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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 17--17
Anonymous Gunboats, The Torpedo Boat Problem . . . 1--1
Anonymous Sugar Making in Louisiana . . . . . . . 1--2
Anonymous An Improved Hoisting Pulley Wanted . . . 2--2
Anonymous Ferdinand de Lesseps --- Chief Promoter
of the Suez Canal . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous An Ingenious Vent Peg . . . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous American and English Railway Practice
Contrasted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
C. M. O'hara Boiler Covering . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous Patent Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--6
Anonymous Girard's ``Palier Glissant'' . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A Happy New Year! . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Suez Canal Not Yet a Failure . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Tubular Boilers and Boiler Explosions 7--7
Anonymous American Railway Management . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The American Institute Prizes Awarded to
Steam Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous A Protest Against the Canadian Patent
Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--8
Anonymous The Brighter Side . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Professor Fiske's Lectures at Harvard 8--8
Anonymous Scientific Lectures before the American
Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous The Battle Fields of Science . . . . . . 8--9
Anonymous How French Bank Notes are Made . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous What the Newspapers Say . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Editorial Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous The Stevens Breech-Loading Rifle . . . . 10--10
Anonymous A Novel French Hand Vise . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous The Woven-Wire Mattress . . . . . . . . 10--10
Henry E. Colton Preservation of Iron . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous The Bananas and Plantains of the Tropics 12--13
Mark Twain Putting up Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous The Magic Lantern . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Paper for Building . . . . . . . . . . . 13--15
Anonymous Improvement in Lamp Wicks . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 16--17
Anonymous H. S. Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 18--20
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 35--35
Anonymous The Corliss Steam Engine, How a Fish
Swims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
Anonymous Professor Morse's Official Report upon
the Telegraphy of the French Exposition 24--25
Charles A. Joy On Manganese and Some of Its Compounds 25--26
I. Cantini Artificial Light from the Pinewood Chip
to the Gas Chandelier . . . . . . . . . 28--29
John Ramsay Gordon The Calabash Tree . . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous Wells' Improved Eccentric for Steam
Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Swedish Cooking Appliances . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Report of the Special Commissioner of
Revenue --- Tinkering the Income Tax . . 31--31
Anonymous The Use of Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous The Metric System . . . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous The Growth of Monopolies . . . . . . . . 31--32
Anonymous The Preservation of Meats without Salt 32--32
Anonymous Canal Through the Isthmus of Darien . . 32--32
Anonymous New Facts about the Preservation of
Timber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Madder Extracts and their Application in
Topical Dyeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous Aerial Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 34--35
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 36--36
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 51--51
Anonymous Machine for Branching Artificial Flowers 39--39
Anonymous Waste Not --- How Small Things are
Utilized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous Repaired Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--41
Reimann To Wash Leather Gloves . . . . . . . . . 41--43
Anonymous Laying Cast Iron Pipes Under Water . . . 43--43
Anonymous Self-Moving Anchor for Steam Cultivation 43--43
Charles A. Joy On Chromium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Milk --- from the Depot to the Consumer 45--46
Anonymous The Progress of the Physical Sciences in
the Year 1869 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Specialistic Journalism . . . . . . . . 47--48
Anonymous American Aeronautics --- A Flying Ship
to be Built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Pumping Down Buildings . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Silvering Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Correlation of Vital and Physical Forces 48--50
Anonymous United States Circuit Court --- Southern
District before Judge Blatchford . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 50--51
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 51--51
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 51--52
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--61
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 66--66
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Device for Steaming Rovings, Pressure in
Steam Boilers, and more . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous The Leclanche Battery . . . . . . . . . 55--56
Anonymous Science and the Public Health . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous The Reptiles at the Zoological Gardens 56--57
Anonymous Rain and Rain Doctors . . . . . . . . . 57--59
Anonymous Improved Packing for the Pistons of
Steam Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Curious Ice Formations . . . . . . . . . 59--60
P. R. Vander Weyde On the Nature of the Interplanetary
Medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
C. Wideumann Manufacture of the Points of Needles and
Pins by Electricity . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous Progress in Mechanical and Engineering
Science and Invention in 1869 . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Nature of Design Patents . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous The Careless Use of Lucifer Matches . . 63--64
Anonymous The Mild Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 64--64
C. Widemann and
Chemist On Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed Oil . . . 64--64
Anonymous Michael Faraday . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--66
Anonymous United States Circuit Court --- Southern
District before Judge Blatchford . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 66--67
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 67--68
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 83--83
Anonymous Improvement in Sulky Harrows, Lighting
Mines with Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Double Ratchet Brace . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Agricultural Engineering . . . . . . . . 71--72
Anonymous Ancient and Modern Industries of the
Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous Manufacture of Indian Ink . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous The Tanite Solid Emery Wheel . . . . . . 73--75
Anonymous Improved Open Fire Grate . . . . . . . . 75--75
I. Cantini The Egyptian Fellah . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
John Ramsay Gordon The Barracouta . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Improved Lever Escapement . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous Our Splendid Engraving . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous Ludlow's Sliding Stop Valves for Steam,
Water, and Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous The ``\booktitleScientific American'' in
1869 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Tin --- Where and How It Is Obtained . . 79--79
Anonymous Is Water Necessary to Mitigate the
Effects of Dry Air from Heating
Furnaces? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--80
Anonymous Wanted --- Better Sidewalks . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous A Peculiar Feature of Agricultural
Invention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The Steam Engine Trials at the American
Institute Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Ancient Modes of Extinguishing Fires . . 80--81
Anonymous Slate Pencils . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
C. Widemann and
Chemist On Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed Oil . . . 81--82
Anonymous United States Circuit Court --- Southern
District before Judge Blatchford . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 82--83
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 83--83
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 83--84
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Cigar Machine, Scientific Nonsense, and
more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The Niin of Yucatan . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Elzy Hay The Cotton Gin and Its Inventors . . . . 88--88
Henry E. Colton Iron Shipbuilding and American Commerce 89--89
C. Widemann Albumen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--91
C. Widemann and
Chemist Manufacture of Cotton Seed, Cotton Seed
Cakes, and Meal . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous The French System of Storm Maps . . . . 92--92
Charles A. Joy On Zinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous A New English Oil Testing Apparatus . . 94--94
Anonymous Construction of Hollow Walls . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous Domestic Water Filters . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous New Apparatus for Measuring Oil . . . . 94--94
Anonymous Steam Engines at the American Institute 94--94
Anonymous The Rumford Medals . . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Solutions for Hardening Steel . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Study of First Principles by Inventors 95--95
Anonymous Pumping Down Buildings --- Fall of the
Dining Hall of King's College, London 95--96
Anonymous Test of Turbine Water Wheels at Lowell,
Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Black River Flood Case . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Foremen and Superintendents . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Diving and Diving Apparatus . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Tunnels vs Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous What is Said of Our Prize Engraving . . 97--97
Anonymous On Refrigerating Mixtures and the
Depression of Temperature Produced by
Dissolving Salts in Water . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 98--98
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 99--99
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 100--101
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--110
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The Ransom Siphon Condenser . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Flooring Clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Lapidary Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous How to Obtain a Fine Patina on Bronze
Statues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous What George Stephenson Accomplished . . 104--105
Anonymous Microscopical Examination of Milk under
Certain Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous The Hoosac Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
Anonymous French Asphalt Roads, and American
Attempts to Imitate them . . . . . . . . 107--108
C. Widemann New Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous The Attainment of Beauty in Commonplace
Handiwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Technical Education in the United States
--- The Sheffield Scientific School of
Yale College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Report of the Commissioner of Patents
for the Year 1869 . . . . . . . . . . . 111--114
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 114--115
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 115--116
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 116--116
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 130--130
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Carriages and Slides of the Spanish
Gunboats Designed by Captain Ericsson 119--119
Charles A. Joy On the uses of Zinc . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
C. Widemann Manufacture of Cotton Seed and Cotton
Seed Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
M. Reimann Aniline Green for Wool . . . . . . . . . 121--121
C. Widemann On Ox Gall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Preservation of Ice . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Improved Bedstead and Mattress for
Invalids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous The Preservation of Meat . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Improved Clothes Dryer . . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous More about Niin . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous The Hydrostatic Test for Steam Boilers 125--125
Anonymous Improvement in Key-Hole Guards . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Six-Way Tap for Gas and Water . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Penny's Improved Gang Sawmill . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Proposed Modification of the Patent Laws
--- An Attempt to Break Down the Right
of Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous The Pneumatic Tunnel under Broadway, New
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Official Report of Professor Chandler to
the Board of Health on the New York Gas
Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127--128
Anonymous Bent, Stained, and Ornamental Window
Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous What is Chemistry? . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous Curious Ice Formations . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Award of our Cash Prizes . . . . . . . . 129--130
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 130--131
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 132--132
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--141
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 145--145
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Wood Molding Machine, Improvement in
Steam Hammers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
H. E. Colton Yaupon Teas of Carolina --- Maté of
Paraguay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
C. Widemann Platinized Looking-Glasses . . . . . . . 136--137
I. Cantini Guatemala, Its Inhabitants and Products
--- Advice to Emigrants . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous English and American Iron-Clads Compared 138--139
Anonymous The Eagle Carpet Stretcher . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous How to Hitch Three Horses to One Plow 139--139
Anonymous A Journey with a Raft . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Improved Patent Vertical Drill . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous The Water Wheel Tests at Lowell . . . . 143--143
Anonymous The Wages of Machinery . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous Waste of Labor in Building . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous French Experiments with Liquid Fuel . . 143--144
Anonymous The Economy of Steam Engines . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Liebig on Fermentation . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Positive Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous A Mile a Minute . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Patent Office Decisions . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 145--146
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 147--148
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 164--164
Anonymous Improved Machine for the Manufacture of
Spoked Wheels, Polishing Granite, and
more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
Charles A. Joy Cobalt --- Its Properties and Uses . . . 152--152
C. Widemann Platinized Looking-Glasses . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous A Plea for ``Our Dumb Slaves'' . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous The Pneumatic Tunnel Under Broadway,
N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--156
Anonymous Hubbell & Capron's Improved Turbine Wheel 156--156
Anonymous Universal Balance for Millstones . . . . 158--158
Anonymous The New Explosive Dualin . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous The Cultivation of Timber . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous The Law of ``Vis Viva'' . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous What Oysters Eat . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous A Plea for the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . . . . 159--160
Anonymous Systematic Thinking . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Concerning Patent Office Matters . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Lightest Machine . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Mr. Rutherfurd's Star Photographs . . . 160--161
Anonymous Tyndall on Haze and Dust . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The Zircon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 163--163
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 163--164
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 164--164
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172--174
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 178--179
Anonymous The Cere Viaduct, Railway Economy . . . 167--168
Charles A. Joy On Tin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
John Ramsay Gordon The Century Plant . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous On a New Method of Straightening High
Chimneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous Working Millstones With an Air Blast . . 170--170
Anonymous William's Improved Tracelock . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous J. D. Michael's Patent Egg Box . . . . . 170--171
C. Widemann Platinized Looking-Glasses . . . . . . . 172--172
C. Widemann Apparatus for Purifying the air by the
Evaporation of Coal Tar, Pitch, Carbolic
Acid, Phenic Acid, or Any other
Disinfectant for Apartments, or
Hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous L. S. Clark's Improved Shaft-Bar for
Single Sleighs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Spring Balance for Chemicals . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous Wood Engravings . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Hardening and Tempering Steel . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Inertia and Vis Inertiæ . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous An Inexplicable Power . . . . . . . . . 175--176
Anonymous Lockage Waste on Our Canals . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Restrictions on the Weighing of Coal . . 176--176
Anonymous The Water Wheel Tests at Lowell . . . . 176--177
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 178--178
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188--190
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Pedespeed, Improved Fan Blower . . . 183--184
Anonymous Visit to a Steel Manufactory . . . . . . 184--185
Samuel A. Duncan An Interesting Review of the American
Patent System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Henry E. Colton Products of the Pine Forest . . . . . . 186--187
Anonymous Woods' Saw-Gumming and Sharpening
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Snyder's Improved Turbine Wheel . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Proposed Sale of the Yosemite Valley . . 191--191
Anonymous Co-Operation among Inventors . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous The Use of Salt in Agriculture . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Something about Gases . . . . . . . . . 191--192
Anonymous New Mechanical Movements . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Proposed Plan for Publishing Patent
Office Specifications and Drawings . . . 192--192
Anonymous Congress Extending Patents . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 193--193
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 193--194
Anonymous Progress of American Invention in Europe 194--194
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 194--195
Anonymous Rotating and Fixed Turrets . . . . . . . 195--196
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 211--212
Anonymous Improvement in Machines for Dressing
Millstones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Charles A. Joy On Tungsten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Chas. E. Emery Circulation of Water in Steam Boilers 200--201
Anonymous Boiler Incrustations . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous The Home of the Perfumes . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous The New Grand Opera House, Paris . . . . 202--202
Anonymous A Home-Made Differential Thermometer . . 203--203
Anonymous One-Horse Road Steamer to Carry Two
Persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Profits of Advertising . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Recent Speculations on the Earth's
Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204--206
Anonymous Williams' Improvement in Locking Nuts 206--206
Anonymous Our New Paper Currency . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Supplementary Report of the
Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners on
Steel Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Proportion of Heat Utilized in Steam
Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207--208
Anonymous Every Pane of Glass is a Hole to Heat 208--208
Anonymous Engineering Projects . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 209--210
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220--222
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 227--227
Anonymous Improved Bolt Cutter, Improved
Self-Connecting Car Coupling, and more 215--216
Anonymous The Manufacture of Fire Bricks . . . . . 216--217
Charles A. Joy Something about Silver . . . . . . . . . 217--217
John R. Gordon The Guava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Chemical News . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous What are Condiments? . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
James Orton Natural History --- The Great Auk . . . 219--219
Anonymous Improved Implement for Drawing Nails . . 219--219
Anonymous Rapid Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous Improved Coal-Breaking Machine . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous The Yosemite Valley . . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous Portable Laughing Gas . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous The Darien Canal --- Will it Pay to
Build it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous An Invisible Chain and a Silent Conflict 223--224
Anonymous The Study of Alloys . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Butter and Its Adulterations . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous How Fire Bricks are Made . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous The Wind Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Economy in the Use of Time . . . . . . . 224--225
Anonymous H. S. Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . 225--226
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 226--227
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236--238
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Mr. Bessemer's Conservatory . . . . . . 231--232
Anonymous Bells and Bell Towers . . . . . . . . . 232--233
Anonymous An Interesting Sketch of the
Distinguished Aeronaut, John La Mountain 233--233
William T. Brigham Mineral Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous Hill's Locking Whip Socket . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Hamilton's Water Elevator . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Denn's Improved Gridiron and Cake Baker 234--234
Anonymous The Bitricycle, a French Invention . . . 235--235
Anonymous The Bessemer Process under Pressure . . 235--236
Anonymous Galmann and Ruhe's Improved Joist
Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Obituary --- Seth Boyden . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Glazed Bricks for Building Purposes . . 239--239
Anonymous Dualin --- What is Claimed for It . . . 239--239
Anonymous Nature's Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous The Measurement of Water Power . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous Michael Faraday . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous Patent Office Decisions . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous H. S. Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
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Anonymous The Study of Impracticabilities . . . . 287--287
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Anonymous Uses of Fluor Spar . . . . . . . . . . . 287--288
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Anonymous Meteors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--314
Anonymous McNeil's Improved Tobacco Pipe . . . . . 314--315
Anonymous Obituary --- Zerah Colburn, Engineer,
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Anonymous The American Museum of Natural History 319--319
Anonymous The Dangers of Drugs . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
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Anonymous Mechanical Recreations . . . . . . . . . 319--320
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Anonymous Chemistry of Zirconium . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous United States District Court ---
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Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 321--321
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 321--322
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 323--323
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John G. Winton Furrowing and Pitting in Locomotive
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Edward C. H. Day A Beetle on the War Path . . . . . . . . 331--331
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Anonymous The Clothes-Moth and its Allies . . . . 346--348
C. Widemann Recent Advances in Electric Science . . 348--348
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Anonymous Patent Office Affairs . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The City Transit Question . . . . . . . 351--351
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Anonymous Manufacture of Grape Sugar . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous A New Process for Fixing Images by
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Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 353--353
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Anonymous What is Energy? . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Meat Preserving in Melbourne, Australia 361--361
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Anonymous New York Lyceum of Natural History . . . 365--365
Anonymous Italian Maritime Exposition . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous A New Spring at Saratoga . . . . . . . . 365--366
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Anonymous The Impact of Bodies . . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous The Problem of City Transit . . . . . . 367--369
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Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 369--370
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Anonymous The Roller Barrow . . . . . . . . . . . 378--380
John R. Gordon A Chapter on Cockroaches . . . . . . . . 381--381
John Wise Balloon Varnishes . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
H. Carrington Bolton Scientific Periodicals Found in New York
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Anonymous The Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous The Origin of the Reluctance with Which
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Anonymous The Question of City Transit . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Something about Horseshoes . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Recent Foreign Improvements . . . . . . 384--384
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Anonymous A Pneumatic Tube Four Hundred Miles Long 385--385
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 404--404
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Anonymous Achenbach's Rein Holder . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Hotte's Improved Coffeepot . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous Molecular Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous Potash from Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The School of Mines, Columbia College 399--399
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Anonymous Cincinnati Industrial Exhibition . . . . 401--401
Anonymous New Mechanical Movements . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Patent Office Affairs . . . . . . . . . 401--402
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Anonymous The Dawn of an Important Industry . . . 415--416
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Anonymous Instruments for Sounding Alarms . . . . 416--416
Anonymous St. Anthony's Nose and the Manufacture
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 417--417
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 418--419
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Anonymous Recent Progress in Chemistry . . . . . . 7--7
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Anonymous A Denunciation of Water Meters . . . . . 39--40
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Anonymous Ice by Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 40--41
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Anonymous Experiments with Gun Cotton . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous The Manufacture of Beet-Root Sugar in
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Anonymous Artificial Ultramarine . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Projected Ship Canals . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Friction Matches . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--57
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign patents . . 58--59
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Anonymous A New Dodge in Hair Dyes . . . . . . . . 69--70
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Anonymous Floato-Static Breakwater . . . . . . . . 70--70
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Anonymous New Mechanical Movements . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous A New Bleaching Agent . . . . . . . . . 71--71
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Anonymous Progress of Invention Abroad . . . . . . 72--72
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Anonymous Our Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous How Inventors are Appreciated in
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Anonymous Action of Sea Water on the Metallic
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Anonymous Public Parks and Floral Decorations . . 73--74
Anonymous Rogers' Patent Price Current Books . . . 74--74
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 74--75
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Universal Wood Working Machine . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous The Grinding and Polishing of Plate
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Anonymous The ``Farmer'' Fountain . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Anderson's Oil Safe . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Prussian Needle Gun and the French
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Anonymous Hydraulic Machinery . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Manufacture of Illuminating Gas . . 87--87
Anonymous Coating Vessels with Zinc . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The New Patent Laws --- Important
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Manufacturers --- Free Trade in Patents
Now Fully Established . . . . . . . . . 87--88
Anonymous How Mercurial Thermometers are Made . . 88--88
Anonymous Is the Knowledge of English Grammar
Necessary to the Writing of Good
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Anonymous Depreciation of American Vitality . . . 88--88
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 88--89
Anonymous How our Wheat Crops are Handled . . . . 89--90
Anonymous Recent Americans and Foreign Patents . . 90--90
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--102
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 106--106
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Improved Turn-Table . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous New Bread . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--96
Anonymous Magnetism and Diamagnetism . . . . . . . 97--97
Edward C. H. Day The Leaf-Cutter Bee . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Harris' Patent Self-Acting Mashing
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Anonymous Patent Metallic Post Butt . . . . . . . 99--100
Anonymous Improved Weapons in European Warfare . . 103--103
Anonymous The Law of Compensation . . . . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Saratoga Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous Ninety Degrees in the Shade . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous The Action of Water on Lead, Tin, and
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Anonymous The uses of Soluble Glass . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous Who Discovered Nitro-Glycerin . . . . . 104--105
J. Dutton Steele Compressed Air as a Motor for
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Anonymous Compressed Air, Ammonia, and Rubber vs.
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Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous The Mitrailleuse . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 107--107
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 107--108
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 122--122
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Anonymous The Artisan in France, Belgium, and
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Edward C. H. Day The Orthopters --- The Grasshoppers and
their Allies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The Strike of the ``Raffineurs'' at La
Villette, France . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--116
Septimus Piesse Scientific and Practical Facts and Items 117--118
Anonymous The Influence of War upon Inventions . . 119--119
Anonymous Paper Money vs. Gold . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous The Sale of Explosive Illuminating
Fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous Important to Manufacturers and Importers 119--120
Anonymous Visit to the Delamater Iron Works, New
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous Spontaneous Generation . . . . . . . . . 120--121
Anonymous The Orange Judd Hall of Natural Science 121--121
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 123--123
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
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Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 140--140
Anonymous Sternberg's Electro-Magnetic Regulator
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Anonymous On the Science of Sleep and Dreams . . . 128--129
Anonymous Mountain Locomotive . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Edward C. H. Day The Migratory Locusts and their American
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Anonymous The Science of Going to War --- How
Prussia Is Superior to France . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The True Theory of Flying . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Diamond Cutting in Amsterdam . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Melendy's Improved Combined Key Ring and
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Anonymous The uses of Sulphurous Acid . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Effect of Association upon Mental
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Anonymous Who make Mistakes? . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Pen Stammering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous Radiation of Heat . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous The Commissioner Suspends a Patent Agent
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Anonymous The Present European War . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous The Use of Torpedoes for Coast Defense 136--136
Anonymous Death of Professor Palmstedt . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous American Association for the Advancement
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 139--139
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 154--154
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 154--155
Anonymous Improved Dredging Machine . . . . . . . 143--143
E. B. Marten On Steam Boiler Inspection . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous The Artisan in Prussia . . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous The Application of Photography to
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Edward C. H. Day The Scarabæids . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--148
Anonymous Stone Sawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous American Association for the Advancement
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Anonymous The St. Louis Bridge . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous A want in Locomotive Engineering . . . . 151--151
Anonymous The Southern Demand for Machinery . . . 151--152
Anonymous Paraffine Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Craik's Practical American Millwright
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Anonymous The Millennium, or Something Like It . . 152--152
Anonymous The Analysis of Milk . . . . . . . . . . 152--153
Anonymous Divisibility of Matter and Size of
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Anonymous Enterprising Journalism . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous \$20,000 Bonus for a New Press . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Hight and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 155--155
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--166
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 170--170
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Watchmaking in America . . . . . . . . . 159--164
Anonymous The Carpenter Self-Threading and
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Anonymous Social Classification . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Influence of Sound upon Rain . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Concrete Paving . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous Destructive Action of Illuminating Gas
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Anonymous Boiler Incrustations . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous As Regards Protoplasm . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Manufacture of Kumis . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Raising of the Steamship ``Scotland''
off Sandy Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--169
H. E. Colton American Sumac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 171--171
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Improved Cotton and Hay Press . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Bells and Bell Metal . . . . . . . . . . 175--176
Anonymous British Railway Signals . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous The Artisan in Austria, Russia, and
Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--178
Anonymous Gleason's Improved Band Saw . . . . . . 178--179
Edward C. H. Day The Scarabæids --- The Flower Beetles and
their Allies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
Archibald Maclaren The Training of Prussian and French
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Anonymous The Increasing Use of Glycerin . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Government Storm Signals . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous Mechanical Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . 183--184
Anonymous Female Inventive Talent . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous American Magazine Literature . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous The Franco--Prussian War . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous The Sheffield Scientific School of Yale
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Anonymous Harvard School of Dentistry . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 186--187
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 202--202
Anonymous Improved Scroll-Sawing Machinery,
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Anonymous The History and Fortifications of Metz 191--192
Anonymous Deep-Sea Exploration --- How Soundings
are Obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous The Artisan in Denmark, Spain, Portugal
and Greece . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--194
Anonymous Improved Wicket for Canal Locks . . . . 194--194
Edward C. H. Day The Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous The Electric Telegraph . . . . . . . . . 196--198
Anonymous Freeland's Lock Nuts . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Improved Stove Cover, Dish, and Kettle
Lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Modern Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous What are our Colleges Doing? . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Draft of Vehicles . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Finishing and Decoration of
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Anonymous Progress of Foreign Invention . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Chemical Experiments . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous The ``Worm'' on the Ailanthus . . . . . 200--201
Anonymous Fair of the American Institute . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Mileage System of Railroad Commutation
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Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 202--203
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--214
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 218--218
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Krupp's 1,000-Pounder Siege Gun, Great
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Anonymous Shortt's Self-Centering Sleeve Coupling 207--208
Anonymous Bronze vs. Steel and Iron for Field
Artillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous The Dissipation of Energy . . . . . . . 208--209
W. Skey On the Application of the Hot Blast to
Blow-Pipe Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Bridge de Laisne on the Railway from
Soissons to Laon, in France . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Important Patent Office Decisions . . . 211--211
Anonymous Bussell's Disk Cultivator and Harrow . . 211--211
Anonymous New Relations of Silica . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous History and Progress of Photography . . 215--215
Anonymous The Use of Balloons in Warfare . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Fair of the American Institute . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Resources of the South --- Notes of a
Trip from New York to Western Texas . . 216--217
Anonymous New Mechanical Movements . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 219--219
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 234--234
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 234--237
Anonymous Boiler-Feed Regulator, Low-Water Alarm
and Steam Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Inaugural Address of the President,
Thomas H. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S., Etc.,
Before the British Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 224--225
Anonymous The Manufacture of Soluble Glass . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Screw Reversing Gear for Locomotives . . 226--226
Anonymous Hydro-Pneumatic Gun Carriage . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Ponsard's Improvements in Apparatus for
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Anonymous Fortifications and History of Strasbourg 229--230
Anonymous Naval Architecture and Engineering . . . 231--231
Anonymous A New Artificial Light . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Affairs in Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Siege of Paris . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Cheap Production of Potash . . . . . 231--232
Anonymous Balancing Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
Anonymous Fair of the American Institute . . . . . 232--234
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 235--235
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Improved Stump Extractor, The
``Instrument Room'' of the Electric
Telegraph, of London, and more . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous Inaugural Address of the President,
Thomas H. Huxley, Ll.D., F.R.S., Etc.,
before the British Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous Costume and Art . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous New Capitol for the State of New York 242--243
Anonymous Design Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Jacob Abbott How Railroads are Made . . . . . . . . . 245--246
Anonymous Improved Hand-Drilling Machine . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous History of Chloroform . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Central Park. New York --- Report of the
Commissioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Woodbury's Photo-Relief Process . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Gatling Battery Gun in England . . . 247--248
Anonymous Comparative Accuracy of Mercurial and
Aneroid Barometers . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Fair of the American Institute . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous What a Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Letters from the South, Etc. . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 250--251
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--262
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 265--265
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Improved Apparatus for Tanning Leather,
Hard on Evans, and more . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Improved Door and Shutter Bolt . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Electrolytic Insulation . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Excursion of the Boston Board of
Trade over the Pacific Railroad --- The
Pullman Palace Cars . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Transpiration in Plants . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Hickman's Hand Corn Planter . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Weatherhead's Dividers . . . . . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous The Mantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous The Carp Enter Self-Heating Fluting
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Smoke Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Effect of Artillery Discharges upon
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Artificial Stone --- The Sorel Process 263--263
Anonymous Progress in the Manufacture of Colors 264--264
Anonymous Portable Dwelling Houses . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 264--265
Anonymous Fair of the American Institute . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 266--267
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 281--282
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Improved Dish-Washing Machine, How
Counterfeit Notes are Made, and more . . 271--271
Anonymous The Island of Capri . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Rolling Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--273
C. F. Deacon On the Efficiency of Furnaces and
Mechanical Firing . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous The Art of Tying Knots . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous The Mechanics' Fair at Cincinnati, Ohio 276--277
Anonymous Enlarging Photographs . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Conical Surface Condenser . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Central Shaft --- Hoosac Tunnel . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Measurement of Water Flowing through
Pipes --- Water Meters . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Chemistry at the Fair of the American
Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--280
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Fair of the American Institute . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Letters from the South . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous The Earthquake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 282--283
Anonymous Official List of patents . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 300--300
Anonymous Steam Plow, on Improved Appliances for
the Production of Heavy Forgings . . . . 287--288
Anonymous The Labor Movement in England . . . . . 288--289
John Gamgee Chloralum --- A New Antiseptic . . . . . 289--290
Anonymous A Dollar Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous Improved Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
George B. Prescott Automatic Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
J. R. Gordon The Sea Urchin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous Chemistry at the Fair of the American
Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Tellier Ice Machine . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous The Wages of Labor . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous A Singular Monstrosity . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous A Second Roger Bacon, and a Century of
Inventions (Almost) . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 296--297
Anonymous Letters from the South . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous The Value of the Honey Bee in
Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 299--299
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Automatic Damper Regulator, Important
Patent Decision, and more . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous Tripler's Railroad Tie . . . . . . . . . 303--303
John Tyndall Scientific Use of the Imagination . . . 304--305
Anonymous The Power of Modern Skill in the
Mechanic Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--306
Anonymous The Great Suspension Bridge between New
York and Brooklyn --- Progress of the
Work --- Its Present Condition --- Some
Account of the Method of Procedure . . . 307--307
Anonymous Blackboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Hutchinson's Locking Grate Bar . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Rating Steam Engines . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Power of Prime Motors . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The People Who Attend Fairs . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The World's Work, and Its Moral
Necessity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Augustus Matthiessen Death of Three Distinguished Chemists 312--312
Anonymous Transportation of Fresh Meats and
Fruits, Etc., through Long Distances ---
The Davis Refrigerator Car . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Chemistry at the Fair of the American
Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous Diamond Mining in South Africa . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 315--315
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 332--332
Anonymous Improvement in Road Steamers . . . . . . 319--319
John Tyndall Scientific use of the Imagination . . . 320--321
Anonymous Professor Tyndall's Lecture on
Electrical Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . 321--322
Anonymous The Stereoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--324
Anonymous Progress of Invention Abroad . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Device for Spreading Circular Saw Teeth 326--326
Anonymous Power's Endless Ladder Hod Elevator . . 326--326
Anonymous Bourne's Spherical Steam Engine Governor 326--326
Anonymous How Long Shall Nitro-Glycerin Continue
Its Work of Destruction? --- The
Fairport Explosion . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Roads and Road-Making . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The Motive Power of Expanding Gases . . 327--328
Anonymous Time and Distance . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Resignation of Commissioner Fisher . . . 328--328
Anonymous Attempt to Abolish the Patent Office . . 328--328
Anonymous Letters from the South . . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous Razing Band Saws . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 330--331
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 346--346
Anonymous Improved Independent Shuttle-Motion
Loom, How to Save Peach Trees . . . . . 335--335
John Tyndall Scientific Use of the Imagination . . . 336--337
Dio Lewis Notes and Maxims about Health . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Steam Railroad Ferries between England
and France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous The Balloon as an Aid to Meteorological
Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous The Wyckoff Wood Pavement . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Strong's Patent Fireplace . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Pierced Cores in Metal Casting . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Improved Breast-Strap Protector for
Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Perpetual Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The ``\booktitleScientific American''
--- What it has Done and What it Expects
to do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Beet-Root Sugar --- How the War is
Likely to Affect the Manufacture in
France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Shad vs. Black Bass . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous The Principle of Bracing . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous Pyrotechnic Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Application of Ruhmkorff's Induction
Coil to the Copying of Drawings . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Letters from the South . . . . . . . . . 344--345
Anonymous Applications for the Extension of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 346--347
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 347--348
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 362--362
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Anonymous Payne's Electro-Magnetic Motor . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Effect of Cold Upon Iron and Steel . . . 167--168
Anonymous Mr. Cooper's Recent Gift to the
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Anonymous Portable Writing and Copying Case . . . 178--178
Anonymous Impregnating Wood with Tar or Other
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Anonymous Boardman's Combined Tool . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Belt Tightener . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Rambles for Relics . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
W. V. Andrews Silk Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
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Anonymous Smith's Infant Dining Chair . . . . . . 182--182
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Anonymous The Mineral Resources of Missouri . . . 185--185
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Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--198
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Improvement in Heavy Ordnance,
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Anonymous The Condensed Milk Manufacture . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Dyers' Recipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
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Anonymous Spring Steps for Stairways . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Archibald's Improved Spoked Wheel . . . 195--195
Anonymous Improvement in Envelopes . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Railway Transit for New York . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Rating of Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Thallium, Its Properties and Uses . . . 199--200
Anonymous The Use of the Microscope in the Study
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Anonymous Wood Carpeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Cost of Water in New York City . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous On the Nature and Manufacture of
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 202--202
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 203--203
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 218--218
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Anonymous How do you Prove Your Plumb Rule? . . . 209--209
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Anonymous Device for Cleaning Traps in Soil Pipes 211--211
Anonymous Combined Pruning Hook and Saw . . . . . 211--211
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Anonymous The Working of the New York Fire
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Anonymous Improved Door Stop . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Johnson's Improved Adjusting Plumb and
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Anonymous Improved Method of Attaching Knobs to
Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous Practical Instruction in Mechanics and
Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Inspection of Steam Boilers in Ohio . . 215--215
Anonymous Progress of the Darien Ship Canal . . . 215--215
Anonymous Scientific Education and Religion . . . 216--216
Anonymous Caisson for the New York End of the East
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Anonymous The Moral Lubricator . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Whiskey, New and Old . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Dangerous Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Obituary Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Preservation of Wood under Water . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Endless Platform Belt Railway for New
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Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 218--218
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 219--219
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 252--252
Anonymous The Caisson for the East Pier of the St.
