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Anonymous The World's Fair of 1892 . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous The Incandescent Light Controversy . . . 2--3
Anonymous ``Experimental Science'' . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous An Improved Dredging Scraper . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous New Plating Dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous The National Surface Guard for Railroads 4--4
Anonymous The Paris Exposition Medal . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Brooklyn's Triumphal Arch . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous A Hand Lifter for Coupling Links . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Improved Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Improved Flash-Light Lamp . . . . . . 5--6
Anonymous New Swing Cut-Off Saw . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Statue Giving a Double Image . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous The Wenham Gas Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Concave Celestial Maps . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The New York Exhibition of 1892 . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Electric Phenomena Produced by Solar
Radiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous The Inventor's Head . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 10--13
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--16
Anonymous The Forth Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous In Iron and Steel Our Country now Leads
the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Second Annual Meeting of The American
Geological Society . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous A Low Water Alarm for Steam Boilers . . 20--20
Anonymous The Sulzer Engine at the Paris
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . 20--21
Anonymous An Improved Middlings Purifier . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous A New Telegraph Repeater . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous A Safety Pilot for Railway Trains . . . 21--21
Anonymous A Continuous Brick Kiln and Drier . . . 21--22
Anonymous An Improved Elastic Chain . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous An Improved Finger Nail Knife . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous An Improved Paper Clip . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous A Soap and Brush Holder . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous A Storm Coat and Vehicle Apron . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Plumbago Packing . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
Anonymous An Improved Car-Heating System . . . . . 25--25
Anonymous The New British War Ship Blake, the
Fastest and Most Formidable Cruiser
Afloat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous An Improved Anti-Friction Clutch . . . . 26--26
Anonymous An Improved Leather Channeling Machine 26--26
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous New York as a Site for the World's Fair 34--34
Anonymous Torpedo Boat Tests . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous The Submerged Railway of Onton on the
Coast of Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Improved Carpet Exhibitor . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Improved Portable Lamp . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous An Improved Straw-Burning Stove . . . . 37--37
Anonymous A Leak Stopper for Vessels . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Site for the World's Fair in New
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--40
Anonymous Progress of Electric Lighting in London 40--41
Anonymous An Electric Stenographic Pen . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous An Improved Fruit Drier . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous An Improved Suspender Belt . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous The Sherman ``King'' Vaporizer . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous An Improved Fence Wire Stretcher . . . . 43--43
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous The New Astigmatic Lens for Optical
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Safety in Electric Lighting . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous A Brake and Starter for Vehicles . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Compound Engine . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Corn Trimmer . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The Feather Blade Elliptic Propeller . . 53--53
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Brake Shoe . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous An Improved Pruning Implement . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous An Improved Band Saw Pulley . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous An Improved Door Lock . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous An Improved Fountain Pen . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous An Improved Rail Joint . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous The New York Post Office . . . . . . . . 55--56
Anonymous New Letter Stamping Machine . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Labors of the International Bureau of
Weights and Measures . . . . . . . . . . 57--58
Anonymous A Novelty in Tramway Practice . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patent Cases . . . 58--59
Anonymous The French War Ship ``Redoutable'' . . . 59--59
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 60--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 64--64
F. J. Drake Sea-Going Torpedo Boat No. 1, United
States Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous American Society of Civil Engineers . . 66--66
Anonymous The Hudson River Tunnel . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous The Total Eclipse of December 22, 1889 66--66
Anonymous Okra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous Position of the Planets for February . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Ash Sifter . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Furnace . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Furnace . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Water Motor . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Two Improved Candlesticks . . . . . . . 69--69
C. W. Maccord Ericsson's Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--70
Anonymous Improved Linoleum Printing Machine . . . 72--72
Anonymous An Improved Hot Air Engine . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Electrical Machine Room of the
Halles--Centrales, Paris . . . . . . . . 73--74
Anonymous An Improved Feed Bag . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous An Improved Head Rest . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous A Luminous Keyhole Escutcheon . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous An Improved Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous An Improved Velocipede . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous The Monarch Rubber Belting . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous New Beam Caliper . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Extermination of American Game . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Wave Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Bridge Our Downtown Side Streets . . . . 82--83
Anonymous An Attachment for Printing Presses . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Burner for Heated Compressed Air and
Oils Gases etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Clamp . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Stove Pipe . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous The Armstrong 9-Inch Gun . . . . . . . . 85--86
Anonymous Improved Gate for Railway Crossings . . 86--86
Anonymous Bridging New York Streets . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Rio De Janeiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Mr Lorillard's Steel Launch . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Paris Sewer Electric Wires and Pneumatic
Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
T. O'Conor Sloane High and Low Tension Electric Circuits 91--91
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 92--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The Mechanical Interlocking Switch and
Signal System at the Grand Central
Depot, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Helping the Merchant Fleet . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous European Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--99
Anonymous A Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator 100--100
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous An Improved Hand Rake . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous An Improved Musical Instrument . . . . . 100--100
T. O'Conor Sloane Volt and Ampere Analogies . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Engines of the Augusta Victoria . . . . 101--102
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous A New Electric Conduit for Street Cars 104--104
Anonymous The Dog-Headed Opossum . . . . . . . . . 105--106
Anonymous An Improved Electric Signal . . . . . . 106--106
Geo. M. Hopkins Some Effects of Large Currents . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous The Westinghouse Alternating Current
System of Electrical Distribution . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Panama Canal --- a New Project for
Its Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Annual Report of the Commissioner of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--115
Peter T. Austen How to Purify Drinking Water . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Metallic Shingle . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Railroad Tie and Chair . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Sunshade Hat . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Toy for Children . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Tool and Handle . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Ridge and Hip Covering for Roofs . . . 116--116
Anonymous A New Aerial Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 117--118
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous A Cheap Flash Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous A New Method of Electrically Driving
Tuning Forks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Simple Calls for Telephone Lines . . . . 123--123
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous Electro-Motors on Trunk Lines . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous S. J. Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The World's Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous William Jarvis Mcalpine . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Hydraulic Pressure Gold Chlorination
Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Cable Grip . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Printer's Galley . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Brake Staff Support . . . . 133--133
Anonymous An Improved Butter Worker . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous An Improved Window Shade Exhibitor . . . 133--133
Anonymous An Improved Check Hook for Harness . . . 133--134
Anonymous An Improved Hedge Fence . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous An Improved Hoe or Rake . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous An Improved Machine for Stacking Hay,
Ensilage, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The New Boston Fire Boat ``Engine No.
31'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
Anonymous The Artesian Wells of Riverside, Cal . . 136--136
Anonymous The Armadillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 139--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous New Type of Locomotive Driving Wheels 145--146
Anonymous The World's Fair of 1892 --- Chicago
Favored by the House of Representatives 146--147
Anonymous Leprosy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Position of the Planets for March . . . 147--147
Anonymous An Improved Magazine Hand Camera . . . . 148--148
Anonymous The Sisal Plant at Nassau, N.P. . . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Improved Rope Clamp and Thimble . . . 149--149
Anonymous An Improved Revolving House Hoe . . . . 149--149
Anonymous An Improved Tool Cutter . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous A Removable Siding for Bedsteads . . . . 149--149
Anonymous An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 149--150
Anonymous An Improved Game Apparatus . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous An Improved Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous An Improved Tape Measure . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Railway Practice in America . . . . . . 152--154
Geo. M. Hopkins The Scientific Use of the Phonograph . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The Celestial World . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The Monitor as a Battle Ship . . . . . . 162--162
H. C. Hovey The Manufacture and Uses of Aluminum . . 163--164
Anonymous Manual Instruction of the Mechanic . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Improved Barrel Truck and Jack . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Improved Milk Can . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous The Magic Money Box . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Improved Cash Carrier . . . . . . . . 165--166
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous An Improved Glass Polishing Wheel . . . 166--166
Anonymous A New Machinists' Hammer . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The San Diego Flume System . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The New Dry Dock at Halifax . . . . . . 168--169
Anonymous An Improved Cane Mill . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous The Mummy Cats of Beni Hassan . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous A Running-Board for the Top of Cars . . 169--169
Anonymous An Improved Car Brake . . . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 171--171
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 171--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous New Conference of the International
Industrial Union . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Progress of Dynamite Guns . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous Smokeless Gunpowder . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improved Curtain Fixture . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improved Lister and Drill . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improved Sensitive Drill . . . . . . 181--182
Anonymous An Improved Coupling Link . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Harlem River Improvement and Ship
Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous Bending and Embossing Sheet Metal . . . 184--184
Anonymous Sending Pictures by Telegraph . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous An Improved Mill Boot or Pestle . . . . 184--186
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 187--187
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--190
Anonymous Formal Opening of the Great Forth Bridge 194--194
Anonymous Roller Mill Patent Case . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Position of the Planets for April . . . 194--195
Anonymous The Manufacture of Fishing Rods and
Tackle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Hanger for Use in Curing Tobacco . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Adjustable Grooving Head . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Door Knob Attachment . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Door Check . . . . . . . . . 197--198
Anonymous An Improved Blind for Bridles . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Manufacture of Paper on the Continent 200--201
