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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898
Author: Various
Release Date: April 27, 2006 [EBook #18265]
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 1178
NEW YORK, JUNE 25, 1898.
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XLV., No. 1178.
Scientific American established 1845
Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.
Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. ARCHAEOLOGY.--Tombs of the First Egyptian Dynasty--By
LUDWIG BORCHARDT 18767
II. ANTHROPOLOGY.--The Milestones of Human Progress 18766
III. BIOGRAPHY.--The Queen Regent and Alfonzo XIII.--1
illustration 18755
IV. BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE.--Rose Psyche--1 illustration 18768
V. CIVIL ENGINEERING.--The Lock of the Dortmund-Ems Canal
at Henrichenburg.--1 illustration 18776
VI. ELECTRICITY.--The Development of the Central Station--By
SAMUEL INSULL 18774
VII. MARINE ENGINEERING.--Steering Gear of North German
Lloyd Steamers "Coblentz," "Mainz" and "Trier."--2
illustrations 18777
VIII. MEDICINE AND HYGIENE.--Sleep and the Theories of its
Cause 18768
IX. MISCELLANEOUS:
Engineering Notes. 18771
Electrical Notes. 18771
Selected Formulae. 18771
X. NATURAL HISTORY--Wild and Domestic Sheep in the Berlin
Zoological Garden.--8 illustrations 18772
XI. PATENTS.--Patents.--By J
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