Scientific American Magazine Vol 1 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 1, Issue 3

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Features

Ward's Machine for Turning Irregular Forms

Life-Preserving Ship Berths

Preparing Wool for Market

Sir David Brewster

Tires for Railroad Wheels Without Any Visible Joints

Railroad Sleeping-Cars

“One Man's Meat Another Man's Poison”

Lager Beer

Sales of Unpatented Inventions--Newspaper Postage

Our Visit to the Collinsville Ax Works

Tungsten Steel

Sleep of Plants

Photographic Portraits as Signs

An Interesting Establishment

Phenomenon of the Frozen Wells

A Brad-Awl Screw

“Still They Come!”

Bill's Metallic Piston-Packing

Construction of Cone Pullies

Crawfish and Rats

Daring Feats of Acrobats & Aeronauts

Clark's Burglar's Alarm

Improved Submarine Cable

Crawshaw's Sole-Cutter

The Hand

Photography and the Arts

The Fathers of Philosophy--III

Foreign Summary--Metals and Markets

Patent Claims

Howland's Door-Latch

Coal Oil Retorts

Departments

New Inventions

Notes and Queries