Scientific American Magazine
Volume 20, Issue 2You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
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