Scientific American Magazine
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Features
Improved Camp Chest, Resistance of Cast Iron to Internal Pressure
The War
Sir Peter Fairbairns' Patent
Church Organs
Recent American Inventions
The Monster Cannons of America and England
American Fire Engines for Europe
The Great Defeat
National Encouragement to the Novelties of Inventors
Iron Clad Ships of War in Congress
Ventilation in Health and Sickness—Hospitals
Welding Steel Cold
Hydrogen Gas as a Fuel for Domestic Purposes
Poison by Lead Pipes
Does Throwing Water on Fire Increase the Heat
Steamship Propulsion
Patent Claims - August 3, 1861
Instructions about European Patents
To Our Readers
Old Chinese Wrought-Iron Breech Loading Cannon
Fairbairn's Improvement in Rollers for Preparing Flax
Departments
Correspondence - August 3, 1861
Notes and Queries - August 3, 1861
