Scientific American Magazine Vol 20 Issue 15

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 20, Issue 15

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Features

Improved Adjustable-Jaw Vise

On the Theory of the Luminosity of Flames

Explosive Compounds for Engineering Purposes

Progress of the Velocipede

Obituary-Luther Atwood

Write Legibly and Intelligently

Gross' Patent Combined Letter Opener

Small-Pox and Vaccination

The Natural Highways of Travel

The Scientist, Inventor, and Mechanic

The Preservation of Timber

Ventilation in Buildings

Taste and Smell—A New Theory

Beet Root Sugar

Applications for the Extension of Patents

Editorial Summary

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Official List of Patents

Issued by the United States Patent Office

New Publications

Patent Offices

European Patents

Departments

Answers to Correspondence

Business and Personal