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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 633

NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1888

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXV., No. .

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.ARCHITECTURE.—Elements of Architectural Design.—By H.H. Statham.—The commencement of a series of lectures delivered before the London Society of Arts, giving the line of development of the different styles and the aspirations of their originators. 34 illustrations.10106
II.ASTRONOMY.—A Fivefold Comet.—A curious astronomical deduction; the probable division of one comet into five by the disturbing effects of the sun. 1 illustration.10116
III.BIOGRAPHY.—Linnæus.—By C.S. Hallberg.—The life and work of the great botanist, his portrait and birthplace. 2 illustrations.10114
IV.CHEMISTRY.—An Apparatus for Preparing Sulphurous, Carbonic, and Phosphoric Anhydrides.—By H.N. Warren.—A simple apparatus for this purpose described and illustrated. 1 illustration.10117
The Arrangement of Atoms in Space in Organic Molecules.—A review of Prof. Johannes Wislicenus' recent theories on this abstract subject.10117
The Isolation of Fluorine.—Note on this last isolation of an element, with the properties of the gas. 1 illustration.10117
V.ELECTRICITY.—Observations on Atmospheric Electricity.—By Prof. L. Weber.—Abstract of a British Association paper on this important subject.10114
The Menges Thermo-Magnetic Generator and Motor.—The direct conversion of electricity into heat; the generator fully described. 5 illustrations.10113
VI.ENGINEERING.—An Investigation into the Internal Stresses Occurring in Cast Iron and Steel.—By General Nicholas Kalakoutzky.—First installment of an elaborate paper, giving theoretical and experimental examination of this subject. 2 illustrations.10105
Hargreaves' Thermo-Motor.—A new caloric engine.—Its construction, theory, and cylinder diagrams. 6 illus
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