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Scientific American Magazine Vol 37 Issue 13

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 37, Issue 13

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Features

Vertical Compound Engine with Allison's Boiler

Self-Acting Car Couplers, Preparation of Oxalic Acid from Parchment Paper

Sun Spots and Famine

Anomalies in the Temperature of the Boiling Point

Disgust

The International Rifle Contest

Influence of Light on the Electric Condition of Metals in Saline Solutions

Meteoric Heat

The Agricultural Value of Worms

Another Mysterious Clock

Tellurium

Theodore Berdell

The Industrial Applications of the Electric Light

Communications

Science at the British Association

Dillon's Halter Chain, and Trace Coupling

Improved Sash Balance

Improved Car Coupling

The Colorado Potato-Beetle in Europe.--German Thoroughness

C. V. Riley

The Birds of Paradise

A Chimneyless Stove

Trial of Military Appliances

The American Life Saver or Surf Car

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Improvement in Manufacture of Beton

John C. Goodrich Jr.

New Mechanical and Engineering Inventions

New Miscellaneous Inventions

Communications Received

Departments

New Books and Publications

Notes and Queries

Business and Personal

Index of Inventions