News from the Ziegler Expedition

India Rubber and Its Substitutes

Dangers in Irrigation

One Hundred and Twenty-Five Miles an Hour --A New Railroad Record

Queen Victoria's Ivory Chair of State

Battleship Missouri's Builders' Trial

First Day's Run of the New York-Pittsburg Automobile Endurance Test

By the Scientific American's overview

The Failure of Langley's Aerodrome

The Kamm Typewriter for Use with Wireless Telegraphy

By the English Correspondent of the Scientific American

Machine for Drying Cocoa Beans

Electric Heater

The Latest Battleships for the United States Navy

Chimney Cap

The Sub-Target Gun Machine

The Transportation of Lumber

An Early Road Locomotive

The Latest Applications of the Gasoline Automobile Motor

A Children's School Farm in the Heart of a Great City

Business and Personal Wants