Rearing Children Physiologically

Improved Snow Plow

Friction Matches

[From Appleton's American Cyclopædia.]

Journal of Patent Law

Ashcroft's Reply to the Engineres' Association

American Shipbuilding for Foreign Governments

The Largest Hotel in the World

What Knowledge is Most Worth

Romance of the Steam Engine

NUMBER III

Iron Plated Ships

Fusibility of Metals

Talk with the Boys

Practical Directions to Engineers

Reeve's Improved Bolt for Window Blinds and Shutters

Science for Future Use

Improved Hydraulic Lifting Dry-Dock

An Eye Backward

Good Things in Prospect—Improved Appearance of the "Scientific American"—New Type—Importance of Renewing Subscriptions Early

The Past

Safety Clothing

Is a Patentee Entitled to a Copy of the Patent Office Reports?

Resignation of Commissioner Thomas

Recent American Inventions

A Steamer Runs across the Atlantic by its Own Inertia

Appleton's Cyclopaedia

What is Wealth, and Where Does It Come From?

Patent Claims - December 22, 1860

The Rise and Progress of Inventions

Prospectus

Money Received

Index - December 22, 1860