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Scientific American Magazine Vol 25 Issue 7

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 25, Issue 7

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Features

The New Post Office, Melbourne, Australia

Experiences of a Bureau Officer

A Chapter on American Geology

Charles Morris

Wrought Iron Bridges for the Nicolai Railway of Russia

Experimental Investigation of a New Force

William Crookes

Paget's Gipsy Winch

A Valuable Book

Engravings of Inventions and Machinery

Mechanical Movement for Churns, Washing Machines, Etc.

The Late General Rodman

Gold and Silver Waste

Dr. Crookes on Psychic Force

New Application of the Oxyhydrogen Light to the Separation of Metals, by Tessie Du Mo-Tay of Paris, France

How Scientific Men Work

Will Gunpowder Explode in a Vacuum?

Narrow Gage Railways

The Westfield Explosion

Re-Agent to Detect Nitric Acid

Editorial Summary- August 12, 1871

Ozonized Ether

Artificial Leather--Utilization of Leather Scraps and Cuttings

Answers to Correspondents- August 12, 1871

Official Lists of Patents- August 12, 1871

Issued by the U. S. Patent Office

Queries- August 12, 1871

Recent American and Foreign Patents- August 12, 1871

Applications for Extension of Patents- August 12, 1871

Departments

Correspondence- August 12, 1871

New Books and Publications- August 12, 1871

Business and Personal- August 12, 1871