# Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885

An audiobook by Various, read by LibriVox volunteers (3 h 40 min, English).

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 Torpedo Ships, The Gas Engine, Capstan Navigation on the Volga, Astronomical Photography, and Sanitary Cooking. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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## Chapters

1. Blaauw Krantz Viaduct in Cape Colony (6:48): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_01_various_64kb.mp3
2. Torpedo Ships / A Plumbing Test (3:35): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_02_various_64kb.mp3
3. The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 1 (18:21): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_03_various_64kb.mp3
4. The Gas Engine by Dugald Clerk, Part 2 (16:27): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_04_various_64kb.mp3
5. Rapid Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway by E.T. Abbott (14:15): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_05_various_64kb.mp3
6. The Osgood Mammoth Excavator / The Osgood Excavator (7:22): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_06_various_64kb.mp3
7. Capstan Navigation on the Volga (8:11): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_07_various_64kb.mp3
8. Steamboat Equipment of War Vessels (11:55): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_08_various_64kb.mp3
9. Improved Steam Trap (4:41): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_09_various_64kb.mp3
10. Photometrical Standards / Bleaching or Dyeing-Yarns and Goods in Vacuo (5:11): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_10_various_64kb.mp3
11. On the Moulding of Porcelain by Charles Lauth (14:14): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_11_various_64kb.mp3
12. Photo-Tricycle Apparatus / A Photo Printing Light / A New Actinometer (6:14): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_12_various_64kb.mp3
13. Astronomical Photography (10:04): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_13_various_64kb.mp3
14. Electricity as a Preventive of Scale in Boilers / Alphabet Designed by Godfrey Sykes (4:07): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_14_various_64kb.mp3
15. Brief Sanitary Matters in Connection with Isolated Country Houses by E.W. Bowditch, C.E. (15:39): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_15_various_64kb.mp3
16. Sanitary Cooking by Virginia L. Oppenheimer, M.D., Seymour, Ind. / Time Required to Digest Different Foods (21:00): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_16_various_64kb.mp3
17. The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell, Part 1 (16:08): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_17_various_64kb.mp3
18. The Organization and Plan of The United States Geological Survey by J.W. Powell. Part 2 (14:14): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_18_various_64kb.mp3
19. The Sunflowers by Charles Wolley-Dod / A Quick Filter (15:09): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_19_various_64kb.mp3
20. Lye's Fuchsias (6:13): https://archive.org/download/sciamersuppl484_2411_librivox/sciamsuppl484april1885_20_various_64kb.mp3