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The Fate of a Canal
The Telegraph
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N. Y. and Erie Railroad
Reprehensible Conduct
The Snow Drop the Poor Man's Window
Reduction of Fares
Pencils
Theft on an Ancient Manuscript
A Noble Act Handsomely Acknowledged
A Metropolis of Monkies
Morse's Air Distributor, for Burning Sawdust. Tan, Fine Coal Dust, and Refuse Fuel
Hints to Gas Consumers
Drunkenness Among the Hindoos
An Interesting Relic
Potatoe Cheese
Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts
The Census of France
Bogardus Flour Mill
A New Suspension Bridge
Cholera Liquid
British
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Incrustations in Steam Boilers
Microscopic Discoveries
Double Headed and Pointed Finishing Brad
Chloroform a Substitute for Steam
An Old Revolver
Improvements in Wrought Iron
Dodge's Balance Pump
Coke Versus Dlamond.--An Important Discovery
Novel Mode of Propelling Steamboats
New War Engine
List of Patents
Infringement of a Patent for a Machine to Saw Irregular Shapes
Sculpture and Monuments
Reduction in the Price of Gas
Oat Meal
Important Patent Cases.--Morse vs. O'Reilly
What Our Contemporaries Think of Us
The Scientific American
Scientific Associations
The Miners of Pennsylvania
The Best Form for Strength
Please Send Me the First Half of Vol. 3
Origin of the Electric Telegraph
Action
On Patent Laws.--Selling Before the Issue of a Patent
A Great Mechanic Gone
The Wild Man
Cause of Dark Color of the Skin
Artificial Eyes for Horses
New Chemical Law
History of the Rotary Engine
Prepared expressly for the Scientific American
The Best Mechanical Paper
In the World Fourth Year of the Scientific American
To Weld Iron, Steel and Sheet Iron
Priming for Percussion Guns
An Excellent Plan for Preparing Glue
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