Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22, 1888: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22, 1888, 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. 664, September 22, 1888 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 Iron Sailing Ships, Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers, Pepsin, A Chinese Imperial Cemetery, and Subterraneous Flora and Fauna. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22, 1888
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 4:09:20

Catalogue topics

• navy
• architecture
• cavalry
• surgery
• abyssinia
• pepsin
• coal tar
• steam boilers

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Gun Practice in the French Navy — 3:41
2. 02 - Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 1 — 13:31
3. 03 - Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 2 — 13:45
4. 04 - Modern Cavalry on the Field of Battle, Part 3 — 14:31
5. 05 - Iron Sailing Ships — 2:25
6. 06 - Water Blast Pump — 3:58
7. 07 - Transmission of Power between Bodies Moving at Different Velocities — 5:12
8. 08 - Steam Generator of Serpollet Brothers, Producing Steam Instantaneously — 14:05
9. 09 - Gas Lighting by High-Power Burners — 6:59
10. 10 - Synchronizing Clocks — 2:46
11. 11 - Coal Tar as Fuel for Steam Boilers — 12:16
12. 12 - Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 1 — 10:39
13. 13 - Watch Cleaning and Repairing, Part 2 — 13:04
14. 14 - The New Central Railway Station at Frankfort on the Main — 8:16
15. 15 - The Commercial Exchange, Paris — 7:12
16. 16 - A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 1 — 15:07
17. 17 - A Basis from which to Calculate Charges for Electric Motor Service, Part 2 — 15:12
18. 18 - Some Abyssinian Customs — 1:47
19. 19 - How a Mound Was Built — 8:08
20. 20 - A Chinese Imperial Cemetery — 5:56
21. 21 - Dyspepsia: Its Causes and Prevention — 15:02
22. 22 - A New Surgical Operation — 4:31
23. 23 - Putzeys' Flushing Reservoir — 5:27
24. 24 - Pepsin — 7:16

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