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Volume 19, Issue 23You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Improvement in Devices for Raising Liquids
The Best Modes of Testing the Power and Economy of Steam Engines
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