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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.


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 illustrations9758
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 Visit to Some of the Petroleum-Producing Territories of the United States and Canada.—By Boverton Redwood, F.I.C., F.C.S.—The second portion of this valuable paper, treating more particularly of Canadian petroleum.9765
VI.METEOROLOGY.—The "Meteorologiske Institut" at Upsala, and Cloud Measurements.—The methods used and results attained in the famous Upsala observatory under Profs. Ekholm and Hagström; the measurement of clouds.—1 illustration.9764
VII.MISCELLANEOUS.—Drawing Instrument for Accurate Work.—By J. Lehrke.—A magnifying instrument for fine work and measurements.—2 illustrations.9754
Liquid and Gaseous Rings.—Notes on the production of vortex rings.—The different aspects and breaking up of smoke rings.—6 illustrations.9760
Scenes among the Extinct Volcanoes of Rhinela
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