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Anonymous The Patent Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous The Ivory Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Triangular Suspension Bridge . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous Improved Power Hoisting Machine . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Boring for Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
Anonymous Instruments used in Storm Signal Service 245--246
Anonymous Furrowing Hammer for Stone Dressing . . 246--246
Anonymous Pisciculture in New York and New Jersey 247--247
Anonymous Iron Rails for Common Roadways . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Firing of Steam Boilers . . . . . . . . 247--248
Anonymous Artificial Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Suggestions for the Improvement of
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Anonymous The Battle of the Tires . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Employment of Females in New York . . . 248--249
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 250--251
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 252--252
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--278
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 282--282
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Anonymous Colors of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . 271--272
Coleman Sellers Tilghman's Process of Cutting Hard
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W. W. Bailey Something about Seeds . . . . . . . . . 273--273
E. C. H. Day Cochineal Insects and their Allies . . . 274--274
Anonymous Holding and Mixing Machines, used by the
Union Stone Company --- The Sorel
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Anonymous Mortar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Cope & Maxwell's Upright Boiler Feeder 278--279
Anonymous Proposed Changes in the British Patent
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Anonymous Canal Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Roofs and Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . 279--280
Anonymous Mining Schools in the United States . . 280--280
Anonymous Uses of Infusorial Silica . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Carbolic Acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 280--281
Anonymous Editorial Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 282--283
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 283--283
Anonymous Official Lists of Patents . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--294
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 298--298
Anonymous Improved Wheat Steamer and Dryer . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Bartlett and Boomer's Extension Hemmer 287--288
Anonymous One Hundred Thousand Dollars Reward for
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Anonymous Uncommon Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--290
Anonymous The Cotton Worm . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Combined Milk Pail and Strainer . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Combined Blotter, Ruler, and Paper
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S. Lockwood Mussel Climbing . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Seifert's Balanced Steam Valve . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous Compound Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Inspection of Steam Boilers . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous One Hundred Thousand Dollars Reward for
a New Invention for Propelling Canal
Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Removal of the Hell Gate
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Anonymous More Humorous than Scientific . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Are Noisome Effluvia Injurious to
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Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 296--298
Anonymous Answers to Correspondence . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 299--299
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--310
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 314--314
Anonymous Hannahs' Patent Metropolitan Railway,
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Anonymous Solutions for Silver Plating . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous The Cochineal Insect and Its Allies . . 306--306
Anonymous The Sea-Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
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Anonymous G. K. Proctor's Improved Treadle Motion 307--307
Anonymous Improved Turbine Water Wheel . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous The Erie Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Pipes for Domestic Water Service . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The Blowpipe as an Aid to the Drill in
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Anonymous Important Decision by the Commissioner
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Anonymous Health in Old Age . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Inventions Made by Workmen --- Who Owns
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Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous On a Method of Determining the
Percentage of Water Mechanically
Suspended in Steam Delivered from
Boilers which Prime . . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous Refuse and Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Important Decision of the Commissioner
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 314--315
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 315--315
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Removal of the Obstructions at Hell Gate 319--320
Anonymous A New Yorker in the Great Salt Mine of
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Anonymous Rumford's Scientific Discoveries . . . . 321--322
Anonymous Horse Block and Hitching Post . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous Eye Pointed Lasting Awl . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Eastern Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--326
Anonymous Robbins' Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous The Earth Closet System --- an Improved
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Anonymous Facts Relative to the Erie Canal . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Tornadoes of the Southern States . . . . 327--327
Anonymous A Question in Social Science . . . . . . 327--328
Anonymous From Duluth to the Ocean . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous The Water Supply of London --- Sea Baths
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Anonymous The Drug Clerk Law . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous Elasticity and Tensile Strength of
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Anonymous Launching of the Caisson for the New
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Anonymous Editorial Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign patents . . 330--331
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 332--332
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 346--346
Anonymous The Old Molder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
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Anonymous The Metric System . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Vincent's Process of Preparing Linseed
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Anonymous The United States Storm Signal Service
Weather Charts and Reports . . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous Gecmen's Improved Malt Kiln . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Flying Spiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Runk's Belt Tightener . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Swartwout's Front Running Gear for
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Anonymous Substitute for Wine Cellars . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Patent Packing Box . . . . . . . . . . . 342--343
Anonymous Immigration --- Report of Edward Young,
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Anonymous Steam Towage for the Erie Canal . . . . 343--343
Anonymous The Necessities of Life . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Grape Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous Sulphur in Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Coal Tar Products . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Manufacture of Silk --- Silk Worm Eggs 344--344
Anonymous The Bathometer, and other Instruments
for Exploring, Measuring, and Utilizing
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 347--347
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 347--347
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
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Anonymous Ransome Artificial Stone . . . . . . . . 352--355
Anonymous Apparatus for Dyeing Hair . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A New Spectroscope . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Combined Thimble and Needle Threader . . 355--356
P. R. Vander Weyde A Few Corrections of the Method of
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Anonymous Sash Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Cork Extractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--359
Anonymous The Erie Canal Navigation Problem . . . 359--359
Anonymous How Labor Enslaves Itself to Capital . . 359--359
Anonymous Charles E. Emery on Compound Engines . . 359--360
Anonymous Popularizing Science . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Trial of Olmstead's Electric Car Brake 360--360
Anonymous Ocean Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Jean Lafitte and His Treasure . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Canals Ancient and Modern . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous The Descent of Man . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 362--362
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 363--363
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous The Bickford Family Knitting Machine . . 367--368
George Edward Harding The Application of Steam to Canals ---
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Anonymous Caravans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--371
Anonymous Toy Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Tydall On Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Papier Maché and Carton Pierre . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Thread Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Apparatus for Carbureting Hydrogen Gas 374--374
Anonymous Improvement in Stock Cars . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Reat's Improved Design for Neck-Yoke
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Anonymous Hire's Patent Table Hinge . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Plowing and Cultivation of Crops by
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Anonymous Paine's Electro-Motor . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The New System of Piers for New York . . 375--375
Anonymous Doctoring Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Mental Emaciation . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous Steam on the Erie Canal --- Answers to
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Anonymous Plowing and Cultivating by Steam . . . . 376--377
Edwin J. Houston On a New Connection for the Induction
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Anonymous Woven Wire Mattresses . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Patent Office Decision . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 379--379
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 380--380
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--390
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 394--394
Anonymous Machine for Turning the Ends of
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Anonymous Schopp's Push Chair or Ice Velocipede 383--383
Anonymous Young's Improved Hot Air Register . . . 383--384
George Edward Harding The Application of Steam to Canals ---
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Anonymous Manufacture of Varnish in England . . . 384--384
Anonymous Mechanical Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Tools for Cutting Metals . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The Illinois and St. Louis Bridge . . . 386--386
E. C. H. Day Wood-Boring Beetles . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Improvement in Extracting Spirits of
Turpentine from Pine Wood . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous The Proposed Centennial Exhibition in
Philadelphia, in 1876 . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Repairing Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Guess Work and Real Work . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous The Electric Light . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous A Great Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Klinkerfues' Apparatus for Igniting Gas
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Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Answer to Correspondence . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign patents . . 395--395
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 395--395
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 409--409
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410--412
Anonymous Improved Revolving Blade Scroll Sawing
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George Edward Harding The Application of Steam to Canals ---
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Anonymous Blowing Out of the East Caisson of the
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Anonymous Vagaries of the Patent Office . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Flying Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--403
Anonymous Ice Shaving Machine . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Dredging and Excavating Machine . . . . 403--403
Anonymous New Expeditions to the Arctic Regions 403--404
Anonymous Address of Professor Morse, at the
Ceremony of Unveiling the Statue in
Central Park New York . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Improvement of the Missouri River at St.
Joseph, MO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous Re-Vaccination --- Glycerin Lymph . . . 406--406
Anonymous Boring and Mortising Machine . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous The Government of New York City . . . . 406--407
Anonymous Close of Another Volume . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous The Last Six Months of Chemistry . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Paine's Electro-Motor . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous The Inauguration of the Morse Statue . . 407--407
Anonymous Flying Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--408
Anonymous The East River Bridge --- Report of the
Chief Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Answer to Correspondents . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 409--409
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 9--9
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Sir John Herschel . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2
Anonymous Instrument for Parting Ladies' Hair . . 2--3
Anonymous A Self-Moving Ship . . . . . . . . . . . 3--4
Anonymous Rand's Improved Saw Arbor . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Improvement in Riveting Tools . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Odiorne's Improvement in Seals for
Hydraulic Mains of Gas Works . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Improved Self-Measuring Faucet . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Philippi's Improved Drill Chuck . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Joseph Henry and the Electric Telegraph 7--7
Anonymous Extracting Gold from Washings and Poor
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Anonymous Effect of Corporation Employment on
Work-Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Lightning Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--8
Anonymous Massachusetts Shoemakers on the Taxes 8--8
Anonymous Colossal Bronze Bust of Washington
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Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous The Kelly Patent Extension Case. ---
Address of Hon. S. S. Fisher. ---
Competitive Examinations. --- Female
Applicants for Clerkships in the Patent
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
Anonymous Narrow Gages for Railways . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Answers to Correspondence . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 10--10
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 11--11
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--22
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 26--26
Anonymous Professor Morse Affixing His Signature
to the Greeting Telegraphed by Miss S.
E. Cornwell at the Morse Celebration . . 15--15
George Edward Harding The Application of Steam to Canals. ---
No.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Professor Tyndall on ``Sound'' . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous Fowler's Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . 17--18
Anonymous Improved Hand and Light Power Drill . . 18--19
Anonymous Dorn's Circular Cutter for Wood Work . . 19--19
Anonymous Experiences of a Bureau Officer . . . . 19--20
Anonymous Coates and Lascell's Water Engine . . . 22--22
Anonymous Mechanical Power and Specific Work . . . 23--23
Anonymous Extinguishing Fires by Carbonic Acid . . 23--23
Anonymous How Bodies May be Frozen by Heat . . . . 23--23
Anonymous Co-Operative Colonies . . . . . . . . . 23--24
Anonymous Steam on the Erie Canal . . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous Buildings for Manufacturing Purposes . . 24--24
Anonymous Ex-Commissioner Fisher's Experience in
the Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous Burden Horseshoe Patent Extended ---
Value of the Invention . . . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous Steam Fire Engines . . . . . . . . . . . 24--25
Anonymous Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 26--27
Anonymous Applications for Extension of Patents 27--27
Anonymous Official List of Patents . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Practical Hints to Inventors . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--38
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Improved Grain Hulling Machine,
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Anonymous Experiences of a Bureau Officer . . . . 32--32
George Edward Harding The Application of Steam to Canals. ---
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Anonymous Phrenology and Spiritualism. --- A
Lively Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . 33--34
E. C. H. Day and
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Anonymous Magrath's Chain for Hanging Sashes . . . 38--38
Anonymous Artificial Leech . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Metallic Lined Spool Head . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous College Commencements . . . . . . . . . 39--39
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Anonymous The Introduction of India Rubber Shoes 184--184
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Anonymous The Waterbury Water Meter . . . . . . . 259--259
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Anonymous The Cerulean Pleasonton's Sunshine
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Anonymous Combined Sadiron and Stand, and Combined
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Anonymous The Great Fire at Chicago. a National
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Anonymous An Example to Manufacturers . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Recent Progress in Metallurgy . . . . . 263--264
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Anonymous Scientific Intelligence . . . . . . . . 265--265
John C. Draper A Light Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
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Anonymous Paper Making in Japan . . . . . . . . . 273--274
Anonymous The American Safety Student Lamp . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Lowe's Bucket Elevator . . . . . . . . . 275--275
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Anonymous A Gigantic Railway Project . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Great Fires in the Northwest . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The New Jersey Zinc Company . . . . . . 279--279
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 297--297
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
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Anonymous Model Iron Works . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--291
Anonymous Ireland's Vaults for the Safe Keeping of
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Anonymous Improvement in Earth Closets . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous The Champion Spring Bed . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Bock's Improved One Horse Sleigh Shaft 294--294
Anonymous Coogan's Machine for Boarding Pebbling,
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Anonymous The Dependence of Future Mechanical
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Anonymous Fireproof Building . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Leisure Time of Boys . . . . . . . . 295--295
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Anonymous Substituting other Vapors for Steam ---
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Anonymous The Indirect Influence of Invention upon
Manufactures, Arts, and Commerce . . . . 119--120
Anonymous Agricultural Chemistry and Chemical
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Anonymous Short Extracts from a few Letters . . . 120--121
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 121--121
Anonymous Will You Favor us? . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous A Good Month's Work . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 123--123
Anonymous How Shall I Introduce My Invention? . . 124--124
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 140--140
Anonymous Improved High Pressure Alarm . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Mining Speculation --- Something as
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Anonymous Lecture Theater Buildings at South
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Anonymous Coloring Seeds for Sowing . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Patent Crocheted Caps for Infants . . . 131--131
Anonymous A Remedy for Small Pox by One Who Has
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Anonymous The Electro-Magnetic Telegraph --- Honor
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Anonymous Patent Office Decision . . . . . . . . . 133--134
Anonymous Simons' Safety Hold-Back for Carriages 134--134
Anonymous Substituting other Vapors for Steam ---
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Anonymous Sulphite of Soda as a Remedy for Small
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Anonymous Compulsory Safety Gages --- The
Steamboat Owners' Protest . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Effect of Sound in Buildings as
Influenced by Ventilation . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous The Difference between Benzole and
Benzine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous The Art of Thinking . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Japanese Native Steel . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 136--137
Anonymous How Shall I Introduce My Invention? . . 137--137
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 139--139
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous The Gatling System of Firearms . . . . . 143--146
Anonymous Triscott and Wheeler's Shoe Fastenings 146--146
Anonymous Patton's Improved Meat Chopper . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Rotary Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--148
Anonymous Middle Park, Colorado . . . . . . . . . 149--150
Anonymous Publication of the Patents . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Congress and Patent Extension Cases . . 151--151
Anonymous Drying Substances by Steam . . . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous American Homesteads . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous The Stupidity of Ignorance . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous The Positive Motion Loom Grand Medal of
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 152--152
Anonymous Extension Cases before Congress . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 155--156
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 172--172
Anonymous Improved Portable Steam Brick Machine,
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Anonymous Stove Manufactories in Troy . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Inventions and Patents Connected with
Building Ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--162
Anonymous The Comba Scura Bridge --- Mont Cenis
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Anonymous Mining in Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Society of Arts of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous The Lowell Water Wheel Tests . . . . . . 165--166
Anonymous The Beckwith Improved Sewing Machine . . 166--166
Anonymous Science in the Courts . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Beet Sugar in the United States . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Drying Substances by, Hot Air . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous The Amalgamation of Ores of the Precious
Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous The Knowledge of Specific Heat Applied
to the Determination of Very High
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 168--168
Anonymous Psychic Force --- Spirit Faces . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous American District Telegraph Company ---
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Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 171--171
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Colt's Armory Testing Machine, Railway
Power Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--176
Anonymous Interesting Lecture by Professor Tyndall
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Anonymous The New York Fire Alarm Telegraph . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Yale Exploring Expedition of 1871 177--177
Anonymous Printing the Patent Drawings . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Interior of a Greenhouse . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Jones' Improved Projectile for Firearms 178--179
Anonymous Millener's Extension Ladder . . . . . . 179--179
John C. Draper Magnesium in Marsh's Test for Arsenic 179--179
William L. Walker The Color of the Gulf Stream, and Its
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Anonymous The Progress of Stellar Chemistry . . . 181--182
Anonymous Walsh's Water Wheel Governor . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Chapman's Improved Saw Filing Machine 182--182
Anonymous American Art Industry . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous Are Experimental Tests of Turbine Wheels
Trustworthy? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous Tunnelling under City Streets --- The
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Anonymous A Munchausen Comet . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Common Law of Trademarks . . . . . . 183--184
Anonymous Labor and Personal Cleanliness . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Measuring the Heat of Combustion . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 184--185
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 186--187
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 192--192
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--197
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Collecting and Removing Scums from
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Anonymous Bridge Over the Mississippi at Brainerd,
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Anonymous A Navigable Balloon . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous The Parkes Silver Extracting Process in
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Anonymous Rotary Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Hallidie's Wire Rope Way for
Transporting Ores . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
John C. Draper Precipitation of Arsenic by Heat in
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Anonymous Determination of High Degrees of Heat by
the Melting of Ice . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 197--197
Anonymous Beach's Spark Catcher and Consumer . . . 198--198
Anonymous Himmer's Electric Battery . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Ketchum's Pitman Connection . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous The Electro Magnetic Telegraph . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Problem of Flight . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Light Versus Heavy Shafting . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 200--201
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 201--203
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 216--216
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Machine for Testing the Strength of
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Anonymous Machine for Bending Printers' Leads and
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Anonymous Gunmaking by Machinery . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous State Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Terra Cotta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--210
Anonymous Johnson's Renewable Tooth Comb . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Moustache Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
John C. Draper The Quantitative Determination of
Arsenic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous The Planet Jupiter . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Wright's Bottle Stopper . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Geological Report for New Jersey . . . . 212--213
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 213--214
Anonymous Melendy's Door Fastener . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Beach's Spiral Spring Scroll Sawing
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Anonymous The Relations of Art to Industry ---
Museums of the Arts of Design . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Making Organic Substances from their
Inorganic Elements . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Mechanical Impossibilities . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Hydrogen the Vapor of the Metal Hydrium 215--216
Anonymous Another Big Patent Job before Congress 216--216
Anonymous Answer to Correspondents . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 218--219
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 232--231
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 236--236
Anonymous Portable Spring Grist Mill, Price's
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Anonymous The Tobacco Manufactories in Brooklyn 224--224
Anonymous The Government Works at Hell Gate . . . 224--226
Anonymous Palmer's Stave Jointing Machine . . . . 226--226
J. H. Leach The Discovery and History of the
Chromosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous A Patent Office Curiosity, and a
Specification in Rhyme . . . . . . . . . 227--227
E. S. Wicklin Frictional Gearing . . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Society of Arts of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Valuable Photographic Improvement . . . 229--229
Anonymous The Holtz Electrical Machine . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 229--229
Anonymous Friction Gearing . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous Kehoe's Improved Striking Bag . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Currier's Tea and Coffee Pot Stand . . . 230--230
Anonymous African Diamonds --- an Invention Wanted 231--231
Anonymous Small Pox --- Its Prevention --- The
Treatment of Patients with Reference to
the Protection of the Public . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous A Remarkable Telegraphic Improvement . . 231--231
Anonymous Epidemics of Disease, Disaster, and
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Anonymous The Present Status of Organic Chemistry 232--232
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 234--235
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 248--248
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Improved Method of Propelling Canal
boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--240
Anonymous The Remington Works Ilion, N.Y. . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Diamond Cutting in New York . . . . . . 241--242
Anonymous The Baltimore Boiler Inspection Law . . 242--242
Anonymous Fastenings for Neck Ties, Scarfs, Etc. 242--242
Anonymous Measuring the Velocity of Rotation . . . 242--242
J. H. Leach The Discovery and History of the
Chromosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Heard's Ventilating Hat . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Inextinguishable Signal Light . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Combined Cast Iron and Wrought Iron Arch
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E. S. Wicklin Frictional Gearing . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 245--245
Anonymous Umbrella Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Proposed City Railroad . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Great Sewing Machine Job before
Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Sewing Machines and their Effect Upon
Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Death of Samuel F. B. Morse . . . . . . 247--248
Anonymous Spiritualism Answered by Science . . . . 248--248
Anonymous A Trades Union Tirade . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Lightning Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 250--250
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--262
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 267--267
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Endless Traveling or Railway Sidewalk,
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Anonymous The Electro-Magnetic Telegraph . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Important Trade Mark Decision . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Professor Morse . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 259--259
Anonymous Clothes Line Reel . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
E. S. Wicklin Frictional Gearing . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Measuring the Clearness of the Sky . . . 259--260
Anonymous Gibbs' Whiffletree . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Winn's Shampooing Apparatus . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous An Improved Grafting Tool . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Drying by the Direct Application of
Heat-Distillation . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Relation of Science to Religion . . 263--263
Anonymous Piston Rod Packing . . . . . . . . . . . 263--264
Anonymous The Advance in the Price of Iron . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Steam on the Erie Canal . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Beet Sugar in the United States . . . . 264--265
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 266--267
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 280--281
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 281--281
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Improved Brick Kiln . . . . . . . . . . 271--272
Anonymous On the Heating of Water and Boilers ---
Curious Explosive Phenomena . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Carpets and Knitted Manufactures of
Amsterdam, New York . . . . . . . . . . 272--273
Horatio N. Fraser On Cotton Seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--275
E. S. Wioklin Frictional Gearing . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Adolph Ott Portland Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Human Hair and Its Substitutes . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Belting and Pulleys . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Double Plows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Utilization of Water in Its Relation
to Public Health . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Folding Chair, Lounge, and Bed . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Photographic Toilet and Hat Rack . . . . 280--280
Anonymous On the Reasons Which Have Caused the
Adoption of the New Atomic Weights . . . 280--280
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 282--283
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 298--298
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Improved Punching and Drop Press, The
Grain Elevators at Liverpool, and More 287--288
D. J. Macgowan The Tallow Tree and its Uses . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous First Grand Industrial Exposition of
Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Gardner's Fire Extinguisher . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Butter from California . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Patch's Corn Sheller . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Society of Arts of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 293--294
Anonymous Drying Substances by Mechanical Action 295--295
Anonymous The Congressional Sewing Machine Job . . 295--295
Anonymous Progress of Astronomy --- The Variable
Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous Artesian Wells and Malarial Fevers . . . 296--296
Anonymous A Suggestion to Inventors. --- Value of
Patented Improvements upon Patented
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Cable Towing on the Erie Canal . . . . . 296--297
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 298--299
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Improved Steam Engine, Japanese Textile
Art, and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--304
Anonymous Birmingham Gun Makers' and Inventors'
Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--306
Anonymous Pocket Bootjack . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Gardener's Stool . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Biscuit Manufacture . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Twitchell's Draft Regulator and Heat
Economizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Compressed Air Locomotives . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Opening the Public Libraries on Sunday 311--311
Anonymous Drying by Chemical Action . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Fireproof Building --- The Lesson of
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Power Produced by Steam, under Different
Temperatures and Pressures . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous A Long Felt Want . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 313--315
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 332--332
Anonymous Machine for Boarding Pebbling and
Glossing Leather, Starting Flower Seeds 319--319
Anonymous Steam Flying Ship . . . . . . . . . . . 319--320
Anonymous Patent Law Reform in England . . . . . . 320--322
Anonymous Sweetzer's Blacking and Brush Holder . . 322--322
Anonymous Whitus' Attachment for Bit Braces . . . 322--322
Anonymous Guano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--324
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 325--326
Anonymous Our Obligations to the Arabian
Alchemists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Puddling Iron by Machinery --- an
Important Improvement . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Result of Illustrating a New Invention 327--328
Anonymous On Atmospheric and Pneumatic Propulsion 328--328
Anonymous Proposed Book on Patents . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Supplement to this Week's Edition . . . 328--329
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 330--331
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348--350
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 356--356
Anonymous Portable Drilling Machines, Bone Dust as
a Fertilizer, and more . . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous Patent Infringement Cases . . . . . . . 344--345
Anonymous The Nebular Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous City of London Library and Museum . . . 346--347
Anonymous Reservoir Palette . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Electro Chemical Copying Press . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous How to Conduct New Scientific
Investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Engineering in Brussels . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Colorado Potato Beetle . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Rubber Tip Patent Case . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Nature and Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous East Indian Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 352--352
Anonymous Improvement in Pumps . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Builders' Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Timely Hints for Patent Office Examiners 353--353
Anonymous Death of an Indian Nobleman . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 354--355
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364--365
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 369--369
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Railroad Rail Straightener, The Effect
of Cold on Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Baillairge's Stereometrical Tableau . . 359--360
F. J. Bramwell Quick Steam Launches . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Beetles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous Heat and Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous The Steamship ``Egypt'' . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous The International Exhibition of 1872 . . 365--366
Anonymous Bell Pull and Bell . . . . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous Projectile for Firearms . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous A Few Words of Advice and Encouragement
to Investigators and Inventors . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous The Great Musical Jubilee . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous A Gigantic Railway Car . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Tin Foil --- Its Uses and Manufacture 367--367
Anonymous The Industrial Progress and Requirements
of New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 368--368
Anonymous The Reception of the Mining Engineers at
the Stevens Institute . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Patent Infringement Cases . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 370--371
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 385--386
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 388--388
Anonymous Suspension Truss Bridge, Powdered Coal
for Unhealthy Plants, and more . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Self-Lubricating Box and Shaft Bearing 375--376
Anonymous Alloys for Bells, Gongs, Cymbals, Etc. 377--377
Anonymous Heat and Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Improved Puddling Tool . . . . . . . . . 379--381
Anonymous Mill Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Riveting Device . . . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Strengthening Emery Wheels . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Peart's Patent Pit Car Wheel . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Discharging Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Steam Propulsion on Canals . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Eight Hours' Work and Ten Hours' Pay . . 383--383
Anonymous Information on Gum Copal . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous The United States Senate on Compensation
to Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383--384
Anonymous The Sewing Machine Ring in a New Role 384--384
Anonymous Screw Elevators . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 387--387
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous Improved Coffee and Grain Dryer, Solvent
for Coralline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Guardiola's Pestle for Hulling Coffee,
Rice, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous From the Atlantic to the Pacific . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Gunpowder Pressure Gages . . . . . . . . 394--394
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Anonymous How to Make a Cheap Hydrogen Lamp . . . 130--130
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Anonymous Manufacture of Pins . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Spring Power for Sewing Machines . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Goodridge's Automatic Lamp Extinguisher 134--134
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Anonymous Security against Thieves . . . . . . . . 135--135
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Anonymous The Coolest Place in New York . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Promotions at the Patent Office . . . . 136--136
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Anonymous The Advantages of Scientific Education 145--146
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Anonymous Handles for Barrels and Boxes . . . . . 146--146
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Anonymous The Newark Industrial Exposition . . . . 168--168
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 170--171
Anonymous Foreign Patents --- A Hint to Patentees 172--172
Anonymous New Patent Law in Canada . . . . . . . . 172--172
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Anonymous A List of Velocities . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 181--181
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 186--187
Anonymous New Patent Law in Canada . . . . . . . . 187--187
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 204--204
Anonymous Combined Regulator and Alarm . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous The Manufacture of Olive Oil in
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Anonymous Iron as a Material of Construction . . . 192--193
Anonymous The Pneumatic Despatch . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Cuban Sugar Manufacture --- Modern
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Anonymous The Sand Blast Process for Cutting Hard
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Anonymous Improvement in Harness Breast Straps . . 195--195
George W. Rains and
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Anonymous Coffee Hulling and Polishing Machine . . 198--198
Anonymous Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Binary Vapor Engines . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Another Great Engineering Work . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Fast Canal Steaming . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Causes of Extraordinary Conditions
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Anonymous The Government Examination of Breech
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Anonymous Who Is Dr. Vander Weyde? . . . . . . . . 200--200
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 202--203
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Anonymous New Patent Law in Canada . . . . . . . . 204--204
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Anonymous Twenty Inch Smooth Bore Gun for the
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Anonymous The proposed Half Million Grab . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Revival of American Shipbuilding . . . . 368--368
Anonymous The California Diamond Bubble . . . . . 368--368
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Anonymous Electricity at the Stevens Institute.
