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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 514, November 7, 1885

Author: Various

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 514

NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 7, 1885

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XX., No. 514.

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. CHEMISTRY.--Chlorides in the Rainfall of 1884.
Apparatus for Evaporating Organic Liquids.--With description
and 3 figures.

II. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--Relative Costs of Fluid and
Solid Fuels.

The Manufacture of Steel Castings.

Science in Diminishing Casualties at Sea.--Extract of a paper
read before the British Association by DON ARTURO DE MARCOARTER.

Improved Leveling Machine. 9 figures.

The Span of Cabin John Bridge.

Improvements in Metal Wheels. 3 figures.

Apparatus for the Production of Water Gas. 3 figures.

III. TECHNOLOGY.--The Blue Print Process.--R.W. JONES.

Reproductions of Drawings in Blue Lines on White Ground.--By
A.H. HAIG.

A Plan for a Carbonizing House.--With full description and 5
figures.

The Scholar's Compasses.

The Integraph.--With full description and engraving.

Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gaseous Beverages. 2 engravings.

Sandmann's Vinegar Apparatus. 1 figure.

Field Kitchens. 8 figures.

A New Cop Winding Machine. 3 figures.

The Preservation of Timber.--Report of the Committee of the
American Society of Engineers.--The Boucherie
process.--Experiments.--Decay of timber.

IV. PHYSICS, ELECTRICITY, LIGHT, ETC.--Apparatus for Measuring
the Force of Explosives.--With engraving.