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Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885

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Title: Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 508

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NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 26, 1885

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XX., No. 508.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

Scientific American and Supplement, $7 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE I. CHEMISTRY AND METALLURGY.--The Cowles Electric Smelting Process. 5 figures. 8113

On the Electrical Furnace and the Reduction of the Oxides of Boron, Silicon, Aluminum, and other Metals by Carbon.--By EUGENE H. COWLES, ALFRED H. COWLES, and CHARLES F. MABERY. 8112

Chemical Action of Light. 8117

Eutexia.--Cryohydrates.--Eutectic salt alloys and metal alloys. 8117

Chinoline. 8118

Method of Rapid Estimation of Urea. 1 figure. 8118

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