Model Making

Improved Joint for Boiler Flues

Novel Methods of Extinguishing Fires

A Truly American Idea

A Naturalist's Home

Editorial Summary

Bagley's Patent Bilge Water Discharge

Mc Conaughey's Patent Seed Planter

Railroad Items

European vs American Cotton and Woolen Machinery

The Great Feat Delusion

Manufacturing and Business Items

Gleanings from the Polytechnic Association

Hints for Inventors on Steam Condensers

Condition of the Patent Office

Recent American and Foreign Patents

Answers to Correspondents

New Publications

Patent Petroleum Stove

Ambitious Apprentices

Friction Wheels for Driving Machinery

Improvements in the Manufacture of Boilers

The Handwriting on the Wall

Glass from Native Ore

Science Familiarly Illustrated

Patent Claims

Issued from the U. S. Patent Office

Friction of Rolling Stock

Collins and Sims Combined Door Bell and Burglar Alarm

The Wasting of Coins