Scientific American Magazine
Volume 56, Issue 1You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
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