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Scientific American Magazine Vol 56 Issue 1

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 56, Issue 1

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Features

A Novel form of Aerial Vessel

Hiring Ships to Carry the Flag

Direct Steam Propulsion

Snow Melting and Underground Conduits

Car Coupling

Tape Measure

Outlining Tool

Convertible Wire Basket

Pendant Stem for Watches

Improved Cultivator

Flexible Scraper

The Leixoee Breakwater, Portugal

Rolling Platforms and Armor-Clad Batteries

The Great Eastern

Curious Growth of Tree (Fraxinus excelsior)

To Inventors - January 1, 1887

Miscellaneous Inventions - January 1, 1887

Engineering Inventions - January 1, 1887

Agricultural Inventions - January 1, 1887

Departments

Correspondence - January 1, 1887

Index of Inventions - January 1, 1887