Scientific American, December 14, 1878

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Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.—No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures

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Technology -- Periodicals

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38480

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January 3, 2012

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's Note — SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
2. 2.NEW YORK, DECEMBER 14, 1878. — Vol. XXXIX.—No. 24. [NEW SERIES.] — $3.20 per Annum [POSTAGE PREPAID.]
3. 3.Contents: — THE BELGIAN SHIP CANAL.
4. 4.Preservation of Iron and Steel from Oxidation.
5. 5.Warning to Locomotive Engineers.
6. 6.MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT NO. 37 PARK ROW (PARK BUILDING), NEW YORK. — TERMS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
7. 7.The Scientific American Supplement
8. 8.Scientific American Export Edition. — VOL. XXXIX., No. 24. [NEW SERIES.] Thirty-third Year.
9. 9.NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1878. — TABLE OF CONTENTS OF
10. 10.No. 154, — For the Week ending December 14, 1878. — PROGRESS OF PETROLEUM. — THE LIMIT OF WORK. — IRIDESCENT GLASS. — RAILS AND RAILWAY ACCIDENTS—NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. — SANITARY SCIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. — Felling Trees by Electricity. — AN IMPROVED VISE. — Culinary Uses for Leaves. — NEW SHUTTER FASTENER. — AN IMPROVED GARDEN SPRINKLER. — A NEW FOOT POWER. — New Inventions. — AMATEUR MECHANICS. — The Reward of Invention. — Oil Notes. — Railway Notes. — THE WERDERMANN ELECTRIC LIGHT.
11. 11.CASSON'S SAW BENCH.
12. 12.A Bait for Inventors.
13. 13.A Silver Mill in the Clouds.
14. 14.Poultices.
15. 15.New Mechanical Inventions.
16. 16.Effect of Quinine on the Hearing.
17. 17.The Microphone as a Thief Catcher.
18. 18.The Tallest Tree in the World.
19. 19.THE ARGONAUT, OR PAPER NAUTILUS. — THE TRAP DOOR SPIDER OF JAMAICA. — To Make a Hole in Glass. — The Preservation of Eggs. — Characteristics of American Sheep Husbandry. — THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN MEXICO. — The Elongation of Tree Trunks.
20. 20.ASTRONOMICAL NOTES. — PLANETS. — FIRST MAGNITUDE STARS, ETC. — MOON'S PLACE IN THE CONSTELLATIONS AT 7 P.M. — REMARKS. — Sympathetic Inks. — NEW WIRE CLOTHING FOR BURRING CYLINDERS. — Petroleum and Gold. — Reduction of Nitrate of Silver by Means of Charcoal. — New Agricultural Inventions. — Naphtha and Benzine.
21. 21.TO INVENTORS. — COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED. — English Patents Issued to Americans. — [OFFICIAL.]
22. 22.INDEX OF INVENTIONS — Letters Patent of the United States were — Granted in the Week Ending
23. 23.October 15, 1878, — AND EACH BEARING THAT DATE.
24. 24.TRADE MARKS.
25. 25.DESIGNS.
26. 26.EXPORT EDITION. — PUBLISHED MONTHLY.
27. 27.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN EXPORT EDITION FOR NOVEMBER, 1878, WITH ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS. — GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS — THE
28. 28.NEW PATENT LAW
29. 29.Spain, Cuba, Porto Rico, etc. — CAVEATS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADE MARKS, ETC. — 12, 20, and 30 inch — STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS,
30. 30.Armington & Sims — SCREW CUTTING
31. 31.Gauge and Tool Works. — WARRANTED THE BEST. — MANUFACTURED by our NEW PATENT PROCESS.
32. 32.Rutland, Vt.
33. 33.GOLD MEDAL — HOWE SCALE CO. — Principal Agencies:
34. 34.BLOWING ORGANS
35. 35.LIGHT MACHINERY
36. 36.GIVES GREATEST USEFUL EFFECT OF WATER. — AYER & SON'S MANUAL — Transcriber's Note — Errata

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