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Scientific American Magazine Vol 30 Issue 21

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 30, Issue 21

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Features

The Albion Boiler

A Proposed Testing Laboratory

Discovery of the Cause of the Zodiacal Light

Muscular Movement without Life

Hon. David A. Wells and the French Institute

Art among the Ashantees

The Magnetic Equivalent of Heat

Burial in the Sea

From Chaos to Coral

Regulating the Speed of an Engine

Device for Preventing Horses from Cribbing

Improved Mixing Spoon

Overhead Traveling Crane

The Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge

Useful Information on Steam Power

Improved Picket Fence

Improved Work Holder for Lathes

Curious Plants

Decisions of the Courts - May 23, 1874

The Flow of Solids and Its Effect upon the Strength of Materials

R. H. Thurston

Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents

Recent American and Foreign Patents - May 23, 1874

Answer Correspondents - May 23, 1874

Communications Received - May 23, 1874

Canadian Patents - May 23, 1874

Departments

Correspondence - May 23, 1874

Business and Personal - May 23, 1874

Index of Inventions - May 23, 1874