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Scientific American, March 18, 1871

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Author
Various
Title
Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
Credits
Produced by Lesley Halamek, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
T: Technology
Subject
Technology -- Periodicals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
19180
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19180
Release Date
September 5, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
  2. 2.NEW YORK, MARCH 18, 1871. — Vol. XXIV.—No. 12. [NEW SERIES.] — $3 per Annum [IN ADVANCE.]
  3. 3.MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors. — PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT NO. 37 PARK ROW (PARK BUILDING), NEW YORK. — O. D. MUNN. S. H. WALES. A. E. BEACH. — VOL. XXIV., NO. 12 ... [ New Series .] Twenty-sixth Year
  4. 4.NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871.
  5. 5.Contents:
  6. 6.THE INFLUENCE OF INTENSE COLD ON STEEL AND IRON. — [Condensed from Nature.]
  7. 7.OAK GRAINING IN OIL COLORS. — Condensed from the Building News.
  8. 8.KNOTS AND SPLICES. — [ See Engraving on First Page . ]
  9. 9.The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company.
  10. 10.Improved Compound Spiral Car Spring for Railway Carriages. — POTT'S' SPIRAL CAR SPRING FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES.
  11. 11.PORTABLE WRITING AND COPYING CASE.
  12. 12.How Walking Sticks are made. — Ventilation of the Liverpool Tunnel. — IMPREGNATING WOOD WITH TAR OR OTHER PRESERVING MATERIAL.
  13. 13.BOARDMAN'S COMBINED TOOL.
  14. 14.BELT TIGHTENER.
  15. 15.Some Things I don't want in the Building Trades. — Action of the Reciprocating Parts of Steam Engines. — Answer to Practical Problem. — Reciprocating Parts of Steam Engines. — Test for White Lead. — How to Build a Chimney.
  16. 16.Crystallized Honey.
  17. 17.RAMBLES FOR RELICS. — NUMBER II.
  18. 18.SILK CULTURE.
  19. 19.Universal Boring Machine. — McBETH, BENTEL, & MARGEDANT'S UNIVERSAL BORING MACHINE.
  20. 20.COMBINED TRUNK AND ROCKING CHAIR.
  21. 21.Cosmetics. — SMITH'S INFANT DINING CHAIR.
  22. 22.The Medicines of the Ancients.
  23. 23.BARNES' VENTILATOR FOR MATTRESSES, ETC.
  24. 24.A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWAKENING. — THE SHERMAN PROCESS. — RUBBER TIRES FOR TRACTION ENGINES. — CENTRAL SHAFT OF THE HOOSAC TUNNEL. — A MUSEUM OF ART AND NATURAL HISTORY. — REPORT OF THE JUDGES OF GROUP 1, DEPARTMENT V. OF THE EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR 1870. THE ALLEN ENGINE.
  25. 25.LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
  26. 26.WARMING AND VENTILATION OF RAILROAD CARS.
  27. 27.THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF MISSOURI.
  28. 28.SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. — AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS. — CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR, COFFEE, AND TEA.
  29. 29.Unpleasant Discovery in the Patent Office—Levying Black Mail.
  30. 30.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS. — Facts for the Ladies. — The Pittsburgh, Pa., "Leader" says:
  31. 31.APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION OF PATENTS.
  32. 32.INSTRUCTIONS — HOW TO OBTAIN
  33. 33.Information about Caveats, Extensions, Interferences, Designs, Trade-Marks, and Foreign Patents.
  34. 34.MUNN & CO., — Ask Special Attention to their System of doing Business. — Consultation and Opinions Free .
  35. 35.A SPECIAL EXAMINATION — NO EXTRA CHARGE — REJECTED CASES. — CAVEATS — REISSUES. — DESIGNS, TRADE-MARKS, & COMPOSITIONS — EUROPEAN PATENTS.
  36. 36.Inventions Patented in England by Americans.
  37. 37.ISSUED BY THE U. S. PATENT OFFICE. — FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 7, 1871. — Reported Officially for the Scientific American. — REISSUES. — DESIGNS. — TRADE-MARKS. — EXTENSIONS. — DISCLAIMER. — RATES OF ADVERTISING.
  38. 38.To Manufacturers of Knitted Goods. — BRICK PRESSES. — WOOLEN MILL FOR SALE.
  39. 39.Portable & Stationary — PATENT BANDSAW MACHINES — PIMLICO BRACES, SOMETHING NEW. — Dr. J. ARMSTRONG'S (Patent) Improved Heater, Filter, Lime Extractor, and Condenser Combined, — For Steam Boilers.
  40. 40.Rare and Beautiful Flowers — CHOICE VEGETABLES
  41. 41.Science for the Million.
  42. 42.Boston Journal of Chemistry, — FOOT LATHES,
  43. 43.Universal Wood Worker.
  44. 44.245 Broadway, N. Y.,
  45. 45.UNITED STATES
  46. 46.BEST IN THE WORLD,
  47. 47.BRICKS.
  48. 48.F. C. WELLS, President, — PREPARED — J. J. H. GREGORY'S
  49. 49.THE NEW WILSON — AGENTS WANTED. — Under-Feed Shuttle SEWING MACHINES! — Patent
  50. 50.WOODBURY'S PATENT
  51. 51.TURBINE WATER WHEELS.
  52. 52.SCHENCK'S PATENT.
  53. 53.Woodworth Planers.
  54. 54.THE CELEBRATED
  55. 55.EPILEPSY OR FITS.
  56. 56.MARVIN & CO.'S
  57. 57.Have never been Robbed.
  58. 58.L: L: SMITH & CO.,
  59. 59.Furnace Grate Bar.
  60. 60.A SPRING OF WATER AT THE TOP OF THE HOUSE.
  61. 61.WATCHES THAT ARE WATCHES.
  62. 62.Engines, Tools, Machinery, etc., — FOR SALE AT THE — UNION — IRON STEAMSHIP BUILDERS.
  63. 63.PENN WORKS ,
  64. 64."Our Low-Water Wheel from this on"
  65. 65.PAGE'S — WOOD & MANN Steam Engine Company, WORKS—UTICA, N. Y.
  66. 66.NICKEL PLATING. — No
  67. 67.LIVE MECHANIC — THE FIFTH GRAND STATE FAIR — Mechanics and Agricultural State Association of Louisiana — JOHN A. ROEBLING'S SONS,
  68. 68.American Saw Co., Manufacturers of
  69. 69.PULLEY BLOCKS.
  70. 70.DOYLE'S — PATENT DIFFERENTIAL — EXTRA HEAVY AND IMPROVED PATTERNS. — WATER-PROOF — Scientific American
  71. 71.For 1871. — TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. — SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
  72. 72.MUNN & CO.,

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