Scientific American Magazine
Volume 36, Issue 17You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
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
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