Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 eBook

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HON. HIRAM SIBLEY.	1
THE ETHICS OF ENGINEERING PRACTICE.	6
LIFTING A FORTY INCH WATER MAIN.	13
THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL QUESTION.	14
THE MERSEY TUNNEL.	15
IMPROVED REVOLVER.	18
CONCLUSION.	34
ON THE THEORY OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE TRANSMITTER.	35
ON THE THEORY OF THE RECEIVER OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEPHONE.	37
DECOMPOSITION AND FERMENTATION OF MILK.	39
THE NEW “BURGTHEATER” IN VIENNA.	39
THE NEW GERMAN BOOKDEALERS’ EXCHANGE IN LEIPZIG.	40
ALIZARINE DYES.	41
CEMENT PAVING.	44
A NEW BLEACHING PROCESS.	47
INSTRUMENTS FOR DRAWING CURVES.	50
EXPERIMENTS WITH FIBERS.	52
DETECTION OF A FRAUD.	52
METHODS EMPLOYED.	53
COTTON MIXED WITH LINEN.	54
EXPERIMENTS WITH FLAX.	54
WOOL TESTED WITH ACID.	54
TESTS OF DYED BLACK SILK.	55
IMPROVED PYROMETER.	56
A NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS.	61
METEORITES.	62
THE DHURMSALA. METEORITE.	62
TELESCOPIC SEARCH FOR THE TRANS-NEPTUNIAN PLANET.	64
FRUITS AND SEEDS FOR DRESS-TRIMMING.	71
DEW.	72
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.	77
PATENTS.	78

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