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Anonymous A Patent Poisonous Pavement . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Key Seat Cutting Machine . . . . . . . . 390--390
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Anonymous Improved Drawing Table . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous The New Prussian Rifle . . . . . . . . . 391--391
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Anonymous Retirement of Judge Nelson . . . . . . . 401--401
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Anonymous Science Record for 1873 . . . . . . . . 401--401
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Anonymous Government Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . 407--407
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Anonymous Professor Tyndall's Third Lecture in New
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Anonymous Design for Ball Ground Pavilion . . . . 39--39
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Anonymous Professor Tyndall's Fourth Lecture in
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Anonymous Bridle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
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Anonymous New Tunnel under the Harlem River, New
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Anonymous Three Cylinder Engine . . . . . . . . . 55--55
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Anonymous Scientific and Mechanical Possibilities 57--57
Anonymous A Typo-Statue to Horace Greeley . . . . 57--57
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Anonymous Kindling Wood Splitter . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Shoe Stretcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--79
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Anonymous The Balance Wheel Question . . . . . . . 81--81
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Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Plumbago, Black Lead, Graphite . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Combination Grinding Machine . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Improved Self Car Coupler . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The New St. Thomas' Hospital . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous English Agricultural Implements . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 89--89
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Anonymous Paddle Shafts for Pacific Mail Steamers 95--95
Anonymous Burning Water as Fuel . . . . . . . . . 96--96
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Anonymous Are the Planets Inhabited? . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The New York State Reward for
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Anonymous The Employment of Women . . . . . . . . 97--98
Anonymous Arsenic Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
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Anonymous The Boston Fire Commissioners' Report 98--98
Anonymous The System of Snow Protection on the
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Anonymous The Lost Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Steam Filter and Condenser . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Lynn's Anti-Freezing Railroad Tank Valve
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Anonymous Floating Station for Floating Fire
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Anonymous Novel and Cheap Railways in Portugal . . 115--115
Anonymous Engineering Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
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Anonymous A Word with the Reader, Thinker, and
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Anonymous Discoveries of Tin in Queensland . . . . 128--128
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Anonymous Professor Agassiz on our Colleges . . . 129--129
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Anonymous Rapid Transit in New York . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 129--129
Anonymous The Transit of Venus . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Cork Cutting in Spain . . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous Textile Fibers under Microscope . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Our Present Knowledge of the Sun . . . . 131--132
Anonymous Culinary Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Oscillating Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous New Gyroscope Governor . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Non-Radiating Steam Engine . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous Where and How to Advertise . . . . . . . 136--136
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Improved Self-Acting Fire Tank . . . . . 143--144
Anonymous Honor to Whom Honor is Due . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous A Novel Traction Engine for Rapid
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Anonymous Power Railway Brakes . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
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Anonymous The Proposed Introduction of Water
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Anonymous The International Metric Commission and
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Anonymous The Sewing Machine Monopoly . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Annexation of Brooklyn to New York 145--145
Anonymous Registering Tell Tale Clock . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Improvement in Safety Valves . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Stilwell's Lime Extracting Heater and
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Anonymous Local Boiler Inspection . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous A Novel Form of Key . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous A New Bottle Stopper . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Self-Lighting Signal Lantern . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Combined Blacking Brush, Box, and Holder 147--147
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 149--149
Anonymous Instrument for Measuring Fibers . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Emerson's Diamond Stone Saw . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous New Method of Attaching Handles to Saws 150--150
Anonymous The New Parliament House in Berlin . . . 151--152
Anonymous Patent Office Decisions . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 152--152
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Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Improved Hot-Pressing Machine . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous Poisonous Air in Schools and Factories 160--160
Anonymous Practical Results of the Eight Hour Plan
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Anonymous Foul Air Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Invertebrate Men . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Knowledge of the Truth . . . . . . . 160--161
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 161--161
Anonymous The King Penguin and the Australian
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Anonymous Phosphor-Bronze Tweers . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Elastic Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Sectional Life Boat . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Odd Materials for Paper Making . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Improved Grain Cleaner . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Steam Reaper and Mower . . . . . . . . . 166--167
Anonymous Bridge over the Missouri River, Near
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 168--169
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 170--171
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous A Mammoth Band Saw . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous A Uniform System of Colors . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Papin's Digester for Cooking . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Dangerous Mineral Oils . . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Sailing Faster than the Wind . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous The Invention of the Leyden Jar . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 177--177
Anonymous Elastic Washing Mitts . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Barber's Hair Blowing Apparatus . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Early Plans for Railways . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Improved Folding Chair . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Soap Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Grocer's Sample Case . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous The Pantagraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Screw Driver Attachment . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Bradley's Cushioned Hammer . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Improved Wash Boiler Attachment . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Blasting in a Coal Mine . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Patent Office Decisions . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 184--185
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 185--185
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 186--187
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Improved Stone Quarrying Machine . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Explosions Due to Low Water . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Injustice to Workmen . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Proposed New Patent Law in England . . . 192--192
Anonymous Pseudo Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Lens Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Curious Effect of Light on Selenium . . 193--193
Anonymous The Siphon Recording Telegraph
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Anonymous The Vienna Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Detroit River Tunnels . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 193--193
Anonymous Kircher's Remarkable Observations
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John Anderson The Strength of Timber . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous New Valve Gearing for Steam Engines . . 198--198
Anonymous Gin Saw Filing Machine . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous The Coffee Gardens of Arabia . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Ralston Inclined Railway . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Bridal Veil, Havana Glen N.Y. . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Hixson Beehive . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 200--201
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 202--203
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 216--216
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Revolving Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Reversible Best Single Wheel Grinder . . 207--208
Anonymous The Intellectual Enjoyments of Science 208--208
Anonymous Pile Driving and the Laws of Impact . . 208--208
Anonymous Water as Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Chemistry in Leipsic . . . . . . . . . . 208--209
Anonymous Singular Cause: of Fire . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Vesuvius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Greek New Testament . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Contagious and Infectious Diseases . . . 209--209
Anonymous Corn Plow and Marker . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous An Improved form of the Selden Steam
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Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Child's Hat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Nail Driving Hatchet . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Washing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous The Increasing Wealth of the World . . . 212--212
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 212--213
Anonymous Horseshoe Nail Machinery . . . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous How Shall I Introduce My Invention? . . 216--216
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 216--217
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 218--219
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Improved Duplex Safety Gun Lock . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Compound Chair for Connecting Railroad
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Anonymous Astronomical Effects of the Ocean Tides 224--224
Anonymous A Simple Method of Improving the Health
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Anonymous Carbonic Acid in the Soil . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Steam on the Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous European Street Car Improvements . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Nebraska Patent Laws . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
Anonymous A Munificent Gift to Science . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Eccentric Inventors . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The Ignition of Combustibles by
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Anonymous A New Mitrailleuse . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Telegraph Poles . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Sound and Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 229--229
Anonymous Improved Radial Drilling Machine . . . . 230--230
Anonymous High Steam Gage and Low Water Register 230--230
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Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 232--232
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Anonymous Trials of the Ellis Vapor Engine . . . . 276--276
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Anonymous New Machine for Sinking Well Tubes . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Agricultural Machine Works of
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Anonymous The Physical Condition of the Planets 288--288
Anonymous The Fly Wheel. --- Exact Formulas by
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Anonymous The New Ocean Telegraph Cable . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Another Phase of the Vienna Exposition 288--288
Anonymous The Geographical Work of the World in
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
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Anonymous Opening of the Vienna Exposition . . . . 304--304
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous The Manufacture of Zinc and Zinc White,
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Anonymous Medical Practice in Early Times . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Horse Power and the Power of the
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Anonymous Loss of the Polaris . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
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Anonymous Hat and Coat Hook . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Improved Metallic Stuffing Box . . . . . 322--322
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Anonymous Mining Schools and Colleges . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Experiments on the Strength of Materials 336--336
Anonymous Rights of Purchasers of Patented
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Anonymous The New Philadelphia Steamships . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Vienna Exposition --- Appointment of
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Anonymous The New York Post Office . . . . . . . . 336--337
Anonymous Modern Printing Machinery and Appliances
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Anonymous About Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Iron Bridge Construction . . . . . . . . 338--340
Anonymous The Wonders of the Egg --- IV . . . . . 340--341
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Anonymous The Sigl Mitrailleuse . . . . . . . . . 342--342
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Chain Making Machine . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Leather Belting . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Scientific Executions . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous The Latest Arctic Explorations --- The
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Anonymous American Exhibits at the Vienna
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 353--353
Anonymous Water Main Tapping Machine . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Improved Cutting Nippers . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Miner's Drill Bar and Bits . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Improved Plow Handle . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous A Collapsing Life Boat . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Chandler's Patent Dip Pipe . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A New Deep Sea Thermometer . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The Wonders of the Egg. --- IV . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Sanitary Notes --- Drainage for Health 356--357
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Improved Rotary Steam Engine . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Feed and Filter for Steam Boilers . . . 358--358
Anonymous Country Cottage and Stable . . . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous Patent Office Decisions . . . . . . . . 360--360
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Anonymous Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Automatic Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . 367--368
Anonymous Our Coal Deposits --- Their Formation
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Anonymous Electrical Fire Arms . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Bisulphide of Carbon . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous A Gas-Propelled Boat . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
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Anonymous Pumping Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Wenham's Heated Air Engine . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Improved Garden Hoe . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Fireproof Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The Belgian Dray . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous M'Grath's Patent Side Stick and Quoins 371--371
Anonymous Sanitary Notes --- Food and Its
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Anonymous Positive Circulating Vertical Tube
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Anonymous The Needle Valve Automatic Oil Feeder 374--374
Anonymous Scotton's Patent Round Tree Box . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Portable Steam Renovator . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Tannate of Soda . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Adjustable Pulley Bolt . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Whiffletree Stub . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
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Anonymous Best Mode of Introducing New Inventions 379--379
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous New Double Spindle Drill . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Improved Cooking Vessel . . . . . . . . 383--384
Anonymous The Digestive Apparatus . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Thick Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Pneumatic Foundations . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Preparation of Gelatin . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Spectroscope Simplified . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous The Chicago Inter-State Industrial
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Anonymous Freight Business of New York City across
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Anonymous The American Institute Fair . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 385--385
Anonymous Silkworms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Iron Ship Construction . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous A New Preventive for Slipping Belts . . 389--389
Anonymous Emery Grinder with Adjustable Table . . 390--390
Anonymous Lock Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Improved Spindle Step . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Car and Passenger Elevator . . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous Sanitary Notes --- Milk and Its
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Anonymous Answers Correspondents . . . . . . . . . 395--396
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Anonymous End of Another Half Year . . . . . . . . 400--400
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Anonymous Renewal of the Reward of One Hundred
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Anonymous Comets --- Their Character and Source 400--400
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Anonymous Time Around the World . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Texas Pacific Railroad . . . . . . . 401--401
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Anonymous New Rifle Attachment for Fowling Pieces 402--402
Anonymous New Mode of Chair Construction . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Blacking Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Carre's Electrical Machine . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Tobacco Hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Straw-Burning Portable Engine . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous Alcohol from Flint and Quartz . . . . . 404--405
Anonymous Sanitary Notes --- sewerage and Sewage 405--405
Anonymous Bee Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Brewster's Patent Combination Tallow Cup 406--406
Anonymous Soldering Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Boynton's Revolving Evaporator . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Parlor Aquarium and Fountain . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 408--408
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Answers to Correspondents . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 410--410
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous The Preparation of Peat for Fuel . . . . 1--2
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Steam Plowing by Direct Traction . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous The Measurement of Power . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous The Coming Pavement . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Letters from Commissioner Thurston . . . 16--16
Anonymous The Digestive Apparatus . . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous Mordants for Aniline Colors . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Fish Culture by Farmers . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous The Recent Arctic Expedition . . . . . . 17--18
Anonymous The Mechanical Pigeon . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous The Common Beetle . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Notes from the Vienna Exposition . . . . 19--19
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Anonymous Successful Laying of the Fifth Atlantic
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Anonymous Composite Ship Construction . . . . . . 23--24
Anonymous A New Thermo-Electric Battery . . . . . 24--24
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Anonymous To Investors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
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Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Street Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Invention the Mother of Necessity . . . 32--32
Anonymous Boilers and Boiler Owners . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Underground Railways in American Cities 32--33
Anonymous Snake Poisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous To Europe in a Balloon . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Notes from the Vienna Exposition . . . . 34--34
Anonymous New Form for Metallic Telegraph Poles 35--35
Anonymous Cummings' Steam Mowing, Reaping, and
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Anonymous Electric Gas Lighter . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Specific Gravity Indicator . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous The Great Leopard Moth . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous En Route to the Great Exposition ---
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Professor R. H. Thurston . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous An Improved Horse Collar Brace . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Novel Claw Hatchet . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous New Heel Plate for Boots and Shoes . . . 38--38
Anonymous A New Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
Anonymous Robert Wilhelm Bunsen . . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous The New Electric Light in London . . . . 40--40
Anonymous Light and Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous To Europe in a Balloon . . . . . . . . . 41--41
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Anonymous Combined Water and Pressure Gage . . . . 198--198
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Anonymous Demming's Grown Sash Fastener . . . . . 259--259
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Anonymous That Ancient Sewing Machine . . . . . . 260--260
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Anonymous Improved Railroad Switch . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous A Forty Thousand Dollar Cow . . . . . . 263--263
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Anonymous Wood and Straw Paper Making in France 272--272
Anonymous Two Interesting Discoveries . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous New Order by the Commissioner of Patents 272--272
Anonymous Petroleum and Pine Tar Gases . . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 273--273
Anonymous The British Association . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Feeding and Watering Cattle in Railroad
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Anonymous A Simple Freezing Machine . . . . . . . 54--54
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Anonymous Indicating Steam Engines . . . . . . . . 64--64
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Anonymous Proceedings of the Patent Convention . . 65--65
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Anonymous Hydraulic Engineering Extraordinary . . 67--67
Anonymous The Canopus Stone . . . . . . . . . . . 67--68
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Anonymous Improved Furnace Bridge Wall . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Baffle Drill-Proof Safe . . . . . . 70--70
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Anonymous Answers Correspondents . . . . . . . . . 75--76
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Anonymous The Philosophy of the Sand Blast . . . . 81--81
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Anonymous Physician's Cane . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
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Anonymous Professor Proctor's Astronomical'
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Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 88--89
Anonymous Answers Correspondents . . . . . . . . . 90--91
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
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Anonymous The Autopsy of Professor Agassiz . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Microscopic Crystals in Plants . . . . . 96--96
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Anonymous The Origin of the Diamond . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Death of Dr. Livingstone . . . . . . 97--97
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Anonymous Captain Galton's Ventilating Fireplace 99--99
Anonymous How Greenbacks are Cancelled . . . . . . 99--99
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 329--329
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
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Anonymous Governors for Prime Movers . . . . . . . 336--336
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Anonymous The American Social Science Congress . . 337--338
Anonymous The Polar Clock --- The Time of Day
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Anonymous Todd's Improved Horseshoe . . . . . . . 342--342
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Anonymous Jenkins' Patent Compound Hatchet . . . . 342--342
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Anonymous Answers Correspondents . . . . . . . . . 346--347
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Anonymous Hotz's Patent Self-Closing Faucet . . . 358--358
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 381--381
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Anonymous Youngman's Improved Slide Valve . . . . 166--166
Anonymous India Rubber Shoes for Horses . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous A Balloon Steering Device . . . . . . . 167--168
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Anonymous A Hand Coal Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Yellowstone Hot Springs . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous Dentistry in the United States . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Improved Water Wheel Governor . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Disaster in Launching a Turret Ship on
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Anonymous Animals are Automata . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Professor Tyndall's Address . . . . . . 192--192
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Anonymous American Beacon Lights . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Alaska and the Icelanders . . . . . . . 193--193
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Anonymous Starling's Ferrule and Hook for
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Anonymous Improved Rudder . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous On Lifeboats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 197--198
Anonymous Lordon's Improved Lantern . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous The Fire on the Hearth . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Rowland's Wagon Jack . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Improved Brick; Pressing Machine . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Novel Engine and Boiler . . . . . . . . 199--199
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 58--58
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Improved Rotary Pressure Blower . . . . 47--47
Anonymous The Sovereigns of Industry . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous A Box Trick to Beat Hartz' . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Testing the Correctness of Figures by
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Anonymous P'i-Ryi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous Loss of a Large New York Mail . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Improvement in Canal Navigation . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Amalgam Fillings for the Teeth . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 49--49
Anonymous The Bessemer Oscillating Saloon . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Tubular Floating Docks . . . . . . . . . 51--52
Anonymous A New Method of Measuring Surfaces,
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Anonymous Improved Potato Cutter and Planter . . . 54--54
Anonymous Broadbooks' Excelsior Pruning Shears . . 54--54
Anonymous Blaisdell's Improved Railway Tie . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Combined Aquarium and Plant Case . . . . 55--56
Anonymous The Physical Phenomena of Germination 57--57
Julius Wiesner The Vegetable Fibers at the Universal
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Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 58--58
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--61
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 73--73
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 74--76
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Improved Diamond Stone Saw . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Electric Earth Batteries . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Torpedoes for Harbor Defense . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Something about Balloons . . . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous Senate Confirmations . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 65--65
Anonymous Improved Die Tap . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Filtration under Pressure . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous The Underground Railway, New York City 67--68
Anonymous The Crescent Steel Works at Pittsburgh,
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Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Cutting Gear Wheels . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Bessemer Saloon Steamship . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Highland and Lowland Cattle . . . . . . 71--71
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Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 73--73
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--85
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 90--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Holmes' New Barrel Machinery . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous The Example of France . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The ``Science'' of Spiritualism . . . . 80--80
Anonymous To Our Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Have a Specialty . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous ``Ourselves, as Others See Us'' . . . . 81--81
Anonymous A Problem Relating to the Sphere . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 81--81
Anonymous The Pernot Rotary Puddler . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous A Self-Corking Bottle . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Combined Knife and Pepper Box . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Tulip Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous The Sardine Industry . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 89--89
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--101
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous The Excelsior Universal Wood Worker . . 95--96
Anonymous Patent Law Amendments . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Can Ants Talk? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Sewing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Prospects for 1875 . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Science Record for 1875 . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous An Ancient Metric System . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Underground Railway, New York City 98--98
Anonymous Baker's Improved Bootjack . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous The Belgian Mode of Lowering Miners in
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Anonymous Combined Wrench and Bolt Cutter . . . . 99--99
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Improved Camp Lounge . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Improved Grate Bar . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Remarkable Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 105--105
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 121--122
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous The Proposed Niagara Bridge at Lewiston,
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Anonymous Metaline at the American Institute . . . 112--112
Anonymous Accurate Alignments . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Flying Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous The ``Science'' of Spiritualism . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Not the Best Way to Sell a Patent . . . 113--114
Anonymous Irrigation in Colorado . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Improved Water Motor . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Measuring Mountains . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 115--117
James Orton The Voices of Animals . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Recent Researches in the Spectra of the
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Anonymous Improved Plenum and Vacuum Pump . . . . 118--118
Anonymous A New Sad Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Hayden's Revolving Cartridge Belt . . . 118--118
Anonymous Wellman's Improved Car Seat . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous A Hairy Faced Family . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous Ocean Telegraphy. --- The Foreign
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Anonymous The Post Office a Carrier of Merchandise 121--121
Anonymous Decisions of the Patent Office . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 122--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 138--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous The Engineering: Works Through, Under,
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 128--128
Anonymous The Generation of the Wicked . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous How to Rush a Patent Through . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Spontaneous Combustion at Steam Heat . . 129--129
Anonymous An Important Patent Office Decision . . 129--129
Anonymous Children and Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Labor Troubles in Russia . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Horse Flesh as Food in France . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous The Proportions of Sewers . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous New Chilian Armor Clads . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Mr. Seth Green's New Spawn-Carrying
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Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Re-Sawing Band Saw . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous A New Pie Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Improved Awning . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--135
Anonymous Public Buildings in Brussels . . . . . . 135--137
Anonymous Decisions of the Patent Office . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 137--137
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 152--152
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 154--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Chasing Screw Threads . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous Report of the Commissioner of Patents 144--144
Anonymous Progress and Prospects of Solar
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Anonymous An Immense Telegraphing Establishment 144--145
Anonymous A New Style of Book-Making Needed . . . 145--145
Anonymous What are Bacteria? . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Improved Lady's Work Table . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Improved Sad Iron . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous A Machine Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--148
Anonymous Ants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 149--149
Anonymous Improved Self-Heating Fluting and Sad
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Anonymous Improved Bale Tie for Wire Bands . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Cylindrical Standard Gages . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Life-Preserving Mattress . . . . . . . . 150--151
Anonymous The Breton Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous Decisions of the Patent Office . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 153--153
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 168--168
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Amateur Taxidermy . . . . . . . . . . . 159--160
Anonymous The New Rule of the Patent Office . . . 160--161
Anonymous Piscicultural Progress . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Nature's Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Rubber Tipped Pencils . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Waste Land and Forest Culture . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Improved Animal Trap . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The Manipulation of Pruning . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Non-Freezing Float Steam Trap . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Improved Safety Governor . . . . . . . . 163--164
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 164--165
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Improved Railway Axle Box . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Two Remarkable Plants . . . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous Engineers, Contractors, Machinists, and
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Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 169--169
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 186--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Porcelain Manufacture in New York . . . 175--176
Anonymous Crossing the Boundary of the
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Anonymous Foreign Exhibitors at the Centennial . . 176--177
Anonymous American Porcelain . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous A Variable Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Metallurgy of Iridium . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Fireman's Respirator . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The New Revelations of a Snow Flake . . 178--178
Anonymous Improved Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A New Steam Launch . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A Three-Wheeled Omnibus . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 181--181
Anonymous Improved Center Draft Tongue for Reapers
and Mowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Improved Mining Dial . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Reid's Automatic Hatchway . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Improved Pipe Joint . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--184
Richard H. Buel The Volume and Weight of Distilled Water
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Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 185--186
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--197
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 200--200
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 202--204
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Porcelain Manufacture in New York . . . 191--192
Anonymous Frozen Pipes and Hydrants . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Increase of Postal Charges . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Models by Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous A Trade Mark Rejection . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Partnerships of Ants and Plants . . . . 192--193
R. H. Thurston Molecular Changes in Metals . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Improved Tree Protector . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous To Make Ovals and Circles of any Size 194--194
Anonymous Measuring Building Materials . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Improved Sugar-Refining Tank . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Gathering and Storing Ice . . . . . . . 195--196
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Improved Hydraulic Motor . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Improved Device for Laying Out Sashes 198--198
Anonymous An East Indian Ornamental Shrub . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Cut-Leaved Begonia . . . . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 200--202
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 218--220
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous The Saxby and Farmer Safety Switches and
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Anonymous Science in Common Schooling . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Syrian Sponges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--209
Anonymous Inspection of Boilers . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Michigan's Salt Interests . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Mission of the Fly . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Hudson River Tunnel at New York . . 211--211
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 213--213
Anonymous Improved Water Injectors . . . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous Red Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 216--218
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 234--236
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous The Pneumatic Despatch System in the
Western Union Telegraph Building, New
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Anonymous The Industrial Condition of Germany . . 224--224
Anonymous How Science is Annihilated . . . . . . . 224--225
Anonymous How a Piece of Coal Burns . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Up or Down in Rapid Transit? . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Proposed Tunnel under Newark Bay . . . . 225--225
Anonymous A New Stellar Indicator . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Spectroscopic Quantitative Analysis . . 226--226
Anonymous Underground Refrigerator for Butchers 226--226
Anonymous The Earthquake Indicator . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous A Novel Decoy Fish . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Machine for Making Fence Pickets . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Improved Hoisting Machine . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous The Storage and Handling of Fluids . . . 229--229
Anonymous Improved Circular Saw Table . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Improved Windmill . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Strasbourg Cathedral and Its Clock . . . 231--232
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 232--232
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 232--233
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 248--248
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 250--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Wire Rope Traction Street Railway . . . 239--239
Anonymous Trade Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Home News by Way of the Sun . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous German Patent Law . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous A Street Railway Improvement Wanted . . 241--241
Anonymous A New Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous How to Build a Windmill . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 241--241
Anonymous New Mode of Slaughtering Cattle . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Improved Bottle Stopper . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Extermination of the Phylloxera . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Giffard's Railway Car . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous A Novel Design for a British Channel
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Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism Number XXI . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Improved Bolt Cutter . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Improved Dinner Pail . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Tomlinson's Improved Chimney Cowl . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Grayhound . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Kagu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
Anonymous A Prize Plan for a Fireproof House . . . 248--248
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 249--249
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Improved Bridge Construction . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Important Changes Proposed in the
British Patent Laws . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous A New Machine for Removing Snow from
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Anonymous Progress of Rapid Transit in New York 256--257
Anonymous Amalgams for Filling the Teeth . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Test of American Iron and Steel . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Another Earthquake Indicator . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Kaolin in the United States . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 257--257
Anonymous Beckwith's Improved Lumber Dog . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous A New Mercury Air Pump . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Dittman's Improved Locking Nut . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Apparatus for Determining the
Impermeability of Tissues . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous The Sun's Position at Different Seasons
of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous A New Tack Hammer . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous The Anatifa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous A Chinese Patentee . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Improved Shingle Machine . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Improved Tanning Process . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Secretary Bird . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Wardian System of Plant Cases . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Modern Theory of Color . . . . . . . 264--265
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 266--266
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 281--281
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 282--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Improved Shingle and Heading Machinery 271--271
Anonymous The Money Value of Education . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Photo-Mechanical Printing . . . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous Improvements at the Mouth of the
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Anonymous Motion on a Moving Body . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous What is the Cause of Tides? . . . . . . 273--274
Anonymous Smith's Improved Whiffletree Hook . . . 274--274
Anonymous A Curious Ocular Illusion . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Stockley's Improved Anti-Primer . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Whipple's Improved Clothes Dryer . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Improved Electric Lamp Lighter . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous A New Locking Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Movable Fronts for Buildings . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Improved Rotary Pump . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Growing Orchids . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The \em Solanum Crinitum . . . . . . . . 279--280
Anonymous Car and Carriage Springs . . . . . . . . 280--281
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 281--281
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Improved Coffer Dam . . . . . . . . . . 287--288
Anonymous An Inland Penikese . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous The Chain of Criminal Entailment . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Pictures Better than Stories . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Some Curious Results of Experimental
Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous The Recent Remarkable Progress in the
Steel Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous \em Cimex Lectularius . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Improved Gas Burner for Heating Purposes 290--290
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 290--290
Anonymous Heating Buildings with Hot Water . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Improved Sectional Pump Bucket . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The New Gold Fields . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Improved Safety Valve . . . . . . . . . 291--292
James Orton The Palms of the Amazons . . . . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous The Screw Pine of the Amazons . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Improved Waterr Wheel Governor . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Improved Meat Tenderer . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous New Design for a Conservatory . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Summer Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 296--297
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 312--313
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Improved Shears for Cutting Bar Iron . . 303--303
Anonymous The Genesis of Inventors . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Death in the Salt Cellar . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous The Agricultural Display at the
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Anonymous The Management of Boilers and Engines 305--305
Anonymous Improved Surface Planer . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Apparatus for Removing Condensed Steam
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Anonymous The New York River Front Improvements 307--308
Anonymous Scott's Patent Sheet Iron Roofing . . . 309--309
Anonymous Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Wolff's Button Hole Cutter . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Improved Low Water Indicator . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Novel Device for Preventing Runaway
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Anonymous The Little Dodo or Dodlet . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous The Meidinger Battery . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 313--313
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 330--332
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Improved Fulling Mill . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Schools of Observation . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Antiquity of Life . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Dangerous Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Coming Arctic Expeditions . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous Patent Litigation in England and the
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Anonymous Deadly Ballooning . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous The Laws of Storms . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Improved Chisel Tooth Saw . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Engine Valve Motion . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Improved Attachment for Injectors . . . 323--323
Anonymous Stewart's Improved Stove Damper . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Improved Turpentine Tool . . . . . . . . 323--324
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 324--324
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Skein Setter . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Improved Yarn Spooler . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous The Scorpion Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The Death's Head Moth . . . . . . . . . 327--328
Anonymous Car Axles and Couplings . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 329--329
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous The Virginia Ditcher . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
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Anonymous A Practical Cure For Vagrancy . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Wreck of the Schiller . . . . . . . 336--337
Anonymous A Success for the Fishery Commission . . 337--337
Anonymous Design Patents and Trade Marks . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The New International Postal Rates . . . 337--337
