NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 7, 1885
Reading edition
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XX., No. 514.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. CHEMISTRY.—Chlorides in the Rainfall of 1884. Apparatus for Evaporating Organic Liquids.—With description and 3 figures.
II. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.—Relative Costs of Fluid and Solid Fuels.
The Manufacture of Steel Castings.
Science in Diminishing Casualties at Sea.—Extract of a paper read before the British Association by DON ARTURO DE MARCOARTER.
Improved Leveling Machine. 9 figures.
The Span of Cabin John Bridge.
Improvements in Metal Wheels. 3 figures.
Apparatus for the Production of Water Gas. 3 figures.
III. TECHNOLOGY.—The Blue Print Process.—R.W. JONES.
Reproductions of Drawings in Blue Lines on White Ground.—By A.H. HAIG.
A Plan for a Carbonizing House.—With full description and 5 figures.
The Scholar's Compasses.
The Integraph.—With full description and engraving.
Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gaseous Beverages. 2 engravings.
Sandmann's Vinegar Apparatus. 1 figure.
Field Kitchens. 8 figures.
A New Cop Winding Machine. 3 figures.
The Preservation of Timber.—Report of the Committee of the American Society of Engineers.—The Boucherie process.—Experiments.—Decay of timber.
IV. PHYSICS, ELECTRICITY, LIGHT, ETC.—Apparatus for Measuring the Force of Explosives.—With engraving.
Lighting and Ventilating by Gas.—Advantages of gas over electricity, etc.—By WM. SUGG. 2 figures.
Ander's Telephone. 1 figure.
Brown's Electric Speed Regulator. 1 figure.
Magneto-electric Crossing Signal. 2 figures.
The Chromatoscope.—An aid to microscopy.
V. ART AND ARCHITECTURE.—The Barbara Uttmann Statue at Annaberg, Saxony.
Improvements in Concrete Construction.—Use of Portland cement.—System of building in concrete invented by Messrs. F. & J.P. West, London.
Albany Buildings. Southport.—An engraving.
VI. PHYSIOLOGY, HYGIENE, ETC.—The Sizes of Blood Corpuscles in Mammals and Birds.—A table.
The Absorption of Petroleum Ointment and Lard by the Skin.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS.—The Missing German Corvette Augusta.—With engraving.
The Tails of Comets.—The effect by a disturbance of solar waves, and not by special matter.