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Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

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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 The Temperature of the Solar Surface, Dr. Koch on the Cholera, The Cay Monument at Uxmal, and a long article on Modern Locomotive Practice, and one on Malaria. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 35 min)

Chapters

The Frankfort and Offenbach Electric Railway

5:25

Read by Holly Poppell

Possibilities of the Telephone

5:40

Read by Adam Starks

Pyrometers

12:19

Read by prajak

The Temperature of the Solar Surface

20:48

Read by prajak

Chemical Nature of Starch Grains

4:16

Read by Holly Poppell

The Amalgamation of Silver Ores

19:27

Read by Ned Kruger

Interesting Facts about Platinum

10:01

Read by Inkell

Bayle's Lamp Chimney

10:57

Read by prajak

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part I

17:18

Read by roselbex

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part II

16:45

Read by roselbex

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part III

15:43

Read by roselbex

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part IV

16:22

Read by roselbex

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part V

6:55

Read by roselbex

Screw Steam Collier Frostburg / Destruction of the Tardes Viaduct

7:42

Read by roselbex

Joy's Reversing and Expansion Valve Gear

15:59

Read by KenK

The Steam Bell

4:46

Read by Logan Lorenz

Lieut. Greely before the British Association

9:08

Read by mleigh

Diamond Mining in Brazil

21:41

Read by Rita Boutros

What We Really Know about Asiatic Cholera

8:11

Read by Rita Boutros

Dr. Koch on the Cholera

26:33

Read by Leslie Frank

Malaria, Part I

17:04

Read by Holly Poppell

Malaria, Part II

21:59

Read by James R. Hedrick

Malaria, Part III

14:48

Read by James R. Hedrick

Halesia Hispida / Windflowers

10:16

Read by Rita Boutros

Story of Lieut. Greely's Recovery

8:03

Read by mleigh

The Cay Monument at Uxmal

7:05

Read by Rita Boutros

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These old magazines show just far we have come.

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Today 'Scientific American'. is world leader in in depth discussions of religiously reviewed articles about anthropogenic global climate change, gender dynamics, and critical reviews of how math and science disproportionately harm nonbinary BIPOCs. It tells the populace what to think. Great Stuff. You have to trust the science. But back in the 1880s, this publication was publishing a bunch of science stuff involving numbers and concepts that did not revolve around fighting the disproportionate influence white nerds have on society. It is great to see we have advanced so far.