Scientific American Magazine Vol 7 Issue 24

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 7, Issue 24

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Features

Improved Hoisting Machinery, A Large American Diamond

Ordnance Department--Guns and Iron-Clads

The President's Message

Increase and Condition of the Navy--The Report of the Secretary

The “Great Eastern”

Warming and Ventilation of Buildings

Domestic Economy

The Pitch of Machine Screws

Our Ship-Yards

New Method of Drawing Tapes Bolts

The “Passaic” on Trial

Compressed Air Power

Progress of the Mechanic Arts

Valuable Receipts

The Innovations of the Age

Seventeen Thousand Patents Secured Through Our Agency

Miscellaneous Summary

Foreign Scientific Items

Sir David Brewster on the Patent Laws

Patent Claims

Issued From The United States Patent Office

Recent American Inventions

To Our Readers

Elberg's Chimney Cap

Hamilton and Ashton's Ice-Cream Freezer

Departments

Correspondence

Notes and Queries