Scientific American Supplement

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English · 1887 · 4h 48m · Poetry, Science, Periodicals & Magazines

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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 Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks, Cotton Industries of Japan, The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap, and Wisconsin Cranberry Culture. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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The British Association at Manchester 2:22 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Progress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic CombinationProgress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic Combination 5:14 Gelesen von MFD32
Synthesis, Chemistry of Vital Functions 8:41 Gelesen von MFD32
Chemistry of Vegetation, Chemical Pathology 7:34 Gelesen von MFD32
The Crimson Line of Phosphorescent Alumina 3:52 Gelesen von jenno
Carbonic Acid in the Air 9:06 Gelesen von Pacific Fisher
Analysis of Kola Nut 3:59 Gelesen von Pacific Fisher
Chapin Wrought Iron 9:33 Gelesen von jenno
Celluloid 3:29 Gelesen von Kyle Donelan
Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks 16:39 Gelesen von Kyle Donelan
Improved Biscuit Machine 4:29 Gelesen von jenno
Improved Cream Separator 4:10 Gelesen von Anthony St. Pierre
Gas from Oil 8:09 Gelesen von MFD32
The Manufacture of Salt Near Middlesbrough 9:12 Gelesen von MFD32
Cotton Industries of Japan 10:56 Gelesen von Anthony St. Pierre
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 1 10:59 Gelesen von JT Gardelle
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 2 12:14 Gelesen von JT Gardelle
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 3 13:09 Gelesen von Anthony St. Pierre
Centrifugal Extractors, Part 4 9:06 Gelesen von Anthony St. Pierre
A New Type of Railway Car 2:36 Gelesen von mleigh
Foundations of the Central Viaduct of Cleveland, Ohio 9:57 Gelesen von mleigh
Centrifugal Pumps at Mare Island Navy Yard, California 9:42 Gelesen von MFD32
The Part That Electricity Plays in Crystallization 15:38 Gelesen von phineas2000
Electric Time 16:49 Gelesen von phineas2000
New Method of Maintaining the Vibration of a Pendulum 3:17 Gelesen von phineas2000
Dr. Morell Mackenzie 5:01 Gelesen von Anthony St. Pierre
Hypnotism in France, Part 1 12:22 Gelesen von MFD32
Hypnotism in France, Part 2 13:26 Gelesen von MFD32
The Duodenum: A Siphon Trap 6:27 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Wisconsin Cranberry Culture 15:43 Gelesen von mleigh
Soudan Coffee 10:40 Gelesen von Pacific Fisher
The Height of Summer Clouds 4:25 Gelesen von Stacey Malcolm
On the Cause of Iridescence in Clouds 9:52 Gelesen von Anthony St. Pierre

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Civilization has progressed tremendously since this was written. The old white male authors talk a lot about atoms, conservation of energy, and a bunch of other problematic heteronormative gobblidygook. Today's 'Scientific american' no longer talks about these silly topics, and instead focuses on the role that reactionary gender roles play in causing anthropogenic global climate instability. Thank the goddess we are no longer trapped in a heteronormative power structure that minimizes that roll urban interpretive dance plays in advancing STEM