Scientific American Magazine Vol 6 Issue 4

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 6, Issue 4

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Features

Improvement in Breech-Loading Rifles, The Devotion of Agassiz to Science

Notes on Military and Naval Affairs

Surface Condensers for Steam Engines

Forming Cement Drains

How to Cut a Bevel for a Hopper

Combination Mop Scrubber

The Defense of our Harbor--Prompt Action Needed

Death of Samuel Colt, the Inventor

Trial of Warlike Inventions

The Chemistry of Coal

Rise in the Price of Cotton Goods

Resignation of the Secretary of War

Military Training in Common Schools

Water as a Disinfectant

The Bottle Law Unconstitutional

Patent-Office Illustrations

Learning to Shoot--Wesson's Breech-Loading Rifle

Notes on Foreign Inventions and Discoveries

Recent American Inventions

Patent Claims

Issued from the United States Patent Office

To Our Readers

Piston Packing for Pumps

The Construction of Chimneys

Departments

Correspondence

Notes and Queries