Scientific American Magazine
Volume 17, Issue 24You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton, Railroad Safety Switch, and more
Railway Bridges--Their Material and Mode of Construction
Reffelt's Educational Apparatus
Science Familiarly Illustrated
Asbestos, A Material for Glass Making
Recent American and Foreign Patents
Answers to Correspondents
Bowell's Patent Double-Teeth Gear, for Clothes Wringers, Rolling Mills, and Planers
Webster's Damper Drum for Stovepipes
Mechanical Engineering in the United States
Burning of a Mail Car.--Destruction of Several Thousand Copies of the Scientific American
Utilization of Coal Dust and Culm
The Exposition's Exit
The Bergen Nitro-Glycerin Explosion
Patents and Claims
Pending Applications for Reissues
Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items
Important Patent Case
Extension Notices
Departments
Correspondence
Business and Personal
