SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 488.

NEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885.

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIX., No. 488.

Scientific American established 1845.

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I.[CHEMISTRY.—Notes on Three New Chinese Fixed Oils.—Tea oil. Cabbage oil.—Wood oil.—Paper read by R. H. DAVIES before the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.]7793
II.[ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.—A Visit to the Creusot Works.—Giving a description of the works and the projects undertaken by the proprietors.—With full page of engravings illustrating the Hall of Forges and the 100 ton steam hammer.]7784
[Le Creusot.—Extract of the report of the visit of the American Gun Foundry Board to these works.]7784
[Plan for the Elevated Railway at Paris.—4 figures.]7785
[Engineering Inventions since 1862.—By Sir F. J. BRAMWELL.—Bridge construction.—Pneumatic Foundations.—Construction of tunnels.—Canals and river improvements.—Military engineering appliances.—Uses of cement.—Preservation of wood.]7787
III.[PHYSICS, ELECTRICITY, ETC.—Electric Light Apparatus for Military Purposes.—With engraving.]7790
[Electricity and Magnetism.—By Prof. F. E. NIPHER.]7790
[The Hydrodynamic Researches of Prof. Bjerknes.—By C. W. COOKE.—5 figures.]7791
[Electrotyping.—With a full description of the process.]7792
[A New Seismograph.—With engraving.]7793
[The Cruto Incandescent Lamp.]7789
IV.[ART AND ARCHITECTURE.—The Cathedral of the Incarnation at Garden City.]7787
[Movable Market Buildings.—7 figures and engraving of movable flower market at Paris.]7788
[Dinocrates' Project.—With three engravings of landscapes showing human profiles.]7789
[The Babylonian Palace.]7798
V.[HORTICULTURE.—The Stone Pine (Pinus Pinea).—With engraving.]7797
VI.[HYGIENE, ETC.—The Otoscope.—With engraving.]7794
[State Provision for the Insane.—By C. M. HUGHES, M.D.]7794
VII.[MISCELLANEOUS.—The Xylophone.—2 engravings.]7792
[The Courage of Originality.]7795
[A Circular Bowling Alley.—With engraving.]7795
[Patent Office Examination of Inventions.]7795
[The Universal Exposition at Antwerp, Belgium.—With full page engraving.]7797
[The Art of Breeding.]7798