Scientific American Magazine Vol 21 Issue 13

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 21, Issue 13

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Features

The Latest Achievements of Engineering Science

Improvement in Apparatus for Tanning Leather, Surmounting Inclines

Operations in Cumberland Coal—To the Public Press

Prevention of Colliery Explosions

Jackson's Patent Oscillating Wagon

The Manufacture of Plate Glass in England and the United States

Thos Lockwoode

The Soil, the Plant, and the Animal

Goddard's Detachable Calks for Horseshoes

Aero-Steam Engines

The Adjustment of Hot-Air Furnaces

The Avondale Colliery Disaster

The Exhibition of the American Institute

The Humboldt Centennial Celebration

Rainless Districts—Freaks of the Weather

Ammonia and Its Uses in the Arts

An Example for Young Men

Editorial Summary

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Answers to Correspondents

Official List of Patents

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal