Scientific American Magazine
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Features
Utilization of the Heat of the Sun, A New Cement, and more
The Meridian Circle in the Paris Observatory
Curious Hydraulic Experiments
The Education of a Civil Engineer
Rubies and Sapphires, Artificially Produced
The Paris Exposition
New York Academy of Sciences
An Ingenious Method of Cutting Spiral or Rifle Grooves with an Ordinary Planer
New Diamond Tool Millstone Dressing Machine
Rice's Improved Boiler Feeder
Konz's Improved Furniture Caster
Roth's Improved Saw File Guide
Draper's Stovepipe Joint
A Beautiful Orchid
The Silky Marmoset
Reeves' Excavator
Astronomical Notes
Hymer's Coal Cabinet
Communications Received
Wants and Business Inquiries
The Scientific American
Departments
Notes and Queries
Business and Personal
Index of Inventions
Patents