Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896

The ground floor comprises a large entrance hall or vestibule, 40 ft. by 44 ft., forming, with the cloakroom, the principal staircase, the rooms for the concierge, and the area,...

Finally, in the United States, thanks to particularly favorable hydraulic installations, it is claimed that it is possible to produce acetylene at a very low price, say at 33 ce...

But methylene iodide further possesses the valuable property of mixing easily with benzene, which is a very light liquid. Every drop of benzene added reduces the specific gravit...

Trouvé Apparatus (Fig. 1).--The principle of the gas generator is that of the hydrogen briquet already applied by Mr. Trouvé in his portable lamp. It consists of two vessels, on...

It is difficult in a town like London, where every jeweler's shop is ablaze with diamonds, to realize that large and good stones possessing these qualities are so rare; that tho...

Waste of Food in American Households.--The direct waste of food occurs in two ways, in eating more than is needed and in throwing away valuable material in the form of kitchen a...

Messrs. De Dion and Bouton anticipated great things from this carriage, and for the long run from Paris to Bordeaux they had provided only three changes of drivers, in order tha...

IN STANISLAU oil gas is being a good deal used for incandescent lighting, says the Gas World. The gas is used at a pressure of from 1.1 in. to 1.2 in. When 1.7 cubic feet per ho...

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 illustratio...

More than 1,250,000 tons of coal are consumed yearly by the famous Krupp works at Essen, Westphalia, commenced in 1810 by Peter Friedrich Krupp, and now in the possession of Her...