Scientific American Magazine
Volume 54, Issue 4You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Indicating Fire Damp in Coal Mines
Removal of Snow from Streets by Steam
A New Invention to Secure Safety in Coal Mines
Is Nerve Force an Agent in Coloration
Photographic Notes - January 23, 1886
Fastening for Tied Packages
Improved Packing Box
Metallic Piston Packing
Automatic Switch for Dovetailing Machines
Siemens and Halske's Soot Indicator
Movable Dressing Closet for Sleeping Cars
The Empire Steam Pump
Improved Milling Machine
A Curious Ice Formation
The California Roadrunner
Parenty's Smoking Machine
Miscellaneous Inventions - January 23, 1886
Engineering Inventions - January 23, 1886
Agricultural Inventions - January 23, 1886
Departments
Correspondence - January 23, 1886
Notes and Queries - January 23, 1886
New Books and Publications - January 23, 1886
Business and Personal - January 23, 1886
Index of Inventions - January 23, 1886
