SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 421

NEW YORK, JANUARY 26, 1884

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XVII., No. 421.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I.ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.—Furcot's Six Horse PowerSteam Engine.—With several figures.6714
Foot Lathes.—With engraving.6715
Endless Trough Conveyer.—2 engravings.6715
Railroad Grades of Trunk Lines.6715
English Express Trains.—Average speed, long runs, etc.6715
Apparatus for Separating Substances Contained in theWaste Waters of Paper Mills, etc.—2 figures.6717
II.TECHNOLOGY.—An English Adaptation of the American OilMill.—Description of the apparatus, and of the old andnew processes.—Several engravings.6716
Large Blue Prints.—By W.B. Parsons, Jr.6717
III.ELECTRICITY, ETC.—Electrical Apparatus for Measuringand for Demonstration at the Munich Exhibition.—Withdescriptions and numerous illustrations of the differentmachines.6711
A New Oxide of Copper Battery.—By F. De Lalande and S.Chaperon.—With description and three illustrations.6714
IV.MATHEMATICS, ETC.—To Find the Time of Twilight.—1 figure.6720
A New Rule for Division in Arithmetic.6725
Experiments in Binary Arithmetic.6726
V.ARCHÆOLOGY.—Grecian Antiquities.—With engravings of theMonument of Philopappus.—Tomb from the Ceramicus.—Towerof the winds.—The Acropolis.—Old Corinth.—Temple ofJupiter.—The Parthenon.—Temple of Theseus, etc.6721
VI.NATURAL HISTORY, ETHNOLOGY, ETC.—Poisonous Serpents andtheir Venom.—By Dr. Archie Stockwell.—A serpent's mouth,fangs, and poison gland.—Manner of attack.—Nature ofthe venom.—Action of venom.—Remedies.6719
Ethnological Notes.—Papuans.—Negritos.6720
VII.HORTICULTURE, BOTANY, ETC.—The Hornbeams.—Uses towhich the tree is put.—Wood for manufactures.—Forfuel.—Different varieties.—With engravings of the treeas a whole, and of its leaves, fruit, flowers, etc.6724
Fruit of Camellia
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