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Scientific American Magazine Vol 7 Issue 12

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 7, Issue 12

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Features

Self-Stripping Carding Machine

Arrowroot in Florida

Allegheny Valley Railroad

The Steamship Great Britain

The Gold of California

American Ship-Building

Chemical Analysis of Poisons

Improved Blacksmiths' Tuyeres

Recent Foreign Inventions

Circular Saws

Pickling Meat

Remarks on Inks

Great Discovery of Lead Ore

Electro-Magnetism as a Motive Power

Curious Effects of Excitement

My head is gray but not with years.

To Prevent Accidents on Railroads

Improved Hot-Air Register

Improvement in Railroad Cars

Gas Light in Factories

The Woodworth Patent—Its Extension

Improved Stove

Verdict of the Jury in the Greenwich Avenue Calamity

The Proposed Exhibition at New York

Amorphous Phosphorus

Gutta Percha Pens

Whitelaw & Stirrait's Water Wheel—The Overshot at a Discount

Insecurity of Buildings

Great Rat Trap

Discoveries

List of Patient Claims

American Astronomers in Europe

Castor Oil for Light

Pneumatic Pile Driver

An Important Paragraph

Sending Receipts—Postage on Books

Back Numbers and Volumes

What May be Done with Old Rags

To Mechanics, Manufacturers and Inventors

Structure on Piles

Gold from Australia

Gold Solder

A Curiosity

Screw Propeller for the Navy

On Boilers--No. 3

Submarine Telegraph

Departments

To Correspondents