Anonymous An Improved Armature for Electric
Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous An Improved Sewing Machine . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Launch of the United States Steel
Cruiser Newark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 203--203
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--206
Anonymous Electro-Pneumatic Block Signal System 209--209
Anonymous Soda Ash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous An Improved Alarm Lock . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Means of Channel Protection 212--212
Anonymous Low Water Alarm and Flue Cleaning Device
for Steam Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous The Victor Safety Bicycle . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Atomizer . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Improved End Gate for Wagons . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Improved Key Fastener . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Portable Lemonade Holder and Glass
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Nut and Washer for Vehicle Axles . . . 213--214
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Mountains of the Moon . . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous An Improved Bridge Flooring . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous An Improved Camera . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Automatic Recording Signal for Railroads 219--219
Anonymous Queen's New Triple Plate Toeplee--Holtz
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 220--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--222
Anonymous A New Decision by the Supreme Court
Relating to Foreign and American Patents 226--226
Anonymous Smokeless Gunpowder . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Stocking the Hudson With Salmon . . . . 226--227
Anonymous Patent Office Salaries . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Dough Kneader . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Drainage and Sewerage System 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Printer's Galley . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Cotton Cultivator . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous The Lovell Diamond Safety Bicycle . . . 229--229
Anonymous A Machine for Distributing Poison on
Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Compressed Air Passenger Cars . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous A Device for Attaching Cost or Price
Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous An Improved Check Punch . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous An Improved Pencil Sharpener and Holder 231--231
Anonymous An Improved Stove-Pipe Shelf . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Cyclone of March 26,27,and 28 . . . 232--235
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Accident to a Great Steamer . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Camphor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous The Majestic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Improvement of the ARC Light . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous An Improved Permutation Lock . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Spring Motor . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Type-Writer . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Weeder . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Carter's Ditching and Excavating Machine 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Perforating Wheel . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Skylight . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous The Nonpareil Pipe Plug . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Preserve for Binding . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Climbing the Great Chimney of the Clark
Thread Works, at Harrison, N.J. . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Economy of Belting and Pulleys . . . . . 247--247
Geo. M. Hopkins The Scientific use of the Phonograph . . 248--248
Anonymous An Improved Mitering Machine . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Fluorine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous Improved Means of Distributing Power . . 250--250
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--255
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous Exhibition of the Wonders of Electricity 258--258
Anonymous A Proposed Bill Against the Chinese in
the United States . . . . . . . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous Preserve for Binding . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Position of the Planets for May . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Frick's Commercial Evaporator ``Simoon'' 260--260
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Anonymous An Improved Brake Shoe . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Circuit Closer . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Churn Dasher . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Measuring Faucet . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Shoe or Glove Fastener . . . 261--261
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
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Anonymous An Improved Music Leaf Turner . . . . . 267--267
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--271
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 272--272
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Anonymous A Questionable Patent Bill . . . . . . . 274--274
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Anonymous An Improved Automatic Dumb Waiter . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Improved Brace for Piano String
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Improved Water Tower and Extension
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Anonymous An Improved Shaft Lighter . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Time Register . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Windlass . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous New German Armor-Clad Cruisers . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Animal Bed . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Preserve for Binding . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous An Improved Hay Sling . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Wilzin Automatic Knife . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Proposed Suspension Bridge across
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Anonymous Automatic Time and Dating Stamps . . . . 283--283
Anonymous An Improved Grinding Machine . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous An Improved Steam Engine Valve . . . . . 283--283
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 284--284
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--286
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Anonymous Torpedo Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Ships and Guns Needed for Defense . . . 290--291
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Anonymous An Improved Hoist . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Hat Holder . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Lawn Mower . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Channel Cleaner . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous An Improved Dust Guard and Ventilator 293--293
Anonymous An Improved Irrigating Apparatus . . . . 293--293
Anonymous An Improved Switch Signal . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
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Anonymous Electric Lighting for Amateurs . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous An Improved Compound Engine . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous An Improved Dynamometer . . . . . . . . 299--299
