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FAURE’S MACHINE FOR DECORTICATING SUGAR-CANE.	1
MOVING A BRIDGE.	3
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PLANETARY WHEEL-TRAINS.	15
II.	16
THE PANTANEMONE.	23
RELVAS’S NEW LIFE-BOAT.	24
EXPERIMENTS WITH DOUBLE-BARRELED GUNS AND RIFLES.	24
BALL TURNING MACHINE.	27
COOLING APPARATUS FOR INJECTION WATER.	28
CORRUGATED DISK PULLEYS.	29
EARLY HISTORY OF THE TELEGRAPH.	29
MR. LATROBE’S RECOLLECTIONS.	31
THE KRAVOGL ELECTRIC MOTOR.	33
BORNHARDT’S ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR BLASTING IN MINES.	38
IMPROVED ELECTRIC FIRE ALARM.	39
A STANDARD THERMOPILE.	40
TELEPHONIC TRANSMISSION WITHOUT RECEIVERS.	41
ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF GROUND CONDUCTORS.	44
ON ELECTROLYSIS.	48
THE ELECTRO-CHEMICAL EQUIVALENT OF SILVER.	52
A NEW STANDARD LIGHT.	52
DR. FEUSSNER’S NEW POLARIZING PRISM.	53
I.—OLDER FORMS OF POLARIZING PRISMS.	53
II.—THE NEW POLARIZING PRISM.	56
ZIRCON.	58
A PROCESS FOR MAKING WROUGHT IRON DIRECT FROM THE ORE.[1]	59
SOME REMARKS ON THE DETERMINATION OF HARDNESS IN WATERS.	64
THE DENSITY AND PRESSURE OF DETONATING GAS MIXTURES.	65
TURKISH BATHS FOR HORSES.	66
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THE GUM DISEASE IN TREES.[1]	71
DRINKSTONE PARK.	73
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THE ILLUMINATING POWER OF ETHYLENE.	76
DIFFRACTION PHENOMENA DURING TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES.[1]	77
PATENTS.	79

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