Scientific American Magazine
Volume 80, Issue 12You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
Fire Protection of Tall Buildings
Prof. Newcomb's Successor
The Senate and the Armor Plate Question
Coal Production in the United States
Carriage Timber Supply
Antarctic Explorers Land
Characteristics of Porto Rico
A Curious Means of Disposing of the Dead
Discovery of Two Indian Mummies
An Improvement in Wrenches
An Efficient Fastener for Stock-Cars
A Sewing-Machine Gage
A Drop-Actuating Mechanism for Seed-Planters
Some Notable German Arch Bridges
The Electric Cab Service of New York City
An Interesting Explosion of Gas
A Curious Case of Abnormal Development in a Rattlesnake
Antique Chain Armor in the Caucasus Mountains
The Great Telescope at the Paris Exposition of 1900
Departments
Correspondence - March 25, 1899
New Books, Etc. - March 25, 1899
Recently Patented Inventions - March 25, 1899
Business and Personal - March 25, 1899
Notes and Queries - March 25, 1899
Index of Inventions - March 25, 1899
Patents - March 25, 1899