Features
The Mechanics and Men of Literature in New York
Heating Feed Water in the Smoke-Pipe of Locomotives
On Varnishes
Georgia Central Railroad
M. Petin's Balloon Ascension
[Reported expressly for the "Scientific American"] Lectures on Chemistry.—No. 3
Powder Mill Explosion
Silk Worms
Patent Matters in Congress
Preserved Birds, Mammels, Reptiles, &C.
Machinery and Tools as they are.—Printing Presses
Intelligent Mechanics
Ice House Management
New Improvement on the Hydraulic Ram
Improved Carriage Hub
Improved Wrench
Improved Boot Crimp
Kimball's Spark Arrester
Improved Car Wheel
Cotton Scraper and Cultivator
A Magnificent Water Power
Improvements in Journal Boxes
Improved Bread Cutter
To Manufacturers of Machinery
Notices of Inventions
The Aeroport or Flying Ship
Extension of a Patent, and the Granting of a New Patent
Critical Dissertation on Steam, Air, and Gas Engines
New Alloy
British Patent Office
Commissioner of Patent's Reports for 1851
The Age of Steam
List of Patent Claims
Advertisements
Scientific Prediction Fulfilled
Counterfeit Coin Detector
Wells, Pumps, &C.
Rough Plate Glass for the Roofs of Hot Houses
Arrow Root in Florida
Departments
- From the Editor
To Correspondents
Terms! Terms! Terms!
- Reviews
A Chapter of Suggestions, &C.
