A Truly American Idea

Novel Methods of Extinguishing Fires

Model Making

Improved Joint for Boiler Flues

A Naturalist's Home

Editorial Summary

Bagley's Patent Bilge Water Discharge

Railroad Items

Mc Conaughey's Patent Seed Planter

European vs American Cotton and Woolen Machinery

The Great Feat Delusion

Manufacturing and Business Items

Hints for Inventors on Steam Condensers

Gleanings from the Polytechnic Association

Condition of the Patent Office

Answers to Correspondents

Recent American and Foreign Patents

New Publications

Patent Petroleum Stove

Ambitious Apprentices

The Handwriting on the Wall

Improvements in the Manufacture of Boilers

Glass from Native Ore

Friction Wheels for Driving Machinery

Friction of Rolling Stock

Science Familiarly Illustrated

Patent Claims

Issued from the U. S. Patent Office

Collins and Sims Combined Door Bell and Burglar Alarm

The Wasting of Coins