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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898

Author: Various

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 1178

NEW YORK, JUNE 25, 1898.

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XLV., No. 1178.

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. ARCHAEOLOGY.--Tombs of the First Egyptian Dynasty--By
LUDWIG BORCHARDT 18767

II. ANTHROPOLOGY.--The Milestones of Human Progress 18766

III. BIOGRAPHY.--The Queen Regent and Alfonzo XIII.--1
illustration 18755

IV. BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE.--Rose Psyche--1 illustration 18768

V. CIVIL ENGINEERING.--The Lock of the Dortmund-Ems Canal
at Henrichenburg.--1 illustration 18776

VI. ELECTRICITY.--The Development of the Central Station--By
SAMUEL INSULL 18774

VII. MARINE ENGINEERING.--Steering Gear of North German
Lloyd Steamers "Coblentz," "Mainz" and "Trier."--2
illustrations 18777

VIII. MEDICINE AND HYGIENE.--Sleep and the Theories of its
Cause 18768

IX. MISCELLANEOUS:
Engineering Notes. 18771
Electrical Notes. 18771
Selected Formulae. 18771

X. NATURAL HISTORY--Wild and Domestic Sheep in the Berlin
Zoological Garden.--8 illustrations 18772

XI. PATENTS.--Patents.--By J