Anonymous Successful Transplantation of Bone . . . 337--337
Anonymous Our National University of Technology 337--337
Anonymous Improved Walk and Road Cleaner . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Merriman Life-Preserving Dress . . . 338--338
Anonymous Improved Boiler Feed Regulator . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Hight of Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Motive Power from Waves . . . . . . . . 339--340
Anonymous Sideboard Refrigerators . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Arrangement of Galvanic Batteries . . . 341--341
Anonymous Psycho Exposed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Improved Hub Borer . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Smith's Blind Slat Holder . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Smith's Improved Sheave . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous An Ornamental Gourd . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous A Spring Button Hole Bouquet . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Cottage Horticulture . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 344--344
Anonymous The Origin of Cold Snaps . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 346--346
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous A New System of Gas Lighting . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Organic Origin of the Earth's Crust 352--352
Anonymous Progress of Rapid Transit in New York
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Anonymous Great Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous The Distribution of Wealth . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The Durability of Glass . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 353--353
Anonymous The Bessemer Channel Steamer . . . . . . 354--356
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Improved Belt-Geared Cotton Press . . . 358--358
Anonymous New Sharpening Instrument . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Improved Bucket Ear . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Improved Hydrant . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous The Fatal Balloon Ascension . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Hood's Adjustable Brush Handle . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Eldridge's Self-Acting Key Fastener . . 360--360
Anonymous Car Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Hand Support for Sheep Shears . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 361--361
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Improved Compound Steam Boiler . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Driving on Tyres by Hydraulic Pressure 367--367
Anonymous Two Views of the Voyage of Life . . . . 368--368
Anonymous The Secret of Spring Weather . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous The Right to Interfere . . . . . . . . . 368--369
Anonymous The Iron Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Grasshopper Inventions Wanted . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Climate of the Ice Age . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Zimmerman's Hydro-Electric Lamp and
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Anonymous The Diseases of the Silk Worm . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Curious Experiment in Instantaneous
Crystallization . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Improved Saw Gummer . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Spar Torpedo Warfare . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
Anonymous Household Hints. --- I . . . . . . . . . 372--373
Anonymous Arctic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Improved Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Improved Bill File . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous English Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The Birds of Brazil . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 376--377
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Improved Cotton Gin Feeder . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Condensed Water Trap . . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Patent Politics in Ohio . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Civilization by Upheaval . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Progress of the Great Suspension Bridge
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Anonymous Refinements in Modern Astronomical
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Anonymous Samson or Solomon? . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 385--385
Anonymous The Fireless Railway System in England 386--386
Anonymous Stenography by Machinery . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Cooking by Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous The Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Brachiospongia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous Novel Gas Apparatus at the Paris Grand
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Anonymous Improvement in the Construction of
Prisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Improved Power Couplings . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Improved Barrel Hoop . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Abbe's Dish and Vegetable Drainer . . . 390--390
Anonymous Fuller's Combination Packing . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous The Homes of the Working Classes . . . . 391--392
Anonymous The Radiometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Household Hints --- II . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 393--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 408--408
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 410--411
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous The Grand Central Railway Depot . . . . 399--399
Anonymous A Beautiful Palm Tree . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The End of Another Volume . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 400--401
Anonymous The Bastie Patent Glass . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous A New Form of Patent Litigation . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Commercial Sponges . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous A New Registering Thermometer . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous The Bastie Toughened Glass . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous A Gigantic Ferry System . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Motive Force of Light . . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Improved Hand Cart . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Dunn's Improved Vine Rake . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Smith's Steam Sentinel . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Harrington's Improved Gun Sight . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous The Grouse Family . . . . . . . . . . . 407--408
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 408--408
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Hot Drafts for Steam Boiler Furnaces . . 1--1
Anonymous Cremation in the Household . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Tainted Meat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Rights of Employer and Employed in
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Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous The Search for the Pole . . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The Hydrology of South Africa . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 3--3
Anonymous Improved Three-Cylinder Pump . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Rudimentary Existence in Fresh Water
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Anonymous Revolving Fire Bars . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Improved Horse Hay Rake . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Improved Napper and Brusher . . . . . . 6--7
Anonymous The Animalism of Plants . . . . . . . . 7--8
Anonymous A New Magneto-Electric Engine . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 10--10
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--21
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Improved Flanging Machine . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Duplex Wheel Lathe . . . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous The Trustworthiness of the Senses . . . 16--16
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous The Natural History of Swindles . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Recent Improvements in Glass Manufacture 17--17
Anonymous The Planetary Atmospheres . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Engine for Blooming Mill Use . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Improved Rope Socket . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous A New Gas Blowpipe . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Nessle's Street Railway Rail . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Baldwin's Rotary Hand Stamp . . . . . . 19--20
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 21--21
Anonymous Improved Gang Plow Spring . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Improved Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Model Residences . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous Bullets, Cannon Projectiles, and
Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 25--25
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--37
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 42--44
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Improved Method of Transporting Bricks
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Anonymous Work for Arctic Explorers . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Instability of the Earth's Surface . . . 32--32
Anonymous The Colorado Potato Bug . . . . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous The Power of Small Engines . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Improved Engraving Machines . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Electric Light . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous Improved Railway Track . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Improved Fire Box for Locomotive
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Anonymous Knebworth Park, Hertfordshire, England 39--39
Anonymous The Song of Steam . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous The Irish--American Rifle Contest . . . 40--40
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 40--41
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--53
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Riveting by Hydraulic Power . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Taking a Chance . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous The New Phylloxera Remedy . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous Rate and Cause of Glacial Motion . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 49--49
Anonymous Improved Horse Yoke . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous A New Pyrometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The New Arctic Sledge . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Improved Railway Car-Washing Machine . . 51--51
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Artesian Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--55
Anonymous The Finches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Nessle's Street Railway Rail . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Medical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Testing the Color of Water . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous How to Put up a Water Closet . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 57--58
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 73--73
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Improved Boiler and Feed Water Heater 63--63
Anonymous The Strength of Insects . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Rapid Transit in New York . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous A City One Hundred and Eighty Thousand
Years Old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous Apparitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Prospects of Science on the Pacific
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Anonymous Dangers of Chloral Drinking . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Collegiate Races . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Improved Air Reservoir . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Device for Protecting Horses . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous New Clinical Thermoscope . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Improved Treadle Sawing Machine . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Improved Slide Valve Calculator . . . . 67--68
Anonymous Steller's Blind Slat Holder . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Smith's Improved Awl . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Alley's Bearing Feeler . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Improved Milking Tubes . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Cavender and Dallas' Corn Husking
Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Cycads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous The Ficaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 72--72
Anonymous The Jamin Magnet . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 74--74
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Improvement in the Ventilation of
Railway Tunnels . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Physical Life After Death . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous English Patent Law Discussion . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Centennial Trade Marks . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous The Difference between Water and
Nitro-Glycerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous The Use of Wire in Deep Sea Soundings 81--81
Anonymous Improved Elevator for Granular Matters 82--82
Anonymous Frozen Water in Bottles . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Fastenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Improved Rotary Rag Boiler . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Coleman's Key Holder . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Seel and Shaw's Tweer for Smith's Use 86--86
Anonymous Brechbiel's Cigar Wrapper Knife . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Russian Circular Ship . . . . . . . 87--89
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 90--90
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--101
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Improved Wood-Carving Machine . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The Great Ice Sheet . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Salicylic Acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Terrestrial Magnetism . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous A Year's Experience in Boiler Inspection 97--97
Anonymous An Enormous Peach Crop . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Podometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous A Powerful Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Wicker Coffins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Casting Steel in One Tun Ingots . . . . 99--100
Anonymous Improved Toy Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Improved Floor Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Improved Pressure Blocks for Planing
Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--103
Anonymous Hardy Azaleas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Cottage Architecture . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Combined Portable Aquarium and Wardian
Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--105
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 105--106
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Hell Gate Improvement . . . . . . . . . 111--112
Anonymous The Uses of Nature . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous The United States Commission on Boiler
Explosions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Queer Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous Constancy of the Ocean Level . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Experimental Steam Boiler Explosions . . 113--113
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 113--113
Anonymous Expected Resignation of the Commissioner
of Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The St. Louis Bridge . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Smith's Improved Bale Tie . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Korting's Steam Jet Bilge Pump . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Joining up Cells of Batteries . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous The Electrostatic or Induction Coil . . 115--116
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Improved Floor Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Sudden Grip Vise . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous New Reaping and Mowing Machinery . . . . 119--121
C. W. Wright The Chemical Fire-Fly . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 121--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 138--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Improved Feed Water Heater and Purifier 127--128
Anonymous The English Patent Bill . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous The Irrigation Works of India . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Is Education for Culture or for Use? . . 128--129
Anonymous Spirit Rifle Practice . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous The British Arctic Expedition . . . . . 130--132
Anonymous Augers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Spayth's Rafter Scale and Bevel Gage . . 134--134
Anonymous The Hercules Screw Propeller . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous New Life Raft . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Jones' Improved Blind Stop . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Ant-Eater Family . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Cobweb Apple Moth . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous The American Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 137--137
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 153--153
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Improved Power Punch and Shearing
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Anonymous What do we See? . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
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Anonymous Steel Bronze an American Invention . . . 144--145
Anonymous Death in the Nursing Bottle . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Clouds as Storm Signals . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 145--145
Anonymous A New Gunboat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
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Anonymous A New Circular Compass . . . . . . . . . 147--147
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Anonymous The Cataleptic Rooster . . . . . . . . . 147--148
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
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Anonymous New Method of Bending Pipes . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Improved Nail Extractor . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Bohart's Beer Cooler . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous El Baron De Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous The Heating Surface of Boilers . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous The American Association for the
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous The Centennial Buildings . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous A Solar Chronometer . . . . . . . . . . 159--160
Anonymous The Education of Sight . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Some New Volcano Revelations . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Progress of Rapid City Transit . . . . . 160--161
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Anonymous Traube's Artificial Cells . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 161--161
Anonymous Floating Fire Engines . . . . . . . . . 162--163
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Anonymous Improved Cooking Chamber . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Improved Ornamental Molding Machine . . 166--166
Anonymous \em Cochliostema Jacobianum . . . . . . 167--167
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Anonymous Theories of the Earth's Interior . . . . 168--169
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
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Anonymous Another View of Mr. Crookes' Last
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Anonymous Explosions in Gunpowder Mills by
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Anonymous Improved Universal Grinder . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Compresses Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous New Locomotive Feed Water Heater . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Furnace Working with Petroleum . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Electrical Speed Recorder . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Swans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 186--186
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--197
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
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Anonymous Insect-Eating Plants . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
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Anonymous The New Commissioner of Patents . . . . 193--193
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Anonymous Water Pressure Engine . . . . . . . . . 195--196
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 197--197
Anonymous Improved Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
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Anonymous A New Use for Criminals . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous How Far Will Bodies Sink in the Ocean? 208--208
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Anonymous Engineering in New Zealand . . . . . . . 211--212
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Anonymous Changing Salt Water to Fresh . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Wood's Patent Square-Inch Test Valve . . 214--215
Anonymous Knight's Improved Health Lift . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous A Model Villa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
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Anonymous The Relationships of Native Americans 224--224
Anonymous Amateur Engineering . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Teaspoonfuls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Proportions of Boilers . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Suspended Animation as a Preserving
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 225--225
Anonymous Universal Field Instrument . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous New Tide and River Gages . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Improved Friction Meter . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Captain Webb's Great Swimming Feat . . . 227--228
Anonymous Improved Ellipsograph . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Improved Railway Tie . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Fleury's Eureka Weatherstrip . . . . . . 230--230
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 249--250
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous The Eighty-Ton Guns . . . . . . . . . . 239--240
Anonymous The Fall River Strike . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Mending a Fifteen-Inch Shaft at Sea . . 240--240
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Anonymous The Postal Laws --- Amendments Needed 240--241
Anonymous Conservatism Versus Progress . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous The Fair of the American Institute . . . 241--241
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 241--241
Anonymous Improved Ice-Making Machine . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Two-Story Railway Cars . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Liquid Carbonic Acid as a Motor . . . . 243--244
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Improved Tire-Upsetting Machine . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Hennaman and Shaw's Boiling Pot . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Improved Metallic Column . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Grange Farm Mill . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Great Spotted Iris . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous \em Cupressus Nutkaensis . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Caladium Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Flamingo Plant . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Atmospheric Machinery . . . . . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 250--250
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 266--266
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Modern Suspension Bridges . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous J. and J. A. Crook's Saw Sharpener . . . 255--255
Anonymous The Geological Importance of Our Western
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Anonymous Carnivorous Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Fair of the American Institute . . . 256--257
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 257--257
Anonymous Flat Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Making Gas from Petroleum . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Novel Engine Counter and Tell-Tale . . . 258--258
Anonymous A Solid Flame Bunsen Burner . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Lloyd's Floating Apparatus . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous New Gas Regulator . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Cottrell and Babcock's Perfecting Press
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Anonymous Improved Ventilating Heater . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Portable Steam Engines . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Manatee or Cow Fish . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Land Tortoises . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Shoemaker's Opportunity . . . . . . 264--265
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 266--266
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--285
Anonymous Modern British Locomotives . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous Is Our Torpedo System Useless? . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous The Colleges and the Hard Times . . . . 272--272
Anonymous The Locomotive Semi-Centennial . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Progress of American Telegraphy . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Foreign Patents-Reduction of Costs . . . 273--273
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous The Fair of the American Institute . . . 273--273
Anonymous Improved Tea Kettle . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Combined Scissors and Ripping Knife . . 274--274
Anonymous Recent Hospital Construction . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Improved Friction Clutch Pulley . . . . 274--274
Anonymous The New Giffard Railway Carriages . . . 275--275
Anonymous New Method of Casting Steel Ingots . . . 275--275
Anonymous A Home-Made Compound Microscope . . . . 275--276
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Improved Grinding Mills . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Improved Refrigerator and Counter . . . 278--278
Anonymous Oriental Horticulture . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Useful and Curious Inventions . . . . . 280--281
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 281--281
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 282--282
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 282--282
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 298--300
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous A Powerful Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous The Goal of Evolution . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Instinctive Calculation . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Pineapple and Banana Fibers . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous The Origin of Mountains . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 289--289
Anonymous The Sheffield Steel Manufactures . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Diving Bell and Grapnel . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous J. A. Fay & Co.'s Mortising and Boring
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Anonymous The Psycho Mystery . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous Improved Steam Heater for Dwellings . . 294--294
Anonymous Method of Securing Fish Plates to
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Anonymous Black Cockatoos . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Iguana Family . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Earth Pits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Flower Pots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 297--297
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
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Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 314--314
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Improved Sawing and Grooving Machine . . 303--303
Anonymous Filth as the Source of Preventable
Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous What Fills the Interstellar Space . . . 304--305
Anonymous Foreign Patents-Splendid Opportunities
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Anonymous ``Wrinkles and Recipes'' . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Veneered Diamonds Again . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 305--305
Anonymous Pogpisil's Curtain Fixture . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous A Juvenile Inventor . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Preserving Grapes . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Improved Watchman's Time Check . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Locomotives of 1825 and of 1875 . . 307--308
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous Improved Wagon Brake . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Improved Drawing Press . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous The Artificial Coloring of Plants . . . 311--311
Anonymous Melon Cucumbers . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The Skimmias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Engineering Structures . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous Reduction in the Cost of Foreign Patents 313--313
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 314--314
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 330--330
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous A Strong Room for Valuables . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Surface Adhesion . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous How Some Mountain Gaps Have Been Formed 320--320
Anonymous The Woodbury Planer War . . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous Expansion and Contraction by Moisture 321--321
Anonymous Man as an Automaton . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous American Inventions Re-Discovered in
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 321--321
Anonymous A New Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Lubricating Device for Sewing and other
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Anonymous A New Patent File . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous The Proposed Refrigerator Steamer . . . 322--323
Anonymous Flasks for Liquid Carbonic Acid . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Ancient War Engines . . . . . . . . . . 323--325
Anonymous Laying off a Square . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Odorless Water Closet . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Hale's Duplex Water Elevator . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Production of Heat and Light . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The \em Yucca Stricta . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Miscellaneous Useful Inventions . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Professor Bunsen's New Apparatus and
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 330--330
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
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Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
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Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 345--345
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous New System for Ventilating and Cleansing
Drain Pipes in Buildings . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous The Gulf Stream as a Heat Carrier . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Patent Drive Well . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Cereals and Their Chemical Valve . . . . 336--337
Albert R. Leeds When is Water Unfit to Drink? . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Fair of the American Institute . . . 337--337
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 337--337
Anonymous The Hematite Iron Mines of England . . . 338--338
Anonymous Sheldon's Auxiliary Car Seat . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Setting Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Combined Hand and Slide Lathe . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The Antelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous The Sambur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Henry Morton A New Chromatrope . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous A New Induction Coil . . . . . . . . . . 344--345
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 345--345
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 362--362
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous The Hudson River Bridge at Troy, N.Y. 351--351
Anonymous Publishers' Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous The Great International Exposition . . . 352--352
Anonymous The Water Gas Delusion Again . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Curious Poison Stories . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The Source of Volcanic Action . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The Meeting of the Public Health
Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Working Steep Gradients by Locomotives 354--354
Anonymous Mein's Patent Governor . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Moore's Pulley Block . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Powell's Improved Burglar Alarm . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The Emission of Carbonic Acid from Roots 355--355
Anonymous The HolbrooK Patent Blind Hinge . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Meigs' Improved Dioptric Light . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Pedden's Improved Cow Tail Holder . . . 355--355
Anonymous Le Coentre's Sounding Apparatus . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Improved Sadiron . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous The Centennial Combination Culinary
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Anonymous Ironclad Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Miscellaneous Useful Inventions . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Inventions 362--362
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous New Woodwork and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Ballasting Machinery . . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Wood-Boring Machinery . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Publishers' Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous What is Hard Money? . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Mechanical Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Explosion at the Pullman Car Works . . . 368--369
Anonymous The Preservation of Hops . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous A Hint for the Holidays . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 369--369
Anonymous Improved Floodway for Warehouses . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Little Giant Steam Engine . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous A Mechanical Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Improved Lever Power . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Improved Tubular Bow Socket . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Hampton Court Palace and Gardens . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The Oldest Medical Work in the World . . 376--376
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 377--377
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
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Anonymous A New Grain Elevator . . . . . . . . . . 383--384
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Anonymous Making Excuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
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Anonymous Working Men's Reading Rooms . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous That Obnoxious Postal Law . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Six Good Reasons Why Every Manufacturer,
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Anonymous Steam Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Recent Improvements in the Screw
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Anonymous Robertson's Iron Fence . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Henry Morton A Non-Retreating Bunsen Burner . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Plate Shearing Machinery . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Donkey Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Improved Screw Cutting Die and Holder 390--390
Anonymous The Krupp Twelve Hundred Pounder Gun . . 391--391
Anonymous The Trinity Shoals Lighthouse . . . . . 391--393
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 393--393
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 393--393
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous Grand Central Depot Signal System . . . 399--399
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Anonymous Acidemetry Applied to the Testing of
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Anonymous New Double Shaping Machine . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Filters and Liquid Meters . . . . . . . 404--405
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Miller's Recoil Check for Guns . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Improved Universal Wheelwright's Machine 406--406
Anonymous American Silk-Spinning Machinery . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Greenhouses and Hothouses . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Plant Vases for Indoor Decoration . . . 407--408
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 408--408
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous Improved Saw File Guide . . . . . . . . 6--6
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Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 9--9
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Anonymous Seeing Distant Objects from Elevations 20--20
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Anonymous The Alocasias . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
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Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous Who Invented the Barrel? . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Lower California . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Rapid Bridge Building . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Water in the Pipes . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Improvements in the Manufacture of Coke 34--34
Anonymous Improved Apparatus for Emptying Aquaria 34--34
Anonymous Voting by Machinery . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Improved Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous Improved Still Column . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Improved Barrel Faucet Bushing . . . . . 38--38
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Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 42--42
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 57--57
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous New Railroad Depot . . . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Working Men's Visits to the Centennial 48--48
Anonymous Theory and Practice . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Drawbridge Inconsistency . . . . . . . . 48--49
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Anonymous Bamboo as a Source of Paper Stock . . . 49--49
Anonymous Our Water Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 49--49
Anonymous Improved Hat-Making Machinery . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The Knowles Horizontal Mining Pump . . . 51--51
Anonymous Steam Horse for Street Railways . . . . 51--52
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Improved Cotton Planter . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Improved Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Potin's Galvano-Electric Bath . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous The Gardens at Schönbrunn . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Cheese and Cider Making and Lard
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 58--58
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
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Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Improved Gas Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Steam on the Highways --- Ten Thousand
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Anonymous Galton's New Theory of Heredity . . . . 64--65
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Anonymous Safe Savings. --- an Improvement Needed 65--65
Anonymous Improved Fire Plug . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous The Rider Compression Engine . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Coining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous The Buddha Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Improved Band Sawing Machine . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous A Sensible and Substantial Grinding
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Anonymous The Penguin Family . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
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Anonymous The Patents of 1875 . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
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Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
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Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 73--73
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Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 90--90
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Improved Gas Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 63--63
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Anonymous Safe Savings. --- an Improvement Needed 65--65
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Anonymous The Rider Compression Engine . . . . . . 66--66
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Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 73--73
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Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Improved Revolving Furnace . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous ``Science Record'' for 1876 . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Machine Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Progress of the Great Jetty Works at the
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Anonymous Removal of Snow from City Railway Tracks 80--81
Anonymous High Gas Bills and Their Prevention . . 81--81
Anonymous A Neglected Industry --- Bee Culture . . 81--81
Anonymous A New Air Refrigerator . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Woodworking Machinery in England . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Manufacture of Dynamite . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Boot and Shoe Apparatus . . . . . . . . 83--84
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Improved Sulphurous Acid Apparatus for
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Anonymous Harding's Cushion Emery Wheel . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Noel's Improved Corn Planter . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Improved Thrashing Machinery . . . . . . 87--88
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 88--88
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 90--90
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
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Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--101
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 105--105
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous The New Telescope in the Paris
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Anonymous Re-Discoveries and Re-Inventions . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Felting and Its Uses . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous No Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Timber Waste a National Suicide . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Shall We Undergo Dissection? . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Patent Matters before Congress . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Atlantic Ferry . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Recent Improvements in Locomotive
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Anonymous Improved Automatic Cradle . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Brooks' Improved Clothes Dryer . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A New Steam Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Improved Adjustable Almanac . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Improved Jump Seat for Carriages . . . . 102--102
Anonymous The Fish Hawks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Power Looms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 105--105
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 120--120
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Improved Dumping Cart . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous Kentucky Weather Prophets . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Opium Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Aristocracy of All . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Improvements in the Organ . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous New Woodworking Machinery . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Automatic Sprinkler for Extinguishing
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Anonymous Improved Tools for Threading Bolts and
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Anonymous A New Blowpipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous New Applications of Electricity to Organ
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Anonymous Improved Sash Fastener . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Sewer Gas Trap . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Brush Binder . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Carpet Rag Looper . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Countersink for Boring Tools 119--119
Anonymous Household: Devices, Gates, and Hinges 119--120
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 120--121
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 138--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Improved Pumping Engine for Water Works 127--127
Anonymous What the Coming Man may be . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous A Man's Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous The Oil Resources of Africa . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous Another Neglected Industry --- Mushroom
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Anonymous Can We Protect Our Bank Vaults? . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Remarkable Pumping Engines . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous New Automatic Feed Water Purifier . . . 130--130
Anonymous Port's Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Improved Lathing Machine . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Improved Submerged Current Wheel . . . . 131--131
Anonymous A Simple form of Blowpipe . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Improved Barbers' Apparatus . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous A New Medicament . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Improved Leather-Dressing Machine . . . 134--134
Anonymous Water Regulator and Indicator for Steam
Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous A Caucasian Wild Geranium . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Extermination of the Phylloxera by
Alkaline Sulpho-Carbonates . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 136--137
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 137--137
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Australian Coast Defences . . . . . . . 143--144
Anonymous Industrial Art. --- Some Thoughts for
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Anonymous A Railroad Across the Eastern Continent 144--144
Anonymous The Education of Crows . . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous The Centennial Bill Passed . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Collapse of the Sheffield American
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P. H. Vander Weyde The Invention of the Telephone . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Improved Construction of Conservatories 146--146
Anonymous Wasps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous A New Centrifugal Filter . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Portable Crane for Locomotive Works . . 147--148
William Falke New Phosphides of Silver, and a Method
of Estimating Silver Quantitatively by
Means of Phosphorus . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous Improved Hay Tedder . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous A New Registering Pluviometer . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Rock-Drilling by Hand Power . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous The \em Chromis Paterfamilias . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous Medical and Philosophical Instruments 152--153
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 153--153
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Canadian Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 168--169
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous A New Source of Power --- Absorbent
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Anonymous The Coming Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Father of Waters . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Some Annals of a Successful Invention 160--161
Anonymous Cylinder Condensation . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Patent Rights vs. State Rights . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The St. Charles Railroad Bridge, Mo . . 162--162
Anonymous The Twin Channel Steamer Castalia . . . 163--163
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Anonymous Patent Gear-Cutting Attachment for
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Anonymous Smith's Flour and Meal Chest . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Cornell's Improved Lifting Jack . . . . 166--166
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
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Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
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Anonymous Fire Extinguisher Trials . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous The United States Metal-Testing Board 176--177
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 177--177
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Anonymous Distilling Stearin . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Improved Scroll or Reciprocating Saw . . 179--180
Anonymous Improved Head Muff . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous Production of Light from Mechanical
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Anonymous New Mode of Docking Vessels . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Improved Apparatus for Testing:
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
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Anonymous The Aqueduct of La Vanne . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Improved Watchmaker's Lathe . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Magneto-Electric Machines . . . . . . . 195--196
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Improved Millstone . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Improved Faucet and Vent . . . . . . . . 198--198
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Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Rapid Transit in New York . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Milking Cows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
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Anonymous The Naval Engineer Corps . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous The Science of Currency . . . . . . . . 208--208
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Anonymous To the Friends and Patrons of the
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Anonymous The Father of Waters . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Improved Universal Emery Grinder . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Improved Animal Trap . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous A New and Useful Architectural Work . . 211--211
Anonymous Markrud's Wagon Brake . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous The Stockwell Self-Lighting Gas Burner 211--211
A. Ricco The Chromostroboscope . . . . . . . . . 212--212
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous A Semi-Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Improved Controlling Nozzle . . . . . . 223--223
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Anonymous The Power of Boilers . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The Pay of the Patent Bureau . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous A Portable Hydraulic Riveting Machine 226--226
Anonymous The Manufacture of Anthracene . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Cattle of Thelemark, Norway . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Self-Closing Closet Lid and
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Anonymous A New Garden Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
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Anonymous Progress of the Centennial Exhibition 229--229
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Anonymous Weston's Lightning Rod Discharging Point 230--230
Anonymous Riggs' Method of Mending Cracked Bells 230--230
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Anonymous Animal Ferocity . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
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Anonymous Improved Kitchen Furniture . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Magnetic Spectrum . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A New Lecture Experiment . . . . . . . . 244--244
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Anonymous How the Earth is Weighed and Measured 245--245
