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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882

Author: Various

Release Date: July 6, 2006 [EBook #18763]

Language: English

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 365

NEW YORK, DECEMBER 30, 1882.

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIV., No. 365.

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. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--Louis Favre, Constructor
of the St. Gothard Tunnel.--2 figures.--Portrait and
monument at Turin to commemorate the tunneling of the
Alps 5817

The New Harbor of Vera Cruz.--New artificial harbor
for Vera Cruz.--Capt. Eads's plan.--1 figure.--Plan
of harbor and improvement 5818

Cost of Power to Make Flour 5818

Driving gear Mechanism for Lift Hammers.--2 figures 5819

De Junker and Ruh's Machine for Cutting Annular
Wheels.--3 figures 5819

Recent Hydraulic Experiments.--Results of experiments
on the flow of water in the Ganges Canal 5819

The Germ: Shall It be Retained in Flour? By Arthur
Atkins 5820

Wheat Tests 5820

II. TECHNOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY.--Apparatus for Manufacturing
Gaseous or Aerated Beverages.--11 figures.--Bicarbonate
of soda apparatus. Generator. Washer.--Suction
pump.--Saturator.--Apparatus for using carbonate of
lime.--Apparatus completely mechanical in operation 5815

Detection and Estim