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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 360


NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 25, 1882
Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XIV, No. 360.
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 AND MECHANICS.--Soaking Pits for Steel Ingots.
--On the successful rolling of steel ingots with their own
initial heat by means of the soaking pit process. By JOHN GJERS.
6 figures.--Gjers' soaking pits for steel ingots.
Tempering by compression.--L. Clemandot's process.
Economical Steam Power. By WILLIAM BARNET LE VAN.
Mississippi River Improvements near St. Louis, Mo.
Bunte's Burette for the Analysis of Furnace Gases. 2 figures.
The "Universal" Gas Engine. 8 figures.--Improved gas engine.
Gas Furnace for Baking Refractory Products.
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