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Scientific American Magazine Vol 31 Issue 23

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 31, Issue 23

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Features

Bridge on the Mont Cenis Railway

Rusting of Railway Rails

Suction

What is Steel!

Operations of the Patent Office

Characteristics of a Business King

The Mechanic of the Future

The Docks at Portsmouth, England

Peat Fuel

Astronomical Notes - December 5, 1874

A Bridle and a Blinder for Unruly Horses

Smith's Improved Rein Holder

The New French Army Gun

The Indoor Garden and the Shrubbery

Patent Office Yearly Report - 1874

Scientific and Practical Information - December 5, 1874

Recent American and Foreign Patents - December 5, 1874

Answers to Correspondents

Communications Received - December 5, 1874

Canadian Patents - December 5, 1874

Departments

Correspondence - December 5, 1874

New Books and Publications - December 5, 1874

Business and Personal - December 5, 1874

Index of Inventions - December 5, 1874