Scientific American Magazine
Volume 17, Issue 5You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Improved Cannon
A Trip from London to Amsterdam
The Great Exposition Complete
Leavitt's Fruit Dryer
Lowe's Spiral Spring Packing
Smith's Improved Extension Ladder
The Accelerating Gun
Editorial Summary
Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items
Recent American and Foreign Patents
Answers to Correspondents
Misapplication of Terms--A So-Called Explosion
The Linen Manufacture
The Tomato
The Patent Office Delays
Protection for Passenger Car Platforms
The Union Pacific Railroad
Notice to Subscribers
France as a Power
Official Report of Patents and Claims
Departments
Correspondence
Business and Personal
