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VI. MISCELLANEOUS.—Coal in the Argentine Republic.—Note.	1
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THE RETIRO VIADUCT.	1
SEA-GOING TORPEDO BOATS.	3
FIRING TRIAL OF THE 1101/2 TON B.L. ELSWICK GUN.	7
GAS ENGINE FOR USE ON RAILROADS.	11
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LOCATION OVER THE BLUE RIDGE.	12
NEW GASHOLDER AT ERDBERG.	12
THE NEW GASHOLDER	13
GASHOLDER HOUSE.	13
GASHOLDER TANK.	13
ROOF OF HOUSE.	14
RAISING THE ROOF.	14
HOISTING.	15
THE GASHOLDER.	15
GEORGE W. WHISTLER, C.E.	16
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EXPERIMENTS IN TONING GELATINO-CHLORIDE PAPER.	35
THE “SENSIM” PREPARING BOX.	38
NOTES ON GARMENT DYEING.	39
FUEL AND SMOKE.	41
THE ANTI-FRICTION CONVEYER.	50
STUDIES IN PYROTECHNY.	50
IMPROVEMENT IN LAYING OUT FRAMES OF VESSELS—THE FRAME TRACER.	53
TAR FOR FIRING RETORTS.	54
THE TAR FIRE	54
THE AMOUNT OF DRAUGHT	55
COMPOSITION OF FURNACE GASES.	55
A NEW MERCURY PUMP.	56
THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER.	57
ON ELECTRO-DISSOLUTION, AND ITS USE AS REGARDS ANALYSIS.	57
A NEWLY DISCOVERED SUBSTANCE IN URINE.	59
FURNACE FOR DECOMPOSING CHLORIDE OF MAGNESIUM.	60
THE FILTRATION AND THE SECRETION THEORY.	60
VARYING CYLINDRICAL LENS.	61
THE LAWS OF THE ABSORPTION OF LIGHT IN CRYSTALS.	62
HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S POSTAL SERVICE.	63
ON NICKEL PLATING.	65
CHILLED CAST IRON.	68
SNOW HALL.	70
ELIMINATION OF POISONS.	73
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.	74
PATENTS.	75

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