Scientific American Magazine Vol 16 Issue 6

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 16, Issue 6

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Features

Improved Windmill, Improved Lathe Arbor Tightener, and more

Silver Mining in the Great Basin

How Shall We Burn Coal Most Economically

Water Supply of Towns

Editorial Summary

Varying Ideas of Model Makers

Batcheller's Hand Planter

Sill's Stamp Affixer

Converse's Improvement in Pocket Fire-Arms

Science Familiarly Illustrated

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Steel-Headed Rails

New Publications

Answers to Correspondents

Having an Object and Sticking to it

The Arcade Railway

Crossing the Water--Ferries, Tunnels, and Bridges

The Recoil of Guns--Action and Reaction Not Equal

Charles A. Seely

Patent Claims

Issued from the U. S. Patent Office

Devices for Elevating Liquids

Departments

Correspondence

Business and Personal