Scientific American Magazine
Volume 21, Issue 8You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
New Mode of Making Illuminating Gas from Light Hydrocarbon Oils
The Great Clock of Beauvais Cathedral and the Strasbourg Clock
American Institute of Architects—Fireproof Construction
On the Temperature of Coal Mines
On Rivets and Riveting
The Great Solar Eclipse
The Theory of Boiling—Tomlinson's Experiments and Conclusions
Effect of Form Upon Friction
Business Mistakes of Inventors
Portland Cement
Artificial Blushes—How They are Produced
Mechanical Fairs and Exhibitions
The Microscope in Silkworm Cultivation
The Properties of Resinous Timber
Coal—How it May and Must be Cheapened
Editorial Summary
Invention
Applications for Extension of Patents
Answers to Correspondents
Recent American and Foreign Patents
Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items
Official List of Patents
Departments
Correspondence
Business and Personal
