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| I. | [ARCHITECTURE.—New Methods of Building Construction at Paris.—A typical French system of construction.—Combination of plaster and iron; cement armé.—1 illustration.] | 17292 |
| II. | [AUTOCARS.—The De Dion and Bouton Road Motor.—An elaborate description of this typical French motor operated by steam.—4 illustrations.] | 17290 |
| III. | [CHEMISTRY.—An Air Bath.—By B.J.H. COSTE.—1 illustration.] | 17296 |
| [The Feculometer.—1 illustration.] | 17295 |
| IV. | [DOMESTIC ECONOMY.—Errors in Our Food Economy.—A very practical paper on scientific nutrition.] | 17288 |
| V. | [GEOGRAPHY.—Zanzibar.—An account of the country and the recent events there.—3 illustrations.] | 17287 |
| VI. | [MATHEMATICS.—Goodman's Hatchet Planimeters.—Instrument for measuring areas and mean altitudes or irregular figures.—5 illustrations.] | 17293 |
| VII. | [METALLURGY.—The Great Krupp Works.—Notes on the great iron and steel works of the German empire, with statistics.] | 17302 |
| VIII. | [MINERALOGY.—Precious Stoned—By Prof. HENRY A. MIERS.—Lecture I.—First installment of a most interesting article on the minerals used in the jeweler's art.—3 illustrations.] | 17298 |
| IX. | [MINING ENGINEERING.—Firedamp Testing Station at Marchienne-au-Pont.—An elaborate experimental station for investigation into firedamp.—3 illustrations.] | 17297 |
| X. | [MISCELLANEOUS.—Device for the Display of Lantern Slides.—An apparatus for the display of lantern slides in the shop window.—A rotating carrier.—2 illustrations.] | 17295 |
| [What the Sea Has Taken.—Destruction of great areas of country in the past, with special reference to the Dutch coast.] | 17289 |
| [Engineering Notes.] | 17301 |
| [Electrical Notes.] | 17301 |
| [Miscellaneous Notes.] | 17301 |
| [Selected Formulæ.] | 17302 |
| XI. | [NATURAL HISTORY.—Some Notes on Spiders.—By Rev. SAMUEL BARBER.—Some very curious observations on arachnids.] | 17300 |
| XII. | [NAVIGATION.—From New York to Havre in a Rowboat.—The most wonderful trip on record across the ocean, with portraits of the navigators and view of the boat.—2 illustrations.] | 17291 |
| [The Waste of Shipping:—Losses of steam and sailing vessels due to wreckage and condemnation, with valuable tables.] | 17291 |
| XIII. | [OPTICS.—The Colors Named in Literature.—With table.] | 17289 |
| XIV. | [PHOTOGRAPHY.—Photography for Chemists.—Lantern slides by reduction.—How to produce lantern slides from large negatives.] | 17297 |
| XV. | [PHYSICS.—A Research on the Liquefaction of Helium.—A research in advanced experimental physics upon the newly discovered element helium.—1 illustration.] | 17299 |
| [Physics Without Apparatus.—Several interesting and simple experiments described.—1 illustration.] | 17302 |
| XVI. | [TECHNOLOGY.—Apparatus for the Manufacture of Acetylene Gas.—Description of a number of prominent acetylene apparatus, with illustrations and sectional views thereof.—12 illustrations.] | 17294 |
| [Belleek China.—History of this beautiful china, and foundation of its manufacture in Ireland and subsequent introduction into America.—Description of different Belleek marks.] | 17292 |
| [The Coming Light.—An incandescent gas burner employing artificial draught produced by electric motor.—2 illustrations.] | 17296 |
