Category: Science - Physics
Caloric engines have long been used by the Trinity Board to provide power for working siren fog signals in connection with their lighthouses in England. They have generally been in the past of the horizontal type, but lately a new pattern, which we illustrate from _Engineering...
Although it is generally estimated that guncotton is about four times more powerful than gunpowder, this does not appear to hold good under all conditions; while, on the other h...
7. Part 7A bridle has been patented by Mr. Benjamin S. Seaman, of Corning, N. Y. The cheek plate is formed with studs on which the blind sheet is adapted to be placed, and secured by a k...
4. Part 4The stump puller shown in the accompanying engraving (page 130) is exceedingly powerful, as, by a system of compound levers, a pull of one pound on the operating bar will exert...
2. Part 2A number of cases of confirmed cocaine habit have recently been reported. While some of them lack confirmation, it is certain that several physical and mental wrecks have been c...
5. Part 5The _Builders' Weekly Reporter_ (London) has an interesting account of a lecture at the Royal Institute, given by Professor Sir William Thomson, on the latest dynamical theories...
3. Part 3The specimen here figured was found in a miscellaneous collection of fishes, etc., in alcohol, furnished the Museum of Comparative Zoology by Professor H. A. Ward, who purchased...
1. Part 1Caloric engines have long been used by the Trinity Board to provide power for working siren fog signals in connection with their lighthouses in England. They have generally been...
8. Part 8Account register or coin counter, L. Benham. 357,361 Acid, concentrating sulphuric, J. B. F. Herreshoff. 357,528 Alarm. See Burglar alarm. Fire and burglar alarm. Albumen from b...
10. Part 10PECK'S PATENT IMPROVED CUSHIONED EAR DRUMS Perfectly =Restore the Hearing,= and perform the work of the natural drum. Invisible, comfortable and always in position. All conversa...
9. Part 9Bridle front, F. M. Livingston. 17,094 to 17,096 Casket lid, J. Maxwell. 17,108 Corsets, ornamentation of, C. A. Griswold. 17,088 Glassware, ornamentation of, D. Forbes. 17,086...
11. Part 11=All Classes of Readers= find in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN a popular _resume_ of the best scientific information of the day; and it is the aim of the publishers to present it in a...