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Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885

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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 Pumping Machinery, The Distillation of Sea Water, Winter and the Insects, Silk Worm Eggs, and The Casino at Monte Carlo. - Summary by Larry Wilson (4 hr 29 min)

Chapters

New Spanish Artillery

1:48

Read by Larry Wilson

Qualitative Tests for Steel Rails

4:56

Read by ToddHW

A New Form of Small Bessemer Plant

4:53

Read by ToddHW

Triple Compound Engines

13:34

Read by ToddHW

Early History of the Steam Jack

5:15

Read by ToddHW

Bridge at Verona

4:08

Read by mleigh

Pumping Machinery

16:08

Read by Brize C

Improved Gun Pressure Gauge

7:36

Read by Tim Tran

Improved Plaiting Machine

5:40

Read by Adrian Stephens

Self-Acting Shuttle Guard

2:18

Read by Lee Vogler

Ruler and Triangle for Hatching

1:53

Read by RMitchell

The Distillation of Sea Water

12:31

Read by Availle

Aids to Correct Exposure on Photographic Plates

21:18

Read by Adrian Stephens

Isochromatic Photography

13:50

Read by Adrian Stephens

Distortion from Expansion of the Paper in Photography

10:37

Read by Adrian Stephens

Measuring the Thickness of Boiler Plates

1:50

Read by Adrian Stephens

Groups of Statuary for the Pediment of the House of Parliament in Vienna

2:39

Read by Adrian Stephens

On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part I

21:33

Read by Adrian Stephens

On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part II

18:58

Read by Adrian Stephens

Electricity Applied to the Manufacture of Varnish

4:45

Read by Verla Viera

Naglo Brothers' Telephone System

3:55

Read by gont

The Gerard Electric Lamp

3:35

Read by gont

A New Reflecting Galvanometer

6:41

Read by grolon

Histological Methods

12:29

Read by Yoganandh T

Life History of a New Septic Organism

5:32

Read by Yoganandh T

Winter and the Insects

6:49

Read by Yoganandh T

Silk Worm Eggs

5:38

Read by BettyB

Determining the Mean Density of the Earth

3:53

Read by Laurie Banza

Physics without Apparatus

2:45

Read by gont

The Casino at Monte Carlo

2:41

Read by Alan Mapstone

On an Express Engine

12:50

Read by John Kennard

The Mucilage on Postage Stamps

1:14

Read by Larry Wilson

Erythroxylon

19:18

Read by Gwilym Taylor

The Melloco

6:03

Read by Larry Wilson