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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887

Author: Various

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 611

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 17, 1887

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXIV., No. 611.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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I. BIOGRAPHY.--The New Statue of Philip Lebon.--Biography of
the French pioneer inventor of gas lighting, with notes on
the recent inauguration of his statue.--1 illustration. 9757

II. CHEMISTRY.--The Analysis of Urine.--An elaborate investigation
of the method of analyzing chemically and microscopically
this fluid, with illustrations of the apparatus employed.--4
illustrations 9758

III. ELECTRICITY.--Electrical Alarm for Pharmacists.--An apparatus
for indicating to the pharmacist when he removes from the
shelf a bottle containing poison.--2 illustrations. 9753

Electric Steel Railways.--By GEORGE W. MANSFIELD.--A full
discussion of the problem of electric railways; comparison
with horse and cable traction. 9752

IV. ENGINEERING.--Improved Oscillating Hydraulic Motor.--A
small motor for household use, as for driving sewing machines
and other domestic machinery.--8 illustrations. 9751

The Ceara Harbor Works.--A remarkable engineering work now
in progress in Brazil; the formation of an artificial
harbor.--4 illustrations. 9752

V. GEOLOGY.--Notes of a Recent Vi