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This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 110 pages of information about Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887.

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THE FALKE TYPE TORPEDO BOAT.	1
THE GERMAN NAVY—THE NEW GUNBOAT EBER.	1
NEW BRITISH TORPEDO EXPERIMENTS.	2
AN ENGLISH CAR COUPLING.	8
MAGAZINE RIFLES.	9
PRESERVATIVE LIQUID.	12
KENT’S TORSION BALANCE.	12
LINK BELTING.	15
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RECENT PROGRESS IN GAS ENGINEERING.	21
THE REGENERATIVE SYSTEM OF RETORT FIRINGS.	22
IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS PURIFICATION.	24
BURNERS AND REGENERATIVE LAMPS.	24
THE WELSBACH GAS LIGHT.	25
PARAFFIN AS A RIVAL OF COAL GAS.	26
OIL IN GAS MAKING.	27
PRICES OF RESIDUAL PRODUCTS.	27
THE NEW BRITISH COINAGE AND JUBILEE MEDAL.	30
BRICKS AND BRICKWORK.	31
PHENOMENA OF ALTERNATING CURRENTS.	50
PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF STELLAR SPECTRA, HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.	58
THE WINNER OF THE DERBY.	64
THE FALLS OF GAIRSOPPA.	64
SPONGES.	65
HERBET’S TEPID DOUCHE.	68
HOW TO MAKE A STAR FINDER.	69
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.	70
PATENTS.	70
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN	71

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