Scientific American Magazine
Volume 11, Issue 3You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Improved Musquito Canopy, the End of Breech-Loading Cannon and More
Fairbairn on Steam Boilers
The Hecker and Waterman Experiments
Special Notices
Boring Tools
Iron-Clads, Stave-Dressing Machine and More
Some New Facts in Relation to the Sunbeam
Hybernating Fish
Factitious Diamonds
To Prevent Sickness in the Army
Meddling Legislation
The Philosophy of Blowing Out a Candle
Another Great Display of Falling Stars Expected
Miscellaneous Summary
The “Kearsarge” and the “Alabama”
Recent American Patents
Patent Claims
Issued From the United States Patent-Office
Patents Granted for Seventeen Years!
To Our Readers
Departments
Correspondence
Notes and Queries