SA Supplements Vol 83 Issue 2141supp

SA Supplements

Volume 83, Issue 2141supp

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Features

Systems of Payment in Factories

A Study of Their Needs

Concrete Vessels

What is “Hardness?”

Protecting Metals

The Brazil Nut of Commerce

How it Grows: And how it is Gathered

Enzymes—Substances which Transform Food into Body Constituents

Jokichi Takamine

Palæontology

Its Aims and Methods

D. M. S. Watson

The Oaks of America

William Trelease

Hevea Rubber Tree

Making Bronze Statuary

An Ancient Art that is Still Prominent for Decorative Purposes

Trees in Medicine

Agencies for the Alleviation of Disease Provided

John Foote

How to Silver Mirrors for a Reflecting Telescope

John E. Mellish

Cyclonic Disturbances and their Effect

An Explanation of the Air Currents Involved

The Dynamographic Platform

A Device for Teaching War Cripples to Walk

Detection of Tallow and Hydrogenated Fats in Butter Fat

The Preparation of the Knife for Section Cutting

Refractory Materials—I

Their Characteristics, Applications and Methods of Examination

Thermalene, a Substitute for Acetylene

Amateur Notes on Grinding a Nine-Inch Mirror