Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887

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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 torpedo boats, engineering updates, sponges, and a long article on bricks and brickwork, and much more. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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

Language: English

Group: Scientifc American Supplement Issues

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The Falke Type Torpedo Boat / The German Navy--The New Gunboat Eber. Cbteddy
00:05:37
Play 02 New British Torpedo Experiments Cbteddy
00:17:21
Play 03 An English Car Coupling Stacey Malcolm
00:03:34
Play 04 Magazine Rifles / Preservative Liquid Cbteddy
00:09:06
Play 05 Kent's Torsion Balance Ny Swanson
00:11:22
Play 06 Link Belting gardenvariety
00:12:06
Play 07 A New Process of Casting Iron and Other Metals upon Lace, Embroideries, Fern Leaves, and Other Combustible Materials BenjHartin
00:09:35
Play 08 Recent Progress in Gas Engineering, Part 1 BettyB
00:17:24
Play 09 Recent Progress in Gas Engineering, Part 2 Sonrisa Jones
00:10:08
Play 10 The New British Coinage and Jubilee Medal Larry Wilson
00:05:05
Play 11 Bricks and Brickwork, Part 1 Cbteddy
00:12:40
Play 12 Bricks and Brickwork, Part 2 Cbteddy
00:13:05
Play 13 Bricks and Brickwork, Part 3 Cbteddy
00:15:08
Play 14 Bricks and Brickwork, Part 4 Cbteddy
00:16:30
Play 15 Phenomena of Alternating Currents AllenO
00:24:41
Play 16 Photographic Study of Stellar Spectra, Harvard College Observatory prajak
00:24:22
Play 17 The Winner ot the Derby / The Falls of Gairsoppa Larry Wilson
00:05:07
Play 18 Sponges prajak
00:11:27
Play 19 Herbet's Tepid Douche / How to Make a Star Finder Larry Wilson
00:06:02