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Scientific American Magazine Vol 83 Issue 15

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 83, Issue 15

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Features

Railroad Speeds in 1899

The World's Naval Progress for 1900

Extension of the Rapid Transit Tunnel to Brooklyn

The Nobel Prizes for Scientific Discoveries

Culm Banks and Fuel Gas

Alton D. Adams

High Power Engines and Three-Phase Generators at Paris

Frank C. Perkins

The Practical Application of the Hydrostatic Level in Building Construction

Owen B. Maginnis

The French Meteorological Observatory at Trappes

A Convenient Envelop Moistener and Sealer

A Cable-Grip for Mining-Cars

Electrical Palace and Fountain at the Paris Exposition

Launch of the Monitor "Wyoming"

Electrical Dredge for the Volga River, Russia

An Ingeniously Whittled Fan

Acceleration of the Spark Discharge in Static Machines

Howard B. Dailey

"Broadway Chambers"—Exhibits at the Paris Exposition

Departments

Recently Patented Inventions - October 13, 1900

Notes and Queries - October 13, 1900

New Books, Etc. - October 13, 1900

Index of Inventions - October 13, 1900

Business and Personal - October 13, 1900

Patents - October 13, 1900