Scientific American Magazine

Tearing up a Railroad

Distressing Accident on the Central, Pa., Railroad

Rise of Railroad Fares

Our Own City

Railroad Robbery

The Chlorides of Gold

Cochin China Fowls

Dress in Japan

New Smut Machine

Parsneps

Mohawk and Schenectady Railroad

Patent Office Business

Death of Two Inventors

The Dead of 1849

Parkhurst's Cotton Gin

Our Cotton Factories

Miscellaneous

International Literary Exchanges

Morals of New York

Coal

Debt of the City of New York

The English Language

Natural History of the Sabbath

British Mechanics Association

Discoveries in Ancient Nineveh

Blowing up Wrecks by Electricity

Useful Information about Water Wheels

Dr. Franklin

Survey of Great Britain

Improvement in Gold and Silver Pencil Cases

Naval Science

Railroad Accidents—A Suggestion

Improvement in the Manufacture of Velvet

New Rotary Engine

New Way to Manufacture Shot

Action and Re-Action

Improved Hot Air Engine

Propeller for Canals

Machine for Repairing Roads

Reading during the Winter Evenings

Spirit Drinking in Great Britain and Ireland

The Properties of the Crank

English Piracy of Inventions

Question

To Color Sheep Skins for Door Mats

List of Patent Claims

Report of the Secretary of the Interior about the Patent Office—Extracts

History ot Propellers and Steam Navigation

The Tea Plant in America

On Tanning Leather—Preparation of Hides

To Correspondents