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Scientific American Magazine Vol 57 Issue 6

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 57, Issue 6

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Features

The Electric Lighting Convention

The Recent Remarkable Rainfall

An Improved Reversible Screw Driver

An Impproved Lubricator for Crank Pins, Etc.

An Improved Fire Escape

An Improved Gas Burner

An Improved Steam Trap

An Automatic Perforator for Printing Presses

An Improved Device for Closing Gates

An Improved Ironing Board

An Improved Scaffold Bracket

An Improved Rope Ladder

A Floor Cramp for Carpenters, Joiners, Etc.

An Improved Method of Raising Bread, Etc.

An Improved Surgical Instrument Holder

An Improved Fire Grenade

An Improved Letter and Bill File

An Improved Door Latch and Handle

The Armament of The Atlanta

Electric Light Engines at The Manchester Exhibition

A Malaisian Spider

Disinfection and Disinfectants

Improved Ice Making Machinery

Engineering Inventions - August 6, 1887

Agricultural Inventions - August 6, 1887

Miscellaneous Inventions - August 6, 1887

Departments

Correspondence - August 6, 1887

New Books and Publications - August 6, 1887

Index of Inventions - August 6, 1887

Business and Personal - August 6, 1887