Anonymous Testing Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Atkinson's Improved Desk . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Improved Mucilage Bottle . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous New Fusible Boiler Plug . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous An Ornamental Gourd . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous \em Acalypha Marginata . . . . . . . . . 247--248
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
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Anonymous The Practical Uses of the Spectroscope 257--257
Anonymous The Industrial Uses of Asbestos . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Improved Leather and Cloth Enameling
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Anonymous Improved Process of Capsuling
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Anonymous Improved Electro-Magnetic Dental Engine 259--259
Anonymous New Process of Preserving Wood . . . . . 259--260
F. L. Bartlett Estimating the Value of Bone Black . . . 260--260
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Anonymous Miller's Improved Hose Carriage . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Improved Method of Obtaining Water . . . 262--262
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Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 265--265
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous A New Bridge in Philadelphia . . . . . . 271--271
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Anonymous What They Say about Us . . . . . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous Death of the Millionaire Merchant . . . 273--273
Anonymous Animal Parasites . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 273--273
Anonymous Improved Window Screen . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Improved Oil can Nozzle . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Atchison's Engraving and Chasing Machine 274--274
Anonymous Vibert's Improved Lifting Jack . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Improved Adjustable Pipe Tongs . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Broken Stone Road-Making --- Blake's
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Anonymous Engines and Lightning Rods . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Improved Method of Propelling Canal
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Anonymous Improved Flood Gate . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A Chinese Scientific Journal . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 280--281
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Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
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Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
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Anonymous Darwin on Consanguineous Marriages . . . 288--288
Anonymous An Energetic Emperor . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous Self-Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous The Great Suspension Bridge Between New
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Anonymous Opening of a Remarkable Railway in
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Anonymous Artificial Eyes Made Sensitive to Light 289--289
Anonymous The Woodbury Planer War . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous The Loughbridge Air Brake . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Remarkable Ocean Steaming . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Improved Toy Pistol --- Mechanical
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Anonymous Heer's Driving Pulley . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Haptonstall's Diamond File . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Nash's Life-Preserving Stool . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Backus' Improved Oil Can . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous The Coral Islands. --- Their Nature,
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Anonymous The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Improved Keg and Barrel Machinery . . . 294--296
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 297--297
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 297--297
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous The Brayton Ready Motor or Hydrocarbon
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Anonymous A Centennial Number . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Silver and Gold Money . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous La Grande Chartreuse . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Worry and Its Physical Effects . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous The Apparent Size of the Moon at the
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Anonymous Progress of the Centennial . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Improved Automatic Tank Filler . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous A Simple Flower Vase . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Improved Machine for Straightening Metal
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Anonymous Improved Keg and Barrel Machinery . . . 307--307
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 307--308
Anonymous The Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous Improved Railway Switch Signal . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Shephard's Improved Churn . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous The Benton Patent Copper Float . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous The Cone-Berried Solanum . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Two Beautiful Yuccas . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous A New Form of Fernery . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Agricultural Machinery . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 313--313
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous The Centennial International Exhibition 319--319
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous American Progress --- I --- from 1776 to
1820 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous The Grasshopper Scourge of 1876 . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Fire Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Progress at the Centennial . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous The Centennial Exhibition --- The State
Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--324
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous The Centennial Buildings --- The
Industrial Pavilions . . . . . . . . . . 326--328
Anonymous The Di Cesnola Collection . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 329--329
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 330--330
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
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Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 344--344
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 346--348
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous The Allen Governor . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous American Progress --- II --- from 1820
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Anonymous Reclaiming the Steppes . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous French Artisans at the Centennial . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Opening of the Centennial . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Centennial International Exhibition 338--339
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Setting Engine Guide Bars . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Nitroglycerin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Improved Middlings Separator . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Improved Steam Riveter . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Improved Spoke-Setting Machine . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Improved Rowing Gear . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous White's Improved Washtub Stand . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 345--345
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 362--362
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous The Centennial Exhibition. --- The Great
Corliss Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous American Progress --- III. --- from 1840
to the Present Time . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous The Present Condition of the Centennial 353--353
Anonymous The Spanish Centennial Building . . . . 354--354
Anonymous The Centennial Buildings. --- The New
Jersey Buildings and the Women's
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Anonymous Muntz's Tannin-Testing Apparatus . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Stephenson's Horseshoe and Swage . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Collins' Dough Cutter . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Collins' Door Check . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Calculating the Speed of Wheels,
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Anonymous Scientific and Practical Information . . 356--356
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Improved Water Wheel . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Improved Cotton Stalk Puller . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous A Fish that Fishes . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous The Work of the United States Fish
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Anonymous Notes on Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Musical Vibrations . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Geometrical Chemistry. --- Remarkable
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 362--362
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous New System of Illumination by Reflection 367--367
Anonymous Spontaneous Combustion . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous What is Bad Water? . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous A Social Peril . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--369
Anonymous Suggestions for Young Master Mechanics 369--369
Anonymous Drugging Horses . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception Again . . . . 369--369
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Clark's Combined Gas and Oil Chandelier 371--371
Anonymous Moll & Altheide's Improved Air Pump . . . 371--371
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous The Scertain the Proper Length of a
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Anonymous Improved Turbine Wheel . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Improved Balanced Slide Valve . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Tea and Tea Culture . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
Malvern W. Iles New Method for the Detection of Nickel
in the Presence of Cobalt . . . . . . . 376--377
Anonymous An Old Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 378--378
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 393--393
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous The Lammergeyer or Bearded Vulture . . . 383--383
Anonymous Darwin's Theory of Pangenesis . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Another Dastardly Attack? . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Vortex Atoms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Industrial Applications of Carbonic Acid 386--386
Anonymous Improved Country Homes . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous New Cut-Off Mechanism . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous The Corpuscular and Undulatory Theories
of Light --- The Experiments of Crookes
and Pleasonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 388--389
Anonymous Improved Carving and Paneling Machine 390--390
Anonymous Some New Applications of Metaline . . . 390--390
Anonymous An Economic Fountain . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous New Winter-Flowering Iris . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Printing Machinery at the Centennial . . 391--391
Anonymous Agricultural Machinery . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 393--393
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--394
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Household Articles . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous Crystallized Osmium . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The End of the Volume . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous Inventors Misjudged . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
Anonymous A Dangerous Neighbor . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Mechanical Horse Grooming . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Improved Barn Door Fastening . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous A New Stone Lifter . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous A Simple Kerosene-Testing Device . . . . 402--402
Anonymous New Smoke-Burning Grate . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Plethysmograph . . . . . . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous The Centennial Horticultural Building 404--404
Anonymous Home-Made Probabilities . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Porcelain and Pottery . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Improved Portable Photographic Apparatus 406--406
Anonymous Another Inventor of the Balestrieri
Reflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous The Contents of a Cod's Stomach . . . . 407--407
Anonymous The Mygales --- Door Building Spiders 407--408
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patent . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 9--9
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous A Singular Collision . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous The Gallahue Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous New Investigations on the Earth's Heat 2--2
Anonymous Working Men's Homes. --- Sir Sydney
Waterlow's London Enterprise . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The Farmer's Foes . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous A Misapplied Testimonial . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous Improved Hot Blast Boiler Furnace . . . 4--4
Anonymous McMillan's Self-Regulating Gas Burner 4--4
Anonymous Scenes at the Centennial . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous A Novel Cultivator . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Improved Safety Bridge for Railroad Cars 6--6
Anonymous A Novel Device for Sewing on Buttons . . 6--6
Anonymous Almond's Improved Drill Chuck . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Nest-Building Fishes . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Scorpions of Egypt . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Joshua Rose A New Method of Making Surface Plates 8--9
Anonymous Decisions of the Court . . . . . . . . . 9--10
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 10--10
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 25--25
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Improves Universal Milling Machine . . . 15--16
Anonymous Practical Applications of the
Spectroscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Why are we Right-Handed? . . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous The Patent Drive Well . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Dangerous Architecture . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Two New Dental Inventions . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Apparatus for Setting Metal Axles . . . 18--18
Anonymous Improved Shaft Coupling . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Improved Automatic Signal Buoy . . . . . 19--20
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Wickersham's Fire Place Arch Bar . . . . 22--22
Anonymous A New Automatic Car Brake . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Tolman's Improved Lamp Chimney . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Elliott's Apparatus for Applying Croton
Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Improved Military Telegraph . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 24--25
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 25--25
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 25--26
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 41--41
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 46--46
Anonymous Band Re-Sawing Machine . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous Life without Light . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous The Oracles of Ancient Greece . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous Cams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Barometric Observations . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous A New Mechanical Money Box . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Trimming and Punching Roofing Slates . . 34--34
Edward Dunmore Photo-Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Improved Wagon Brake . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Improved Railway Rail . . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous Animal Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Joshua Rose Turning Hard Steel with the Aid of
Petroleum as a Lubricant . . . . . . . . 36--37
C. F. Brackett Harmony and Discord with Optical Studies 37--37
Anonymous Improved Pony Planer . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Umbrella Supporter . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Chaffin's Improved Hay Fork . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Various Species of Ant Lions . . . . . . 39--39
Anonymous Ice Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--41
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 41--41
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--42
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patent . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Centennial Exhibition. --- The
Campbell Printing Press . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous A Sensible Celebration --- What was Done
in New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Do Not Get Cool --- Health Hints for the
Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous Some Sources of Bad Water . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Improved Steam Jet Pump . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Combined Pocket and Draw Knife . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous New Mechanical Movement . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Self-Discharging Coal Hod . . . 51--51
Anonymous Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Improved Tool for Bending Horseshoes . . 51--51
Anonymous New Method of Molding Cylinders . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Facts and Figures Concerning the Earth
and its Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Improved Anvil for Paper Cartridge
Shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Improved Car Box Grinder . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Improved Saw Gumming Machine . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Influence of Chemical Fertilizers on
Potatoes and Grapes . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Water Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Multiplying Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous The Optics of Photography . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 58--58
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous Aerotherapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous The Emperor's Farewell . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Heated Terms --- Their Causes and
Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Living on Fifteen Dollars a Week . . . . 64--65
Anonymous Poisonous Garments --- A New Hot Weather
Peril . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous The Obnoxious Postal Law Partially
Repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Optical Inversion --- an External Sense
--- Perception . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Improved Car Brake . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A New Machine for Securing Bale Wires 66--66
Anonymous A New Electric Railway Signal . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A New Scissors Gage . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Improved Hay Elevator and Carrier . . . 67--67
Anonymous Hill's Direct-Acting Drop Hammer . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Improved Tube Well . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous A New Electric Battery . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Technical Education in the United States
as Illustrated at the Centennial . . . . 68--69
Anonymous Improved Chimney Cowl . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Improved Steam Governor . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Improved Hydraulic Anchor Lift . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Jaguar or South American Tiger . . . 71--72
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous The Industries and Resources of Japan 73--73
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 73--74
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 74--74
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--75
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous The Validity of Patents . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous Steam Hand Car --- Miniature Railroad
Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Workmen and their Instructors . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Ancient Grecian Glass . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Mechanical Vibration as a Substitute for
Anæsthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Canned Meats Poisoned with Mercury . . . 81--81
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Compressed Air as a Street Car Motor . . 82--82
Anonymous The Utilization of Petroleum and Natural
Gas in Blast Furnaces . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A New Compound Engine Jack . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Bartlett's Ozone Machine . . . . . . . . 83--83
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Improved Adding Pencil . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Ficht's Improved Lifting Machine . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Improved Check Rein . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Gas Works on the Kitchen Range . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Some Well Known British Moths . . . . . 87--88
Anonymous Chucks, Forms of Iron, and Lubricators 88--89
Anonymous The Industries and Resources of Japan 89--90
Anonymous The Oceanic Circulation Controversy . . 90--91
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 91--91
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous The Validity of Patents . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 105--106
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous New Improvements in the Harris--Corliss
Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Modern Rowing Races . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Our Yachts and Yachting . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The Ventilation of Railway Cars . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Timely Kerosene Dangers . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Thunderer Boiler Explosion . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Centennial Exposition . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Improved Fountain Pen . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Mediæval Iron Work . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Improved Spanner Wrench . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A Simple Rope Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A New Insect Powder Gun . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Effects of Tide Currents on Harbors . . 100--101
Anonymous Improved Device for Heating Air for
Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Improved Step and Extension Ladder . . . 102--102
Anonymous Improved Speed Governor . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Bees and Their Institutions . . . . . . 103--105
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 106--106
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous The Validity of Patents . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous The Hydraulic Annexe at the Centennial
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Berthelot's New Electro-Chemical
Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Is the Universe Composed Entirely of
Hydrogen! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Ocular Color Spectra and Their Causation 112--113
Anonymous A New Theory of Hay Fever . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Shall We Change Our Weights and
Measures? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous New Gatling Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Improved Split Wheel . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Improved Mortising Machine . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Improvements in Fire Engines . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A New Soldering Machine . . . . . . . . 115--115
Charles V. Riley ``Potato Pest Poison'' . . . . . . . . . 116--117
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Improved Woodworking Machinery . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Leland's Pipe Coupler . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Two Beautiful Palms . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
C. A. Young Meteorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous Exhibits of Foreign Technical Schools at
the Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 121--121
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous The Validity of Patents . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 137--137
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous Improved Hand Fire Engine and Hose
Carriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Physical Man in America . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Summer Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Artificial Guano . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous The Structure and Age of the Rocky
Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Incendiary Locomotives . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Breech-Loading Firearms . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Improved Amalgamating Apparatus . . . . 131--131
Anonymous New Lampwick Trimmers . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous A New Egg Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous The Development of Speech . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous The First Chinese Railway . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous The Impact of Light . . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous New Rail Saw at the Landore Steel Works 134--134
Anonymous A Japanese Flower Basket . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous A Swedish Centennial Exhibit . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous A Marine Aquarium . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous Musical Telegraphy in Paris . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 137--137
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous New Chemical and Miscellaneous
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous The Validity of Patents . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous New Bridge at Pittsburgh, Pa . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous The Moon's Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous The Recent Working Men's Demonstrations 144--144
Anonymous Is Anybody Sane? . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous How Tall are We? . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Improved Dredging Machinery . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Improved Woodworking Machinery . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Improved Six-Roll Planer, Matcher, and
Bender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--148
Anonymous The Exhibit of Cornell University at the
Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous The Facts of the Laws of Gravitation . . 148--149
Anonymous Nickel and Its Preparation . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Scientific Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Improved Boat-Lowering Apparatus . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Dueber's Improved Watch Case . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Improved Water Motor . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous The Weston Dynamo-Electric Machine . . . 150--150
Anonymous Oceanic Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Breech-Loading Firearms . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous The Tapayaxin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Improved Door Knob . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 154--155
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous The Validity of Patents . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous Improved Ditching Machine . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous The Green Fields of the Moon . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Workmen and Their Teachers . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous Is Rare Beef Dangerous? . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The ``Thunderer'' Explosion . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Lightning Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Breech-Loading Firearms . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Exhibition Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Improved Pipe Cutting and Threading
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Improved Sand and Gravel Separator . . . 163--164
Anonymous The Calorimeter of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology . . . . . . . . 164--164
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Improved Clothes Line Fastener . . . . . 166--166
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Anonymous A New Oil Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Improved Construction of Stables . . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Paper Egg Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Simple Dividing Machine . . . . . . . 195--195
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Anonymous The American Social Science Association 197--197
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Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
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Anonymous A Life-Preserving Cap and Cape . . . . . 242--242
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Anonymous Improved Air Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Improved Bucket Ear . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
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Anonymous The Advantages of Cheap Patents . . . . 256--257
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Anonymous A New Fodder Fork . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
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Anonymous Seasonal Behavior of Plants . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous The Blessings of Gunpowder . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous The Processes of Steel Manufacture . . . 265--265
Anonymous The Russian System of Trade Education 265--266
Anonymous The Profitableness of Irrigation . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Comparative Cost of Illumination . . . . 266--266
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Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 267--267
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
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Anonymous Some Extinct American Animals . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Prospect of New German Patent Laws . . . 272--273
Anonymous Progress of the Mississippi River
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Anonymous Steam Engine Slide Valves . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous More Centennial Awards . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Musical Building Blocks . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Improved Bale Hoop Tightener . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Improved Yarn Reel and Tester . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Sample-Weighing Scale . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Patent Gas Heater . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
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Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--277
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Improved Engine Indicator . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Improved Leveling Rod . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A White-Flowered Bramble . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Coca Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--280
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Anonymous Dr. Taylor Vs. Professor Huxley . . . . 288--288
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Anonymous Some Thoughts on Labor . . . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous Spiritualists' Facts and Real Facts . . 289--289
Anonymous New Chemical Test for Alcohol . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Petroleum Changed Into Electricity and
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Anonymous The Meeting of the National Academy of
Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous A New Water Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Improved Stopcock and Street Washer Box 290--290
Anonymous New Screw-Cutting Lathe . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Improved Wood Carpeting and Inlaid
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Anonymous Cutting Speeds for Lathe Work . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous Combination Chair and Secretary . . . . 294--294
Anonymous R. Hoe & Co.'s Improved Inserted Saw
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Anonymous The Hemiptera or Bugs . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Burbot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Minerals at the Centennial . . . . . . . 296--297
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Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 297--298
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Glass Making at the Centennial
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Anonymous Ultra-Darwinism . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Was it Vulcan? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous The Centennial Awards . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous The Return of the British Arctic
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Anonymous The New York Aquarium . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Detoxicated Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Thermostatic Apparatus for Controlling
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Anonymous A New Floue Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Compensating Steam Generating Apparatus 307--307
Anonymous Improved Siphon Head for Bottles. Etc 307--307
Anonymous The Meeting of the National Academy of
Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous Cutting a Left Hand Screw with a Right
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Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous Improved Ribbed Bale Tie . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous The Camacho Electro-Magnetic Engine . . 310--310
Anonymous The Grindstone Column at the Centennial 311--311
Anonymous Flying Lizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Hydrostatic Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Centennial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
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Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 330--330
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Improved Portable Sawmill . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The Ocean Echo --- Henry vs Tyndall
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Anonymous Slade Sustained . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Leverrier of Chemistry . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous Panics in School Houses . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Vulcan Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Irregularity of the Earth's Motion . . . 321--321
Anonymous Improved Shoe-Scolloping Machine . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Curiosities of the Centennial --- I . . 323--324
Anonymous The Merits and Demerits of Linnæus . . . 324--325
Anonymous New Ice Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous New Method of Setting Hair Triggers of
Rifles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Sap Spout . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Twist Drill and Tool-Grinding
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Improved Combination Desk and Book Case 326--326
Anonymous A Museum of British Birds . . . . . . . 327--328
Henry Morton The Gas Microscope . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Centennial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 330--330
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 350--350
Anonymous J. A. Fay & Co.'s Exhibit of Woodworking
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Anonymous The Close of the Centennial Exposition 336--336
Anonymous Intermittent Records and Their
Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
Anonymous The Stereoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Artificial Butter . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Salt Bluffs of Virgin River, Nevada 337--337
Anonymous Improved Fireproof and Burglarproof Safe 338--338
Anonymous Time Drop Attachment for Alarm Clocks 338--338
Anonymous Improved Bevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous A New Irrigator . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Locomotives and Railways . . . . . . . . 339--340
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Rapid Transit Locomotive . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Counter Gear for Lathes . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The Castor Oil Plant as a Tree . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous \em Bixa Orellana --- Annotta . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Centennial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 346--346
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 347--347
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 361--361
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous Improved Boiler Cleaner and Mud
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Anonymous The Putnam Machine Company's Steam
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Publishers' Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Prospects of Aeronautics . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous English Dealings with Food Adulterations 352--353
Anonymous What New York Might Do with the Great
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Anonymous Ammoniumnitrodiphenylamin . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Silence and Haste at Dinner . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous New Machine for Printing Colored Paper 354--354
Anonymous A New Steam Governor . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Improved Steam Gage . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Curiosities of the Centennial . . . . . 355--356
Anonymous The Practical Results of the English
Arctic Exploring Expedition . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Improved Feed Water Heater . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Improved Furnace Feeder . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Sea Serpents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Prehistoric Relics in Arizona . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Centennial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 361--361
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 363--363
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--373
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Improved Knife-Grinding Machine . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Publishers' Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Color Blindness and Its Remedy . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Otto of Roses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--369
Anonymous A Valuable Discovery in Electric
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Anonymous The Value of Fine Workmanship . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous The Niles Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous A Curious Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Improved Apparatus for Curing Tobacco 371--371
Anonymous A New Steam Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
C. V. Riley The Army Worm: Its Natural History
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Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Antique Gold and Silver Work . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Siemens' Sensitive Artificial Eye . . . 374--374
Anonymous A New Blowpipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous \em Æchmea Paniculata . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous House Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--377
Anonymous Centennial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 378--378
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 380--380
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--389
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous New Rotary Diamond Millstone Dresser . . 383--383
Anonymous Price's Improved Hose Coupling . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Publishers' Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Extension of Sense . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Great Cyclone in Bengal . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous An Indian Dust Storm . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Low Flying Balloons . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The Radiometer Not a Light Motor . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The Limits to Physical Culture . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The ``John Bull'' Locomotive at The
Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Lubricator . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Galvanometer for Testing Lightning
Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous A New Tackle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Tool Holders and Cutters . . . 387--387
Octavius Corder Pharmaceutical Apparatus . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous Denney's Improved Washing Machine . . . 390--390
Anonymous The Spirophore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A Novel Air Compressor . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A Sounding Hand Signal for Railroads . . 390--390
Anonymous New Chinese Deer . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Curious Fish at the New York Aquarium 391--391
C. V. Riley Locust Flights East of the Mississippi 392--392
Anonymous Centennial Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous The Occupations and Health of the
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 394--394
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Textile Machinery . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous The Lumber Trade in Pennsylvania . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The End of the Year . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous Publishers' Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous City Subscribers . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The Artist vs. The Artisan . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous Transfusion of Blood . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
Anonymous The Prevention of Fires in Theaters . . 401--401
Anonymous Remarkable Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Cremation of Baron De Palm . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Who Discovered the Circulation of the
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Anonymous Binding of Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Improved Solar Photographic Apparatus 402--402
Anonymous English Cheese --- Its Manufacture . . . 403--404
Anonymous M. Plante's Theory of the Formation of
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Anonymous Improved Semolina Separator . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous A Tasteful Flower Trellis . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Simple Laboratory Apparatus . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous New Combination Hand and Power Feed
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Anonymous The British Arctic Expedition . . . . . 407--408
Anonymous Supply of Bound Volumes . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous To our Subscribers . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 408--408
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 10--10
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous The Brown Automatic Cut-Off Engine . . . 1--1
Anonymous A Wonderful Treasure Trove . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Uninflammable Theater Scenery . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Defective Geometrical Teachings . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The form and Use of Calipers . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous A New Steam Capstan . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous A New Electric Fire Alarm and Bell Pull 4--4
Anonymous The Willes and Rowe Lightning Dumper . . 4--4
Anonymous Paper Box Making . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Improved Ice Cream Freezer . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Improved Portable Gang Sawmill . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A Colossal Aquarium . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Tobacco Pipe Fish . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
Anonymous A Micrometer Caliper . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
C. V. Riley Bots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 10--10
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Puddling Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Brayton's Hydrocarbon Motor . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Physicians as Patentees . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous The Obligations of Science to Goethe . . 16--16
Anonymous Color Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous More Remarkable Clocks . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous The Resignation of the Commissioner of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Tempered Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous The Centennial Pipe Vise . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Wieting's Improved Frame Clamp . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--22
Anonymous The Tanite Company's New Planer Knife
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Anonymous The Domestic Steam Engine . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous The Hare and Her Foes . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous How to Adjust Line Shafting . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous The Louisville Water Works . . . . . . . 25--25
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 26--26
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--27
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous The Buildings for the French Exposition 31--31
Anonymous The Prevention of Criminal Propagation 32--32
Anonymous The Geographical Distribution of Animals 32--33
Anonymous Modern Halls and Theaters . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous A Mutual Dissection and Decapitation
Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Colored Photo-Lithographs by Color-Blind
Cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous The Recent Arctic Expedition . . . . . . 34--35
G. P. Hachenberg A New Hygrometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous The Death of Commodore Vanderbilt . . . 36--37
Anonymous Chemical Progress in 1876 . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Water Velocipedes . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous A Toy Flying Machine . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Storm Glasses and Their Indications . . 38--38
Anonymous Dairy Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 40--41
Anonymous The Duplication of the Cube . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Gynomania and Other Manias . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Time Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Rope Gearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 43--43
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 58--58
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Wrought Iron Tubular Safety Boiler . . . 47--47
Anonymous The Modern Tendency of the Medical Art 48--48
Anonymous Ideation in Utero . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Inebriety as a Disease . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous A New Hunting Ground . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous A New Dredging Machine . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Carpet Stretcher . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Professor Mabey's Investigations on the
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Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Rivets and Riveting . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Improved Self-Oiling Axle Box . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Useful Kit of Screw-Cutting Tools . . . 54--54
Anonymous The Basilica of St. Peter's Rome . . . . 55--56
Anonymous The Strongest War Vessel in the World 57--57
Anonymous A New Steam Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 57--58
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 58--58
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 74--74
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous The Gorilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Some Suggestions for Future Polar
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Anonymous Mind Reading and Conjurors . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous The Cost of the East River Bridge . . . 64--65
Anonymous The Migrations and Dispersal of Animals 65--65
Anonymous The Cause of the Delay in Issuing the
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Improved Compound Engine . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A New Tube Expander . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A New Food Steamer . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Natural Hygroscopes . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Hippopotamus Dentistry . . . . . . . . . 67--68
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous The Respiration of Roots . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Improved Locomotive Spark Arrester . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Prickly Comfrey . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Chemical Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
Anonymous Chemical Progress in 1876 . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous \em \OEdema Glottidis . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 73--74
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 74--74
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 90--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Novel Hydraulic Railway Locomotive . . . 79--79
Anonymous Force Analyzed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The Encouragement of Insanity . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Medical Progress of the Past Year . . . 80--81
Anonymous Wholesale Heating . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Propelling Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Guardiola's Sugar and Coffee Machinery 82--83
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Improved Upright Moulding Machine . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Scientific Grain Mill . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Improved Hat and Coat Rack . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Largest Flower in the World . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Asparagus in Winter . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The Pinks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Spoke-Making Machinery . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Improved Lubricant-Testing Apparatus . . 89--89
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 89--89
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 106--106
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous The Eclipse Agricultural Engine . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Matter as a Mode of Motion . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Special Machine Work Versus Manipulative
Skill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous State Patent Laws . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Recent Studies of Luminous Flames . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Flower Trade of New York . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Putting in Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Solar Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Ornithological Deformities . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous A Tractile Power Economizer . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Improved Safety Valves . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Improved Cow Milker . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Hydraulic Punching Machine . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Faience Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous The New Sun and its Disappearance . . . 104--104
Anonymous The Resources of the Pacific Coast . . . 105--105
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 106--106
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 122--122
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Dates and the Date Palm . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous For Posterity --- A Suggestion . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous The Lost Arts in New York . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Blue Glass Deception . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Wetli Mountain Railroad and its
Disastrous Trial Trip . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Improved Trolling Hook . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The Hemi-Plunger . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--116
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--117
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Annual Report of the Patent Office . . . 117--117
Anonymous Improved Lathe Chuck . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Screw-Cutting Lathes . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Harness Cockeye . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Proposed Cremation Temple . . . . . . . 119--119
Charles A. Joy Papin's Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . 120--122
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 122--122
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 136--136
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous The Wire for the East River Bridge . . . 127--127
Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Science Prophesies the Future of the
Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous A Good Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Protection of Buildings from Lightning 128--129