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Anonymous An Improved Adjustable Ladder . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Clamp . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Ventilator for Railway Cars 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Clothes Line Adjuster . . . 309--309
Anonymous An Improved Curtain Pole Fixture . . . . 309--309
Anonymous An Improved Ledger Index . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous An Improved Wire Stretcher . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous A Water Shield for Window Brushes . . . 309--309
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Anonymous An Improved Valve . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous A Gigantic Plant from Sumatra . . . . . 314--315
Anonymous A New Gun for Firing High Explosives . . 315--315
Anonymous A New Target Pistol . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 316--317
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Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Improved Knife Grinding Machine . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Improved Padlock . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Slag Escape for Tuy\`eres . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Lesson in Repoussé . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
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Anonymous A Venomous Ceylon Serpent . . . . . . . 329--329
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Anonymous An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Index Plate for Gear-Cutting Machines 340--340
Anonymous An Improved Vehicle Wheel . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Improved Ore Concentrator . . . . . . 340--341
Anonymous The Fire Alarm System of Jersey City . . 341--341
Anonymous An Envelope Moistener and Sealer . . . . 342--342
Anonymous An Improved Dental Instrument . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous An Improved Holder for Paper Bags . . . 342--342
Anonymous An Improved Sad Iron . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous An Improved Tool Holder . . . . . . . . 342--342
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Anonymous An Improved Logging Railway . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous An Improved Shaft Bearing . . . . . . . 344--344
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Anonymous The New Steamer Normannia . . . . . . . 354--355
Anonymous An Improved Fodder Fork . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous An Improved Metal Awning . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous An Improved Reversible Seat for Chairs 356--356
Anonymous A New Straightway Valve . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Stone's Bread Cutter or Slicing Machine 356--356
Anonymous An Improved Pneumatic Railway System . . 357--357
Anonymous An Improved Passenger Car . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous An Improved Hoist and Conveyer . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous An Improved Tobacco Pipe Top . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Coal Handling Machinery at the Rondout
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Anonymous An Improved Elevator Car . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous An Improved Mail Car . . . . . . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous Hinge Connection for Electric Burglar
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
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Anonymous Proposed Amendments to the Patent Laws 370--371
Anonymous A Community of Readers . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous An Improved Dumb-Waiter Indicator . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Fence Post . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Tile or Brick Cutting Table 372--372
Anonymous A Tail Guard and Line Rest for Harness 372--372
Anonymous A Cutting Tool Attachment for Planers 373--373
Anonymous An Improved Cabinet for Holding Spool
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Anonymous An Improved Water Wheel . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous A Novel Advertising Device . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous An Improved Oil or Gas Stove . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 374--375
Anonymous The Mount Pleasant Yard of the
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Anonymous The ``American System'' of Electric Arc
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Anonymous An Improved Tellurian . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous An Improved Method of Automatically
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Anonymous Ornamental Iron Work for Amateurs . . . 379--379
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
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Anonymous The Winnebago County (Iowa) Meteorites 386--387
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous A Device to Navigate the Air . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Baggage Check . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Book Holder . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Life Raft . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Rein Guide . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous An Improved Carpet Cleaning Machine . . 389--389
Anonymous An Improved Hydraulic Motor . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous An Improved Liquid Holding Vessel . . . 389--389
Anonymous An Improved Machine for Hilling Celery 389--389
Anonymous An Improved Cotton Picker . . . . . . . 389--390
Anonymous The Development of the Caliper . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous An Improved Metal Cross Tie . . . . . . 390--391
Anonymous Singer's Great Sewing Machine
Manufactory After the Fire . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous A Subway Manhole Explosion Followed by a
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--398
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Anonymous An Improved Hinge . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Hoop Shaving Machine . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Machine for Making Articles from Pulp 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Collar for Grinding Pans . . 404--405
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Improved Cement Sinks, Washtubs, Etc. 405--406
Anonymous The Berlin Electrical Works . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous A Residence at Portchester, N.Y. . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Some Things in Wire . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
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Anonymous An Improved Rein Holder . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Snap Hook . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Wagon Brake . . . . . . . . 4--4
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Anonymous An Improved Potato Digger . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Improved Tension Device for Belts . . 5--5
Anonymous A Neat and Effective Clothes Beater . . 5--5
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Anonymous Walking on the Ceiling Head Down . . . . 8--8
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Anonymous An Improved Fruit Picking Stand . . . . 18--18
Anonymous An Improved Log Loading Machine . . . . 18--18
Anonymous An Improved Safety Latch for Elevator
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Anonymous An Improved Dental Tool . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Gravity Hoist . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Header Brake . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Mail Pouch Catcher . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Stone Polishing Machine . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Automatic Regulator . . . . 19--20
Anonymous Home Made Ornaments . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
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Anonymous Manufacture of Condensed Milk in
