SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 470

NEW YORK, JANUARY 3, 1885

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIX, No. 470.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I.[METALLURGY, CHEMISTRY, ETC.—The Elasticityof Metals.]
[The Liquefaction of the Elementary Gases.—ByJULES JAMIN.]
[Examination of Fats.]
[Notes on Nitrification.—By R.WARINGTON.—Paper read before the British Association atMontreal.]
II.[ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.—Flow of Waterthrough Hose Pipes.]
[Iron Pile Planks in the Construction ofFoundations under Water.—3 engravings.]
[Sound Signals.—Extracts from a paper by A.B.JOHNSON.—Treating of gongs, guns, rockets, bells, whistlingbuoys, bell buoys, locomotive whistles, trumpets, the siren, andthe use of natural orifices.—2 engravings.]
[Trevithick's High Pressure Engine atCrewe.—2 engravings.]
[Planetary Wheel Trains.—By Prof. C.W.MACCORD.—With a page and a half of illustrations.]
[Bridge over the River Indus, at Attock. Punjaub,Northern State Railway, India.—Full pageillustrations.]
[The Harrington Rotary Engine.—3figures.]
III.[TECHNOLOGY.—Testing Car Varnishes.—ByD.D. ROBERTSON.]
[Aniline Dyes in Dress Materials.—By Prof.CHAS. O'NEILL.]
IV.[DECORATIVE ART.—A. ChippendaleSideboard.—With engraving.]
V.[PHYSICS, MAGNETISM, ETC.—The Fallacy of thePresent Theory of Sound.—Abstract of a lecture by Dr. H.A.MOTT.]
[The Fixation of Magnetic Phantoms.—Withengraving.]
VI.[NATURAL HISTORY.—Researches on the Originand Life Histories of the Least and Lowest Living Things—-ByRev. W.H. DALLINGER.]
VII.[MEDICINE, ETC.—Case of Resuscitation andRecovery after Apparent Death by Hanging.—by Dr. E.W.WHITE.]
VIII.[MISCELLANEOUS.—The Inventors'Institute.—Address of the Chairman at the opening of thetwenty-second session of the Institute, October 2.]
[The New Central School at Paris.—3engravings.]