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Scientific American, January 1, 1870

Scientific American, January 1, 1870

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Author
Various
Title
Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Credits
Produced by Don Kretz, Juliet Sutherland, and Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
T: Technology
Subject
Technology -- Periodicals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8952
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8952
Release Date
September 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
  2. 2.NEW YORK, JANUARY 1, 1870. — Vol. XXII.--No. 1. [NEW SERIES.] — $3 per Annum [IN ADVANCE.]
  3. 3.Engines of the Spanish Gunboats.
  4. 4.The Torpedo Boat Problem.
  5. 5.SUGAR MAKING IN LOUISIANA.
  6. 6.Sticking, or Court Plaster.
  7. 7.AN IMPROVED HOISTING PULLEY WANTED.
  8. 8.FERDINAND DE LESSEPS--CHIEF PROMOTER OF THE SUEZ CANAL. — [From the Phrenological Journal.]
  9. 9.AN INGENIOUS VENT PEG.
  10. 10.A New English Patent Pulley Block.
  11. 11.Plants In Sleeping Rooms.
  12. 12.Improved Treadle Motion.
  13. 13.Improved Method of Catching Curculios.
  14. 14.Remains of a Megatherium in Ohio.
  15. 15.Artificial Ivory.
  16. 16.AMERICAN AND ENGLISH RAILWAY PRACTICE CONTRASTED.
  17. 17.BOILER COVERING. — BY C.M. O'HARA, C.E.
  18. 18.Attachment of Saws to Swing-Frames.
  19. 19.PATENT DECISION.
  20. 20.Inventions Patented In England by Americans. — [Compiled from the "Journal of the Commissioners of Patents."] — PROVISIONAL PROTECTION FOR SIX MONTHS.
  21. 21.Russ' Improved Wood Molding Machine.
  22. 22.A Lost Civilization.
  23. 23.GIRARD'S "PALIER GLISSANT."
  24. 24.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN — MUNN & COMPANY, Editors and Proprietors.
  25. 25.A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
  26. 26.THE SUEZ CANAL NOT YET A FAILURE.
  27. 27.TUBULAR BOILERS AND BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
  28. 28.AMERICAN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.
  29. 29.THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE PRIZES AWARDED TO STEAM ENGINES.
  30. 30.A PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN PATENT LAW.
  31. 31.THE BRIGHTER SIDE.
  32. 32.PROFESSOR FISKE'S LECTURES AT HARVARD.
  33. 33.SCIENTIFIC LECTURES BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
  34. 34.THE BATTLE FIELDS OF SCIENCE. — LECTURE BY PROFESSOR WHITE, BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.
  35. 35.HOW FRENCH BANK NOTES ARE MADE.
  36. 36.WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY.
  37. 37.CHINESE METHODS OF PRESERVING EGGS.
  38. 38.STEAM BOILER INSPECTION.
  39. 39.EDITORIAL SUMMARY.
  40. 40.THE STEVENS BREECH-LOADING RIFLE.
  41. 41.A NOVEL FRENCH HAND VISE.
  42. 42.THE MOUND-BUILDERS IN COLORADO.
  43. 43.THE WOVEN-WIRE MATTRESS.
  44. 44.Flouring Mill Hazards.
  45. 45.Fire-Proof Buildings.
  46. 46.The Decline of American Shipping.
  47. 47.CORRESPONDENCE.
  48. 48.Aerial Navigation--A Suggestion.
  49. 49.Puttying Floors of Jewelers Shops and Otherwise.
  50. 50.Western Demand for Agricultural Implements.
  51. 51.Economical Steam Engine.
  52. 52.Friction and Percussion.
  53. 53.Oiling a Preservative of Brown Stone.
  54. 54.Interesting Correspondence from China.
  55. 55.Communication Between Deaf and Blind Mutes.
  56. 56.Cheap Cotton Press Wanted.
  57. 57.A Singular Freak of a Magnet.
  58. 58.PRESERVATION OF IRON. — BY PROF. HENRY E. COLTON.
  59. 59.THE BANANAS AND PLANTAINS OF THE TROPICS. — [For the Scientific American.]
  60. 60.PUTTING UP STOVES. — BY MARK TWAIN.
  61. 61.THE MAGIC LANTERN.
  62. 62.The Largest Well in the World--Capacity 1,000,000 Gallons of Water per Day.
  63. 63.PAPER FOR BUILDING.
  64. 64.Improved Muzzle-Pivoting Gun.
  65. 65.Stock Feeding by Clock Work.
  66. 66.Milk, and What Comes of It.
  67. 67.Improved Hay Elevator.
  68. 68.IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP WICKS.
  69. 69.Great Transformation.
  70. 70.Moore's Rural New Yorker
  71. 71.BUSINESS AND PERSONAL.
  72. 72.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
  73. 73.RECENT AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.
  74. 74.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
  75. 75.How to Obtain Letters Patent for New Inventions. — Information about Caveats, Extensions, Interferences Designs, Trade Marks; also, Foreign Patents. — CONSULTATIONS AND OPINIONS FREE. — TO APPLY FOR A PATENT, — PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION — COST OF APPLICATIONS. — REJECTED CASES. — CAVEATS — REISSUES. — DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS, AND COMPOSITIONS — PATENTS CAN BE EXTENDED. — INTERFERENCES — FOREIGN PATENTS.
  76. 76.Official List of Patents. — Issued by the United States Patent Office — FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 14, 1869. — Reported Officially for the Scientific American
  77. 77.REISSUES.
  78. 78.DESIGNS.
  79. 79.EXTENSIONS.
  80. 80.PATENTS ISSUED FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 21, 1869.
  81. 81.REISSUES.
  82. 82.DESIGNS.
  83. 83.Cash Prize and Premium List — This Illustrated Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Invention, Chemistry, and Manufactures--Entered its Twenty-fifth Year on the 1st of January. — SCHEDULE OF CASH PRIZES.

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