Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888

By adopting a basis of averages which shall be general among members of this association, the charges for a constant horse power of current may vary with the circumstances of it...

Of course to explain every detail of the method of repairing the various parts of a watch would take more space than you would allow in your journal, and hence I will not attemp...

W, friction wheel attached to pendulum. L gives no impulse except when the electro-magnet is excited. K, lever and weight lifted by electro-magnet, E. A, open contact completed...

"The mound was built upon the site of a house, which had probably been occupied by those whose skeletons were found. The roof had been supported by side posts, and at intervals...

Messrs. Russell & Co., Greenock and Port Glasgow, show at the Glasgow exhibition a very numerous and varied show of sailing models. First, we find the noble four-masted ships of...

Although it is rare that a battle field is on such ground that there are no undulations to afford shelter for cavalry in an advanced position, this may be the case, and if so th...

Among the matters of interest which were brought before the British Medical Association, at the recent Glasgow meeting, was an account by Mr. Brudenell Carter of a method which...

IV. CHEMISTRY.--Pepsin.--By A. PERCY SMITH, F.I.C., F.C.S.--The analysis of pepsin, difficulties of the usual method, and simple comparative test, applicable by any one 10611

We now come to the animal life in mines and pits. This is mostly represented, of course, by lower organisms, as infusoria and worms. Thus, in the slime on the bottom of the wate...

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