Scientific American Magazine Vol 20 Issue 2

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 20, Issue 2

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Features

Glass Staining--The Manufacture of Illuminated Church Windows

Improved Floating Water Power

Burnham's Improved Turbine Water Wheel

Hietel and Geissler's Improved Watch Escapement

Why Not Grow Our Own Silk?

An Appeal for Help--The Children's Aid Society

Influence of Vegetation upon the Existence of Miasms in the Atmosphere

Freezing of Submarine Water Pipes--Pumping Long Distances

The Human Wheel and Its Rival--The Velocipede Mania

Important Trade Mark Case

Polished Steel Ornaments--Berlin Cast Iron

Another Sensation on Wall Strert

Reminiscences of Travel in Spain

Artistic or Expressional Dentistry

Blasting with Nitro-Glycerin at the Hoosac Tunnel

Manufacture of Arms in Persia

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

Reforms Needed in the Construction of Some Articles in Common Use

Editorial Summary

Dangers of the Use of the Lighter Products of Petroleum

Answers to Correspondents

Recent American and Foreign Patents

New Publications

Official List of Patents

Patent Offices

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal