Scientific American Magazine Vol 20 Issue 16

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 20, Issue 16

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Features

Improved Woodworth Planing Machine, Machine for Digging Potatoes, and more

Explosive Compounds for Engineering Purposes

The Effect of Light on Mineral Oils

The Sewing Machine—Its Origin and Suggestions for Improvement

The Law of Steam

Julien M. Deby

Beet Root Sugar in the United States

Shafting, Pulleys, and Belts

Paige's Patent Improvement in Steam Boiler Furnaces

Self-Lubricating and Self-Clearing Drill

Koch's Combined Automatic Lifting Pump

Time as a Measure of Force

Idiosyncracies

The Burden of Memory

Death of James Harper

Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance

New Publications

Are Utensils of Copper Injurious for Culinary Purposes?

Velocipede Notes

Answers to Correspondence

Official List of Patents

Issued by the United States Patent Office

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Patent Offices

European Patents

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal