Scientific American Magazine Vol 19 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 19, Issue 3

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Features

Improvement in Portable Forges, Sawing and Grooving Machines, and more

Science Familiarly Illustrated

Public Rights as Affected by Operations of Rail-Road Monopolists

Use of Raw and Cooked Food

How to Ascertain the Amount of Impurities in Water

Silk and Its Culture

Paper--Its Material and Uses

Richardson's Patent Method of Forging Hoes

The Best Way of Yoking Oxen

An English Economist on Railroad Reform

Editorial Summary

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Answers to Correspondents

A Scottish Cran-Nog

Warren's Patent Automatic Musketo Bar

Military Telegraphs

The Patent Metallic Wheel Hub

Philosophy of the Use of Blueing in the Starching of Linen

Cheap Fireproof Covering for Steam Boilers

Small Philosophers

Viscera and Vitality vs. Steel, Cord, and Whale-Bone

Chemical Nomenclature and Symbols

The Havre Exhibition

The Cause of Steam Boiler Explosions--The Bowery Accident

Patents and Claims

The West Side Elevated Railway

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

New Publications

Extension Notices

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal