Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

Author(s): Various

Narrators: Larry Wilson, Lauren Fontaine, J. M. Smallheer, John D. Parker, BettyB, Stacey Malcolm, Goldenco, Rapunzelina, KenK, Mleigh, Jonathan Pruett, Quartertone, Availle, M.S.C. Lambert, LC, Piotr Nater

Number of Chapters: 30

Length: 05 hours and 18 minutes

Language: English

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

Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere (Larry Wilson)

Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps (Larry Wilson)

On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter (Lauren Fontaine)

Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard (Lauren Fontaine)

Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12 (J. M. Smallheer)

Seyfferth's Pyrometer (John D. Parker)

Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production (John D. Parker)

The Preparation of Perfume Pomades (BettyB)

Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life (BettyB)

On the Composition of Elephants' Milk (Stacey Malcolm)

The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley (Lauren Fontaine)

Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus (Goldenco)

Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil (Rapunzelina)

Chian Turpentine (KenK)

On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal (KenK)

Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah (Larry Wilson)

Dry Air Refrigerating Machine (KenK)

Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel (mleigh)

The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President (Jonathan Pruett)

Delicate Scientific Instruments (quartertone)

The Future Development of Electrical Appliances (mleigh)

Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power (Rapunzelina)

Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity (KenK)

Economy of the Electric Light (Availle)

On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor (Jonathan Pruett)

Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables (M.S.C. Lambert, LC)

The Photographic Image: What It Is (Piotr Nater)

Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern (M.S.C. Lambert, LC)

An Integrating Machine (John D. Parker)

Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches (Larry Wilson)

The audiobook Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 falls under the genres of Chemistry, Life Sciences. It is written by Various.

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