Scientific American Magazine
Volume 5, Issue 8You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Rifling United States Cannon, Cyanide of Potassium for Soldering and more
The War
Manufacture of Tin-Plate
Outside Reflectors for Store Windows
Improved Screw Stocks and Dies
The Wild Man of the Woods
Heating and Lighting Cities by the Power of the Tides
New Side-Wheel War Steamers
Information as to the Patentable Novelty of Inventions
That Forged Letter Again
Carrying Parcels in Tubes
General McDowell's Report
Stable and Changeable Colors—Frauds
Inquiry about the use of Extended Patents
A British Officer on Rifled Ordnance—Round Shot
Proposals for Iron-Clad Steam Vessels
Patent Claims - August 24, 1861
Recent American Inventions
Instructions about European Patents
To Our Readers
Departments
Correspondence - August 24, 1861
Notes and Queries - August 24, 1861
