Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889Front matterReading editionChapter navigation34 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNEW YORK, AUGUST 17, 1889.THE DEFENSE OF GIBRALTAR: EXPERIMENTAL NAVAL AND MILITARY OPERATIONS.GIBRALTAR AND NEIGHBORHOOD.GIBRALTAR.THE FRANZ JOSEF I., NEW WAR SHIP.CLARK'S GYROSCOPIC TORPEDOES.THE FIRST STEAMBOAT ON THE SEINE.THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TESTS ON THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD.MAGNETISM IN ITS RELATION TO INDUCED ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND CURRENT.1ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION—THE OERLIKON WORKS.THE ADER FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS.NOTES ON DYEWOOD EXTRACTS AND SIMILAR PREPARATIONS.ORTHOCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY.1PLATINOTYPE PRINTING.1ON ALLOTROPIC FORMS OF SILVER.TURPENTINE AND ITS PRODUCTS.1ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PARAFFINE IN CRUDE PETROLEUM.1TRANSMISSION OF PRESSURE IN FLUIDS.PEAR DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME.SUCCESSION OF FOREST GROWTHS.THE "HATCHERY" OF THE SUN-FISH.ANCIENT LAKE DWELLINGS.HOW TO RAISE TURKEYS.WATER AS A THERAPEUTICAL AGENT.ON THE HEALTH VALUE TO MAN OF THE SO-CALLED DIVINELY BENEFICENT GIFT, TOBACCO.ACETIC ACID AS A DISINFECTANT.COUNTER-IRRITATION IN WHOOPING COUGH.DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO.IRIDESCENT CRYSTALS.1A New Catalogue of Valuable PapersArchitects and Builders Edition.Scientific American Supplement.PATENTS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →NEW YORK, AUGUST 17, 1889.All chapters and sections (34)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNEW YORK, AUGUST 17, 1889.THE DEFENSE OF GIBRALTAR: EXPERIMENTAL NAVAL AND MILITARY OPERATIONS.GIBRALTAR AND NEIGHBORHOOD.GIBRALTAR.THE FRANZ JOSEF I., NEW WAR SHIP.CLARK'S GYROSCOPIC TORPEDOES.THE FIRST STEAMBOAT ON THE SEINE.THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TESTS ON THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD.MAGNETISM IN ITS RELATION TO INDUCED ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE AND CURRENT.1ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION—THE OERLIKON WORKS.THE ADER FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS.NOTES ON DYEWOOD EXTRACTS AND SIMILAR PREPARATIONS.ORTHOCHROMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY.1PLATINOTYPE PRINTING.1ON ALLOTROPIC FORMS OF SILVER.TURPENTINE AND ITS PRODUCTS.1ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PARAFFINE IN CRUDE PETROLEUM.1TRANSMISSION OF PRESSURE IN FLUIDS.PEAR DUCHESSE D'ANGOULEME.SUCCESSION OF FOREST GROWTHS.THE "HATCHERY" OF THE SUN-FISH.ANCIENT LAKE DWELLINGS.HOW TO RAISE TURKEYS.WATER AS A THERAPEUTICAL AGENT.ON THE HEALTH VALUE TO MAN OF THE SO-CALLED DIVINELY BENEFICENT GIFT, TOBACCO.ACETIC ACID AS A DISINFECTANT.COUNTER-IRRITATION IN WHOOPING COUGH.DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO.IRIDESCENT CRYSTALS.1A New Catalogue of Valuable PapersArchitects and Builders Edition.Scientific American Supplement.PATENTS.Issue TitleNEW YORK, AUGUST 17, 1889. →