Scientific American Magazine Vol 29 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 29, Issue 5

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Features

A Public Drinking Fountain

An Austrian Farmer's Entertainment

Another Arctic Expedition Begun

French Telegraphy at the Exposition

Latent Heat

Scientific and Practical Information - August 2, 1873

Simple Tests for Minerals

The Use of Zinc

A Substitute for the Bell Cord

Improved Propeller

New Safety Pump for Sea Going Steamers

Improved Ox Bow

Patent Pig Feeder

Improvement in Bricks

The Pernyi Silkworm

New Tool Holder for the Slide Rest

On the Manufacture of Vinegar

The Great Exposition--Letter from United States Commissioner Professor R. H. Thurston

Combined Cradle and Rocking Chair

Tucking Attachment for Sewing Machines

Improved Chain Propeller

Baron Von Liebig

Engineering Notes - August 2, 1873

Decisions of the Courts - August 2, 1873

Recent American and Foreign Patents - August 2, 1873

Value of Patents

Practical Hints to Inventors

Answers to Correspondents - August 2, 1873

Communications Received - August 2, 1873

Departments

Correspondence - August 2, 1873

New Books and Publications - August 2, 1873

Business and Personal - August 2, 1873

Notes and Queries - August 2, 1873

Index of Inventions - August 2, 1873