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)

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