Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
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1. Front matter2. NEW YORK, AUGUST 17, 1889.3. THE DEFENSE OF GIBRALTAR: EXPERIMENTAL NAVAL AND MILITARY OPERATIONS.4. GIBRALTAR AND NEIGHBORHOOD.5. GIBRALTAR.6. THE FRANZ JOSEF I., NEW WAR SHIP.7. CLARK'S GYROSCOPIC TORPEDOES.8. THE FIRST STEAMBOAT ON THE SEINE.9. THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TESTS ON THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD.10. MAGNETISM IN ITS RELATION TO INDUCED ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND CURRENT.111. ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION—THE OERLIKON WORKS.12. THE ADER FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS.13. NOTES ON DYEWOOD EXTRACTS AND SIMILAR PREPARATIONS.14. ORTHOCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY.115. PLATINOTYPE PRINTING.116. ON ALLOTROPIC FORMS OF SILVER.17. TURPENTINE AND ITS PRODUCTS.118. ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PARAFFINE IN CRUDE PETROLEUM.119. TRANSMISSION OF PRESSURE IN FLUIDS.20. PEAR DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME.21. SUCCESSION OF FOREST GROWTHS.22. THE "HATCHERY" OF THE SUN-FISH.23. ANCIENT LAKE DWELLINGS.24. HOW TO RAISE TURKEYS.25. WATER AS A THERAPEUTICAL AGENT.26. ON THE HEALTH VALUE TO MAN OF THE SO-CALLED DIVINELY BENEFICENT GIFT, TOBACCO.27. ACETIC ACID AS A DISINFECTANT.28. COUNTER-IRRITATION IN WHOOPING COUGH.29. DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO.30. IRIDESCENT CRYSTALS.131. A New Catalogue of Valuable Papers32. Architects and Builders Edition.33. Scientific American Supplement.34. PATENTS.