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Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885

The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1845. It has been a mainstay of popular science with in-depth articles across a broad spectrum of scientific fields. In this supplement are short articles ranging through such topics as Torpedo Ships, The Gas Engine, Capstan Navigation on the Volga, Astronomical Photography, and Sanitary Cooking. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Year of Publication: 1885Genres: Chemistry , Life Sciences , Periodicals & Magazines , Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

Running Time: 03 hours 39 minutes 48 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Blaauw Krantz Viaduct in Cape Colony Larry Wilson	6:48
2	Torpedo Ships / A Plumbing Test Stacey Malcolm	3:35
3	The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 1 Verla Viera	18:21
4	The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 2 Verla Viera	16:27
5	Rapid Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway by E.T. Abbott BettyB	14:15
6	The Osgood Mammoth Excavator / The Osgood Excavator George Banfield	7:22
7	Capstan Navigation on the Volga Julie Anne Thompson	8:11
8	Steamboat Equipment of War Vessels bilwelvox	11:55
9	Improved Steam Trap Elizabeth Mason	4:41
10	Photometrical Standards / Bleaching or Dyeing-Yarns and Goods in Vacuo Julie Anne Thompson	5:11
11	On the Moulding of Porcelain by Charles Lauth jenno	14:14
12	Photo-Tricycle Apparatus / A Photo Printing Light / A New Actinometer Beau Wood	6:14
13	Astronomical Photography Availle	10:04
14	Electricity as a Preventive of Scale in Boilers / Alphabet Designed by Godfrey Sykes Julie Anne Thompson	4:07
15	Brief Sanitary Matters in Connection with Isolated Country Houses by E.W. Bowditch, C.E. bilwelvox	15:39
16	Sanitary Cooking by Virginia L. Oppenheimer, M.D., Seymour, Ind. / Time Required to Digest Different Foods Erica Brooks	21:00
17	The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell, Part 1 BettyB	16:08
18	The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell. Part 2 BettyB	14:14
19	The Sunflowers by Charles Wolley-Dod / A Quick Filter jenno	15:09
20	Lye's Fuchsias Larry Wilson	6:13