Scientific American Magazine Vol 20 Issue 9

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 20, Issue 9

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Features

Improvement in Separating and Concentrating Ores, Grains, Etc.

Is Hydrogen Gas a Metal?

“Modern Engineering”—By the Hon. Wm. J. Mcalpine

Editorial Summary

Velocipede Notes

Webb's Patent Adder and Tally Board

Greene's Portable Engine, Union Check Valve, and Lubricator

“Waste” and “Economy” of Fuel

Examination of Applications for Patents—The Two Systems Compared

The Wickedness of Waste.—Value of Bones

Hollow vs. Solid Shafting

Importance of Accuracy in the Use of Mechanical and Scientific Terms

Vegetable Oils Used in Painting

Land and Water—Are Earthquakes Land Makers?

Conserving of Fruit

Bulletin of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers

Recent American and Foreign Patents

The Gard Brick Machine

New Publications

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

Official List of Patents

Answers to Correspondents

European Patents

Patent Offices

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal