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FARCOT’S IMPROVED WOOLF COMPOUND ENGINE.	2
IRON AND STEEL.	4
THE WORLD’S PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON.	4
HEAT OF THE BLAST.	5
WONDERFUL USES AND DEMAND FOR IRON AND STEEL.	6
PROGRESS OF BESSEMER STEEL.	7
LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN IRON MAKING.	8
STEEL RAILS 150 FEET LONG.	8
BASIC STEEL.	9
HONORS AND REWARDS TO INVENTORS.	10
THE PATENT LAWS.	10
GROWTH OF THE SIEMENS-MARTIN PROCESS.	11
PRESENT PRODUCTION OF WROUGHT IRON.	11
PROGRESS OF PUDDLING.	12
GROSS OF IRON AND STEEL SHIP BUILDING.	12
A GIGANTIC STEAMER.	12
REMARKABLE MACHINERY AND TOOLS.	13
THE FUTURE OF IRON AND STEEL.	13
RAILWAY DEMAND FOR IRON AND STEEL.	14
RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND WORKMEN.	14
THE “SWALLOW,” A NEW VEHICLE.	15
BORING AN OIL WELL.	16
A CEMENT RESERVOIR.	17
MACHINE FOR GRINDING LITHOGRAPHIC INKS AND COLORS.	18
A NEW EVAPORATING APPARATUS.	18
THE PORTRUSH ELECTRIC RAILWAY, IRELAND.[1]	21
THE THOMSON-HOUSTON ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM.	28
THE AUTOMATIC CURRENT REGULATOR.	30
THE THOMSON ARC LAMP.	31
A MODIFICATION OF THE VIBRATING BELL.	32
PHOTO PLATES—WET AND DRY.	33
INTENSIFIER FOR WET PLATES.	34
GELATINO BROMIDE EMULSION WITH BROMIDE OF ZINC.	34
DESIGN FOR A VILLA.	36
WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE.	36
ACETATE OF LIME.	37
THE REMOVAL OF AMMONIA FROM CRUDE GAS.	38
RECONVERSION OF NITRO-GLYCERIN INTO GLYCERIN.	39
CARBONIC ACID AND BISULPHIDE OF CARBON.[1]	40
THE HAIR, ITS USE AND ITS CARE.[1]	40
PNEUMONIA.	47
THE TRUE FIRST STAGE OF CONSUMPTION.	49
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TUBERCULAR MATTER IN THE BLOOD.	50
THE VALUE OF COD-LIVER OIL IN THE PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION.	53
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SHOWING HOW THE BREATHING POWERS MAY BE DEVELOPED.	56
THE EFFECTS OF ADEQUATE RESPIRATION IN SPECIAL CASES.	57
VITAL DISCOVERIES IN OBSTRUCTED AIR AND VENTILATION.[1]	57
THE RECENT ERUPTION OF ETNA.	66
PHYSICS WITHOUT APPARATUS.	67
THE TRAVELS OF THE SUN.	67
PROPAGATION OF MAPLE TREES.	70
DIOSCOREA RETUSA.	70
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THE RED SPIDER.	73
THE HELODERMA HORRIDUM.	75
THE KANGAROO.	79
JAPANESE PEPPERMINT.	82
GLADIOLUS.	83
The	83
PATENTS.	84

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