Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888Front matterReading editionChapter navigation27 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENTTHE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TON SHEARS OF THE PORT OF MARSEILLES.THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDRAULIC POWER IN LONDON.TEST OF A WROUGHT IRON DOUBLE TRACK FLOOR BEAM.[1]HYDRAULIC TUBE PRESS.TIMBER, AND SOME OF ITS DISEASES.[2] By H. Marshall Ward.III.—The Evolution of the Modern Mill.[3]IMPROVED TORPEDO BOAT.SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AT THE MANCHESTER ROYAL JUBILEE EXHIBITION.COLORED PHOTOGRAPHY.FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR GAS COMPANIES.[4]THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO LIGHTING AND WORKING.[5]EFFECT OF CHLORINE ON THE ELECTRO-MOTIVE FORCE OF A VOLTAIC COUPLE.[6]THE WIMSHURST INFLUENCE MACHINE.SANITATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.THE CARE OF THE EYES.[8]TUMORS OF THE BLADDER. DIAGNOSED BY MEANS OF THE ELECTRO-ENDOSCOPIC CYSTOSCOPE.PAPILLOMATOUS TUMOR OF THE BLADDER, DEMONSTRATED BY MEANS OF LISTER'S ELECTRO-CYSTOSCOPE.DISTANCE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN.CHANGES IN THE STELLAR HEAVENS.THE COMMON DANDELION.SYSTEMATIC RELATIONS OF PLATYPSYLLUS, AS DETERMINED BY THE LARVA.[12]THE SPECTRA OF OXYGEN.ON A THEORY CONCERNING THE SUDDEN LOSS OF MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF IRON AND NICKEL.POISON OF THE SOMALIS, EXTRACTED FROM THE WOOD OF THE OUABAIO.(Advertisements.)Beginning of this editionNext chapter →SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENTAll chapters and sections (27)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsSCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENTTHE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TON SHEARS OF THE PORT OF MARSEILLES.THE DISTRIBUTION OF HYDRAULIC POWER IN LONDON.TEST OF A WROUGHT IRON DOUBLE TRACK FLOOR BEAM.[1]HYDRAULIC TUBE PRESS.TIMBER, AND SOME OF ITS DISEASES.[2] By H. Marshall Ward.III.—The Evolution of the Modern Mill.[3]IMPROVED TORPEDO BOAT.SCIENTIFIC APPARATUS AT THE MANCHESTER ROYAL JUBILEE EXHIBITION.COLORED PHOTOGRAPHY.FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR GAS COMPANIES.[4]THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRICITY TO LIGHTING AND WORKING.[5]EFFECT OF CHLORINE ON THE ELECTRO-MOTIVE FORCE OF A VOLTAIC COUPLE.[6]THE WIMSHURST INFLUENCE MACHINE.SANITATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.THE CARE OF THE EYES.[8]TUMORS OF THE BLADDER. DIAGNOSED BY MEANS OF THE ELECTRO-ENDOSCOPIC CYSTOSCOPE.PAPILLOMATOUS TUMOR OF THE BLADDER, DEMONSTRATED BY MEANS OF LISTER'S ELECTRO-CYSTOSCOPE.DISTANCE AND CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN.CHANGES IN THE STELLAR HEAVENS.THE COMMON DANDELION.SYSTEMATIC RELATIONS OF PLATYPSYLLUS, AS DETERMINED BY THE LARVA.[12]THE SPECTRA OF OXYGEN.ON A THEORY CONCERNING THE SUDDEN LOSS OF MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF IRON AND NICKEL.POISON OF THE SOMALIS, EXTRACTED FROM THE WOOD OF THE OUABAIO.(Advertisements.)Transcriber's Note: The original publication has been replicated faithfully except as listed here.◇Scientific American overlays a contour of a city skyline.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT →