Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881

This finishes the programme. I have not given it as one which is exactly suited to winter wheat milling. However, as I said before, the general principles are the same in either...

In the table, T, there is a rectangular receptacle, _t_, containing rasped or powdered velvet for the purpose of forming a reverse of the dot. This powder attaches itself to the...

_Fall-tube and bends_.--The bore of the fall-tube in the pump now used by me is 1.78 mm.; its length above the bends (U, Figure 2) is 310 mm.; below the bends the length is 815...

Consul Van Buren is of opinion that, at no distant day, Japan will be one of the foremost competitors in the pottery markets of the world, on account of the great variety and ex...

To speak of the wonderful strides which the art of milling has taken during the past decade has become exceedingly trite. This progress, patent to the most casual observer, is a...

Bismuth 9.82 10.055 Decrease of volume 2.3 Copper 8.8 8.217 Increase " 7.1 Lead 11.4 10.37 " " 9.93 Tin. 7.5 7.025 " " 6.76 Zinc 7.2 6.48 " " 11.10 Silver 10.57 9.51 " " 11.20 I...

I. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--New Eighty-ton Steam Hammer at the Saint Chamond Works, France.--7 figures.--Elevation of hammer.--Profile-- Transverse section.--Profile view of...

"Alongside of these general infective diseases produced by bacilli, local affections also occur, which indicate the presence of these organisms at the point where disease begins...

In this particular case the chances of being misled are manifold; even Herschel himself fell into error in taking minute stars to be satellites and actually calculating their pe...

_Note on annealing glass tubes._--It is quite necessary to anneal all those parts of the pump that are to be exposed to heat, otherwise they soon crack. I found by inclosing the...