Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 eBook

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COPEMAN & PINHEY’S LIFE RAFTS.	2
ANOTHER REMARKABLE TORPEDO BOAT—OVER TWENTY-EIGHT MILES AN HOUR.	2
RESERVOIR DAMS.	7
NEW DREDGING MACHINERY.	23
THE FLEXIBLE GIRDER TRAMWAY.	24
BOZERIAN’S REFRIGERANT PUNKAS.	26
PUNKAS.	28
HOW TO MAKE A KITE WITHOUT A TAIL.	31
APPARATUS FOR DRYING FLOUR.	31
APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BOUQUETS.	32
RADII OF CURVATURE GEOMETRICALLY DETERMINED.	33
AUTOMATIC COMMUTATOR FOR INCANDESCENT LAMPS.	35
DEFINITIONS AND DESIGNATIONS IN ELECTROTECHNICS.	36
A.—PRACTICAL ELECTRIC UNITS.	38
IMPROVED MICROSCOPICAL SETTLING TUBE.	39
HAY FEVER.	43
POTATO DISEASE.	44
INFLUENZA.	48
SMALL-POX.	49
SUNLIGHT COLORS.	52
THE WAVE THEORY OF SOUND CONSIDERED.	61
THE RELATION OF TABASHEER TO MINERAL SUBSTANCES.	67
THE EDIBLE EARTH OF JAVA.	74
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.	75
PATENTS.	75

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