Scientific American Magazine Vol 5 Issue 17

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 5, Issue 17

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Features

Steam Carriages for Railways

Testing Iron for Sheathing Gunboats

The War

The American Conflict—False Accusations

Dethridge's Oval Lamp Chimney

Prof. Calvert on English Oak and Wood Used for Shipbuilding

The Polytechnic Association of the American Institute

The New Mode of Locomotion

The Russo-American Telegraph Question

The Way the Great Eastern was Saved

Fifteen Thousand Patents Secured through Our Agency

The Disaster to the Great Eastern

Conglomerate Copper—Geology

The New Iron-Clad Steamer for Our Navy

American, English and Whitworth Rifles Described and Contrasted

A Steam Car—Economical Railroading

Dangers and Safety of Coal Oil

Military Inventions

Vexatious Delays in Issuing Patents

The Metal for Iron-Clad Ships

Mexican Method of Extracting Silver from Ores

Recent American Inventions

Patent Claims - October 26, 1861

Issued from the United States Patent Office

To Our Readers

White's Governor Valve

Departments

Correspondence - October 26, 1861

Notes and Queries - October 26, 1861