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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888

Author: Various

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 647

NEW YORK, MAY 26, 1888

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXV., No. 647.

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. ARCHITECTURE.--Elements of Architectural Design.--By H. H.
Statham.--Continuation of this important contribution to
building art, Gothic, Roman, Romanesque, and Mediaeval
architecture compared.--26 illustrations. 10339

The Evolution of the Modern Mill.--By C. J. H.
Woodbury.--Sibley College lecture treating of the
buildings for mills. 10329

II. CHEMISTRY.--An Automatic Still.--By T. Maben.--An improved
apparatus for making distilled water.--1 illustration. 10335

Testing Indigo Dyes.--Simple and practical chemical tests
of indigo products. 10342

III. CIVIL ENGINEERING.--Railway Bridge at Lachine.--Great
steel bridge across the St. Lawrence near Montreal.--2
illustrations. 10333

IV. ELECTRICITY.--Influence Machines.--By Mr. James
Wimshurst.--A London Royal Institution lecture, of great
value as giving a full account of the recent forms of
generators of static electricity.--14 illustrations. 10327

V. HYGIENE.--The Care of the Eyes.--By Prof. David Webster,
M.D.--A short and thoroughly practical paper on the all
importa