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Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884

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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 Pneumatic Malting, Improved Hay-Rope Machine, Automatic Fast Speed Telegraphy, and Tin in Canned Foods
Our Servants, The Microbes
- Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics, Life Sciences

Language: English

Keyword(s): chemistry (29), minerals (23), electricity (18), inventions (13), telephone (9), railways (6), telegraphy (5), scientific research (4), windmills (3), microbes (1) ... [Show full list]

Group: Scientific American Supplement Issues

Section Chapter Author Source Reader Time Language
Play 01 Improved Filter Presses Etext Rochelle Berenyi
 00:05:51
Play 02 Pneumatic Malting Etext Kerry Adams
 00:02:55
Play 03 A New Form of Gas Washer Etext Ian S. Carr
 00:07:52
Play 04 The Wind Mill Etext Availle
 00:24:34
Play 05 The Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Etext Alan Mapstone
 00:03:54
Play 06 Rope Pulley Friction Brake Etext Granville Penn
 00:02:33
Play 07 Wire Rope Towage Etext Brize C
 00:13:21
Play 08 Improved Hay-Rope Machine Etext jptarus7
 00:02:41
Play 09 The Anglesea Bridge, Cork Etext mleigh
 00:07:04
Play 10 Portable Railways, Part 1 Etext Brize C
 00:19:08
Play 11 Portable Railways, Part 2 Etext Brize C
 00:15:08
Play 12 Gerard's Alternating Current Machine Etext Beau Wood
 00:03:27
Play 13 Automatic Fast Speed Telegraphy Etext Brize C
 00:15:06
Play 14 Theory of the Action of the Carbon Microphone--What Is It? Etext James R. Hedrick
 00:09:40
Play 15 The Dembinski Microphonic Telephone Transmitter Etext James R. Hedrick
 00:03:07
Play 16 New Gas Lighters Etext JimScheel
 00:05:36
Play 17 Distribution of Heat Which Is Developed by Forging Etext Ian S. Carr
 00:03:25
Play 18 Tin in Canned Foods Etext gont
 00:11:26
Play 19 Technical Education in America Etext BettyB
 00:22:52
Play 20 The Anaesthetics of Jugglers Etext Brize C
 00:16:14
Play 21 The Deposition of Ores, Part 1 Etext J. M. Smallheer
 00:10:57
Play 22 The Deposition of Ores, Part 2 Etext Tatiana Chichilla
 00:12:27
Play 23 The Deposition of Ores, Part 3 Etext Tatiana Chichilla
 00:11:18
Play 24 Habits of Burrowing Crayfishes in the United States Etext Inkell
 00:09:24
Play 25 Our Servants, The Microbes Etext Joe Bergin
 00:13:25
Play 26 Epitaphium Chymicum Etext Alan Mapstone
 00:03:40
Play 27 A New Stove Climber - History of Wheat - Determination of Starch Etext Larry Wilson
 00:04:48