Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 - Free Audiobook

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Length: 29 chapters

Language: English

Genres: Non-fiction Life Sciences Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics Chemistry Science

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1. Permeability of Sand Rock by Frederick H. Newell, M.E.
2. The Grotto of Gargas
3. Deep Shafts and Deep Mining
4. Remarkable Wells and Caverns / Note on Cholera
5. The Cabbage Butterfly and The Peacock Butterfly
6. The Bhotan Cypress
7. The Pitcher Plant / What Is a Plant?
8. Camellias
9. ArisÆma Fimbriatum
10. Striking a Light
11. Experiments in Memory
12. Sinking of the Quievrechain Working Shaft
13. On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 1
14. On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 2
15. On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 3
16. M. Meizel's Reciprocating Exhauster
17. Automatic Siphon for Irrigation / Assay of Earthenware Glaze
18. On the Electrical Furnace and the Reduction of the Oxides of Boron, Silicon, Aluminum, and Other Metals by Carbon
19. The Cowles Electric Smelting Process
20. Optical Telegraphy - Cryptography - Preservation of Telegrams
21. Optical Telegraphy - Use of the Projector in Optical Telegraphy / Capt. Gaumet's Optical Telegraph
22. Optical Telegraphy - Optical Signaling between Bodies of Troops / Optical Telegraphy by Luminous Balloons / Optical Telegraphy in the Marine
23. Optical Telegraphy - A New Style of Submarine Telegraph
24. A New Circuit Cutter
25. New Micro-Telephonic Apparatus
26. Messrs. Kapp and Crompton's Measuring Instruments
27. The Chemical Action of Light
28. Eutexia, by Thomas Turner, Assoc. R.S.M., F.C.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry, Mason College
29. Chinoline / Method for Rapid Estimation of Urea

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The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having 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 Camellias, Experiments in Memory, The Chemical Action of Light, and longer articles on the Gas Engine, and Optical Telegraphy. - Summary by Larry Wilson