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Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891

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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 (4 hr 27 min)

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The New Labor Exchange At Paris

3:11

Read by Larry Wilson

The Business End of the American Newspaper by A.H. Siegfried, Part 1

37:12

Read by Colton Wooten

The Business End of the American Newspaper by A.H. Siegfried, Part 2

19:07

Read by Cbteddy

How to Prevent Hay Fever by Alexander Rixa, M.D., New York

6:53

Read by quartertone

The Source of Chinese Ginger

2:29

Read by Larry Wilson

Floating Elevator and Spoil Distributor

5:41

Read by Yaron Bernstein

Improved Cold Iron Saw

2:21

Read by Stacey Malcolm

A Railway through the Andes / The Empress of India

7:33

Read by mleigh

Chicago as a Seaport

20:16

Read by Cbteddy

N.F. Burnham and His Life Work by W.H. Burnham

10:36

Read by Colton Wooten

Alternate Current Condensers

8:54

Read by Yaron Bernstein

The Telegraphic Communication between Great Britain, Europe, America, and the E…

23:11

Read by George Banfield

Electricity in Transitu from Plenum to Vacuum by Prof. William Crookes, F.R.S.

28:39

Read by Adrian Stephens

Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 1

14:48

Read by quartertone

Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 2

16:31

Read by quartertone

Gaseous Illuminants by Prof. Vivian B. Lewes, Part 3

21:14

Read by quartertone

Stereoscopic Projections

7:56

Read by quartertone

The Effect on Fowls of Nitrogenous and Carbonaceous Rations

21:17

Read by Adrian Stephens

Herbaceous Grafting

8:12

Read by Julie Anne Thompson

A Humorous Health Officer

1:43

Read by Larry Wilson