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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 497


NEW YORK, JULY 11, 1885
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XX, No. 497.
Scientific American established 1845
Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.
Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
I. CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY.--Making Sea Water Potable.
--By THOS. KAY
The Acids of Wool Oil
The New Absorbent for Oxygen
Depositing Nickel upon Zinc.--By H.B. SLATER
II. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--Foundations in Quicksand,
Lift Bridge over the Ourcq Canal.--3 figures
St. Petersburg a Seaport.--A canal cut from Cronstadt to
St. Petersburg.--Opening of same by the Emperor and
Empress.--With full page engraving
The New French Dispatch Boat Milan.--With engraving
The Launching and Docking of Ships Sidewise.--4 figures
Improved High Speed Engine.--12 figures
The National Transit Co.
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