Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891

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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 The Business End of the American Newspaper, Chicago as a Seaport, Alternate Current Condensers, Gaseous Illuminants. and much more. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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

Language: English

Group: Scientific American Supplement Issues

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 The New Labor Exchange At Paris Larry Wilson
00:03:11
Play 02 The Business End of the American Newspaper by A.H. Siegfried, Part 1 Colton Wooten
00:37:12
Play 03 The Business End of the American Newspaper by A.H. Siegfried, Part 2 Cbteddy
00:19:07
Play 04 How to Prevent Hay Fever by Alexander Rixa, M.D., New York quartertone
00:06:53
Play 05 The Source of Chinese Ginger Larry Wilson
00:02:29
Play 06 Floating Elevator and Spoil Distributor Yaron Bernstein
00:05:41
Play 07 Improved Cold Iron Saw Stacey Malcolm
00:02:21
Play 08 A Railway through the Andes / The Empress of India mleigh
00:07:33
Play 09 Chicago as a Seaport Cbteddy
00:20:16
Play 10 N.F. Burnham and His Life Work by W.H. Burnham Colton Wooten
00:10:36
Play 11 Alternate Current Condensers Yaron Bernstein
00:08:54
Play 12 The Telegraphic Communication between Great Britain, Europe, America, and the East by George Walter Niven George Banfield
00:23:11
Play 13 Electricity in Transitu from Plenum to Vacuum by Prof. William Crookes, F.R.S. Adrian Stephens
00:28:39
Play 14 Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 1 quartertone
00:14:48
Play 15 Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 2 quartertone
00:16:31
Play 16 Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 3 quartertone
00:21:14
Play 17 Stereoscopic Projections quartertone
00:07:56
Play 18 The Effect on Fowls of Nitrogenous and Carbonaceous Rations Adrian Stephens
00:21:17
Play 19 Herbaceous Grafting Julie Anne Thompson
00:08:12
Play 20 A Humorous Health Officer Larry Wilson
00:01:43