Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
by Various
About this book
The Scientific American claims to be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, have 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 Insanity from Alcohol, Discovery of Ancient Church in Jerusalem, Preparation of Lard for Use in Pharmacy, and The New Russian Torpedo Boat. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters (28)
1The German National Monument - War and Peace
2The Art Aspects of Modern Dress
3Artisans' Dwellings, Hornsey
4Enlarging on Argentic Paper and Opals
5The Manufacture and Characteristics of Photographic Lenses
6Improved Developers for Gelatine Plates
7The Preparation of Lard for Use in Pharmacy
8Anti-Corrosion Paint and Carbon in Steel
9Apparatus for Extracting Starch from Potatoes
10A Simple Apparatus for Describing Ellipses
11The Manufacture of Charcoal in Kilns/All Varieties of Kilns
12Heat Developed in Forging
13A Novel Propeller Engine
14The New Russian Torpedo Boat, The Poti
15A New Steamer Propelled by Hydraulic Reaction
16A New Form of Flexible Band Dynamometer
17See's Gas Stove - Vignette
18Rectification of Alcohol by Electricity / Plastic Carbon for Batteries
19Recent Studies on the Constitution of the Alkaloids
20On the Treatment of Congestive Headache
21The Use of the Mullein Plant in the Treatment of Pulmonary Consumption
22Action of Mineral Waters and of Hot Water upon the Bile / Vivisection
23Insanity from Alcohol
24Plantain as a Styptic
25Danger from Flies - The Zoological Society's Gardens - The Babiroussa
26On the Mineralogical Localities in and around New York City
27Discovery of Ancient Church in Jerusalem
28Dammara Australis - How to Successfully Transplant Trees
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