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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. 275




NEW YORK, APRIL 9, 1881

Scientific American Supplement. Vol. XI, No. 275.

Scientific American established 1845

Scientific American Supplement, $5 a year.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

I. ENGINEERING AND MECHANICS.--The Various Modes of
Transmitting Power to a Distance. (Continued from No. 274.)
By ARTHUR ARCHARD. of Geneva.--II. Compressed Air.--III.
Transmission by Pressure Water.--IV. Transmission by
Electricity.--General Results