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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 488

NEW YORK, MAY 9, 1885

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIX, No. 488.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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I. CHEMISTRY.--Notes on Three New Chinese Fixed Oils.--Tea
oil.--Cabbage oil.--Wood oil.--Paper read by R. H.
DAVIES before the Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain. 7798

II. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--A Visit to the Creusot
Works.--Giving a description of the works and the
projects undertaken by the proprietors.--With full page
of engravings illustrating the Hall of Forges and the
100 ton steam hammer. 7784

Le Creusot.--Extract of the report of the visit of the
American Gun Foundry Board to these works. 7784

Plan for the Elevated Railway at Paris.--4 figures. 7785

Engineering Inventions since 1862.--By Sir F. J.
BRAMWELL.--Bridge construction.--Pneumatic
Foundations.--Construction of tunnels.--Canals and river
improvements.--Military engineering appliances.--Uses of
cement.--Preservation of wood. 7787

III. PHYSICS, ELECTRICITY, ETC.--Electric Light Apparatus for
Military Purposes.--With engraving. 7790

Electricity and Magnetism.--By Prof. F. E.
NIPHER. 7790