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Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885

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 Pumping Machinery, The Distillation of Sea Water, Winter and the Insects, Silk Worm Eggs, and The Casino at Monte Carlo. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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New Spanish Artillery (Larry Wilson)
Qualitative Tests for Steel Rails (ToddHW)
A New Form of Small Bessemer Plant (ToddHW)
Triple Compound Engines (ToddHW)
Early History of the Steam Jack (ToddHW)
Bridge at Verona (mleigh)
Pumping Machinery (Brize C)
Improved Gun Pressure Gauge (Tim Tran)
Improved Plaiting Machine (Adrian Stephens)
Self-Acting Shuttle Guard (Lee Vogler)
Ruler and Triangle for Hatching (RMitchell)
The Distillation of Sea Water (Availle)
Aids to Correct Exposure on Photographic Plates (Adrian Stephens)
Isochromatic Photography (Adrian Stephens)
Distortion from Expansion of the Paper in Photography (Adrian Stephens)
Measuring the Thickness of Boiler Plates (Adrian Stephens)
Groups of Statuary for the Pediment of the House of Parliament in Vienna (Adrian Stephens)
On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part I (Adrian Stephens)
On the Fritts Selenium Cells and Batteries, Part II (Adrian Stephens)
Electricity Applied to the Manufacture of Varnish (Verla Viera)
Naglo Brothers' Telephone System (gont)
The Gerard Electric Lamp (gont)
A New Reflecting Galvanometer (grolon)
Histological Methods (Yoganandh T)
Life History of a New Septic Organism (Yoganandh T)
Winter and the Insects (Yoganandh T)
Silk Worm Eggs (BettyB)
Determining the Mean Density of the Earth (Laurie Banza)
Physics without Apparatus (gont)
The Casino at Monte Carlo (Alan Mapstone)
On an Express Engine (John Kennard)
The Mucilage on Postage Stamps (Larry Wilson)
Erythroxylon (Gwilym Taylor)
The Melloco (Larry Wilson)
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