Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885

In these days, there are too many who look down on hand-craft. They think only of the tasks of a drudge or a char-boy. They do not know the pleasure there is in working, and esp...

The Fuel of the Future.--History of natural gas.--Relation to petroleum.--Duration of gas, etc.--With table of analyses Closing Leakages for Packing.--Use of asbestos in stuffin...

Respiration is certainly more necessary to life than food is; but it is not absolutely indispensable, as we have seen in the cases of apparent death cited in our previous articl...

The pumping stations are substantial structures of brick, roofed with iron. The boiler house is removed some distance from the engine house for greater safety from fire; the bui...

The Milan can carry 300 tons of coal, an insufficient quantity for a long cruise, but this vessel, which is a dispatch boat in every acceptation of the word, was constructed for...

To analyze this liquid therapeutically, it may be broadly stated that salts of potash are _diuretic_, salts of magnesia _aperient_, and salts of soda _neutral_, except in excess...

The mode of applying the paint, varnish, or wash will also depend upon the circumstances of the case. For example, it may be applied by a brush, as in ordinary painting, or by d...

First among the substitutes that have been proposed to replace boxwood may be mentioned an invention of Mr. Edward Badoureau, referred to in the _Gardeners' Chronicle_, March 23...

Natural gas is now supplied in Pittsburg at a small discount on the actual cost of coal used last year in the large manufacturing establishments, an additional saving being made...

I believe that the addition of the ammonium chloride simply reduces the resistance of the double sulphate solution, but the office of the potassium chloride is not so easily exp...