Scientific American Magazine Vol 4 Issue 17

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 4, Issue 17

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Features

Housatonic, New York and New Haven Railroads

The Fatherless

Telegraphs

Settlement of the Niagara Bridge Question

Consolations for the Lonely

Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad

Stone Cutting Machine

The British Museum

Planing Machine and Portable Saw Mill

The Steam Ship Panama

Changes of Vegetation and Climate

Cause of Grey Hair

Racoon in England

Curious Fact

The Value of Practical Science

Experiments in Gunnery

Postal Arrangement with Great Britain

Boiler Explosions

Another Cure for the Cholera

Aristocracy in London

Dick's Anti-Friction Press

A Cave

Coral Formations

Drawing False Horizons

Land of Plenty

Function of the Skin in Man and Animals

Dying for Another Man's Wife

Mirage in the Great Salt Desert

Improvement in Propellers

Another Flying Machine

New Musical Instrument

Carpet Looms

Everglades of Florida

Fac-Similies of Busts

List of Patents

Improved Skate

Machine for Washing Potatoes

Improvements in a Felloe Cutting Machine

Cholera Protector

Gas Light Monitor

The Ten Hour Bill

The Electric Light Again

Potterville

Steam Engines for Sale

Winter Evenings for Mechanics

Back Volumes of the Scientific American

Southern Factories

Patent Laws

Interesting Patent Case

The Scientific American

Eccentricities of Rivers

Cloth Made of Pineapple Leaves

Currents of the Ocean

Combustion.--Grates, Stoves and Ventilation

The First Locomotive

Who Are the Truly Valuable in Society

National Arbitration

A Blessed Land

Refused Package

The New Mode of Ship Building

Sulphate of Lead a Substitute for White Lead

The Best Mechanical Paper

Tinning Copper

History of the Rotary Engine

Departments

Prize Essay

To Correspondents