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Scientific American Magazine Vol 57 Issue 9

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 57, Issue 9

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Features

Advancement of Science

Positions of the Planets in September - 1887

The Blot upon Our Statute Books

Photographic Notes - August 27, 1887

Locomotive Attachment for Removing Obstructions from Railroad Tracks

An Improved Car Coupler

An Improved Churn

An Improved Foot Rest

A Sewing Machine Cover and Stool

An Improved Pump

A Machine for Forming Square Tin Cans

An Improved Horse Collar

An Improved Odometer

Combined Measuring Jackets and Patterns

An Improved Electrical Car Brake

On the Pyromagnetic Dynamo--A Machine for Producing Electricity Directly from Fuel

Thomas A. Edison

Millot's Hydraulic Wheel

The Firth of Forth Bridge

B. Baker

A Tattooed Whale

Bruijn's Echidna (Proechidna Bruijni), New Guinea Ant Eater

Musical Flames

Geo. M Hopkins

To Inventors - August 27, 1887

Engineering Inventions - August 27, 1887

Agricultural Inventions - August 27, 1887

Miscellaneous Inventions - August 27, 1887

Special - August 27, 1887

Fresh Air

Departments

Index of Inventions - August 27, 1887

Business and Personal - August 27, 1887