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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898

Author: Various

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 1157

NEW YORK, March 5, 1898.

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XLV., No. 1157.

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. ARCHAEOLOGY.--Requirements of Palestine Explorer 18489

II. BIOGRAPHY.--Emperor William II. of Germany.--An
interesting biographical account of the German
Emperor, with his latest portrait.--1 illustration 18486

III. CIVIL ENGINEERING.--Heat in Great Tunnels 18492

IV. ECONOMICS.--Causes of Poverty 18490

V. ELECTRICITY.--Liquid Rheostats.--By H. S. WEBB 18498

The Neutral Use of Cables 18489

VI. ETHNOLOGY.--The Influence of Scenery upon the
Character of Man 18488

VII. FORESTRY.--Apparatus for Obtaining the Cubature of
Trees.--3 illustrations 18493

VIII. GYMNASTICS.--A Novel Way of Riding a Bicycle.
--1 illustration 18489

IX. HYDROGRAPHY.--Influence of Ocean Currents on Climate 18490

X. LANDSCAPE GARDENING.--Park Making 18490

XI. MARINE ENGINEERING.--The Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
Passenger Steamer "Bruce."--1 illustration 18492

XII. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.--Machine Moulding without
Stripping Plates.--By E. H. MUMFORD.--A full
description of an ingeniou