Scientific American Magazine
Volume 80, Issue 9You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Masonry Versus Wooden Dry Docks
Comparative Merits of the Panama and Nicaragua Canals
Limitations of the Autotruck
Rails and Tie-Plates
Air Bubbles
Flashless Rapid-Fire Guns
The Fastest Vessel Afloat
Electricity as a Thawing Agent
Cost of the Boston Subway
Suggestions Concerning Trade with Russia
New Machine Shop for the New York Navy Yard
The Comstock Mines and Their Drainage
A Strange Society
A Curious Accident on a Trolley Car
The Building of a Watch
A Variable Bicycle Driving-Gear
A Simple Pipe Cutting and Threading Tool
A Percolator Package for Making Coffee
Raising Sunken Vessels
A Remarkable Fire in New York
The Banana as the Basis of a New Industry
New Railway Enterprises in Paris
Departments
Business and Personal - March 4, 1899
Notes and Queries - March 4, 1899
Recently Patented Inventions - March 4, 1899
Index of Inventions - March 4, 1899
