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THE NAVAL FORGES AND STEEL WORKS AT ST. CHAMOND.	1
FORGING A PROPELLER SHAFT.	1
CRANK AND SCREW SHAFTS OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE.[1]	2
EXPERIMENTAL AID IN THE DESIGN OF HIGH SPEED STEAMSHIPS.	10
THE SHIP IN THE NEW FRENCH BALLET OF THE “TEMPEST.”	16
THE GIRARD HYDRAULIC RAILWAY.	18
QUARTZ FIBERS.[1]	21
NATURE, COMPOSITION, AND TREATMENT OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FABRICS.	30
THE PRODUCTION OF AMMONIA FROM COAL.[1]	32
ALKALI MANUFACTORIES.	48
THE FUELS OF THE FUTURE.	50
PORTABLE ELECTRIC LIGHT.	55
ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR ALTERNATING CURRENTS.	55
THE ELECTRIC AGE.	57
EARLY ELECTRIC LIGHTING.	58
THE MODERN THEORY OF LIGHT.[1]	60
ON PURIFICATION OF AIR BY OZONE—WITH AN ACCOUNT OF A NEW METHOD.[1]	67
A NEW METHOD.	72
HEAT IN MAN.	74
PRESERVATION OF SPIDERS FOR THE CABINET.	75
DRIED WINE GRAPES.	77
WALNUT OIL.	79
THE PYRO DEVELOPER WITH METABISULPHITE OF POTASH.	80
A New Catalogue of Valuable Papers	81
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN	81
Useful Engineering Books	83
PATENTS.	83

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