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Scientific American Magazine Vol 7 Issue 8

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 7, Issue 8

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Features

Steam Engine Regulator

Prevention of Accidents on Railroads

City Railroad

Foreign Correspondence

The Patent Office in Danger—To American Inventors

Varieties in Science

Galvanizing Iron—Protecting Steel from Oxidation—Sorel's Patent

Great Improvement in the Construction of Chains

Iron Stone—Terra cotta

Pencil Case Improvement

Improvement in Cast-Iron Car Wheels

Improvement in Endless Chains for Horse-Powers

Improvement in the Coiling Roving Machine

Complimentary to the Scientific American

Telegraph Case

Electro-Magnetism as a Motive Power

Medical

Steam Governor Valves

Patent Case

The Great Exhibition of Industry

Great Patent Case—McCormick's Reaper

List of Patent Claims

Oil from Popies

A New Cotton Plant

American Clippers—Cotton Sails

On Sending Receipts

Postage on Books

An Important Paragraph

Back Numbers and Volumes

Improved Candles

Steven's Siding and Flooring Machine

To Mechanics, Inventors, and Manufactures

Seventh Volume of the Scientific American

Horse-Shoeing--Interfering Horses

Departments

To Correspondents