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Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885
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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885
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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 520
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 19, 1885
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. Vol. XX, No. 520.
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. ENGINEERING, ETC.--Steel Structures.--Best use of different grades of steel.--From a paper by Mr. JAS. CHRISTIE.
Natural Gas Fuel and its Application to Manufacturing: Purposes.--Paper read before the Iron and Steel Institute by Mr. ANDREW CARNEGIE.--First use of the gas.--Wells near Pittsburg.--Extent of territory underlain with gas.--Cost of piping.--Analyses ofnatural gas.
A Gas Engine Water Supply Alarm.--1 figure.
The Water Supply of Ancient Roman Cities.--An address by Prof. W.H. CORFIELD.--Aqueducts for the supply of Borne.--The aqueduct bridge Pont du Gard.--The supply of Lyons.--Const