Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

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30 capitoli5h 18mEnglish1881

Informazioni sul libro

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

Capitoli (30)

1Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere

413

2Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps

145

3On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter

1518

4Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard

1240

5Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12

803

6Seyfferth's Pyrometer

470

7Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production

688

8The Preparation of Perfume Pomades

164

9Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life

369

10On the Composition of Elephants' Milk

765

11The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley

456

12Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus

1056

13Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil

813

14Chian Turpentine

358

15On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal

431

16Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah

343

17Dry Air Refrigerating Machine

427

18Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel

242

19The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President

1140

20Delicate Scientific Instruments

1609

21The Future Development of Electrical Appliances

575

22Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power

893

23Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity

273

24Economy of the Electric Light

592

25On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor

627

26Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables

449

27The Photographic Image: What It Is

767

28Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern

574

29An Integrating Machine

520

30Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches

385

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