Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887
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1. NEW YORK, MARCH 26, 18872. THE RETIRO VIADUCT.3. SEA-GOING TORPEDO BOATS.4. FIRING TRIAL OF THE 110½ TON B.L. ELSWICK GUN.5. GAS ENGINE FOR USE ON RAILROADS.6. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LOCATION OVER THE BLUE RIDGE.7. NEW GASHOLDER AT ERDBERG.8. GEORGE W. WHISTLER, C.E.19. PRINTING LANTERN PICTURES BY ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON BROMIDE PLATES FROM VARIOUS SIZES.110. EXPERIMENTS IN TONING GELATINO-CHLORIDE PAPER.11. THE "SENSIM" PREPARING BOX.12. NOTES ON GARMENT DYEING.13. FUEL AND SMOKE.114. THE ANTI-FRICTION CONVEYER.15. STUDIES IN PYROTECHNY.116. IMPROVEMENT IN LAYING OUT FRAMES OF VESSELS—THE FRAME TRACER.17. TAR FOR FIRING RETORTS.18. A NEW MERCURY PUMP.19. THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER.20. ON ELECTRO-DISSOLUTION, AND ITS USE AS REGARDS ANALYSIS.21. A NEWLY DISCOVERED SUBSTANCE IN URINE.22. FURNACE FOR DECOMPOSING CHLORIDE OF MAGNESIUM.23. THE FILTRATION AND THE SECRETION THEORY.24. VARYING CYLINDRICAL LENS.25. THE LAWS OF THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT IN CRYSTALS.26. HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S POSTAL SERVICE.27. ON NICKEL PLATING.28. CHILLED CAST IRON.29. SNOW HALL.30. ELIMINATION OF POISONS.31. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.32. PATENTS.