Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885


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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 (4 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Permeability of Sand Rock by Frederick H. Newell, M.E. 5:51 Read by Teresa Pierce
The Grotto of Gargas 11:23 Read by Teresa Pierce
Deep Shafts and Deep Mining 17:21 Read by Teresa Pierce
Remarkable Wells and Caverns / Note on Cholera 10:16 Read by Teresa Pierce
The Cabbage Butterfly and The Peacock Butterfly 6:16 Read by Stacey Malcolm
The Bhotan Cypress 7:06 Read by Julie Anne Thompson
The Pitcher Plant / What Is a Plant? 7:32 Read by Teresa Pierce
Camellias 10:44 Read by Teresa Pierce
ArisÆma Fimbriatum 2:37 Read by Teresa Pierce
Striking a Light 4:28 Read by Teresa Pierce
Experiments in Memory 7:18 Read by Teresa Pierce
Sinking of the Quievrechain Working Shaft 14:58 Read by Teresa Pierce
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 1 13:58 Read by Teresa Pierce
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 2 15:28 Read by Teresa Pierce
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 3 22:06 Read by Teresa Pierce
M. Meizel's Reciprocating Exhauster 3:51 Read by Michael Cooper
Automatic Siphon for Irrigation / Assay of Earthenware Glaze 7:00 Read by Michael Cooper
On the Electrical Furnace and the Reduction of the Oxides of Boron, Silicon, Al… 10:30 Read by Michael Cooper
The Cowles Electric Smelting Process 11:54 Read by Michael Cooper
Optical Telegraphy - Cryptography - Preservation of Telegrams 5:29 Read by Teresa Pierce
Optical Telegraphy - Use of the Projector in Optical Telegraphy / Capt. Gaumet'… 6:53 Read by Teresa Pierce
Optical Telegraphy - Optical Signaling between Bodies of Troops / Optical Teleg… 4:38 Read by Teresa Pierce
Optical Telegraphy - A New Style of Submarine Telegraph 8:50 Read by Teresa Pierce
A New Circuit Cutter 3:53 Read by Teresa Pierce
New Micro-Telephonic Apparatus 4:49 Read by Teresa Pierce
Messrs. Kapp and Crompton's Measuring Instruments 5:38 Read by Teresa Pierce
The Chemical Action of Light 4:32 Read by Teresa Pierce
Eutexia, by Thomas Turner, Assoc. R.S.M., F.C.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry, Ma… 16:24 Read by Teresa Pierce
Chinoline / Method for Rapid Estimation of Urea 6:22 Read by Teresa Pierce