Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22, 1888

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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 Iron Sailing Ships, Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers, Pepsin, A Chinese Imperial Cemetery, and Subterraneous Flora and Fauna. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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

Language: English

Keyword(s): navy (32), architecture (26), cavalry (6), surgery (6), abyssinia (2), pepsin (1), coal tar (1), steam boilers (1), electric motors (1), gas lighting (1) ... [Show full list]

Group: Scientific American Supplement Issues

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Gun Practice in the French Navy Larry Wilson
00:03:41
Play 02 Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 1 mpinedag
00:13:31
Play 03 Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 2 mpinedag
00:13:45
Play 04 Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 3 mpinedag
00:14:31
Play 05 Iron Sailing Ships Larry Wilson
00:02:25
Play 06 Water Blast Pump Larry Wilson
00:03:58
Play 07 Transmission of Power between Bodies Moving at Different Velocities Squish
00:05:12
Play 08 Steam Generator of Serpollet Brothers, Producing Steam Instantaneously mleigh
00:14:05
Play 09 Gas Lighting by High-Power Burners erinbrown23
00:06:59
Play 10 Synchronizing Clocks Stacey Malcolm
00:02:46
Play 11 Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers emmaweigham
00:12:16
Play 12 Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 1 twomustangs
00:10:39
Play 13 Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 2 twomustangs
00:13:04
Play 14 The New Central Railway Station at Frankfort on the Main BettyB
00:08:16
Play 15 The Commercial Exchange, Paris BettyB
00:07:12
Play 16 A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 1 Bryan Travis
00:15:07
Play 17 A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 2 Bryan Travis
00:15:12
Play 18 Some Abyssinian Customs Cajucom
00:01:47
Play 19 How a Mound Was Built Saint Frank
00:08:08
Play 20 A Chinese Imperial Cemetery Availle
00:05:56
Play 21 Dyspepsia: Its Causes and Prevention Bryan Travis
00:15:02
Play 22 A New Surgical Operation Larry Wilson
00:04:31
Play 23 Putzeys' Flushing Reservoir Squish
00:05:27
Play 24 Pepsin Christine Rottger
00:07:16
Play 25 Subterraneous Flora and Fauna emmaweigham
00:16:59
Play 26 Timber, and Some of Its Diseases Christine Rottger
00:21:35