Volume 1, Issue 2build
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Features
M. Pasteur's Researches in the Treatment of Hydrophobia
The Greyhounds of the Atlantic
Ammonia and Alcohol in Snake Bite
Unmagnetizable Steel
Night Sky—November and December
Asphalted Jute
Interesting to Architects and Builders.—Comfortable Homes
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks
Whitening Walls
The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co
An Improved Window
Improved Method of Burning Limestone
Andromeda's Loss
The Sleeper's Guard
An Improved Turning Lathe
Machine for Beveling Angle Bars, Etc.
Clamp for Roof Scaffolds, Etc.
Boiler Flue Cleaner
Decay of Neglected Bridges
An Easily Operated Washing Machine
Brick Walls
Crushing Limit of Columns
Portable Sash Securer
Buckman's Car Coupler
Photographic Notes
Repairing the Cooper Institute
An Improved Thermometer Required
Correspondence
A “Gateway of Knowledge“
Antwerp Prizes for America
The Montreal Cable Railway
On Measurement
The Preservation of the Obelisk
The Business Importance of Burglars
Moncrieff Gun Carriages for Russian Iron Clads
The Silver King in Northern Waters
How to make Winter Evenings Profitable
Hoffmann's New Plan for a Cemetery
Photographic Camera for Instantaneous Views
Phosphoric Acid from Slag
Our December Number
Catalogue of Valuable Papers Contained in the Scientific American Supplement Sent Free to Any Address
To the Reader
Can I Obtain a Patent?
Our January Number
Our First Number
The Tomb of Gen. Grant
Design for a Country Residence
To Cost $6,300.—First Story Stone
Dumping Car
Patents
A New Safety Regulator for Elevators
The New York Waterworks
Sawdust in Plastering
Landscape Architecture
No Right to Steal away your Employer's Business
Sail Rigged Merry-Go-Round
H. M. S. Benbow
Improved Pocket for Billiard and Pool Tables
A Wrist-Held Memorandum Pad
Sand Dunes
Sail Skating
The Helicoidal or Wire Stone Saw
Duchess's Bedroom
The Scientific American, Architects and Builders Edition
St. Mary's (R. C.) Church, Leek, Staffordshire
The Temple of Diana at Ephesus
Miscellaneous Inventions
Special
Among the Bank Notes
Business and Personal
Any Person Having a New Invention May, without Charge, Consult Munn&Co., Scientific American Office, 361 Broadway, New York, for Advice how to Obtain a Patent or Caveat. Our Hand Book of Instructions Relating to Patents Sent Free
Notes and Queries
Hints to Correspondents
New Books and Publications
Elements of Inorganic Chemistry, Descriptive and Qualitative. by James, H. Shepard. Boston: D. C. Heath&Co., 1885
Engineering Inventions
Index of Inventions
For which Letters Patent of the United States were Granted November 17, 1885, and Each Bearing thata Date