Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 33
• Listed recording duration: 4:48:48

Catalogue topics

• Japan
• railroad
• physics
• chemistry
• electricity
• cotton
• hypnotism
• Atomic theory

Opening tracks: first 24 of 33

1. 01 - The British Association at Manchester — 2:22
2. 02 - Progress of Chemistry, Size of the Atom, Atomic Motion, Atomic Combination — 5:14
3. 03 - Synthesis, Chemistry of Vital Functions — 8:41
4. 04 - Chemistry of Vegetation, Chemical Pathology — 7:34
5. 05 - The Crimson Line of Phosphorescent Alumina — 3:52
6. 06 - Carbonic Acid in the Air — 9:06
7. 07 - Analysis of Kola Nut — 3:59
8. 08 - Chapin Wrought Iron — 9:33
9. 09 - Celluloid — 3:29
10. 10 - Apparatus for Testing Champagne Bottles and Corks — 16:39
11. 11 - Improved Biscuit Machine — 4:29
12. 12 - Improved Cream Separator — 4:10
13. 13 - Gas from Oil — 8:09
14. 14 - The Manufacture of Salt Near Middlesbrough — 9:12
15. 15 - Cotton Industries of Japan — 10:56
16. 16 - Centrifugal Extractors, Part 1 — 10:59
17. 17 - Centrifugal Extractors, Part 2 — 12:14
18. 18 - Centrifugal Extractors, Part 3 — 13:09
19. 19 - Centrifugal Extractors, Part 4 — 9:06
20. 20 - A New Type of Railway Car — 2:36
21. 21 - Foundations of the Central Viaduct of Cleveland, Ohio — 9:57
22. 22 - Centrifugal Pumps at Mare Island Navy Yard, California — 9:42
23. 23 - The Part That Electricity Plays in Crystallization — 15:38
24. 24 - Electric Time — 16:49

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