Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.—No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877VOL. XXXVII., No. 2. [NEW SERIES.] Thirty-second Year.Reading editionChapter navigation56 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterNEW YORK, July 14, 1877.BOWER'S PATENT AIR COMPRESSOR.Death of Professor Santini.John Yule.Business Prospects.To Disinfect Rooms.MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors.VOL. XXXVII., No. 2. [NEW SERIES.] Thirty-second Year.No. 80,CARRYING PEACE INTO AFRICA.ADDRESS OF CLARENCE KING ON CATASTROPHISM.DUPLEX EDUCATION.THE CARRIGEEN CROP.CATASTROPHISM IN GEOLOGY.A NEW APPARATUS FOR STORING AND UTILIZING SOLAR HEAT.Phosphorescent Sweating.UTILIZATION OF TIN SCRAP.Sebastin—An Improved Explosive.A NEW METHOD OF BOOKBINDING.IMPROVED CURTAIN FIXTURE.BOOT AND SHOE MACHINERY.On Dyspepsia.The Destructive Effects of Lightning.The Sea Serpent Sighted from a Royal Yacht.Sunstroke.Dead Horses Standing Erect.SETTING LOCOMOTIVE SLIDE VALVES.New Steamer.A Tin-Can Telephone.COLLENDER'S IMPROVED BILLIARD TABLE.Coating Engraved Copper Plates with Steel.Test for Sulphur in Organic Compounds.IMPROVED BILLIARD BALL HOLDER.THE MONITOR CHALK CUP.CURIOUS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.Popular Fallacies.The Extension of the Plague.Education in Germany.Bleaching Silk and Wool.An Alloy of Tin and Phosphorus.American Institute Exhibition.American Inventions for New South Wales.Man's Place in Nature.Special Notice.DECISIONS OF THE COURTS.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.Notice to Patentees.NEW AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS.NEW TEXTILE INVENTIONS.NEW WOODWORKING AND HOUSE AND CARRIAGE BUILDING INVENTIONS.NEW HOUSEHOLD INVENTIONS.NEW MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING INVENTIONS.NEW MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS.INDEX OF INVENTIONSDESIGNS PATENTED.Previous chapter ←MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors.Next chapter →Volume 37 — No. 80,All chapters and sections (56)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsNEW YORK, July 14, 1877.BOWER'S PATENT AIR COMPRESSOR.Death of Professor Santini.John Yule.Business Prospects.To Disinfect Rooms.MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors.Sections37Volume 37 · Other sectionsNo. 80,CARRYING PEACE INTO AFRICA.ADDRESS OF CLARENCE KING ON CATASTROPHISM.DUPLEX EDUCATION.THE CARRIGEEN CROP.CATASTROPHISM IN GEOLOGY.A NEW APPARATUS FOR STORING AND UTILIZING SOLAR HEAT.Phosphorescent Sweating.UTILIZATION OF TIN SCRAP.Sebastin—An Improved Explosive.A NEW METHOD OF BOOKBINDING.IMPROVED CURTAIN FIXTURE.BOOT AND SHOE MACHINERY.On Dyspepsia.The Destructive Effects of Lightning.The Sea Serpent Sighted from a Royal Yacht.Sunstroke.Dead Horses Standing Erect.SETTING LOCOMOTIVE SLIDE VALVES.New Steamer.A Tin-Can Telephone.COLLENDER'S IMPROVED BILLIARD TABLE.Coating Engraved Copper Plates with Steel.Test for Sulphur in Organic Compounds.IMPROVED BILLIARD BALL HOLDER.THE MONITOR CHALK CUP.CURIOUS CARNIVOROUS PLANTS.Popular Fallacies.The Extension of the Plague.Education in Germany.Bleaching Silk and Wool.An Alloy of Tin and Phosphorus.American Institute Exhibition.American Inventions for New South Wales.Man's Place in Nature.Special Notice.DECISIONS OF THE COURTS.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.Notice to Patentees.NEW AGRICULTURAL INVENTIONS.NEW TEXTILE INVENTIONS.NEW WOODWORKING AND HOUSE AND CARRIAGE BUILDING INVENTIONS.NEW HOUSEHOLD INVENTIONS.NEW MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING INVENTIONS.NEW MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS.INDEX OF INVENTIONSDESIGNS PATENTED.NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1877.← MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors.No. 80, →