Scientific American Magazine Vol 19 Issue 23

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 19, Issue 23

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Features

Improvement in Devices for Raising Liquids

The Best Modes of Testing the Power and Economy of Steam Engines

Charles E. Emery

Cultivation of Waste Lands on Railway Lines

Selfridge's Patent Washing Machine

Legg's Improvement in Window Shades

Reminiscences of the Early Discoveries in Electro-Magnetism--Interesting Anecdote of Faraday

Confectionery--How It Is Made, and What It Is Made Of

Editorial Summary

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

New Publications

Answers to Correspondents

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Dimock's Thermo-Annunciator

The Transplanting of Large Forest Trees

The Culture Demanded by the Age

The National Finances

National Pride of Mechanics

Mechanical Skill Shown without Mechanical Appliances

Are Meteors and Falling Stones Identical?

The Fulton Ferry Accident--The Duties of Passengers

The Dentists and the Hard Rubber Controversy

Patents and Claims

Patents Offices

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal