Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 eBook

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THE FRANKFORT AND OFFENBACH ELECTRIC RAILWAY.	1
POSSIBILITIES OF THE TELEPHONE.	2
PYROMETERS.	4
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SOLAR SURFACE.	7
CHEMICAL NATURE OF STARCH GRAINS.	12
THE AMALGAMATION OF SILVER ORES.	13
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT PLATINUM.	19
BAYLE’S LAMP CHIMNEY.	22
MODERN LOCOMOTIVE PRACTICE.	25
SCREW STEAM COLLIER FROSTBURG.	42
DESTRUCTION OF THE TARDES VIADUCT.	42
JOY’S REVERSING AND EXPANSION VALVE GEAR.	44
THE STEAM BELL.	48
LIEUT. GREELY BEFORE THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.	50
DIAMOND MINING IN BRAZIL.	51
WHAT WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT ASIATIC CHOLERA.	56
DR. KOCH ON THE CHOLERA.	58
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ARSENIC FOR MALARIA.	76
THE LEMON FOR MALARIA.	78
HALESIA HISPIDA.	80
WINDFLOWERS.	81
STORY OF LIEUT. GREELY’S RECOVERY.	82
THE CAY MONUMENT AT UXMAL.	84
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $5 A YEAR.	86
PATENTS.	86

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