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The Transatlantic Steamship
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Physics
Men of Progress
The Textile Industries of the United States Since 1846
The Submarine Cable
Fifty Years of Photography
Chemistry
The Phonograph
The American Locomotive
The Bicycle
The Progress Made in the Generation of Electric Energy and Its application to the Operation of Motors during the Past Fifty Years
The Sewing Machine
Agricultural Machinery
Naval and Coast Defense
Fifty Years in the Printing Business
The Progress of Invention during the Past Fifty Years
$250 Prize Essay Competition
The Prize Essay of Our Semi-Centennial Anniversary Number
Steel
Distinguished Inventors
American Shipbuilding
Development of the Astronomical Telescope in Fifty Years
The Telephone
Fifty Years of the Scientific American
The Great Seal on British Patents
A Half Century of Mining
Unit Transportation Revolutionized
To Inventors - July 25, 1896
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Notes and Queries - July 25, 1896
Business and Personal - July 25, 1896
Index of Inventions - July 25, 1896
Index to Advertisers - July 25, 1896
