Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 20 original MP3 tracks, 4:27:44 running time and a link to listen.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891, 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. 795, March 28, 1891 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 The Business End of the American Newspaper, Chicago as a Seaport, Alternate Current Condensers, Gaseous Illuminants. and much more. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Recording facts
- Recording title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
- Author credits: Various
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 20
- Listed recording duration: 4:27:44
Catalogue topics
- railroad
- India
- physics
- Chicago
- chemistry
- botany
- newspaper
- hay
Track guide
- 01 - The New Labor Exchange At Paris — 3:11
- 02 - The Business End of the American Newspaper by A.H. Siegfried, Part 1 — 37:12
- 03 - The Business End of the American Newspaper by A.H. Siegfried, Part 2 — 19:07
- 04 - How to Prevent Hay Fever by Alexander Rixa, M.D., New York — 6:53
- 05 - The Source of Chinese Ginger — 2:29
- 06 - Floating Elevator and Spoil Distributor — 5:41
- 07 - Improved Cold Iron Saw — 2:21
- 08 - A Railway through the Andes / The Empress of India — 7:33
- 09 - Chicago as a Seaport — 20:16
- 10 - N.F. Burnham and His Life Work by W.H. Burnham — 10:36
- 11 - Alternate Current Condensers — 8:54
- 12 - The Telegraphic Communication between Great Britain, Europe, America, and the East by George Walter Niven — 23:11
- 13 - Electricity in Transitu from Plenum to Vacuum by Prof. William Crookes, F.R.S. — 28:39
- 14 - Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 1 — 14:48
- 15 - Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 2 — 16:31
- 16 - Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 3 — 21:14
- 17 - Stereoscopic Projections — 7:56
- 18 - The Effect on Fowls of Nitrogenous and Carbonaceous Rations — 21:17
- 19 - Herbaceous Grafting — 8:12
- 20 - A Humorous Health Officer — 1:43
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