Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
by Various
About this book
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in 1845. It has been a mainstay of popular science with in depth articles across a broad spectrum of scientific fields. In this supplement are short articles ranging through such topics as Seyfferth's Pyrometer, Organic Matter in Sea-Water, On the Composition of Elephants' Milk, and Economy of the Electric Light. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters (30)
1Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere
2Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps
3On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter
4Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard
5Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12
6Seyfferth's Pyrometer
7Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production
8The Preparation of Perfume Pomades
9Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life
10On the Composition of Elephants' Milk
11The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley
12Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus
13Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil
14Chian Turpentine
15On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal
16Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah
17Dry Air Refrigerating Machine
18Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel
19The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President
20Delicate Scientific Instruments
21The Future Development of Electrical Appliances
22Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power
23Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity
24Economy of the Electric Light
25On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor
26Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables
27The Photographic Image: What It Is
28Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern
29An Integrating Machine
30Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches
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