Scientific American Magazine
Volume 38, Issue 20You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Combining the Strands of the East River Bridge Cables
A Raid on Inventors' Rights
The Mechanics of the Bicycle
Captain Eads' Proposed Improvements of the Mississippi and St. John's Rivers
The Confectioner Regarded in the Light of a Colorman
Congress to be Made a Patent Mill
A Rudder and Screw Combined
Advertising--A Mode of Motion
The Canadian Trophy at the Paris Exhibition
M. Claude Bernard
Detachable Spoke Vehicle Wheel
Improved Calender Clock
Too Many Names
Shute's Adjustable Safety Stilt
The Buckeye Automatic Steam Engine
The British Indian Exhibit
The Production of Artificial Monsters
M. Plante's New Investigations on the Effects of High Tension Currents
Communications Received - May 18, 1878
Departments
Notes and Queries - May 18, 1878
New Books and Publications
Business and Personal - May 18, 1878
Patents - May 18, 1878
