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Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 717

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NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 28, 1889.

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XXVIII., No. 717.

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. CIVIL ENGINEERING.--The Girard Hydraulic Railway.--One of the great curiosities of the Paris exposition, the almost frictionless railway, with sectional illustrations of its structure.--8 illustrations. 11451

II. ELECTRICITY.--Early Electric Lighting.--Electric lighting in Salem in 1859, a very curious piece of early history. 11458

Electric Motor for Alternating Currents.--A motor on an entirely new principle for the application of the alternating

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