Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883

"In those places where infectious diseases, according to experience, are prevalent and unusually severe and frequent, it is necessary to abstain as much as possible from the emp...

The _Gitana_ was tried with speeds varying between 0 and 4 kilometers. The corresponding tractive stresses have been reduced to the same transverse section as in the Pictet mode...

I shall try to briefly indicate the processes which permitted of these different operations being performed, and which offer a much more general interest than one might at first...

Once introduced into Hawkins' native country, England, the rise of the upright piano became rapid. In 1807, at latest, the now obsolete high cabinet piano was fairly launched. I...

As this paper is composed from a technical point of view, some elucidation of facts, forming the basis of it, is desirable before we proceed to the chronological statement of th...

The History of the Pianoforte. By A.J. HIPKINS.--Different parts of a pianoforte and their uses.--Inventor of the instrument and his "action."--First German piano-maker.--Square...

I also have repeated your experiments in relation to the collection of the mud, turf, sods, etc., and have known them to be carried many hundred miles off and identified. I have...

Prof. W. A. Stearns, in a lecture upon the utility of birds in agriculture, stated that the few facts we do know regarding the matter have been obtained more through the direct...

Burney distinguishes Americus Backers by special mention. He is said to have been a Dutchman. Between 1772 and 1776, Backers produced the well-known English action, which has re...