Chapter I: Front Matter

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Air engine, new 385
Amateur mechanics* 390
American Institute of Architects 389
Architects, American Institute 389
Arctic winter, characteristics of 393
Aquarium (29) 395
Balance attach. for valves* 386
Band saw, hand power* 387
Barometer, chemical (15) 394
Battery, Leclanche, to renew (13) 394
Beetle, Hercules, the* 391
Belts, capacity of (12) 394
Business colleges* 383, 388
Carbons, to solder (20) 395
Chinese women's feet* 393
Chisels, tempering 389
Colleges, business* 383, 388
Engine, air, new 385
Engine, steam, single-acting* 390
Eruption of Mauna Loa 385
Exhibition of bathing appliances 393
Feet, Chinese women's* 393
Fires--causes and prevention 384
Glass spinning and weaving 385
Gun, submarine, new 387
Harbor at Montreal, the 387
Hercules beetle, the* 391
Horse-power of turbines (12) 394
Ice at high temperatures 393
Ice, removing from railroads* 387
Induction coil for transmitter (14) 394
Induction coil, small (26) 395
Invention, schools of 393
Inventions, miscellaneous 390
Inventions, recent 387
Knots, learning to tie 392
Leaves, variegation of 392
Light, what is? 384
London underground railway 389
Mantis, the embrace of the 391
Mechanics, amateur* 390
Montreal, the harbor at 387
Noise, to deaden (9) 394
Nut, safety, improved* 386
Packard's Business College* 383, 388
Patents, decisions relating to 393
Petroleum prospects 386
Photos, to color (10) 394
Poultry raising, mechanical 391
Railway, underground, London 389
Safety nut, improved* 386
Safety valve, improved* 386
Schools of invention 393
Screw-cutting foot lathe (11) 394
Steamers, Collins line of 393
Steam heating, return pipe (17) 394
Steel, to tin (38) 395
Submarine gun, new 387
Sun dial, to adjust (27) 395
Telegraph insulator, new* 387
Telegraph wires underground 385
Valve, safety, improved* 386
Valves, balance attachment for* 386
Vanilla, cinnamon, cocoanut 392
Vennor's winter predictions 389
Vessels, sunken, raising 386
Winter predictions, Vennor's 389
Zinc, to amalgamate (23) 395

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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 259.

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I. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--Frager's Water Meter. 3 figures.--
Vertical section, horizontal section, and plan 4119
Transmission of Power to a Distance.--Wire ropes--Compressed
air--Water pressure.--Electricity 4120
The Livadia at Sea 4120
The Herreshoff Launch 4121
New Steering Gear. 2 figures.--Steam steering gear for Herreshoff
launch 4121