Scientific American Magazine Vol 83 Issue 24

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 83, Issue 24

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Features

Report of the Isthmian Canal Commission

Report of the Commission on Patents and Trade Marks

The Relative Cost of Steamship Construction in Europe and America

Shooting at the Clouds

Alcohol as a Fuel for Motor Carriages

The Direct Combination of Alumina and Oxide of Calcium in the Electric Furnace

Electric Tramways in London

New Telephone Meter

A Simple Portable Acetylene House-Lamp

Curious Knot Formation

A Safety Attachment for Water-Gages

Scotte Traction Engine--Type Shown at the Paris Exposition

Modern Soft-Coal Mining and Handling in the United States

Henry Hale

The New 12-Inch Naval Gun

Electric Freight Conveyers for Loading and Unloading Vessels

The Third-Rail Equipment of the Manhattan Elevated Railways

IV. Simple Electric Motor

George M. Hopkins

To Inventors

Departments

New Books, Etc. - December 15, 1900

Recently Patented Inventions - December 15, 1900

Business and Personal - December 15, 1900

Index of Inventions - December 15, 1900

Notes and Queries - December 15, 1900