Scientific American Magazine
Volume 3, Issue 12You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Improved Slide Valve
What was Learned by the Observations on the Late Eclipse
Talk with the Boys
French Vivacity on a Mud Trap
Boiler Explosion Caused by Sulphur Water
Purifying Natural Coal Oil
Construction of Cider Filters
Galvanized Iron versus Lead for Pipes
The Porosity of Glass
Interesting Correspondence
Gutta-Percha the Best Insulator for Submarine Telegraphs
Iron Works-Their Location, Arrangement and Construction
Improved Plan for Graduating Thermometers
American Naval Architecture
Journal of Patent Law
Telegraph Between the Atlantic and Pacific States
A Column of Varieties
Working Steam Expansively
McCulloch's Grain-Drying and Evaporating Apparatus
Improvement in Gas Pumps
The Stimulus of the Patent Laws
Niagara Railroad Suspension Bridge
Pianos-A Great Piano Manufactory
Recent American Inventions - September 15, 1860
Contract for a Steam Fire Engine
The Fairs of 1860
Application for the Extension of a Patent
Creosoting Railroad Timber
Patent Claims
Useful Hints to Our Readers
Money Received
Improved Horse Rake
The Philosophy of Cart Hubs
Elmer's Combined Watch Key and Guard Bar
First Fruits of a Crop
Departments
New Books and Periodicals Received - September 15, 1860
Notes and Queries - September 15, 1860
