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ROMAN REMAINS AT LEICESTER, ENGLAND.	1
THE BARBARA UTTMANN STATUE AT ANNABERG, SAXONY.	2
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.	3
THE BLUE PRINT PROCESS.	10
REPRODUCTION OF DRAWINGS IN BLUE LINES ON WHITE GROUND.	11
RELATIVE COSTS OF FLUID AND SOLID FUELS.	12
THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL CASTINGS.	15
SCIENCE IN DIMINISHING CASUALTIES AT SEA.	16
A PLAN FOR A CARBONIZING HOUSE.	19
APPARATUS FOR EVAPORATING ORGANIC LIQUIDS.	21
IMPROVED LEVELING MACHINE.	22
THE SCHOLAR’S COMPASSES.	23
THE INTEGRAPH.	23
APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING GASEOUS BEVERAGES.	25
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE FORCE OF EXPLOSIVES.	26
SANDMANN’S VINEGAR APPARATUS.	27
FIELD KITCHENS.	29
A NEW COP-WINDER.	30
THE PRESERVATION OF TIMBER.	30
COMMENTS ON SULPHATE OF COPPER EXPERIMENTS.	32
COMMENTS ON MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS.	36
DECAY OF TIMBER.	42
THE SPAN OF CABIN JOHN BRIDGE.	43
THE GERMAN CORVETTE AUGUSTA.	44
IMPROVEMENT IN METAL WHEELS.	44
APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WATER GAS.	45
LIGHTING AND VENTILATING BY GAS.	48
ANDERS’ TELEPHONE.	57
BROWN’S ELECTRIC SPEED REGULATOR.	57
MAGNETO-ELECTRIC CROSSING SIGNAL.	58
THE SIZES OF BLOOD CORPUSCLES.	60
THE ABSORPTION OF PETROLEUM OINTMENT AND LARD BY THE SKIN.	61
THE TAILS OF COMETS.	62
THE DOUBLE ROLE OF THE STING OF THE HONEY BEE.	66
EDITORIAL NOTE.	68
CHLORIDES IN RAINFALL OF 1884.	68
THE CHROMATOSCOPE.	69
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.	70
PATENTS.	71

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