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Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885

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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 Ships, The Gas Engine, Capstan Navigation on the Volga, Astronomical Photography, and Sanitary Cooking. - Summary by Larry Wilson (3 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Blaauw Krantz Viaduct in Cape Colony

6:48

Read by Larry Wilson

Torpedo Ships / A Plumbing Test

3:35

Read by Stacey Malcolm

The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 1

18:21

Read by Verla Viera

The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 2

16:27

Read by Verla Viera

Rapid Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway by E.T. Abbott

14:15

Read by BettyB

The Osgood Mammoth Excavator / The Osgood Excavator

7:22

Read by George Banfield

Capstan Navigation on the Volga

8:11

Read by Julie Anne Thompson

Steamboat Equipment of War Vessels

11:55

Read by bilwelvox

Improved Steam Trap

4:41

Read by Elizabeth Mason

Photometrical Standards / Bleaching or Dyeing-Yarns and Goods in Vacuo

5:11

Read by Julie Anne Thompson

On the Moulding of Porcelain by Charles Lauth

14:14

Read by jenno

Photo-Tricycle Apparatus / A Photo Printing Light / A New Actinometer

6:14

Read by Beau Wood

Astronomical Photography

10:04

Read by Availle

Electricity as a Preventive of Scale in Boilers / Alphabet Designed by Godfrey …

4:07

Read by Julie Anne Thompson

Brief Sanitary Matters in Connection with Isolated Country Houses by E.W. Bowdi…

15:39

Read by bilwelvox

Sanitary Cooking by Virginia L. Oppenheimer, M.D., Seymour, Ind. / Time Require…

21:00

Read by Erica Brooks

The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell…

16:08

Read by BettyB

The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell…

14:14

Read by BettyB

The Sunflowers by Charles Wolley-Dod / A Quick Filter

15:09

Read by jenno

Lye's Fuchsias

6:13

Read by Larry Wilson