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