Anonymous The Blue Glass Deception . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous How We are Able to do it . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous A New Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Street Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous The ``Little Speedy'' Corn Sheller . . . 134--134
Anonymous A Machine Salesman . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Harpy Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 136--136
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous The East River Bridge . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Lemuria, the Lost Paradise . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous City Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous The Working of Patents in Canada . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Blue Glass Deception . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Pointed Lightning Rods . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Curiosities of Glassmaking . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous A New Friction Clutch for Shafting . . . 147--147
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Straightening Wrought Metal Plates . . . 149--149
Anonymous The Trial of the Hundred-Ton Gun . . . . 150--150
Anonymous A Self-Setting Rat Trap . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous New Manufacture of Rubber Articles . . . 150--150
Anonymous Industrial Barbarians . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous A New Ambulance . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous A Day's Ice Yachting on the Hudson . . . 152--152
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 153--153
Anonymous New Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous The United States Torpedo Steamer Alarm 159--159
Anonymous What it Costs to Feed Insects . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Explosions on Lightning Rod Points . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Industries and Resources of New
South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous The World's Population . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Patent Rights and Patent Wrongs . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Robaugh's Little Giant Pump . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Spike Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Improved Steam Engine Cut-Off . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous A New Dumping Scow . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The Bad Lands of White River . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The Oleo-Margarin Industry . . . . . . . 168--169
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 186--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 190--190
George B. Prescott Pneumatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Selection Applied to Man . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Explosion of Kerosene Lamps . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous A Lesson in Arctic Navigation . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Light and the Distances of the Stars . . 177--177
Anonymous The New English Patent Bill . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous New Experiments on Mechanical Flight . . 179--179
Anonymous A New Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous Straightening Wrought Metal Plates . . . 181--181
Anonymous New Rotary Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous A New Phylloxera Remedy ---
Decortication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous A New Bathometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous A Persian Dwelling . . . . . . . . . . . 183--184
A. Ricco New Spectroscope for Direct Vision . . . 184--184
Anonymous Publishers' Notice . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 184--184
Anonymous New Textile Invention . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 184--185
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 201--201
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous The Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Publishers Notice to Mail Subscribers 192--192
Anonymous Our National Trial and Its Results . . . 192--192
Anonymous The Ashtabula Verdict . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Iron Front Buildings . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous The Theories of Light . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Photographs in the Eye . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous An Editor's Perpetual Motion . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Commissioner of Patents . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Rice Culture in China . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Mushrooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--197
Anonymous The Selden Compound Pump . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous A Norwegian Timber Church . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 202--202
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 217--217
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous Improved Steam Wheel . . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Publishers' Notice to Mail Subscribers 208--208
Anonymous The Preservation of Learning . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous The Blue Glass Epidemic . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous A Curious History of an Old Inventor . . 208--209
Anonymous On Keeping an Index . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous American Inventive Progress . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Exhibition of Microscopes . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous New French Woodworking Machines . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Straightening Metal Plates . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
Anonymous Stone-Working Implements . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous New Lubricant-Testing Machine . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Improved Vehicle Springs . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Some Members of the Lizard Family . . . 215--216
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Leonidas Schuch The Separation of Cobalt from Nickel by
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Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 218--218
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 234--234
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Improved Railroad Grader . . . . . . . . 223--224
Anonymous The Properties of Light and Color . . . 224--224
Anonymous The American Exhibit at the Coming Paris
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Adjusting Connecting Rod Brasses . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The Engineers' Examination of the
Niagara Suspension Bridge . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Singular Explosion of an Electrical
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The Great Suspension Bridge Between New
York and Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous A Screw Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Photographer's Retouching Desk . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous A New Soda-Carbonating Apparatus . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Propagation of Nerve Excitements . . 227--227
Anonymous Improved Grain Sampler . . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous New Mode of Stopping Leaks in Boiler
Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous A New Perfume Bottle . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Robertson's Cradle Attachment for
Bedsteads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Adee's Improved Trap . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous The City of Florence, Italy . . . . . . 231--233
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 233--234
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 234--234
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous New Textile Invention . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 250--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 254--254
Anonymous Torpedo Launch Warfare . . . . . . . . . 239--240
Anonymous Darwin on the Effects of Cross and Self
Fertilization in Plants . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous The Transmission of Correct Time . . . . 240--241
Anonymous The Utilization of Rats . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous A Fifty Thousand Dollar Botch that the
People Paid for . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Organs, Old and New . . . . . . . . . . 242--244
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--247
Anonymous Central African Habitations . . . . . . 247--249
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 249--249
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Textile Invention . . . . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 266--266
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 267--268
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Improved Gap Lathe . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous A Bull on the Track . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous Dual Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Centennial Surplus . . . . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous Alleged Magneto-Photography . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Remarkable Results of Evaporation and
Rainfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--258
Anonymous Straightening Saws . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
C. V. Riley Important Observations on the Rocky
Mountain Locust, Or ``Grasshopper'' Pest
of the West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous The British Ironclad Alexandra . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A New Hydraulic Engine . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Martin's Gas Regulator for Steam Boilers 262--262
Anonymous Improved Yard Stick and Bias Measure . . 262--262
Anonymous Professor Gray's Telephone . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Friction of Plain Slide Valves . . . 264--265
Anonymous The Cat Teaser . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 266--266
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
Anonymous Improved Brick Machine . . . . . . . . . 271--272
Anonymous The European War as Affecting American
Inventors and Farmers . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Hotel Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous Our Iron Shipbuilding Industry . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous The Advancement in Microscopy in the
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous A Novel Life Preserver . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Improved Water Elevator . . . . . . . . 274--275
Anonymous The Dexter Scroll Saw, Emery Grinder,
and Polisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Device for Holding Door Knob Screws . . 275--275
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
C. V. Riley Experiments with Locust Eggs, and
Conclusions Drawn Therefrom . . . . . . 276--277
Anonymous The Exportation of American Meat to
England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--280
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 281--282
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 282--282
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 302--302
Anonymous Lands Below the Ocean Level . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous The Thorneycroft Fast Launches . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous The Permanent Supply Water Works of
Baltimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous What is a Temporary Star? . . . . . . . 289--290
Anonymous The Manufacture of Silverware . . . . . 290--293
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Improved Calculating Machine . . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous Baby Brutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous A Curious Piece of Mechanical
Manipulation. --- Cutting Right or Left
Hand Threads with Right Hand Dies . . . 296--297
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 298--298
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 298--300
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 313--313
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 318--318
Anonymous New Lithographic Stone-Dressing Machine 303--303
Anonymous Portable Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous Recent Improvements in Photography . . . 304--304
Anonymous Neuralgic Storm Belts . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous A New Explosive Compound for Large Guns 304--305
Anonymous Why Fresh Water Fish Cannot Live in Salt
Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous ``Lost his Ambition'' . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Water Held in a Cage and Boiled in a
Sieve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous A New Experiment for the Synthesis of
Sunlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Improved Fish Scaler . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Papyrus or Paper Reed . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous How to do it, and How not to do it . . . 309--309
Anonymous Improved High Speed Dry Air Compressor 310--310
Anonymous Kenyon's Adjustable Rubber Bucket for
Chain Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Combined Pipe Tongs, Wrench, and
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous A Remarkable Kingfisher . . . . . . . . 311--313
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 313--313
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Textile Invention . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 329--329
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous The Delaware and Lackawanna Tunnel
through Bergen Hill, N.J. . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The Rise of the Sewing Machine . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous The Fate of the Last Man . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous American Exhibitors at Paris . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous The Alhydric Chain . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Improved Steam Chest Seat Milling
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous A Persian Royal Pavilion . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--325
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Pompeii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--329
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 329--329
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Textile Invention . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 345--345
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 350--350
Anonymous New Life-Saving Inventions . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous The Human Machine and its Fuel . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Wanted-Torpedo Defences . . . . . . . . 336--337
G. Gakuma Torpedoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Improved Friction Hoisting Engines . . . 338--338
Anonymous Two New Utilizations of Paper Pulp . . . 339--339
Anonymous The New Godefroy Burner . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous The Electric Candle . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
Henry Morton Projection of Interference Colors from
Soap Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Grant's Improved Horse Hay Fork . . . . 341--341
Anonymous A Wonderful Watch . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Professor R. H. Thurston's Autographic
Testing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The Fountains at Aranjuez . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Californian Sea Lions . . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous International Postal Order System . . . 345--345
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 345--345
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 360--360
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous The Speaking Telephone in New York . . . 351--351
Anonymous Wiggins' Improved Relief and Safety Stop
Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The South Street Bridge, Philadelphia,
PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Sewage Irrigation on a Small Scale . . . 352--352
Anonymous Prevalent Manias . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Safety Valve Tests . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous Improved Machine for Stamping Leather
Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A New Injector for Steam Boilers . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A New Axe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Improved Railroad Joint and Nut Lock . . 358--358
Anonymous Mershon's Improved Rock Drill . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous A New Fumigator . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous A Snake-Eating Frog . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous A Beautiful Fern . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 361--361
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 377--377
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Sewage Utilization Near Paris . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Progress of Electric Illumination . . . 368--368
Anonymous Sailing Against the Wind . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Passage of the New German Patent Law . . 368--369
Anonymous Taxing Power of the Legislature . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Zinc-Lined Water Coolers . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Quadruplex Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . 369--369
C. V. Riley Locust Prospects . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous New Turkish Ironclad . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Pipe Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--373
Anonymous New Feathering Paddle Wheel . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Wilkinson's Improved Liquid Measure . . 374--374
Anonymous Improved Machine for Shaping Springs . . 374--374
Anonymous Peruvian Antiquities . . . . . . . . . . 375--377
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 378--378
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous Improved Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus
for Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383--384
Anonymous Blue Glass Blindness . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Drunk or Diseased? . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous About Gravestones . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous Helping Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Lightning Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Improved Diagonal Planing and Polishing
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Calf Muzzle . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Horse Boot . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--389
Anonymous The New Grain Elevator in New York City 390--391
C. V. Riley The Hellgrammite . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 393--394
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 394--394
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Textile Invention . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 409--409
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 410--412
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 414--414
Anonymous A Steam Navvy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The Limits and Powers of Vision . . . . 400--400
Anonymous Trance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
Anonymous The Banian Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Volpicelli's New Theory of
Electro-Static Induction . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Manufacture of the Harvey Torpedo . . . 402--402
Anonymous Improved Paper-Pulp Engine . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Pneumatic Elevation in Mines . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
E. J. Hallock A New Lecture Experiment . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous The Secrets of the Mysterious Clocks . . 405--405
Anonymous Frost's Variety Self-Centering Chuck . . 406--406
Anonymous A New Method of Secret Writing . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Improved Ballasting Tube for Vessels . . 406--406
Anonymous Improved Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous An Interesting Marmoset . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous An Artificial Mammoth . . . . . . . . . 407--409
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 409--409
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 11--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous A Mew Method of Steamboat Propulsion . . 1--1
Anonymous The Nature of Pain . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Scientific Sight-Seeing . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Croup Due To Miasma . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The Torpedo Defence Problem . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous A New System of Petroleum Storage . . . 4--5
Anonymous A New Mechanical Butter-Worker . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Improved Shot Bag and Charger . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A New Hot-Air Engine . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Improved Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous An Australian Gull . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Fountains at Aranjuez . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Penguins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 10--10
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 25--25
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Bower's Patent Air Compressor . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Carrying Peace into Africa . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Address of Clarence King on
Catastrophism . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous Duplex Education . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous The Carrigeen Crop . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Catastrophism in Geology . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous A New Apparatus for Storing and
Utilizing Solar Heat . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Utilization of Tin Scrap . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous A New Method of Bookbinding . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Improved Curtain Fixture . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Boot and Shoe Machinery . . . . . . . . 19--20
Joshua Rose Setting Locomotive Slide Valves . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Collender's Improved Billiard Table . . 22--22
Anonymous Improved Billiard Ball Holder . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous The Monitor Chalk Cup . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Curious Carnivorous Plants . . . . . . . 23--25
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 25--25
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 25--25
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous New Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 46--46
Anonymous The Manufacture of Sheet Lead and Lead
Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous An Inexact Science . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous The Great Problem . . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous The Physical Characteristics of American
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Large Locomotive Crane . . . . . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous The Great Eruption at Hawaii . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--37
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Improved Horse Collar Stuffing Machine 38--38
Anonymous A Gaspipe Bedstead . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous New Ice Tongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Steam Glue-Heating Apparatus . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Torpedo Warfare . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous Are the Aniline Dyes Injurious to
Health? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--41
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 42--42
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 57--57
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Manufacture of Shot . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous The Latest British Naval Failure . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Glimpses of Atlantis . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous An English Mechanic on American Machines 49--49
Anonymous Progress of the Mississippi Jetty Works 49--49
Anonymous American Representation at the French
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Fast Freight Railway Trains . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous A Swiss Steam Tramway Car . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Faucet . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Metal Punching Machine . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Running Gear for Wagons . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Angle Iron Bending Machine . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Science and Schools . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Setting Work After Casehardening . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Graves' Improved Oil Can . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Horse Detacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Novel Life Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous The Tunny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous The Lantern Fly . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous An Artificial Flower that Blooms . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous A Cigar-Cutting Cigar Box . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 58--58
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous Cable Making of the East River Bridge 63--63
Anonymous Torpedo Defence --- Invention Wanted . . 64--64
Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Recent Great Improvements in Electric
Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous New Investigations on Copper Alloys . . 65--65
Anonymous Balancing Emery Wheels . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous The Great Railroad Strikes . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous A Rotary Mould Board Plow . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Apparatus for Preparing Butter for
Packing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Improved Grain Scale . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A New Dynamometer . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous The American Toad . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous The Vapart Disintegrator . . . . . . . . 67--68
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous New Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Improved Chicken Coop . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Spelman's Improved Rowlock . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Carolina Lizard . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous The Sea Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous The Mole Cricket . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
Anonymous A Self-Cooling Goblet . . . . . . . . . 72--74
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 74--74
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Woodworking House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous Despaquls' Photo-Engraving Process . . . 79--79
Anonymous Cable Fastenings of the East River
Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous The Degradation of Labor . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Iron and Steel in Railway Car
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous About Sparrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Selling Patents by Auction . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous The Howgate Polar Colony . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Chess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous A New Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Improved Donkey Pump . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Postage Stamp Canceller . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Browne's Book Cover Protector . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Improved Log Turner . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Micrometer Caliper . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
C. Few Seiss The Brown Bat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Wood Engraving in Japan . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Knives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Exterminating Moles . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous The Watch --- Its Invention and History 89--89
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 90--90
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 105--105
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous Improved Ice Machine . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Poison Ivy and its Remedies . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous A New Theory of the Solar Spectrum . . . 96--96
Anonymous Discovery of Oxygen in the Sun by
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous An Electric Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Sunshine in London and New York . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Dimness of the Eyes . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Improved Washboiler . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Improved Dustpan . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Improved Feed Cutter . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Improved Concrete Mixer . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous The Watch --- Its Invention and History 101--101
Anonymous Improved Carpet Loom . . . . . . . . . . 102--103
C. Few Seiss The Water Snake --- How it Eats . . . . 103--103
Anonymous The Curly-Haired Antelope . . . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Kid Gloves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous A Floating Flower Bed . . . . . . . . . 104--105
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 106--106
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Radial Drilling Machine . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Fire Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--112
Anonymous Dead Weight in Railway Cars . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Pens, Ink, and Pencils . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous Some New Inventions Necessary for Future
Astronomical Observations . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Hereditary as a Factor in Pauperism and
Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Keely Motor Stock at a Discount . . . . 113--114
Anonymous Machine for Forging Screw Threads . . . 114--115
Anonymous Improved Fodder Cutter . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--117
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Improved Vehicle Wheel . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Automatic Fog Signal . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Universal Square . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous How to Make Rustic Work . . . . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous A Geometrical Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous Engraving on Glass . . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
C. Few Seiss The Ash-Colored Salamander . . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous The Aleurometer --- Gluten Tester . . . 120--120
Anonymous The Watch --- Its Invention and History 121--121
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 121--121
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous Electro-Plating Machinery . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous How Shall Railway Workmen Live? . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Early Connecticut Manufactures . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Muscular Contraction and Electricity . . 129--129
Anonymous Boiler Test Challenge . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Improved Hydraulic Hauling Machinery . . 130--130
Anonymous The Manufacture of Needles . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous How to Re-Bore the Ends of Steam
Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous The Coventry Tricycle . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Improved Mining Engine . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Anderson's Equilibrio Couch . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Snowy-Lipped Lady's Slipper . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Low's Necklace Vanda . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Gorilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous The Study of the Diseases of the Human
Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Colonel C. K. Huger Rice --- How it is Prepared for Market 137--137
Anonymous The Keely Motor Deception . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Eburine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Engine ``Spurts'' . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 138--138
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 138--139
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous New Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 153--153
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous Improved Board Cutting and Seasoning
Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--144
Anonymous The Woodruff Scientific Expedition . . . 144--144
Anonymous Discovery of Satellites of Mars . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Machine Honesty and its Circumvention 144--145
Anonymous Food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Improved Overhead Sewing Machine . . . . 146--147
Anonymous Improved Automatic Fly Fan . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Combined Push-Pin and Watch Key . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Improved Fastening Device for Billiard
Cushion Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous A Fire Escape Accident . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Improved Steam Engine Governor . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Improved Rivet-Making Machine . . . . . 150--150
C. Few Seiss The Clamorous Frog . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous The Iwakuni Bridge, Japan . . . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous Improved Germinating Apparatus . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Giant Lily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--153
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 153--153
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous Improved Railway Journal Boxes Wanted 159--159
Anonymous Improved Method of Compressing Cotton 159--159
Anonymous American Fruit in Foreign Markets . . . 160--160
Anonymous Indigestible Medicines . . . . . . . . . 160--160
James Orton The Sugar Interest in Peru . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous The Emigration of American Mechanics to
England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Progress of the \booktitleScientific
American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Increasing the Flow of Springs . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Improved Farm Locomotives and Steam Road
Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Combined Skimmer and Fork . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Improved Hop Cultivator . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Allen's Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . 163--164
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Hoffman's Improved Beer Cask . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Electrical Apparatus to Indicate
Overstrain or Weakness in Bridges or
Other Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
C. Few Seiss The Box Tortoise . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Water Hogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The Cordonnier, or Cobbler Fish . . . . 168--168
Anonymous How to Chuck and Bore an Engine
Crosshead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Simple Way to Make Ice . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Improved Glue Pot . . . . . . . . . . . 168--170
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 170--170
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous New Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 185--185
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous The Manufacture of Covered Buttons . . . 175--176
Anonymous Thiers and Contemporary Science in
France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Sargent's Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous New Process for Electro-Plating . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Electro-Silicic Light . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Progress of Hardened Glass Making . . . 177--177
Anonymous Is Life a Mode of Motion? . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Torpedo Defense Question . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Dr. Thomson on Embryology and Evolution 177--177
Anonymous Improved Vertical Gas Engine . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous New Registering Thermometer . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous New Hoisting Clamp for Building Stone 179--179
Anonymous Science at the British Association . . . 179--179
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous Ancient Life in America . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous Improved Ball Check Valve for Sewers . . 182--182
Anonymous Sherwood's Automatic Tea and Coffee Pot 182--182
Anonymous Improved Needle Clamp for Sewing
Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The Woodruff Scientific Expedition
Steamer Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous How to Prevent Grasshopper Raids . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Lontin Magneto-Electric Machine . . 184--184
Anonymous American Borax Production . . . . . . . 184--185
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 185--185
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 201--201
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Self-Acting Car Couplers, Preparation of
Oxalic Acid from Parchment Paper . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Vertical Compound Engine with Allison's
Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Disgust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Anomalies in the Temperature of the
Boiling Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Sun Spots and Famine . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous The Agricultural Value of Worms . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The International Rifle Contest . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Meteoric Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Influence of Light on the Electric
Condition of Metals in Saline Solutions 193--193
Theodore Berdell Tellurium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Another Mysterious Clock . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous The Industrial Applications of the
Electric Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Science at the British Association . . . 197--197
Anonymous Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Dillon's Halter Chain, and Trace
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
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Anonymous Domestic Water Supply in the Country . . 209--209
Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 209--209
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Anonymous Tax Collection by Machinery . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Diplograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Improved Nail Forging Machine . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous Improved Mule Head Stocks . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Drew's Improved Baker . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
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Anonymous New Metal Grinding Machine . . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous The Wine Palm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 217--217
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
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Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--219
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
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Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Improved Apparatus for Testing Bank
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Anonymous Walker Brothers' Improved Scroll Saw . . 227--228
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous Improved Sleeping Car . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Brown's Improved Cotton Stalk Puller . . 230--230
C. Few Seiss The Skull of the Domestic Fowl . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous \em Lomaria Dalgairnsae . . . . . . . . 231--232
Anonymous Signor Ignazio's ``Flying Man'' . . . . 232--232
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Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 233--233
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--234
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 234--235
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
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Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 236--236
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 254--254
Anonymous Fireless Locomotives for Street Railways 239--239
Anonymous Star, Nebula or Meteorite . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Practical Evolution . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous The Abolition of Models . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous Postage Stamp Inventions . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous The Borax Mines of Nevada. --- A
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Anonymous Protected Working Men . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 241--241
Anonymous The Manufacture of Plumbago Crucibles 242--242
Anonymous The Baromotor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous Roots' Blower for Mine Ventilation . . . 243--244
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous New Surface Planing Machine . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Improved Automatic Fire Extinguisher . . 246--247
Anonymous Small Geared Locomotives . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The White Cheeked Gibbon . . . . . . . . 247--248
Anonymous The White \em Brugmansia . . . . . . . . 248--248
Rudolf Wagner The Modern Hyposulphite of Soda . . . . 248--249
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 249--249
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
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Anonymous New Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 265--265
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Improved Automatic Fire Escape . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous An Obelisk at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Curious Animal Relationships . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Science of Play . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Duties of the Commissioner of
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Anonymous Influence of the Spinal Cord on Bodily
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Anonymous Amateur Observations of the November
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Anonymous Another Traveling Expedition . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Imitation Terra Cotta . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Improved Double Shedding Harness
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Anonymous Allan's Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous A New Dredging Apparatus . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Improved Ship's Speed Indicator . . . . 259--261
Anonymous New Electrical Machines . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Improved Window Fastener . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Cosmograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Improved Safety Alarm and Door Bell . . 262--264
Anonymous The Satellites of Mars . . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Orchids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--265
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 265--265
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
Anonymous New Process of Embalming the Dead . . . 271--271
Anonymous Improved Puddling Furnace . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous An Opportunity for Inventors. --- . . . 272--272
Anonymous The Paris Exposition in Congress . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Improved Method of Wintering Cows . . . 272--273
Anonymous The Fortunes of the Obelisks . . . . . . 273--273
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Anonymous Alleged Poison in Sugars . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Decisions of the Courts . . . . . . . . 273--273
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Anonymous Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous An Ancient Hand Warmer . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Improves Self-Feeding Drill . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A New Floating Oil Burner . . . . . . . 278--279
Anonymous The Ramie Plant and its Utilization . . 279--281
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 281--281
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 281--282
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 302--302
Anonymous The Imperial Brick Machine . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Arrested Development . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Professor Tyndall on the Phenomena of
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Anonymous The American Railway System. ---
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Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 289--289
Anonymous The Wooden Pavements of Chicago . . . . 289--289
Anonymous The Wren Gas Works . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous New Standard Grinding Mill . . . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous The Meeting of the Academy of Sciences 292--292
Anonymous Some Inventions for Husking Corn . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Streit's New Bevel Flange Loose Pulleys 294--294
Anonymous Johnson's Improved Boiler Plate Shears 294--294
Anonymous Improved Burglar Alarm Window Fastening 294--294
Anonymous Borden's Improved Gauge Cock . . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous Archer Fishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
C. Few Seiss The Red and the Two-Lined Salamander . . 295--297
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign patents . . 297--297
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous New Woodworking and House and Carriage
Building Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 313--313
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 318--318
Anonymous Experiments with the Turkish Bath . . . 303--303
Anonymous Improved Portable Lunch Heater . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous Ingram Rotary Machine for Printing
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Capable of Indefinite Repetition from
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Anonymous A New and Remarkable Strike . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Notes of Decisions of the Courts . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Professor James Orton . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Improved Boring and Turning Machine . . 306--306
Anonymous Graphic Phonetics . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous New Standard Light and Medium Grinding
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Anonymous New Improved Band-Sawing Machine . . . . 310--310
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Anonymous Base Ball Science . . . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 313--313
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 330--330
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 331--332
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous The 42D Street Sewage Tunnel, New York
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Anonymous \$80,000 Reward for a Cure for Cholera 320--320
Anonymous Sun Spots Studied by Solar Photography 320--320
Anonymous Cerebral Thermometry . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Lessons in Mechanical Drawing . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous The Glandular Theory of Disease . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Notes of Decisions of the Courts . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Improved Tile-Making Machine . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous M. Trouve's New Moist Battery . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Harrison's New Portable Flouring Mill 323--323
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous Improved Boring Machine . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Improved Label Holder . . . . . . . . . 326--327
Anonymous The New French Exposition Palace . . . . 327--327
Anonymous A Curious Result of Denudation . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Raising Obelisks . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous New Arrangement of the Air Reservoirs in
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Anonymous How to Adjust Engine Guide Bars . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Recent American and Foreign Patents . . 330--330
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous New Mechanical and Engineering
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Anonymous New Household Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Wants and Business Inquiries . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 332--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous The Pictet Ice Machine . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous The Cure of Diphtheria . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Geological Relations of the
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Anonymous Venerable Journalists . . . . . . . . . 336--337
Anonymous Water Supply for New York City . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Green Corn Case . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous How to Make Homes Healthy . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Breakage of a Steamboat Beam . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Combined Engine and Sugar Cane Grinding
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Anonymous The Ross Burr Stone Grinding Mill . . . 339--339
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
Anonymous Improved Tool Post for Lathes . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Hill's Folding Book Case . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The Capercailzie . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
J. Michels The Proboscis and Lancets of the Stable
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Anonymous Improved Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . 344--345
T. C. Plelsey Scientific and Practical Information . . 345--345
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Anonymous Wants and Business Inquiries . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 360--362
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous Improved Faucet . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Professor Mayer's New Method of Finding
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Anonymous Is There a Law of Invention? . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous United States Coinage and the Great
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Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Shooting Stars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Adam Scott Cameron . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The Distances of the Planets from the
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Anonymous The Abandonment of the Cleopatra at Sea 354--354
Anonymous How to Paint Magic Lanterns . . . . . . 355--356
Joshua Rose Practical Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous Self-Watering Flower Pots . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Improved Construction of Portable Frame
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C. Few Seiss The Carolina Mantis . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous The Truncated Pichiciago . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous New Trapless Watercloset . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Dorr's Adjustable Hat and Coat Rack . . 360--360
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Wants and Business Inquiries . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Amending (?) the Patent Laws . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Curiosities of Suicide . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous A Common Ailment-Malarial Poisoning . . 368--368
Anonymous Notes of Patent Decisions of the Courts 368--369
Anonymous The Proposed Amendments to the Patent
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Anonymous How to True up a Crank Pin . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous More News from the Sun . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Horizontal Compound Engine . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous Improved Protected Non-Recoil Gun . . . 371--371
Anonymous Improved Pneumatic Dredging Tube . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
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Anonymous The Corrugated Iron Air Bridge and Fuel
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Anonymous Combination Lathe, Scroll Saw, Etc . . . 374--374
Anonymous The Duck-Billed Platypus . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Proposed Balloon Voyage to the North
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Anonymous Machines that Hear and Write . . . . . . 376--378
Anonymous John William Draper . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Automatic Shaft Oiler . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Wants and Business Inquiries . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 394--394
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous The Tuttle Family Knitter . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous The Forster--Firmin Amalgamator and Ore
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Anonymous Constructing Ice Houses . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Talking Phonograph . . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous The End of Volume XXXVII . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Winter Shop Work --- Building Boats . . 385--385
Anonymous Building Ice Boats . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Receiving your Paper . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Build a Steamboat . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The Photo-Engraving Company of New York 386--387
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--389
Anonymous Some Curious Methods of Boring Tapers 389--389
Anonymous Improved Scroll Sawing Machine . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous The Denney Washing Machine . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Improved Oscillating Grate Bar . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Revolving Boot and Shoe Heel Protector 390--390
