Scientific American Magazine Vol 18 Issue 20

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 18, Issue 20

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Features

Patent Self-Packing Steam Valve

Rationale of the Therapeutic Action of Arsenic in Diseases of the Skin

The Watch--Its History and Manufacture

H. F. Piaget

Alloys--Review of a Lecture by Dr. A. Matthiesen, F. R. S

Editorial Summary

American Institute Polytechnic Club

Controlling Water Currents--Deepening the Channels of Rivers

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Manufacturing Mining, and Railroad Items

Answers to Correspondents

Curley's Patent Adjustable Curtain Fixture

Wheeler's Adjustable Pulley for Attaching to Shafts in Place

De Galleford's Improved Pipe Cutter

Aluminum--A Field for Scientific Effort

Great Reduction in Cost of Foreign Patents

“The Wheel”

Etching Glass--One of the Uses of Fluor Spar

The Value and Uses of Worn-Out Files

Importance of Studying Cause and Effect--A Hint to Inventors

Patents and Claims

Issued by the United States Patent Office

To All Whom it May Concern

Extension Notices

Pending Applications for Reissues

New Publications

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal