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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 795
NEW YORK, March 28, 1891.
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXXI., No. 795.
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. AVICULTURE.--The Effect on Fowls of Nitrogenous and Carbonaceous
Rations.--A very valuable report upon the effects of different
diet on chickens, with tables of data.--1 illustration
II. BIOGRAPHY.--N.F. Burnham and his Life Work.--By W.H. BURNHAM.
--The life of one of the earliest turbine wheel manufacturers,
an inventor of turbine wheels and auxiliary machinery.
--1 illustration
III. BOTANY.--The Source of Chinese Ginger.--An identification of
a long unknown plant
IV. CIVIL ENGINEERING.--A Railway through the Andes.--An
interesting enterprise now in progress in South America, with
maps.--2 illustrations
Chicago as a Seaport.--Proposed connection of Chicago with the
waters of the Mississippi River, thereby placing it in water
communication with the sea.--2 illustrations
Floating Elevator and Spoil Distributor.
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