Scientific American Magazine Vol 36 Issue 17

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 36, Issue 17

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Features

Improved Gap Lathe

The Centennial Surplus

Dual Life

A Bull on the Track

Alleged Magneto-Photography

Remarkable Results of Evaporation and Rainfall

Straightening Saws

Important Observations on the Rocky Mountain Locust, Or Grasshopper Pest of the West

C. V. Riley

The British Ironclad Alexandra

A New Hydraulic Engine

Martin's Gas Regulator for Steam Boilers

Improved Yard Stick and Bias Measure

Professor Gray's Telephone

The Friction of Plain Slide Valves

The Cat Teaser

Recent American and Foreign Patents

New Mechanical and Engineering Inventions

New Miscellaneous Inventions

Communications Received

Departments

New Books and Publications

Business and Personal

Notes and Queries

Index of Inventions