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I. BOTANY.—Cocos Pynaerti.—A new dwarf growing palm.—1 illustration.	1
MINE TIMBERING.	2
TRANSIT IN LONDON, RAPID AND OTHERWISE.[1]	3
RIVETED JOINTS IN BOILER SHELLS.[1]	7
THE NEW BRITISH BATTLE SHIP EMPRESS OF INDIA.	16
THE “IRON GATES” OF THE DANUBE.	18
THE NEW GERMAN SHIP CANAL.	21
THE KIOTO-FU CANAL, IN JAPAN.	22
FAST AND FUGITIVE DYES.[1]	23
THE ACTION OF LIGHT ON DYED COLORS.	26
COMPOSITION OF WHEAT GRAIN AND ITS PRODUCTS IN THE MILL.	36
FLOUR.	37
WHEAT MIDDLINGS.	37
SHIPSTUFF.	38
BRAN.	38
AMERICAN WHEATS.	39
PRECIOUS AND ORNAMENTAL STONES AND DIAMOND CUTTING.[1]	40
DISCOVERIES OF PRECIOUS STONES.	40
THE DIAMOND CUTTING INDUSTRY.	43
SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE IN VACUUM TUBES.[1]	44
THE ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURE OF PHOSPHORUS.	46
LAYING A MILITARY FIELD TELEGRAPH LINE.	46
AN ELECTROSTATIC SAFETY DEVICE.	46
EXPERIMENTS WITH HIGH TENSION ALTERNATING CURRENTS.	47
THE RELATION OF BACTERIA TO PRACTICAL SURGERY.[1]	47
INFLUENCE OF REPOSE ON THE RETINA.	58
SUN DIALS.	58
THE UNDYING GERM PLASM AND THE IMMORTAL SOUL.	62
COCOS PYNAERTI.	69
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.[1]	69
INTRODUCTION.	69
GENERAL GEOGRAPHY.	69
HISTORICAL.	70
PHYSICAL.	74
FREEZING MIXTURES.	78
THE APPLICATION OF ELECTROLYSIS TO QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS.	79
DISCUSSION.	83
A NEW CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PAPERS	83
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN	83
BUILDING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.	84
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT.	84
USEFUL ENGINEERING BOOKS	85
PATENTS!	85

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