Scientific American
VI. HORTICULTURE, ETC.--The Zelkowas.--With full description of the tree, manner of identification, etc., and several engravings showing the tree as a whole, and the leaves, fruit, and flowers in detail
One of the hinderances to the production of a regular and steady light in electric illumination is the absence of perfect uniformity in the carbons. This defect has more than on...
4. Chapter 4In the address delivered by Mr. Westmacott, President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to the English and Belgian engineers assembled at Liege last August, there occur...
7. Chapter 7_Z. acuminata_ is one of the most useful and valuable of Japanese timber trees. It was found near Yeddo by the late Mr. John Gould Veitch, and was sent out by the firm of Messrs...
5. Chapter 5The above are instances where science has come to the aid of engineering. Here is one in which the obligation is reversed. The rapid stopping of railroad trains, when necessary,...
1. Chapter 1VI. HORTICULTURE, ETC.--The Zelkowas.--With full description of the tree, manner of identification, etc., and several engravings showing the tree as a whole, and the leaves, fru...
2. Chapter 2There are suspended in this room self-luminous bodies which enable us by their rays or lines of force to see the non-luminous bodies with which we are surrounded. There are also...
6. Chapter 6One great bar to previous success would appear to have been the absence of exact knowledge as to the nature of the constituents of that portion of the plant which contains the f...
8. Chapter 8The question arises, how strong must this vapor be in carbolic acid to act as an antiseptic? It is found that 1 part acid to 50 of water is quite sufficient to prevent putrefact...