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Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

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Read by Larry Wilson, Lauren Fontaine, J. M. Smallheer, John D. Parker, BettyB, Stacey Malcolm, Goldenco, Rapunzelina, KenK, mleigh, Jonathan Pruett, quartertone, Availle, M.S.C. Lambert, LC and Piotr Nater · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Alcohol in Nature--Its Presence in the Earth, Water, and Atmosphere (6:53)
Detection of Alcohol in Transparent Soaps (2:25)
On the Calorific Power of Fuel, and on Thompson's Calorimeter (25:18)
Explosion as an Unknown Fire Hazard (20:40)
Carbon.--Symbol C.--Combining Weight 12 (13:23)
Seyfferth's Pyrometer (7:50)
Manufacturers' Soaps and Their Production (11:28)
The Preparation of Perfume Pomades (2:44)
Organic Matter in Sea-Water / Bacteria Life (6:09)
On the Composition of Elephants' Milk (12:45)
The Chemical Composition of Rice, Maize, and Barley (7:36)
Petroleum Oils / Composition of the Petroleum of the Caucasus (17:36)
Notes on Cananga Oil or Ilang-Ilang Oil (13:33)
Chian Turpentine (5:58)
On the Change of Volume Which Accompanies the Galvanic Deposition of a Metal (7:11)
Analyses of Rice Soils from Burmah (5:43)
Dry Air Refrigerating Machine (7:07)
Thomas's Improved Steam Wheel (4:02)
The American Society of Civil Engineers, Address of the President (19:00)
Delicate Scientific Instruments (26:49)
The Future Development of Electrical Appliances (9:35)
Rate of Production of Heat, Calculated in the Shape of Horse-Power (14:53)
Researches on the Radiant Matter of Crookes and the Mechanical Theory of Electricity (4:33)
Economy of the Electric Light (9:52)
On the Space Protected by a Lightning-Conductor (10:27)
Photo-Electricity of Fluor-Spar Crystals / The Aurora Borealis and Telegraph Cables (7:29)
The Photographic Image: What It Is (12:47)
Gelatine Transparencies for the Lantern (9:34)
An Integrating Machine (8:40)
Upon a Modification of Wheatstone's Microphone and Its Applicability to Radiophonic Researches (6:25)