Anonymous The Banded Chersydrus . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Storks Eating Young Rabbits . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous An Easy Method of Producing Bas Reliefs 392--393
Anonymous The Limits of Natural Knowledge . . . . 393--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Wants and Business Inquiries . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 396--396
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 409--409
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 414--414
Anonymous A Curious Pocketbook . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous Brick-Making Machine . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The Best Christmas Gift . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous Scientific Traveling Expeditions . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The American Machinery and Inventions,
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Anonymous Cuca as a Strength Sustainer . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous 30-Ton Steam Hammer . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Stevenson's Suspension Railway . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous The Uchatius Bronze Steel Gun . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Joshua Rose Producing Cutting Edges for Tools and
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Anonymous Stoy's Improved Gasket . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Portable Hoisting Engine . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Improved Stand for Smoothing Fabrics . . 406--406
Anonymous The Fringed Birthwort . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous A Curious Hybrid . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--408
Anonymous Notes of the Patent, Decisions of the
Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Wants and Business Inquiries . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous Utilization of the Heat of the Sun, A
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Anonymous The Meridian Circle in the Paris
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Anonymous Curious Hydraulic Experiments . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous The Paris Exposition . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Rubies and Sapphires, Artificially
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Anonymous The Education of a Civil Engineer . . . 2--3
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous Silvering Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous An Ingenious Method of Cutting Spiral or
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Anonymous New Diamond Tool Millstone Dressing
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Rice's Improved Boiler Feeder . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Roth's Improved Saw File Guide . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Konz's Improved Furniture Caster . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Draper's Stovepipe Joint . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous The Silky Marmoset . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous A Beautiful Orchid . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Hymer's Coal Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
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Anonymous The New Egyptian Cotton . . . . . . . . 197--198
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Anonymous Improved Feed Regulator for Boilers . . 198--198
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Anonymous Combined Ventilator and Chimney . . . . 210--211
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Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
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Anonymous A Beton Fountain, Prospect Park,
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Anonymous English Cab Trucks and Axles . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Gatling Gun Aloft . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
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Anonymous Improved Lubricator . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
M. Hopkins Spider Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
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Anonymous Report of the Director of the Central
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Anonymous Some New Workshop Appliances . . . . . . 245--245
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Anonymous Centrifugal Pumping Engine . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous New Investigations on Gallium . . . . . 246--246
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Anonymous The Philadelphia Lawn Mowers . . . . . . 249--249
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Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
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Anonymous Improves Farm Gate . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
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Anonymous Improved Grinding Mills . . . . . . . . 328--328
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Anonymous M. Victor Regnault . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
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Anonymous Professor Joseph Henry . . . . . . . . . 336--337
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Anonymous Improved Automatic Knife Grinder . . . . 371--372
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Joshua Rose Method of Correcting a Leasing Screw . . 373--373
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Anonymous The Industrial West . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
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Anonymous An Ether Ice-Making Machine . . . . . . 387--387
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Anonymous Hughes' Microphone an Alleged Piracy . . 388--388
John Michels The Trichinze in Shad . . . . . . . . . 389--389
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Anonymous Letters from the Paris Exhibition . . . 394--394
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Anonymous Poisonous Leguminous Plants . . . . . . 409--409
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George M. Hopkins Electrical Indicator for Showing the
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Anonymous Mr. Thomas A. Edison . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
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Anonymous Professor Edison's New Carbon Rheostat 35--35
Anonymous The Chase Elemental Governor . . . . . . 35--37
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Anonymous Improved Piston Rod Stuffing Box . . . . 38--38
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Anonymous Improved Step Box . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
Anonymous Wood Carver of Simla . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
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Anonymous Apparatus for Administering Medicine to
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Anonymous The Otto Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
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Anonymous Vulcanizing Rubber . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Strawberries and Constipation . . . . . 48--48
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Anonymous Destruction Vs Construction of Ironclads 48--49
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Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Joshua Rose How to Use a File . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous New Screw Cutting Lathe . . . . . . . . 53--54
Anonymous New Cloth Measuring Apparatus . . . . . 54--54
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Anonymous Landing of Cleopatra's Needle . . . . . 55--56
Anonymous The Total Eclipse of the Sun . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous New Iron Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
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Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous The Curiosities of Tobacco . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Preserving Fish by Hydraulic Pressure 58--58
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous ``Snyder's Little Giant'' Engine . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Smoke and Sparks . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Costs of Silver Amalgamation . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Advertising for Foreign Trade . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous French Pavements . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--66
Anonymous Emery Grinding Machinery . . . . . . . . 67--67
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Anonymous Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous New Power Press . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--70
Anonymous New Portable Mill . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The New Spanish Process for Silver and
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Anonymous The Australian Jabiru . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous Zoological Garden at Fairmount Park
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Anonymous Sheet Metal Working Presses . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Rules for Artificial Respiration in the
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Anonymous A Camera Improvement . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Safety Oxygen apparatus . . . . . . . . 73--73
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 75--76
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous The Paris Exhibition. --- a Sketch in
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Anonymous Progress of Iron Making . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The Telephone as a Promoter of Science 80--80
Anonymous Letter from Professor Hughes . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American Export
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Anonymous Fountain Pens . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
S. P. Langley The Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Mechanical Puddling in Sweden . . . . . 82--83
Anonymous A New Deep Sea Thermometer . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous The Distillation of Coal . . . . . . . . 85--86
Anonymous New Cutting and Boring attachment for
Lathes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous New Steam Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Rhinoceros Hornbill . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The Japanese Building at the Paris
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
Anonymous Crooked Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . 88--89
Anonymous A Velocipede feat Extraordinary . . . . 89--90
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical notes . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous Holly's new Pumping Engine and Automatic
Pressure Regulator . . . . . . . . . . . 95--96
Anonymous Steam on Common Roads . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The Eclipse of the Sun, July 29, 1878 96--96
Anonymous The Discouragement of Invention . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Where our Inventors Live . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Not so Many Out of Work . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Partition of Turkey . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Artificial Indigo . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Progress of Labor Saving Machinery in
the South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--98
Anonymous New Cotton Spooling Machine . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous A New Working Glove . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Electromagnetic Burglar Alarm Safe . . . 99--99
Anonymous New Corn Plow and Marker . . . . . . . . 99--100
Geo. M. Hopkins Electrical Indicator for Showing the
Rotation of the Earth . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Tin Shafting Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous The Musical Mechanism of the Cincinnati
Organ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous First Impressions of the Eclipse
Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous The Lechner Mining Machine . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous The Lyre Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous New Bridge over the Douro River,
Portugal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Ices and ice Creaks . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous The Manufacture of India Rubber . . . . 105--106
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous A Chance for Inventors . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous The Delaware Ship Canal . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous American Inventions in Bavaria . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Edison's Megaphone . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Edison and the Unseen Universe . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Improvements Needed in Salt Making . . . 112--112
Anonymous The new Patent Law of Spain . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Local Encouragement of Manufactures . . 112--113
Anonymous Independent Workers . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous A Curious Insect . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Photographic and other Views of the
Eclipse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Eclipse. --- a note from Professor
Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Study of Real life in Schools . . . 113--113
Anonymous Further Evidence of Atlantis . . . . . . 114--115
Anonymous New Trace and Pad Buckle . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Quick Speed Hand Drill . . . . . . . . . 115--116
Anonymous Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Files and Rasps . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--118
Anonymous A Simple Phonograph . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Folding Shaving Horse . . . . . . . . . 118--119
Anonymous Wood's Lap Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous Paris Exhibition. --- the Italian Facade 119--120
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
Anonymous Oliver's Screw-Headed Key . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous New Tin Roving Can . . . . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 139--139
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous The Balance Dynamometer . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous The Rights of Investigators . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous The Planet Vulcan . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Ammonia in the Air . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Soft vs Hard Iron . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous The New Divinity . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous The West as a Field for Manufactures . . 129--129
Anonymous Pneumatic Engines for Street Cabs . . . 129--129
Anonymous A False Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous The Wallingford Tornado . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Captive Balloon of 1878 . . . . . . . . 130--132
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous New Oscillating Valve . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous New Rein Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Needham Musical Cabinet . . . . . . 134--135
Geo. M. Hopkins The Speaking Flame . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous The Mesquite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous The Chinese Building at the Paris
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous Independence among Artisans . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous What Americans Have Done for Turkey . . 144--145
Anonymous Some Eggstraordinary Inventions . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Mining Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous New Pulley Turning Machine . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Sheaf-Binding Apparatus . . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Wenzel's Nickel Anode . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous A Novel Animal Trap . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous A New Candlestick . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous The Spider Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous The New Harbor for Boulogne . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous New Telephone Call Signal . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Flowers. --- their Industrial and
Medicinal Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous The Chlorination of Copper . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Waiting for Something to Turn up . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Charitable Colonizing . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Value of Observation in Invention . . . 160--160
Anonymous Speculative Mining . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous The American Association at St. Louis 161--161
Anonymous Facade of the Danish Section at the
Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous American Plows in France . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Paris Exhibition of 1878 . . . . . . . . 162--165
Anonymous A New Sheep Protector . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Elwell's Middlings Separator . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The Tailor Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The American Arctic Expedition . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous A Novel Railway Car Window . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous New Coffee Pot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Lescale's Automatic Fire Escape . . . . 169--170
Geo. M. Hopking The Micro-Telephone . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Electric Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . 175--178
Anonymous The Origin of American Mechanical Genius 176--176
Anonymous The Utilization of Weeds . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Mental Experimenting . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous Senate Bill No. 300 . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The British Association . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Imagination in the Constructive Arts 177--177
Anonymous The Bag-Worm's Mother . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Dynamometer of the Great Captive
Balloon at the Paris Exhibition . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Sheaf Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous Gang Plow Trials --- Paris Exhibition 180--181
Anonymous A New \em Camera Lucida . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Notes of Patent Law . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A New Head Protector . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The Polyscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Potato Digger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--183
Anonymous Gathering the Sap of the Maguey . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Tufted Coquette . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Lagetto or Lace-Bark Tree . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Professor Palmieri's Diagometer . . . . 185--186
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--198
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Paris Exhibition --- the Facades of
Annam, Persia, Siam, Tunis, Monaco, and
San Marino, New Explosive, and More . . 191--191
Anonymous Pocket Life Buoys . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous The Heroes of the Pestilence . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Silver Mining Here and Abroad . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Corundum. --- Its Occurrence and
Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Notes of Patent Office Decisions . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Captive Balloon-Apparatus for
Testing the Strength of Materials . . . 194--195
Anonymous Ancient Stand for Yule Log . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
Anonymous The Raising of the Eurydice . . . . . . 198--199
Geo. M. Hopkins Simple Electric Light Apparatus . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Interesting Experiments with Lycopodium
Seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Method of Determining the Position of
Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--201
Anonymous The Neomorpha . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--202
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous The Pneumatic Clock, Depth to which
Roots Penetrate, and more . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Steam on the Common Roads . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous People Who Can't be Helped . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Working of Copper Ores . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Conference of Swiss Wrists at Geneva . . 209--209
Anonymous The ``True Thread'' . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous A Promising Field for Invention . . . . 209--209
Anonymous American Dexterity . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Cuba as a Field for Enterprise . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous An Inventor's Difficulties in England,
The Secret of Soap and Water, and more 209--210
Anonymous Testing Machines at the Paris Exhibition 210--212
Anonymous The Recent Eclipse of the Sun . . . . . 212--212
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
Anonymous How to Test a Lathe . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous The Stylographic Pen, an Accident on the
Mt Washington Railroad, and more . . . . 213--214
Anonymous Zoological Garden at Fairmount Park,
Philadelphia, How Calicoes are Made, and
more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--216
Anonymous The Porcupine Ant Eaters Recently
Discovered in New Guinea, Hair Eels, and
more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous The new Carpet Beetle, Lac, and more . . 218--218
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Geo. M. Hopkins New Electrical Diapason . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Relation Between the Grate Surface and
the Heating Surface of Boilers . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Wages and the Cost of Living . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Magnesian Lice vs. Pure Lime for Mortar 224--225
Anonymous Novel Applications of Dynamite . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Progress of Western Mining Operations 225--225
Anonymous The Boston Whittling Schools . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The Restoration of Cuba . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Our September Export Edition . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous A Remarkable Wasps' Nest . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The American Prizes at Paris . . . . . . 225--226
Anonymous New Electrical Diapason . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Lampblack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Hastie's Water Engine . . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Reynier's New Electric Lamp . . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous Bauer's Steel Restoring and Refining
Compound, a queer Boat, and more . . . . 229--229
Anonymous A New Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Simple Telephones . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous New Breech-Loading Rifle . . . . . . . . 230--231
Anonymous The Bearded Saki . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Red Bird of Paradise . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Torrey Botanical Club . . . . . . . 231--232
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
Anonymous New Stethoscopic Microphone . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous A Platform Scale of Constant Equtlibrium 233--233
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Improvements in Sugar Making Wanted . . 240--240
Anonymous Dust Explosions . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous A Second Matthew Vassar . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Poisonous Hats, Gloves, Stockings, and
Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous The Pauper Tribe . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Public Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous A Horse's Motion Scientifically
Determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Improved Education . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous The Spectroscope in Solar Work . . . . . 242--244
Anonymous A Wrinkle in Filing . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
Anonymous Improved Steam Fire Engine . . . . . . . 246--246
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Hairy Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine . . . 247--247
Anonymous Golden Bird of Paradise . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Mechanical Exhibition at Boston . . . . 248--248
Anonymous American Goods in Brazil . . . . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Value of Patents and How to Obtain Them 253--253
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Patents and Trade Marks in England . . . 255--255
Anonymous The Manufacture of the Chickering Piano 255--255
Anonymous Flow of Water Through Pipes . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous A Cockney Plan to Banish Smoke . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous Decision of the to Barrel Courts
Relating Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous The Modulus of Elasticity . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous The Noise of Rapid Transit --- a Chance
for Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous American Agricultural Exhibits at Paris 257--257
Anonymous Pneumatic Appliances for Mines . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous The Alhambra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous New Protractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous True Time Regulator . . . . . . . . . . 262--263
Anonymous Mr. Fowler Crossing the Channel . . . . 263--263
Anonymous A New Beehive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Statue of Captain Cook . . . . . . . . . 264--265
Anonymous New Guard for Sheep Shears . . . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous New Measuring Stopper . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Chard's Lubricene and Cups . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous The Forster--Firmin Amalgamator . . . . 271--271
Anonymous The Electric Light and the Gas Companies
--- Remarkable Effect of a New Invention
in the Stock Markets . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Progress in England and America . . . . 272--272
Anonymous The Incoming Commissioner of Patents . . 272--273
Anonymous Success of American Exhibitors at Paris 273--273
Anonymous Should the Nation Engage in Manufactures 273--273
Anonymous Fuel Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous An Improvement on the Chromos . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous A South Australian Offer for an
Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--274
Anonymous Lymans's Trigonometer . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous The New Wilson Oscillating Shuttle
Sewing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--280
Anonymous Serpulas, or Sea Worms . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous King Tody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--283
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 298--298
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Progress and Prospects of the East River
Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Professor Morton on the Electric Light 288--289
Anonymous The Electrical Department in the
Mechanics Fair, Boston, Mass . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous The French Industrial Exhibition of 1878 289--289
Anonymous Awards and Honors at Paris . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Who Will Invent a Satisfactory Milking
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous The Hermetical Sanitary Closet . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The Trial of the ``Pyx'' . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous New Refrigerator Basket . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous A New Fireproof Shutter . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Ingram Rotary Press at the Paris
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous California Mining Vs Farming . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Progress of Our Foreign Trade . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous A New Foot Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous New Wool Scouring and Rinsing Machine 294--294
Anonymous Washington Memorials in Northamptonshire 295--295
Anonymous A New Measuring Jacket . . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous A New Rheostat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous The Umbrella Bird . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous The Torpedo Vessel, Destroyer . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous Steam from Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Another New Electric Light . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous A Remarkable Bank Robbery. ---
Scientific Guards Neglected . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous A Grand World's Fair in New York . . . . 305--305
Anonymous The Motion of a Wagon Wheel . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous The Paris International Patent Congress 305--305
Anonymous Patent Rights, and Who Oppose Them . . . 305--305
Anonymous A Steam Juryman . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--306
Anonymous A New Gas Regulator . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Combined Traction Engine and Steam fire
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Van Rennes' Caloric Engine and Pump . . 307--308
Anonymous The Watson Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Pipe Wrench and Cutter . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Locomotive for the Metropolitan Elevated
Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--311
Anonymous Drilling Square Holes . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Russian Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous New Mortising Machine . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Berlin H. Weight Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Geo. M. Hopkins Some Modifications of the Microphone and
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous The Rockport Granite Quarries . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous A New Steak Fire Engine . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous ``Forney'' Locomotive for the New York
Elevated Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The Steam Value of Oil Fuels . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous A New Bank Note Paper Wanted . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Trade Mark Treaty with Brazil . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Treatment of Hydrophobia . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Mechanical and other Properties of
Iron and Mild Steel . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous The Proposed Addition to the Patent
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Table Forks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous A Year's Work in the Patent Office . . . 321--321
Anonymous New Rule in Trade Hark Cases . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous French Wheelbarrows . . . . . . . . . . 322--324
Anonymous The Electric Light . . . . . . . . . . . 326--327
Anonymous Hydraulic Motors at the Paris Exhibition 327--327
Anonymous Burner for Electric Light . . . . . . . 327--328
Anonymous A Novel egg Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Artificial Ball Lighting . . . . . . . . 328--330
Anonymous The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 330--330
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes and Querise . . 347--348
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Electric Time Service for New York . . . 335--335
Anonymous The Hosmer Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Salisbury Furnace for Petroleum . . 336--336
Anonymous Patents for Protecting the Dead . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Official Reports of the Paris
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Anonymous Skilled Labor in New York City . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Cost of Insecurity . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous A New Platen Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Tramway Rail Experiments . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous A New Draughty Pencil . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Steam Engine Governor . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous New Regulating Attachment for Clock
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Anonymous French Subsoil and Clearing Plow . . . . 340--340
Anonymous The Blue Process of Copying Tracings . . 340--340
Anonymous The De Meritens Magneto-Electric Machine 341--341
Anonymous Improved Crusher and Grinding Mill . . . 341--342
Anonymous The Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper . . 342--343
Anonymous The Crafty Hermit Crab . . . . . . . . . 343--345
M. H. Strong Gas a Substitute for Solid Fuel . . . . 346--346
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous The Sawyer--Man Electric Lamp . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Utilization of Petroleum . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous A Trade Mark Decision . . . . . . . . . 352--352
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Anonymous Increasing Trade with Chili . . . . . . 353--353
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Anonymous The Fusing of Carbon . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Alum in Baking Powders . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Valvoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
D. D. Robertson Car Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous New Trunnion and Trimmer . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous New Time-Indicating Night Lamp . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous An Improved Roofing . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous A New Lamp Extinguisher . . . . . . . . 358--359
Anonymous Paris Exhibition --- Facade of Austria
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Anonymous The Common Jacana . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
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Anonymous American Institute Fair . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous The Belgian Ship Canal . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Progress of Petroleum . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous The Limit of Work . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Iridescent Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
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Anonymous Sanitary Science in the United States 369--370
Anonymous An Improved Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
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Anonymous An Improved Garden Sprinkler . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous A New Foot Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 371--373
Anonymous The Werdermann Electric Light . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Cassons Saw Bench . . . . . . . . . . . 374--375
Anonymous The Argonaut, or Paper Nautilus . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The Trap Door Spider of Jamaica . . . . 375--376
Anonymous The Progress of Science in Mexico . . . 376--376
Berlin H. Wright Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous New Wire Clothing for Burring Cylinders 377--377
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--389
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 394--394
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous A New Water Elevator . . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous The International Dairy Fair . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Pomerania Disaster . . . . . . . . . 384--384
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Anonymous An Active Volcano in the Moon . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Expiring Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Quicklime as a Substitute for Blasting
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Anonymous The New Otto Silent Gas Engine . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous The Diamond Self-Clamp Paper Cutter . . 386--386
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics. --- Drills and
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Anonymous Another Trade Mark Decision . . . . . . 388--388
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Anonymous Chapman's Valves and Hydrants . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous A New Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A New Parallel Vise . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Some Reasons Why Every Manufacturer,
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Daniel C. Beard The Paddle Fish of the Mississippi . . . 391--392
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Anonymous Pottery and Glassware . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 414--414
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Anonymous A Curious Mode of Taking Turtle . . . . 399--399
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Anonymous Furnace for Spelter and White of Zinc 402--402
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Anonymous A New Bottle Stopper . . . . . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous Incline Cutting, Drawing, and Stamping
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Anonymous The Great Hungarian Wine Cask . . . . . 407--408
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Anonymous A Plan of Co-Operative Charity . . . . . 16--16
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Anonymous Patent Office Practice . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Chichester Water Works . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous A New Revolving Index . . . . . . . . . 18--18
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Anonymous Studies from the Brighton Aquarium . . . 23--24
Anonymous Bronze Lattice or Fire Guard . . . . . . 24--24
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Anonymous The Manufacture of Soft Felt Hats . . . 26--26
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 46--46
Anonymous The Adulteration of Soft Soap . . . . . 31--31
Hamilton S. Wicks American Industries --- No. 2 . . . . . 31--31
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Anonymous Patents in New South Wales . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Sun Spots and Commercial Crises . . . . 32--33
Anonymous Progress of the Swedish Arctic
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Anonymous The Trademarks Quandary . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous How to Utilize Old Fruit Cans . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Senate Bill 300. --- Section 2 . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Boiler Feeders for Locomotives, Etc . . 33--34
Anonymous Straub's Scientific Grain Mill . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Columbia Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
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Anonymous Duplex Steam Pumping Engines . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Clipper Injector . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Chætodon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous Early English Style of Piano at the
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Anonymous The Gruey Gyroscope and the Gyroscopic
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Transmutation of Elements . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous The Fourth State of Matter . . . . . . . 48--48
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Anonymous The Bill to Discourage Inventions . . . 49--49
Anonymous An Improved Table . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Saturator and Regulator of Mekarski's
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Anonymous Rotary Lift Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--52
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 52--53
Anonymous A Novel Bridle Bit . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous A New Continuous Calk Horseshoe . . . . 53--53
Anonymous The Wallace--Farmer Electric Light . . . 54--54
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Anonymous The Penciled Ear Hog . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
Anonymous A New Firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
R. C. Cooley A New form of Sulphureted Hydrogen
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Anonymous Elizabethan Fireplace . . . . . . . . . 57--58
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous The Voltaic Pencil . . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Engine of the Torpedo Vessel Destroyer 63--63
Anonymous A New Switch Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Some Patents that Section 11 would have
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Anonymous Glucose Honey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous A Vegetable Green for Confectioners . . 64--64
Anonymous A New Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous The Laundries of New York . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Haeckel on Evolution . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous A Great Market for Our Cattle and Other
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Anonymous A Hint for an Invention . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous The Demenge Engine and Boiler . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A New Potato Digger . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous The Manufacture of Lard . . . . . . . . 67--68
W. J. Stillman American Mechanical Genius . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Atmospheric Air and the Vacuum . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Porcupine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
Anonymous Improved Window Awning . . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous Designs for Vases . . . . . . . . . . . 73--74
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--85
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
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Anonymous Harbor of Refuge on the Pacific Coast 81--81
Anonymous The Social Science Convention . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Settlement of a Doubtful Geological
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Anonymous Clay Pipes and Their Manufacture . . . . 82--83
Anonymous The New Woodruff Scientific Expedition 83--83
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Anonymous A Novel Boot and Shoe Heel . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous An Improved Locomotive Smoke Stack . . . 86--86
Anonymous A Curious Invention . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous A New Car Stove . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Great Shielded Locust of Papua . . . 87--88
Anonymous Improved Power Feed Sandpapering Machine 89--89
Anonymous Hard Rolled Iron and Steel Rim Pulleys 89--90
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Can I Obtain a Patent? . . . . . . . . . 92--92
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--102
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous The New Patent Bill as Passed by the
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Anonymous Will Blood Tell? . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous American Tea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The License Fee as a Measure of Damages 97--97
Anonymous American Industries. --- No. 5 . . . . . 97--97
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Anonymous A Novel Railway Trace . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous An Improved Type Writes . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Hancock Inspirator . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A New Check Row Corn Planter and Drill 99--100
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous The Manufacture of Sewing and Floss Silk 100--101
Anonymous Aveling & Porter's Road and Farm
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Anonymous Fire and Water Indicator . . . . . . . . 102--102
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Anonymous Barrel for Shipping Bottled Liquors . . 103--105
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Anonymous Value of Patents and How to Obtain Them 108--108
Anonymous Prospective of the \booktitleScientific
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous American Industries. --- No. 6 . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous The New Patent Bill. --- Shall It Pass
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Anonymous Creosoted Wood as a Protection against
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Anonymous Seating on Artificial Ice . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Recent Experiments with ``Laughing Gas'' 113--113
Anonymous A Paper Observatory Dome . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Woodbury Planing Machine Case . . . 113--113
Anonymous A New and Important Mineral . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A New Ice Creeper . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Fruit Can . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improvement in Neck Yokes . . . . . . 115--116
Anonymous A New Steam Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . 116--117
Anonymous Stop Motion Hand Piece for Dental
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Anonymous An Improved Parallel Ruler . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous A Combined Chopper and Cultivator . . . 118--118
Anonymous A New Whiffletree Hook . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 118--118
Daniel C. Beard Green Carolina Anolis; Or, The American
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Anonymous A New Torpedo Boat . . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous A Wonderful Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous A Simple Electric Pen . . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Prospectus of the \booktitleScientific
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 139--139
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
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Anonymous Strikes in Liverpool and London . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Honor to Peter Cooper . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Samuel Batchelder . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous The Plague in Russia . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous Food Adulteration . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous The Farmer's Best Friend . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous A Cable Jubilee . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Trade Arbitration in England . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous An Improved Cane Mill Wanted . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Pneumatic Regulator for Clocks . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous A New Gun Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous A Novel Door Check . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous A New Protector for Book Covers . . . . 131--131
Anonymous An Improved File Guard . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Recent Engineering Patents . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous A New Ratchet Drill . . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous Patents Pertaining to the Household . . 133--133
Anonymous A New Beetling Machine . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous A New Cream-Raising Apparatus . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Miscellaneous Intentions . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Oriental Eagle Owl . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Humpback Whale . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous The Alhambra Vase . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Electric Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Ancient Works of Peru . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous To Inventors. --- The Great Want . . . . 138--138
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 140--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous The Smallest Steamboat in the World . . 143--143
Anonymous Gary's Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
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Anonymous The Sawyer--Man Electric Light . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous A New Form of Carbon . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Gart Magnetic-Motor Deception . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Preservation of Forests . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Trouble with Wire Binders . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Waste of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . 145--146
Anonymous The Sweepstakes Planer and Matcher . . . 147--147
Anonymous Nicolaieff Depositing Floating Dock . . 147--148
Anonymous What We Find in Honey . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Machine for Softening Silk . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Gary's Magnetic Motor . . . . . . . . . 151--153
H. C. Hovey The Luray Cavern . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Some Recent Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes and Queris . . 171--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 8 . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous Science to Solve Industrial Problems . . 160--160
Anonymous Economy in Gas Burning . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Emigration and Migration . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Canary Fisheries . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The Iron Ocean Pier at Long Branch . . . 161--161
Anonymous Honey Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The Use of Cold Water in Cold Weather 161--161
Anonymous Guatemala Indigo . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Light and Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous New Instrument to Determine the Presence
of Metals in Ores . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous An Improved Washer Gutter . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous A New Hurdle Fence . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 164--165
Anonymous Some New Points in the Diagnosis and
Prognosis of Typhoid Fever . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous A New Forging Mandrel . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Improved Ice-Making Apparatus . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The Victor Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Sponge Fishing in the Adriatic ---
Artificial Sponge Raising . . . . . . . 167--169
Anonymous The Bawlkin Green Thunderbolt . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous The Straw-Necked Ibis . . . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous Catarrh and its Cure . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous The Patent Bill Defeated . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Model Tenements . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Progress of the Telephone . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous The Menace to Europe . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous How the Patent Bill Died . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Mr. Robert G. Hatfield . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 9 . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous A Glass Mountain and Road . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous A Surprise to Millers . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Safety at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous New Vertical French Burr Mills . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous New Testing Machine . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A New Honey Extractor . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Recent American Inventions . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Some Anatomical Peculiarities in the
Male Chimpanzee . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous The Praxinoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Some Recent Inventions . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous A New Packing Box . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The Parasol Ants of Texas . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Giant Snapping Turtle . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous Siemens' Electric Current Governor . . . 184--184
Anonymous New Electric Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Edison's Electric Light . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous The Edison Electric Light . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Righi's Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous The Mexican Industrial Exhibition . . . 186--186
Anonymous The Agricultural Exhibition in London 186--186
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous A New Steam Tiller . . . . . . . . . . . 191--192
Anonymous How Our Patent Laws Promote and Improve
American Industries . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Pleuro-Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Spain a Field for Machinery and Patents 193--193
Anonymous Petek Coofer as an Inventor . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Curious Facts in Magnetism . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous A New Ore Crusher . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous A New Ironing Table . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous A Novel Engine Regulator . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Remedy for the New Carpet Beetle . . . . 195--195
Anonymous New Stencil Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
Anonymous The Writing Telegraph . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Cowper's Writing Telegraph . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Aluminum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Door Bolt . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Improved Furnace for Burning Garbage . . 198--198
Anonymous An Ancient Greek Vase . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous Glass Sponges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--202
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 218--220
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Geo. M. Hopkins New Acoustic Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Labor and the Cost of Living . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Dangers of Lead Poisoning from the Use
of Tinned Ware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Gary's Alleges Neutral Line . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous A Contrast between American and English
Artisans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Security of the East River Bridge 209--209
Anonymous The Neutral Line. --- A Note from Mr.
Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Miss Hosmer's Motor . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Heinrich Geissler . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Herreshoff Torpedo Launch . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous An Improved Lawn Mower . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous A New Shipping Tag . . . . . . . . . . . 211--212
Anonymous Some Recent American Patents . . . . . . 212--213
Anonymous Western Iowa Coal Fields . . . . . . . . 213--214
Anonymous An Improved Press . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous The Bobac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous New Automatic Siphon . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Supreme Court Decision . . . . . . . . . 216--217
Anonymous An Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . 217--217
C. Few Seiss De Kay's Snake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 235--235
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 223--224
Anonymous The Home of the Meteors . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous American Affluence of Mechanical
Invention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Jaded Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
Anonymous Woman the Primitive Pottery-Maker and
Decorator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Wire in Wheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Applications of Celluloid . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Notes on Faience and its Manufacture . . 226--226
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Machine for Stretching and Softening
Cloth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous A New Attachment for Boilers . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Fountain Watering Trough for Cattle . . 227--228
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Australian Insects in California . . . . 228--228
Anonymous The Heslop Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous Recent Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous New Loading Apparatus for Ordnance . . . 230--230
Anonymous A New Fender for Vessels . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous The Forceps Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Cape Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Better than Dime Novels . . . . . . . . 232--233
Anonymous Fine Cast Iron Work . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous What Should be the Legal Standard of
Kerosene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous The Allanthus as Timber . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 254--254
Anonymous Toxicological Notes . . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous The Engines of the Yacht Isa . . . . . . 239--240
Anonymous Mathews' Boiler Attachment . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous The World's Fair of 1883 at New York . . 240--240
Anonymous The Worcester Free Institute of
Industrial Science . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous The Baltimore Water Works . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous An Example for Young Inventors . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Good Times for American Farmers . . . . 241--241
Anonymous A Possible Improvement in Sugar Making 241--241
Anonymous Art as an Aid to Industry . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Dean Brothers' Steam Pump . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Brick Making by Machinery . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Professor Hughes' Induction Balance . . 244--245
Anonymous Prof. Edison's Induction Balance for
Telephone Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous A New Pedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Novel Baggage Fastener and Shawl Carrier 246--246
Anonymous A New Dough Kneader . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Flying Frog . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Fennec, or Sahara Fox . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 247--249
Anonymous Silver Water Bottle . . . . . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Notes on Faience and its Manufacture . . 255--255
Anonymous The Site of the Great New York
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous Frost and Yellow Fever . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Australian Exhibitions . . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous The Bicycle as a Practical Road Vehicle 257--257
Anonymous Is the Moon Inhabited! . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Interest-Bearing Notes . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous The Aniline Colors . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Blasting by Compressed Air . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous A Novel Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Edison's Electro-Chemical Telephone . . 260--260
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Premiums for Boys . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A Convenient Box for Artists . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous A New Carbureter . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--263
Anonymous Improved Barrel for Breech-Loading Shot
Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Great Crab-Spider . . . . . . . . . 263--264
Anonymous Gray Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Old Homes Made New . . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286--286
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 10 . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous Progress of Electric Lighting . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Scarlet Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Better Late than Never . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Museums of Europe --- Metropolitan
Museum of Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Barff's New Process for Preserving Iron 273--273
Anonymous Vermont Marble . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous An Improved Amalgamator . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Railway Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Household Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous A New Clutch Pulley . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Emery Band Polishing Machine . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A New Anti-Friction Journal Bearing . . 278--278
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous An Improved Water Elevator . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Remarkable Accident to a Red Deer . . . 279--280
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Japanese Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Calcareous Sponges . . . . . . . . . . . 281--282
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Study to have Ideas . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous ``The Patent Right Nuisance'' . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous English vs. American Rails . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous A Remarkable Conflagration --- The River
between New York and Brooklyn Set on
Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 11 . . . . . 289--290
Anonymous Therapeutic Machinery . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous Reflector for Candles . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous New Hydraulic Grid . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous A New Locomotive . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Milk Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Rowell's Improved Lens for Spectacles 293--293
Anonymous The Explosion on the Thunderer . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous An Improved Mangle . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous An Improved Emery Wheel Stand . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous The Window Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Yak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous Artificial Lighting for Photography . . 296--296
Anonymous A Chance for Inventors . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous An Elegant Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous The Catalpa as a Timber Tree . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous An International Exhibition of
Industrial Science . . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 318--318
Anonymous A New Estimate of the World's Age . . . 304--304
Anonymous The Longest Tunnel in the World . . . . 304--304
Anonymous The Power of Vibration Harnessed . . . . 304--305
Anonymous When are Laws Discovered! . . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous Molecular Chemistry --- No. 1 . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Edison's Electric Illuminator and Dr.
Draper's Experiments Thirty Years Ago 305--305
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 12 . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Testing Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous A Few Novelties . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous The Detroit River Tunnel and Bridge . . 309--309
Anonymous The Patentees' Protective Association 309--309
Anonymous Disinfection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous Improved Paper Cutting and Winding
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous New Cut-Off for Steam Engines . . . . . 310--311
Daniel C. Beard The Kanchil, or Pygmy Musk . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 312--313
Anonymous The Calamar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 331--332
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Purifying Rancid Butter . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous American Industries, No. 13 . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The Mental Requirements of Modern
Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Three Successful Efforts . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The Electric Light in Paris . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous New Process for Preserving and
Ornamenting Iron . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous Who Originated the Atlantic Cable? . . . 321--321
Anonymous The World-Circuit and Time Puzzle . . . 321--321
Anonymous Prof. Bert's New Anæsthetic . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous A New Satchel Desk . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Moulding, Carving, Paneling and
Dovetailing Machine . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Improved Microphones . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
S. W. Balch A Simple Ellipsograph . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Improved Stock and Dies for Pipes and
Bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous A New Flour, Grain, and Bolting Cloth
Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous A New Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous The Orchis Family . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
Anonymous The New York Academy of Sciences . . . . 328--328
C. Few Seiss The Brown Desmognath . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous A Rich Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous A Sensible Fashion . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 347--348
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350--350
Anonymous Design Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Impatience of Youth . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Common Mistakes in House Building . . . 337--337
Anonymous Chicle, or Mexican Gum . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Cause of Consumption . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 14 . . . . . 337--338
Anonymous A Novel Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Thrasher, Straw Scale, and Sheaf Binder 339--339
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Railway Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous New Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 342--343
Anonymous The Equine Antelope . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous Greek Drinking Cup . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous New Provision Safe . . . . . . . . . . . 344--345
Anonymous The Edible Mussel . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Gerard Mercator, the Cosmographer . . . 346--346
Anonymous David Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 363--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 366--366
Anonymous The Autophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Trajectory of Molecules . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous The International Canal Congress . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Science as a Detective . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous A New Refrigerating Liquid from Beets 352--352
Anonymous Magnetic Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous Underground Telegraph Wires . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Localizing Telephone Calls . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Molecular Chemistry --- No. II . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The Donnadieu Reciprocating Pump . . . . 355--356
Anonymous A Sixpenny Phonograph . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous The New York Academy of Sciences . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous A New Steam Hammer . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Attachment for Boiler Feed Pumps . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Terrestrial Gasteropods . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Drainage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous Stool of Inlaid Wood and Embroidered
Cloth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Specimens of Turkish Pottery . . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous Asa Packer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 379--379
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 379--380
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Opening of the Northeast Passage . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Another Objection to the License System 368--368
Anonymous How Coffee is Cleaned . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Robert Crawshay . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Triumphs of Modern Engineering . . . . . 368--369
Anonymous Molecular Chemistry --- No. III . . . . 369--369
Anonymous The Gatling Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous New Hay Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
Anonymous Improved Snow Flanger . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous New Sample Case . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 372--373
Anonymous New Pipe Cutting and Threading Machine 374--374
Anonymous A New Condenser . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous The Chameleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous A New Winged Projectile . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous The Writing Telegraph . . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous Wilson's ``Horograph,'' or Clockwork Pen 377--377
Anonymous Recent Discoveries in Assyria . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 395--396
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Practical Divisibility of the Electric
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Anonymous A Prairie Boy's Experience . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Unknown New York . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Strike of Pittsburg Puddlers . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Utility of Bees . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous Philander Higley Roots . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The Isthmus Canal . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Improved Finishing Press . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Milling Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--387
Anonymous Improved Window Cornice . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous New Combination Tool for Merchants . . . 387--387
Anonymous A New Scuffle Hoe . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Preventive for Slipping Belts . . . . . 388--389
Anonymous Improved Road Plane . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Improved Hydrant . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Some Interesting Echinodermata . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Flower Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--394
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 409--409
Anonymous Notes and Queries: Notes & Queries . . . 409--410
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 414--414
Anonymous A New Switch Controller . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous Six Months of Scientific Progress . . . 400--400
Anonymous Citric Acid-From the Lime and Lemon . . 400--400
Anonymous The Tide Water Oil Pipe Line Completed 400--400
Anonymous Improvement in Sugar Manufacture . . . . 400--401
Anonymous The Brewers' Convention . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Australian Exhibitions . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The New Steamship Arizona . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Insects as Medicine . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Krupp Electric Lamp . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous New Shop Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous A New Invalid Bed . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous A New Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous The Cyclodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Fastening and Releasing Device for
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Anonymous The Electric Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous A New Sounder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous An Old Concern Re-Established . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous The Kansas Whirlwinds . . . . . . . . . 1--2
Anonymous A Patent Right Discussion in England . . 2--2
Anonymous Magnetizing Molten Iron . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous A New Theory of the Earth's Magnetic
Poles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous Objections to Self-Propelling Fire
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Anonymous The Prospects of Tea Culture . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous The Diseases of Building Timber . . . . 3--3
Anonymous ``Scientific Credulity'' . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous New Electric Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Luedtge's Universal Telephone . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Hydriodic Acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Pneumatic Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--6
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A Novel Rotary Pump . . . . . . . . . . 6--7
Anonymous The Elephant Shrew . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
C. V. Riley The Thick-Thighed Walking Stick . . . . 7--9
Anonymous New Device for Separating Cream from
Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous An Inventor Victorious . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Improved Anchor . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous An Old Concern Re-Established . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 27--27
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Improved Hose Coupling . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous A New Gas Exhauster Governor . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous The North-Northwest . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Pluck and Energy Sufficient Capital for
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Anonymous Contamination of Drinking Water . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Pah-Gosa Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous Defeat of the Cochrane Patents . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous A Magnetized Watch . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous A New Sewer Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous A New Portable Engine . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous New Cuff Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--20
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 20--21
Anonymous New Drag Sawing Machine . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Machinery for Making Shingles . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Jones' New Press Machine and Process . . 22--23
Anonymous The Mara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Daniel C. Beard \em Scarus Quacamaia, or Great American
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Anonymous Ancient Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 43--43
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 46--46
Anonymous The United States Drilling Scow, East
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Anonymous Alum in Baking Powders . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous The Captive Balloon at Coney Island . . 32--32
Anonymous The Telephone as a Lightning Indicator 32--33
Anonymous Peculiar Steam Whistling . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous Molecular Chemistry. --- No. 4 . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous An Improved Tug Coupling . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous A New Water Meter . . . . . . . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous Improved Water Wheel . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Improved Washbasin Valves . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Railway Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous The Geysers of the Azores . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous New Propelling Apparatus . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous New Milling Attachment for Lathes . . . 38--39
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous New Sewer Gas Stopper . . . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous Plowing by Electricity . . . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 41--42
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Electric Light in Photography . . . 47--47
Anonymous The American Polar Expedition . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Proposed Exploration of Western Asia . . 48--48
Anonymous Flint Implements of the Aborigines . . . 48--49
Anonymous A Tropical Fruit . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Fire-Flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous A Novel Steam Car . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous A New Brick Machine . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Recent American Patents . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous The Exeter Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 51--52
Anonymous Progress at Menlo Park . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The Sun's Radiant Energy . . . . . . . . 53--54
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous An Improved Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--55
Anonymous The Aswail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 55--56
Anonymous Curious Discoveries in Regard to the
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Aborigines and Prehistoric Inhabitants
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Ice Breaker . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous The Grand Prize Diploma of the French
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Anonymous Shall We Have a Canal or Ship Railway? 64--64
Anonymous The Cincinnati Industrial Exhibition . . 64--64
Anonymous The Opening of the Mississippi . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous The Reflecting Magic Lantern in Court 64--65
Anonymous Progress in Spectroscopy . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous Where to Study Chemistry in Germany . . 65--65
Anonymous The Polar Pantograph . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Combined Fork and Spoon . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous An Improved Potato Digger . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 66--66
S. P. Langley The Sun a Source of Power . . . . . . . 67--68
Anonymous A Ship Railway at Panama . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Spar Torpedo Vessel Acheron . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Portable Flour Mill . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous New Thrashing Machine . . . . . . . . . 70--71
Anonymous Tornelia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous The Phylloxera in France . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous New Bubble Blower . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Future of American Engineering . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous The Manufacture of Valves . . . . . . . 79--80
Anonymous What to do Next Winter . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Probable Opportunities for New
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Anonymous The New Bureau of National Survey . . . 81--81
Anonymous How to Preserve Cider . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Changes in Photography . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Spirit Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous The Electrical Alarm Compass . . . . . . 81--81
Anonymous Improved Pressing Machine . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Improved Grinding Mill . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A New Railroad Tie . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 83--84
Anonymous New Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous A New Optical Delusion . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Improvement in Saw Gumming . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Narica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 88--90
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous Amateur Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 95--96
Anonymous The American Association for the
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Anonymous Sandal Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Syst\`eme S\`ebillot . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous A Sanitary Captain Eads Wanted . . . . . 97--98
Anonymous A New Piston Rod Packing . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous An Improved Churn . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Recent Agricultural Inventions . . . . . 99--99
Geo. M. Hopkins New Magnetometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
Anonymous New Electric Current Regulator . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous New Cut-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Combined Sad-Iron and Fluting Roller . . 102--102
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Faience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--106
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 123--123
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous New Meridian Circle . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous A Subject for Investigation . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Still\`e on Yellow Fever . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous A New Method of Locating Lightning Rods 112--113
Anonymous Labor at Home and Abroad . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Dragon Flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The American Onion-Smut in France . . . 113--113
Anonymous Nordenskjold's Expedition . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Holly System of Steam Heating . . . 114--116
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 116--117
Anonymous Improved Steam Whistle . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Lock Letter Press . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Novel Work Table Implement . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Portable Railroad Lock . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Improved Straw Cutter . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Recent Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous The Flying Dragon . . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous Molecular Chemistry --- No. 5 . . . . . 120--121
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
Trade Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 139--139
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous Bessemer Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Balance of Trade in Men . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous A Little Paradox . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Fungi in Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
C. V. Riley Failure of Tea Roses . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous New Propeller Screw . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Thunderer's Gun . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Cycloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Arsenic in Water Colors . . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous A New Miter Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Screw Scaffolding . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Japanese Goat Antelope . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Giant Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
Trade Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous The Belgian System of Canal Towing . . . 143--143
Anonymous Intelligent Workmen Needed . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Hydrophobia Successfully Treated with
Curare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Early Advocates of Ship Railways . . . . 144--144
Anonymous American Vines in France . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous Reading at Seven and a Half Miles
Distance from the Candle . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous A Covering Wanted for Cotton Bales . . . 145--145
Anonymous A Singular Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Four Hours in the Dark . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Tubular Piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Improved Rheostat . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Improved Instrument for Ringing Swine 147--147
Anonymous Cutting Packing Company. --- One of the
Largest Establishments of the Kind in
the Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous New Iron Fence Post . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Iron and Wood Gear-Dressing Machine . . 150--150
Anonymous Improved Boiler Feed Pump . . . . . . . 150--151
Anonymous The Swelled Trunk Palm . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 151--153
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous Lenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous The American Way . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Proposed Panama Ship-Railway . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Recent Industrial Progress . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous The Commissioner of Patents in a Dilemma 161--161
Anonymous The Red Spider on Roses . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Rapid Photographing . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Curing Beef by Injecting Brine . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Lift Locks and Locking-Time . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The American Science Association . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Drying Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Self-Laying Tramway . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous A New Metallic Thermometer . . . . . . . 163--164
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Recent Agricultural Inventions . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A New Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous New form of Electric Lamp . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Novel Device for Transmitting Motion . . 166--167
Anonymous The Greenland Whale and the Grampus . . 167--168
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 168--169
Anonymous An Ascent of the Volcano of Agua,
Central America . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous The Manufacture of the Harris--Corliss
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--176
Anonymous The American Association . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous Patent Your Inventions Abroad . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous Gelatine Negatives . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Dissociation of Chlorine . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Northwest Passage Successfully Made 177--177
Anonymous Platinum in the United States . . . . . 177--178
Anonymous Skimming Milk by Centrifugal Action . . 178--179
Anonymous A New Punching and Shearing Press . . . 179--179
Anonymous New Flange Coupling . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A Few Words to Young Steam Fitters . . . 179--180
Anonymous Proceedings of the American Association 180--180
Anonymous Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Novel Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
Anonymous New form of Transit Instrument . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Proposed New British Polar Expedition 183--183
Anonymous Iodine as a Substitute for Quinine . . . 183--184
Anonymous Three Rules for Abbreviating
Multiplication . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 184--185
Anonymous Gothic Oak Press . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Recent Agricultural Inventions . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous A Wonderful Clock . . . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Technical Science in New Zealand . . . . 192--192
Anonymous The Bessemer Steel Interest . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Inventions in China . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Copyrighting Fruit . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Social Science Association . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Recent Investigation into the Action of
Anæsthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--194
Anonymous New form of Reynier's Electric Lamp . . 194--194
Anonymous A New Combined Punch and Shear . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Alfred M. Mayer Practical Experiments in Magnetism, with
Special Reference to the Demagnetization
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Anonymous A New Surf Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Edison's Latest Telephone . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 198--199
Anonymous Giant Insects . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
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Anonymous Fire Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--202
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 219--219
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous The Grain Trade of New York . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Former Extension Northward of South
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Anonymous The Future of Organic Chemistry . . . . 209--209
Anonymous The Use of the Jew's Ear Fungus in China 209--209
Anonymous The Cost of Railway Cars . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous Vertical Car Wheel Borer . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous New Horse Clipping Machine . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 210--210
Alfred M. Mayer Practical Experiments in Magnetism, with
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Anonymous Improved Engineer's Transit . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous The Holloway Sanatorium . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous The Tamarind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
Anonymous Japanese Bronze Vases . . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
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Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 235--235
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous The Hydromotor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--224
Anonymous The Temperature of Water Supply . . . . 224--224
Anonymous The Sydney Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Water for Industrial Uses in New York 224--224
Anonymous Conspiracies to Nullify the Patent Laws 224--225
Anonymous Extraction of Oils by Means of Solvents 225--225
Anonymous The Policy of Patent Laws . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Rosset's Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
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Anonymous A New Drag Sawing Machine . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous A New Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 230--231
Anonymous New Calculating Attachment for Weighing
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Anonymous The Otocyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Recent Agricultural Inventions . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 231--233
Anonymous French Faience . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous The Baneful Effects of Absinthe . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 251--251
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 254--254
Anonymous Concrete Work at the Sea Ends of
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Anonymous Use of Photography in Wood Engraving . . 240--240
Anonymous The Hudson River Tunnel . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous The Production of Bromine in the United
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Anonymous Bad Water in Baltimore . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous England's Sources of Motive Power . . . 241--241
Anonymous Cold Climates in the Treatment of
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Anonymous Edison's Electrical Generator . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous French Horizontal Flour Mills . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Carving Attachment for Lathes . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 243--244
Anonymous Tortoise Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous The Localization of Arsenic in the Brain 244--244
Anonymous Chlorophyl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
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Anonymous A Suggestion to Advertisers . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous New Recording Pocketbook . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Tyler Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous New Barber's Chair . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Tarsier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Decoys for Wild Fowl . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Some Recent American Patents . . . . . . 247--249
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 249--251
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous The Progress of Elevated Railways . . . 255--255
Anonymous The American Institute Fair . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous A Zoological Garden for New York . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Origin of Machine-Made Pens . . . . 256--256
Anonymous New Torpedo Experiments by Capt.
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Anonymous Metallic Fences . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Shearing and Riveting Machinery . . . . 259--260
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 260--262
Anonymous An Improvement in Stovepipes . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous New Hydraulic Ram . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous New Amalgamator . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous A Novel Candle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Electric Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Palissy Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 263--265
Anonymous Baptismal Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--267
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
Anonymous Protection from Lightning . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Freezing in Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Effects of Heat in the Comstock Mines 272--273
Anonymous Pushing an Iron Bridge Across a River 273--273
Anonymous The Elevated Railway Extension. ---
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Anonymous American Industries. --- No. 21 . . . . 273--274
Anonymous The Blake Transmitter . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Geo. M. Hopkins Modification of the Reynier and
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous A New Fish Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 275--276
Judge Wheeler Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
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Anonymous New Motor and Meter . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A New Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Daniel C. Beard The Great Sea Cow of Florida . . . . . . 279--280
Anonymous Arrow Poisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Arabesque Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . 281--282
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 299--299
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 302--302
Anonymous The Speed of Ice Yachts . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Some Reasons for American Success . . . 288--288
H. C. Hovet The Fisheries of the United States . . . 289--289
Anonymous Coal Tipping Machines and Screens . . . 290--290
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Novel Barrel Hoop . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous New Wind Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Combined Corkscrew and Bottle Faucet . . 291--291
Anonymous An Electric Lamp for an English Shilling 293--293
Th. A. Edison On a Resonant Tuning Fork . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Steak Pavement Rammer . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous A Mammoth Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous The Flying Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous American Industries. --- No. 22 . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 296--297
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Mysterious Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous American Industries. --- No. 23 . . . . 303--303
Anonymous Five Thousand Dollars Reward for the
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Anonymous Anti-Vaccination Folly . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous The Future Water Supply of Philadelphia 304--305
Charles A. Seeley Edison's Electrical Generator . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Blake's Sectional Cushioned Crusher . . 306--306
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Improved Sleeping-Car Berth . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous New Perspective Drawing Apparatus . . . 307--307
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 307--308
Anonymous The Abuse of Live Stock on the Way to
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Anonymous A Few Recent Inventions . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Cost and Traffic of the New York
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Anonymous Roman Glassware . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Attraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 313--313
Anonymous A Recent Study of Mexican Earthquakes 314--314
Anonymous Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--325
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 331--331
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Friedmann's Ejector . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Incendiary Silk . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Oriental Sand and Mud Baths . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous The National Academy . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous Boadmasters' Difficulties . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous The ``Conch Peael'' . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Blast Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous A New Device for Preventing Journals
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Anonymous Novel Steak Generator . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 323--324
Anonymous How to Work the New Copying Process . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Cabinet Seat . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Miscellaneous Intentions . . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous The Cake of Tools . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous An Improved Spindle . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The Otter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous New Barrel Lifter . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 328--330
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 350--350
Anonymous The Holyoke Turbine Tests . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Collisions at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The American Public Health Association 336--337
Anonymous The Use of Steel for Bridges . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Edison's Electric Generator . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous How Far Can We Hear with the Telephone? 337--337
Anonymous A New Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous New Foundation Plate for Elevated
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Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous A New Sweeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous New Automatic Fire Lighter . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 24 . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Some Recent Inventions . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous New Musical Instrument . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous New Window Cleaning Chair . . . . . . . 342--343
Anonymous Tadpoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous House-Builder Moth . . . . . . . . . . . 343--345
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 363--363
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous The Trade Mark Decision . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous A Western Tow-Boat . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous The Great Gas Well and Carbon Factory at
Murraysville, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The National Public Health Association 353--353
Anonymous New Tramway Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
William J. Baldwin Hints to the Young Steam Fitter . . . . 355--356
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 25 . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous Artificial Haymaking . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous An Improved Screw Driver . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous The Ibex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous Cross-Breeding Among Fish . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous The International Dairy Fair . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Steam Towing on the Erie Canal . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Glass Tubing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 387--387
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American as an
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Anonymous The Registration of Trade Marks . . . . 376--376
Anonymous How to Judge of Leather in Belts . . . . 376--377
Anonymous The Year Product of Gold and Silver . . 377--377
Anonymous Steam Pilotage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Chicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Inventions Wanted to Utilize Sawdust . . 377--377
Anonymous The New Atlantic Cable . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Candlestick . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous New Horse Detacher . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous The St. Louis Bridge . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Improvement in Chain Pumps . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 25 . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Novel Traction Engine . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Improved Oil Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous A Singular Habit of the Woodcock . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 383--384
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
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Anonymous Platt's Tracing Apparatus . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Ancient Glassware . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Measuring Resistances . . . . . . . . . 385--386
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 403--403
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Science as Applied to Tanning . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous The Great Chanoine Dam at Pittsburg . . 392--393
Anonymous The Angamar Steam Passenger Car . . . . 393--393
Anonymous A New Plan for Heating Horse Cars . . . 393--393
Anonymous A Hot Water River . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 393--394
Anonymous The Steam Pilot Boat Hercules . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Novel Treadle Motion . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous New Projectile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Electrical Signaling Instrument . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Improved Hose Nozzle . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 26 . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 396--397
Henry A. Mott, Jr. A Fungoid Geowth --- The Cause of
Whooping Cough . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Pruning and Grafting Implement . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous Improved Hardening Tongs . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous Tying-in Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 398--399
Anonymous New Egg Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The Gila Monster . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--401
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 401--402
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 417--417
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 417--418
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 418--418
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 418--418
Anonymous A Year's Progress . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Strength, Weight, and Fineness of Woven
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Anonymous Erastus Brigham Bigelow . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Remarkable Fly Wheel Explosion . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American for
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Anonymous The Future of Africa . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Stamps for Trade Marks . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous The Duplex Air Compressor . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous A New Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 410--411
Anonymous The Climax Safety Hammerless Gun . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Boat-Lowering and Detaching Apparatus 412--412
Anonymous American Industries --- No. 27 . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous New Car Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414--414
Anonymous New Stone-Dressing Tool . . . . . . . . 414--415
Daniel C. Beard The Sea Serpent Accounted for . . . . . 415--416