Scientific American Magazine Vol 17 Issue 18

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 17, Issue 18

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Features

Improved Single-Needle Knitting Machine, Period of the Growth of Man

Editorial Correspondence

A New Theory of Chemistry--The Galvanic Battery Dissected, and Speculations Concerning Ozone

Editorial Summary

Meyer's Safety Saddle

Progress of the Pacific Railroad--The System Adopted for Laying the Track

Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Extension Notice

Answers to Correspondents

Science Familiarly Illustrated

White's Improved Monkey Wrench

The Largest Pair of Propeller Engines in the World

American Institute Fair

The Relative Economy of Anthracite and Bituminous Coal in Steam Boilers

Malleable Qualities of Lead

Official Report of Patents and Claims

New Publications

Pending Applications for Reissues

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal

Patents