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THE LIVING JERBOA IN THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN OF BERLIN.	1
NEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS.	3
MODIFICATION OF OUR CLIMATE.	14
THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA.	17
PENTAPTERYGIUM SERPENS.	19
THE PERFORATION OF FLOWERS.	20
ELECTRICITY IN HORTICULTURE.	23
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CHINESE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS.	36
HIGH SPEED ENGINE AND DYNAMO.	38
CHLORINE GAS AND SODA BY THE ELECTROLYTIC PROCESS.	39
COMPLETION OF THE MERSEY TUNNEL RAILWAY.	42
A STEAM STREET RAILWAY MOTOR.	44
TWENTY-FOUR KNOT STEAMERS.	44
THE MILITARY ENGINEER AND HIS WORK.[1]	49
FIELD FORTIFICATIONS.	56
SIEGES.	56
MILITARY BRIDGES.	58
SURVEYS AND EXPLORATIONS.	59
BOUNDARY AND LAKE SURVEYS.	59
HOW MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS ARE MADE.	62
CORRUGATED MATTING.	63
PACKING.	63
JAR RINGS.	64
HOW ENAMELED LETTERS ARE MADE.	64
STAMPING.	64
ENAMELING.	65
FIRING.	65
THE FILING.	66
BRUSHING OUT.	66
BURNING BRICK WITH CRUDE OIL FUEL.	67
INVESTIGATION OF A MOUND NEAR JEFFERSON CITY, MO.	71
ACTION OF CAUSTIC SODA ON WOOD.	73
NEW BORON COMPOUNDS.	76
BORON SALTS.	77
NATURAL SULPHIDE OF GOLD.	78
SOME MEANS OF PURIFYING WATER.	79
A NEW LABORATORY PROCESS FOR PREPARING HYDROBROMIC ACID.	82
SAPOTIN: A NEW GLUCOSIDE.	83
DETECTION OF PEANUT OIL IN OLIVE OIL.	84
HYDROXYLAMINE.	85
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN	86
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A NEW CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE PAPERS	88
USEFUL ENGINEERING BOOKS	88
PATENTS!	88

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