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EBOOK SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPL. 595 ***
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 595
NEW YORK, MAY 28, 1887.
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXIII, No. 595.
Scientific American established 1845
Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.
Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. BOTANY.--The Relation of Tabasheer to Mineral Substances.--The
composition of this curious secretion of the bamboo.--Analyses
and properties of the material, according to various
observers.--Its appearance under the microscope. 1 illustration.
II. CHEMISTRY.--Apparatus for Drying Flour.--An apparatus for
determining the moisture in flour. 1 illustration.
III. ELECTRICITY.--Automatic Commutator for Incandescent
Lamps.--An apparatus for lighting automatically a new lamp to
replace one that has failed. 1 illustration.
Definitions and Designations in Electro-Technics.--Mr. Jamieson's
proposed code of electric symbols--literal and graphic. 4
illustrations.
IV. ENGINEERING.--New Dredging Machinery.--The dredger Ajax,
recently built in California.
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