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Features
Improving the Quality of Sugar
Silver Door Plates
Thomas's Paint Mill
Machine for Sorting Thread
Improved Corn Harvester
A New White Metal
Patent Claims - October 2, 1858
Issued from The United States Patent Office
Destroying Grain Insects
Currant Wine
Preservation of Fruits
Poison of the Common Toad
Michener's Valve for Steam Engines
Titus & Sharp's Sawing Machine
Car Couplings
Sleeping Car Seat
Steam Propulsion—Crank and Paddle Wheel
The Period of Life Subject to Insanity
The Atlantic Telegraph
The New York Evening Post and the Scientific American
Fair of the American Institute
American Genius—Launch of the General Admiral
Volcanoes and their Action
Literary Notices
Hick's Gas Burner
The Grape Vine Disease
A Telegraphic Problem
Improved Horse Rake
New Prospectus
Hollely's Blowpipe
Departments
Notes and Queries - October 2, 1858