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Scientific American Magazine Vol 57 Issue 11

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 57, Issue 11

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Features

The Barrett System of Lighting Railroad Cars by Electricity

Restricted Immigration

British Naval Maneuvers

The Brush Turkey (Talegallus Lathami)

An Improved Overhead Twine Holder

A Device for Heating a Jet of Air

A Spring Holder for Securing Vines

An Improved Machine for Coloring Paper

An Improved Nail Set

An Improved Car Starter

Improved Locomotive Journal Box Lubricator

An Improved Straw Burning Stove

Photographic Notes - September 10, 1887

Simple Process of Engraving Glass and Metals

M. Hopkins

The Yacht Thistle

Apparatus for Illustrating the Specific Gravity of Liquids

T. O'conor Sloane

On a Magnetic Bridge or Balance for Measuring Magnetic Conductivity

Thomas A. Edison

Special - September 10, 1887

Agricultural Inventions - September 10, 1887

To Inventors - September 10, 1887

Engineering Inventions - September 10, 1887

Miscellaneous Inventions - September 10, 1887

Departments

Correspondence - September 10, 1887

New Books and Publications - September 10, 1887

Business and Personal - September 10, 1887

Index of Inventions - September 10, 1887