Scientific American Magazine Vol 3 Issue 13

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 3, Issue 13

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Features

Improved Gyrascope Steam Engine Governor

A New Caloric Engine

The Barometer a Useful Instrument

A New Theory of the Formation of the Solar System

Expansion of Metals by Heat

A Hit at Avoirdupois

Compensating Pendulums

Surprising Facts in Regard to the Value of Sewing Machines

Iron WorksTheir Location, Arrangement and Construction

Application for the Extension of a Patent

Melting Zinc by Gas

American and English Oak

American Engineers' Association

Our Special Correspondence

Spontaneous Combustion of Sawdust

The First Steamer that Crossed the Atlantic

Great Improvement in the Electric Light

A Column of Varieties

Hardening of Gutta-Percha

The Farmers' Club on Lightning

Improved Relay and Sounder

Lightning on the Railroad

Clark's Improved Vise

Remarks on Howe's Sewing Machine Extension Case

The Way the Solar System was Formed

Commercial Steamers as Ships of War

The Relation of Science to the Industrial Arts

Awful Steamboat Disaster

The Late Herbert Ingram, M.P., Proprietor of the Illustrated London News

Our Western Correspondence

Recent American Inventions - September 22, 1860

Patent Claims - September 22, 1860

Useful Hint to Our Readers

Money Received

Production of Valuable Manure from the Air

Dr. Griscom's Improved Method of Ventilation

Departments

Notes and Queries - September 22, 1860