Scientific American Magazine

Improvement in Hand Planing, Teaching by Machinery, and more

Will the Coming Man Drink Wine?

Naval Defences

Thuslow's Patent Sheaf Binder and Bag Tie

Great Machine Tool-Makers

High Heels, Narrow Toes, and Other Absurdities of Fashion

Designs for Modern Articles of Jewelry

Simple Device for Roasting Coffee

A New Registering Barometer

Scarcity of Paper Material

New Publications

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

Answers to Correspondents

The Cattle Plague

Optical Illusions

Trial of Hall's Automatic Electric Railway Signal

Reform in the Patent Office

The Value of Experience in the Mechanical Arts

The Transatlantic Steamship Company

Changes in the Patent Office

Patents and Claims

Obituary

Editorial Summary

Extension Notices

Business and Personal