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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

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Chapters

Chapter 1
Permeability of Sand Rock by Frederick H. Newell, M.E.
05:51
Chapter 2
The Grotto of Gargas
11:23
Chapter 3
Deep Shafts and Deep Mining
17:21
Chapter 4
Remarkable Wells and Caverns / Note on Cholera
10:16
Chapter 5
The Cabbage Butterfly and The Peacock Butterfly
06:16
Chapter 6
The Bhotan Cypress
07:06
Chapter 7
The Pitcher Plant / What Is a Plant?
07:32
Chapter 8
Camellias
10:44
Chapter 9
ArisÆma Fimbriatum
02:37
Chapter 10
Striking a Light
04:28
Chapter 11
Experiments in Memory
07:18
Chapter 12
Sinking of the Quievrechain Working Shaft
14:58
Chapter 13
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 1
13:58
Chapter 14
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 2
15:28
Chapter 15
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 3
22:06
Chapter 16
M. Meizel's Reciprocating Exhauster
03:51
Chapter 17
Automatic Siphon for Irrigation / Assay of Earthenware Glaze
07:00
Chapter 18
On the Electrical Furnace and the Reduction of the Oxides of Boron, Silicon, Aluminum, and Other Metals by Carbon
10:30
Chapter 19
The Cowles Electric Smelting Process
11:54
Chapter 20
Optical Telegraphy - Cryptography - Preservation of Telegrams
05:29
Chapter 21
Optical Telegraphy - Use of the Projector in Optical Telegraphy / Capt. Gaumet's Optical Telegraph
06:53
Chapter 22
Optical Telegraphy - Optical Signaling between Bodies of Troops / Optical Telegraphy by Luminous Balloons / Optical Telegraphy in the Marine
04:38
Chapter 23
Optical Telegraphy - A New Style of Submarine Telegraph
08:50
Chapter 24
A New Circuit Cutter
03:53
Chapter 25
New Micro-Telephonic Apparatus
04:49
Chapter 26
Messrs. Kapp and Crompton's Measuring Instruments
05:38
Chapter 27
The Chemical Action of Light
04:32
Chapter 28
Eutexia, by Thomas Turner, Assoc. R.S.M., F.C.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry, Mason College
16:24
Chapter 29
Chinoline / Method for Rapid Estimation of Urea
06:22

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

Chapters

Permeability of Sand Rock by Frederick H. Newell, M.E.

The Grotto of Gargas

Deep Shafts and Deep Mining

Remarkable Wells and Caverns / Note on Cholera

The Cabbage Butterfly and The Peacock Butterfly

The Bhotan Cypress

The Pitcher Plant / What Is a Plant?

Camellias

ArisÆma Fimbriatum

Striking a Light

Experiments in Memory

Sinking of the Quievrechain Working Shaft

On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 1

On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 2

On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 3

M. Meizel's Reciprocating Exhauster

Automatic Siphon for Irrigation / Assay of Earthenware Glaze

On the Electrical Furnace and the Reduction of the Oxides of Boron, Silicon, Aluminum, and Other Metals by Carbon

The Cowles Electric Smelting Process

Optical Telegraphy - Cryptography - Preservation of Telegrams

Optical Telegraphy - Use of the Projector in Optical Telegraphy / Capt. Gaumet's Optical Telegraph

Optical Telegraphy - Optical Signaling between Bodies of Troops / Optical Telegraphy by Luminous Balloons / Optical Telegraphy in the Marine

Optical Telegraphy - A New Style of Submarine Telegraph

A New Circuit Cutter

New Micro-Telephonic Apparatus

Messrs. Kapp and Crompton's Measuring Instruments

The Chemical Action of Light

Eutexia, by Thomas Turner, Assoc. R.S.M., F.C.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry, Mason College

Chinoline / Method for Rapid Estimation of Urea