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SA Builders
May 1886
Volume 1
,
Issue 7build
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Features
Sewage Treatment for a Town of from 10,000 to 20,000 Population
Quadruple Expansion
Designs for Cottages
Uniformity in Iron and Steel Axles
Manufacture of Swords in Birmingham
A small Country House
Improved Roller Gate
Improved Mould for Sewer Building
A New Fruit Drier
Novel Method of Carpeting Stairs
A Country House
The New House of Parliament in Vienna
Practical Directions for Lightning Rods
Utilizing Milkweed
To New Subscribers
The Indestructibility of Matter
Small Cottages
A Viennese Villa
Panama Hats
Curious Intermittent Spring in Guatemala
The Protection of Woodwork
The Cost of Keeping Soldiers
Some old Cathedrals
Strength of Wooden Columns
Antiquity of Wheat
Davis' Quilting Frame
Art of Making Butter
The Helicoidal or Wire Stone Saw
Hallucination of the Senses
Ornamental Entrance Gates
Waterproof Writing Ink and Paper
The Egyptian Sphinx
French Exhibits of Trained Fruit Trees
What a Spider Eats per Diem
Potash in Agriculture
Formulas for Fertilizers
Wind Pressure
The Steam Chime
Botanical Notes
Cleaning Stonework
The Waterhouse Electric Light
The Yale Locks
Japanese House Building
Edward S. Morse
The Ancient Cities of Chaldea
Winking Photographs
Stair Case, Jacobean Style
The Art of Printing
Utilization of Dead Animals
How to make Rubber Hand Stamps
Indian Corn as Food for Man
Japanese Mirrors
Departments
Business and Personal - May 1, 1886
Notes and Queries - May 1, 1886