AN EXPRESS ENGINE.ERYTHROXYLON.[1]THE MELLOCO.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.PATENTS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →NEW YORK, JUNE 6, 1885All chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNEW YORK, JUNE 6, 1885NEW SPANISH ARTILLERY.QUALITATIVE TESTS FOR STEEL RAILS.A NEW FORM OF SMALL BESSEMER PLANT.TRIPLE COMPOUND ENGINES.[1]EARLY HISTORY OF THE STEAM JACK.BRIDGE AT VERONA.PUMPING MACHINERY.[1]IMPROVED GUN PRESSURE GAUGE.IMPROVED PLAITING MACHINE.SELF-ACTING SHUTTLE GUARD.RULER AND TRIANGLE FOR HATCHING.THE DISTILLATION OF SEA WATER.AIDS TO CORRECT EXPOSURE ON PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES.[1]ISOCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY.[1]DISTORTION FROM EXPANSION OF THE PAPER IN PHOTOGRAPHY.MEASURING THE THICKNESS OF BOILER PLATES.GROUPS OF STATUARY FOR THE PEDIMENT OF THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT IN VIENNA.ON THE FRITTS SELENIUM CELLS AND BATTERIES.[1]ELECTRICITY APPLIED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF VARNISH.NAGLO BROTHERS' TELEPHONE SYSTEM.THE GERARD ELECTRIC LAMP.A NEW REFLECTING GALVANOMETER.HISTOLOGICAL METHODS.LIFE HISTORY OF A NEW SEPTIC ORGANISM.WINTER AND THE INSECTS.SILK WORM EGGS.DETERMINING THE MEAN DENSITY OF THE EARTH.PHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.THE CASINO AT MONTE CARLO.ON AN EXPRESS ENGINE.ERYTHROXYLON.[1]THE MELLOCO.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.PATENTS.TITLENEW YORK, JUNE 6, 1885 →