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Journal of the Franklin Institute, September.—On a newly discovered absolute limit to economical expansion in the steamengine and in other heat-motors, by R. H. Thurston.—Observations with the platinum-water pyrometer, with heat-carriers of platinum and of iron encased with platinum, by J. C. Noadley.—The microscope in engineering work, by R. Grimshaw.—Tests of double raw hide belts, by J. E. Hilleary.—Greatest ringing bells, by J. W. Nystrom.—Report on European sewage-systems, with special reference to the needs of the City of Philadelphia, by R. Hering.—Emerson's power scales, or dynamometer, by J. H. Lord.—Mechanical modifications of the Bessemer plant necessary to adapt it to the economical werking of the basic process, by W. M. Henderson.—Prevention of fires in theatres (continued), by C. J. Hexamer.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 26, 519 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026519a0
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