Scientific American Magazine Vol 21 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 21, Issue 5

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Features

Improved Machine for Drilling Rocks, Improvement in Car Trucks, and more

On the Coal-Fields of the North Pacific Coast

Something About Bells

Wood Engraving—Improvements in the Art

A New Telegraphic Insulator

Improvement in Horse Collars

Spiders' Silk

Improvement in Coal Scuttles

The Proposed Postal Telegraph

Little Known Fibrous Plants

On Circulation in Boilers

The Forthcoming Eclipse

Manufacture of Iron and Lead Pipes

The Art of Pyrotechny

Editorial Summary

Answers to Correspondents

Decision by the Commissioner of Patents

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Applications for Extension of Patents

Official List of Patents

New Publications

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal