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Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

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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 Seyfferth's Pyrometer, Organic Matter in Sea-Water, On the Composition of Elephants' Milk, and Economy of the Electric Light.
- Summary by Larry Wilson

Genre(s): Chemistry, Life Sciences

Language: English

Keyword(s): physics (47), chemistry (29), alcohol (19), electricity (18), telegraph (12), engineering (11), rice (7), mechanics (6), lightning (5), oil (4) ... [Show full list]

Group: Scientific American Supplement Issues

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere	Larry Wilson	00:06:53
Play 02	Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps	Larry Wilson	00:02:25
Play 03	On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter	Lauren Fontaine	00:25:18
Play 04	Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard	Lauren Fontaine	00:20:40
Play 05	Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12	J. M. Smallheer	00:13:23
Play 06	Seyfferth's Pyrometer	John D. Parker	00:07:50
Play 07	Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production	John D. Parker	00:11:28
Play 08	The Preparation of Perfume Pomades	BettyB	00:02:44
Play 09	Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life	BettyB	00:06:09
Play 10	On the Composition of Elephants' Milk	Stacey Malcolm	00:12:45
Play 11	The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley	Lauren Fontaine	00:07:36
Play 12	Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus	Goldenco	00:17:36
Play 13	Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil	Rapunzelina	00:13:33
Play 14	Chian Turpentine	KenK	00:05:58
Play 15	On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal	KenK	00:07:11
Play 16	Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah	Larry Wilson	00:05:43
Play 17	Dry Air Refrigerating Machine	KenK	00:07:07
Play 18	Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel	mleigh	00:04:02
Play 19	The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President	Jonathan Pruett	00:19:00
Play 20	Delicate Scientific Instruments	quartertone	00:26:49
Play 21	The Future Development of Electrical Appliances	mleigh	00:09:35
Play 22	Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power	Rapunzelina	00:14:53
Play 23	Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity	KenK	00:04:33
Play 24	Economy of the Electric Light	Availle	00:09:52
Play 25	On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor	Jonathan Pruett	00:10:27
Play 26	Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables	M.S.C. Lambert, LC	00:07:29
Play 27	The Photographic Image: What It Is	Piotr Nater	00:12:47
Play 28	Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern	M.S.C. Lambert, LC	00:09:34
Play 29	An Integrating Machine	John D. Parker	00:08:40
Play 30	Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches	Larry Wilson	00:06:25

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Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881