Features
My Mother's Smile
A Christian Life
Current of Niagara
Tribute of Respect
Preservation of Butter
Barker's Tortuous Paddle Wheel
The Poor Voter
The Broad and Narrow Gauge of Rail Roads
A Funny Railroad Accident
Iron Dross Flags
Chinese Method of Making Sheet Lead
A Mexican Churn
Death of Berzellus
New Project for Reporting
Mrs. Fry's Rules
The Hot Springs of Arkansas
A Characteristic Present
Flowers and the Law of Gravity
Soda Manufacture
Pictorial National Library
International Postage
Drinking in the Dark
Coal and Gold
Shock of an Earthquake
Perpetual Roses
Destructive Fires
Introduction to a Philosopher
The Drunkard and Snake
Printing in America
Harding the Painter
Congreve Rockets
Test for the Parity of Wine
American Arts and English Generosity
A Floating Tunnel
Screw Wrenches
Inventor's Claims
Valves of Water Rams
Improved Strainer for Pails
A Good Disinfectant
Remember This
Improved Parasols
New Method of Silvering Glass
Bee Hives
New Knitting Machine
List of Patents
Cultivators
New Kind of Fence
New Coffee Pot
Unprecedented Demand for Old Papers
Massachusetts Carpets
The End of the Volume
The Crank
Kyanized Ships
Are You Trying?
The Mississippi Valley
Aboriginal Industry
American Steamers
Index
Departments
- From the Editor
To Correspondents