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Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1845. It has been a mainstay of popular science with in-depth articles across a broad spectrum of scientific fields. In this supplement are short articles ranging through such topics as The Temperature of the Solar Surface, Dr. Koch on the Cholera, The Cay Monument at Uxmal, and a long article on Modern Locomotive Practice, and one on Malaria. - Summary by Larry Wilson (5 hr 35 min)

Chapters

The Frankfort and Offenbach Electric Railway

5:25

Possibilities of the Telephone

5:40

Pyrometers

12:19

The Temperature of the Solar Surface

20:48

Chemical Nature of Starch Grains

4:16

The Amalgamation of Silver Ores

19:27

Interesting Facts about Platinum

10:01

Bayle's Lamp Chimney

10:57

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part I

17:18

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part II

16:45

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part III

15:43

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part IV

16:22

Modern Locomotive Practice, Part V

6:55

Screw Steam Collier Frostburg / Destruction of the Tardes Viaduct

7:42

Joy's Reversing and Expansion Valve Gear

15:59

The Steam Bell

4:46

Lieut. Greely before the British Association

9:08

Diamond Mining in Brazil

21:41

What We Really Know about Asiatic Cholera

8:11

Dr. Koch on the Cholera

26:33

Malaria, Part I

17:04

Malaria, Part II

21:59

Malaria, Part III

14:48

Halesia Hispida / Windflowers

10:16

Story of Lieut. Greely's Recovery

8:03

The Cay Monument at Uxmal

7:05