Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
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30 chapters · 5 h 18 min · English
Read by Larry Wilson, Lauren Fontaine, J. M. Smallheer, John D. Parker, BettyB, Stacey Malcolm and others
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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
Chapters
1 Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere 7 min 2 Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps 2 min 3 On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter 25 min 4 Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard 21 min 5 Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12 13 min 6 Seyfferth's Pyrometer 8 min 7 Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production 11 min 8 The Preparation of Perfume Pomades 3 min 9 Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life 6 min 10 On the Composition of Elephants' Milk 13 min 11 The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley 8 min 12 Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus 18 min 13 Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil 14 min 14 Chian Turpentine 6 min 15 On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal 7 min 16 Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah 6 min 17 Dry Air Refrigerating Machine 7 min 18 Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel 4 min 19 The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President 19 min 20 Delicate Scientific Instruments 27 min 21 The Future Development of Electrical Appliances 10 min 22 Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power 15 min 23 Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity 5 min 24 Economy of the Electric Light 10 min 25 On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor 10 min 26 Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables 7 min 27 The Photographic Image: What It Is 13 min 28 Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern 10 min 29 An Integrating Machine 9 min 30 Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches 6 min
