Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 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 Camellias, Experiments in Memory, The Chemical Action of Light, and longer articles on the Gas Engine, and Optical Telegraphy. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Permeability of Sand Rock by Frederick H. Newell, M.E. 5:51 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
The Grotto of Gargas 11:23 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Deep Shafts and Deep Mining 17:21 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Remarkable Wells and Caverns / Note on Cholera 10:16 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
The Cabbage Butterfly and The Peacock Butterfly 6:16 Gelesen von Stacey Malcolm
The Bhotan Cypress 7:06 Gelesen von Julie Anne Thompson
The Pitcher Plant / What Is a Plant? 7:32 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Camellias 10:44 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
ArisÆma Fimbriatum 2:37 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Striking a Light 4:28 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Experiments in Memory 7:18 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Sinking of the Quievrechain Working Shaft 14:58 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 1 13:58 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 2 15:28 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
On the Elementary Principles of the Gas-Engine by Denny Lane, of Cork, Part 3 22:06 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
M. Meizel's Reciprocating Exhauster 3:51 Gelesen von Michael Cooper
Automatic Siphon for Irrigation / Assay of Earthenware Glaze 7:00 Gelesen von Michael Cooper
On the Electrical Furnace and the Reduction of the Oxides of Boron, Silicon, Aluminum, and Other Metals by Carbon 10:30 Gelesen von Michael Cooper
The Cowles Electric Smelting Process 11:54 Gelesen von Michael Cooper
Optical Telegraphy - Cryptography - Preservation of Telegrams 5:29 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Optical Telegraphy - Use of the Projector in Optical Telegraphy / Capt. Gaumet's Optical Telegraph 6:53 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Optical Telegraphy - Optical Signaling between Bodies of Troops / Optical Telegraphy by Luminous Balloons / Optical Telegraphy in the Marine 4:38 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Optical Telegraphy - A New Style of Submarine Telegraph 8:50 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
A New Circuit Cutter 3:53 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
New Micro-Telephonic Apparatus 4:49 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Messrs. Kapp and Crompton's Measuring Instruments 5:38 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
The Chemical Action of Light 4:32 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Eutexia, by Thomas Turner, Assoc. R.S.M., F.C.S., Demonstrator of Chemistry, Mason College 16:24 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce
Chinoline / Method for Rapid Estimation of Urea 6:22 Gelesen von Teresa Pierce