SA Supplements Vol 73 Issue 1879supp

SA Supplements

Volume 73, Issue 1879supp

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Features

Wheels, Ancient and Modern—III

From Log Roller to Wire-Spoke Motor Car Wheel

Henry L. Heathcote

The Government as a Coal Purchaser

Addison J. Parry

To Tiǵhten a Loose Screw

An Enǵlish Wood Refuse Suction Gas Producer

Power from Low-Grade Fuel

Measurement of Shaft Horse-Power

An Improved Torsional Dynamometer

Prevention of Importation of Insect-Infested of Diseased Plants

Materials of Construction for Electric Resistance Furnaces

Roman Surveyinǵ

The Orbit of Beta Persei

The Spectroscopic Study of a Binary

J. B. Cannon

The Marine Steam-Turbine from 1894 to 1910—I

A Review of the Development of the Art

Charles A. Parsons

The Radioactivity of Human Orǵans

The Nitroǵen Cycle as it Affects Aǵriculture

The Circulation of One of the Most Important Elements in Nature

E. S. Holmes

The Telemicro-Phonoǵraph

A Throttlinǵ Two-Cycle Motor

The Simplicity of this Type Commends it for Automobile Construction

C. Francis Jenkins

The Potash Supply

The Search for Domestic Sources

Automatic Siǵnalinǵ Apparatus for Airships

An Instrument that Apprizes the Aeronauts of Changes in Altitude. By Our Berlin Correspondent

The Manufacture and Performance of the Edison Storaǵe Battery

Howard Lyon

Trade Notes and Formulæ

Science Notes

Electrical Notes