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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888

Author: Various

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 633

NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 18, 1888.

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXV., No. 633.

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. ARCHITECTURE.--Elements of Architectural Design.--By H.H.
STATHAM.--The commencement of a series of lectures
delivered before the London Society of Arts, giving the line
of development of the different styles and the aspirations
of their originators. 34 illustrations. 10106

II. ASTRONOMY.--A Fivefold Comet.--A curious astronomical
deduction; the probable division of one comet into five by
the disturbing effects of the sun. 1 illustration. 10116

III. BIOGRAPHY.--Linnaeus.--By C.S. HALLBERG.--The life and
work of the great botanist, his portrait and birthplace.
2 illustrations. 10114

IV. CHEMISTRY.--An Apparatus for Preparing Sulphurous, Carbonic,
and Phosphoric Anhydrides.--By H.N. WARREN.--A simple
apparatus for this purpose described and illustrated.
1 illustration. 10117

The Arrangement of Atoms in Space in Organic Molecules.--A
review of Prof. JOHANNES WISLICENUS' recent theories
on this abstract subject. 10117

The Isolation of Fluorine.--Note on this last isolation of
an element, with the properties of the gas. 1 illustration. 10117

V. ELECTRICITY.--Observations on Atmospheric El