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Anonymous An Improved Guide for Sewing Machines 34--34
Anonymous Hot Water to Drive Cattle from Tracks 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Bridle for Horses . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Folding Scaffold Bracket . . 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Garden Implement . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous A Solar Attachment for Transit
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous The New Croton Aqueduct --- the Harlem
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Anonymous Home Made Grills and Gratings . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Mcleod Pneumatic System of Heating,
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Anonymous New York City Aqueduct --- Its
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
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Anonymous An Improved Surveyor's Instrument . . . 50--50
Anonymous An Improved Umbrella or Parasol
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Anonymous An Improved Adjustable Axle Nut . . . . 51--51
Anonymous An Improved Blasting Car . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous An Improved Block and Clevis For Log
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Anonymous An Improved Folding Table . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--54
Anonymous The Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Redwood Logging In California . . . . . 55--56
Anonymous A Wrinkle in Sawing . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous A Telegraphic Fire . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Position of the Planets in August . . . 65--65
Anonymous Improved Dwelling Houses . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous New Folding Table . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous New Locking Attachment for Bicycles . . 66--66
Anonymous A Novel Toy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Electric Slaughtering Apparatus . . . . 66--67
Anonymous Instrument for Fastening Fuse Caps . . . 67--67
Anonymous Novel Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous New Wash Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improvement in Halters . . . . . . . 67--68
Anonymous A New Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Comet Brooks 1 of 1890 . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Improved Movable Dock Crane . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous The Chicago World's Fair . . . . . . . . 70--71
Anonymous Mast of a Modern War Vessel . . . . . . 71--73
Anonymous Crystallized Ornaments . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 75--75
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Fire Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Fire Extinguishing Apparatus . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous An Improved Safety Device for Elevators 82--82
Anonymous An Improved Steam Motor . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous New Metallic Railway Tie . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous A Drying Apparatus for Fish, Etc. . . . 83--83
Anonymous A Device to Stop Runaway Horses . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Novel Clothes Line Support . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous An Improved Grinding Device . . . . . . 83--85
Anonymous A Machine to Supersede Typesetting . . . 85--85
Anonymous George Lincoln Goodale . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Great Railway Tunnel under the St.
Clair River, Between the United States
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous An Improved Register or Counter . . . . 89--89
Anonymous New Victor No. 0 Electroplating Dynamo 89--89
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous New Elevated Cable Street Railway,
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Anonymous The First Electrical Execution . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Wire and Electricity . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Wire and Electricity . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous An Improved Educational Appliance . . . 98--98
Anonymous Novel Blind Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous A New Car Starter . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
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Anonymous An Improved Rein Grip . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous An Improved Railroad Tie . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous An Improved Shifting Eccentric . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous An Improved Curtain-Pole Ring and Pin 130--131
Anonymous An Improved Folding Umbrella . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous An Improved Sled Propeller . . . . . . . 131--131
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Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
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Anonymous An Improvement in Locks and Keys . . . . 162--162
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Anonymous An Improved Slide Valve for Engines . . 163--163
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Anonymous Novel Finger Ring Gauge . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Improvement in the Art of Shaping Sheet
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Anonymous Several Useful Tools in One . . . . . . 307--307
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Anonymous An Improved Score Device . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous An Improved Shutter Worker . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous A Tool for Setting Boiler Flues . . . . 323--323
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Anonymous Utilizing Niagara Falls Water Power . . 326--326
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Anonymous Trial Trip of the Gunboat Concord . . . 336--337
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Anonymous Work on the Nicaragua Canal . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Dredging in Norway . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
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Anonymous A Device to Supply Cool Water . . . . . 339--339
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Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous A Simple Fence-Making Machine . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous The Launch of the Armored Cruiser Maine
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Anonymous A Refrigerator Vehicle for Perishable
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Anonymous The Centennial of the United States
Patent System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous A School of Ship Building --- The
Objects and Ideas of Its Founder . . . . 368--370
Anonymous A Convenient Ear Trumpet . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An Improved Copy Holder . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous A Regulator for Dynamos and Motors . . . 370--370
Anonymous A Device to Block Cars on a Grade . . . 371--371
Anonymous An Improved Metallic Railway Tie . . . . 371--371
Anonymous An Improved Pipe or Flue Cutter . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Railroad Sleepers Arranged in Pairs . . 371--371
Anonymous An Improved Velocipede . . . . . . . . . 371--372
Anonymous The Hudson River Bridge . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Pipe Cutter, Beader, and Expander . . 372--372
Anonymous A Pug Mill for Brick Makers . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous The Manufacture of Salt at Syracuse,
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Anonymous The Codonophone . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
J. F. Coonley The Sebae or Silk Cotton Tree . . . . . 374--375
Anonymous The Belt Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous An Instantaneous Shutter for Hand
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Anonymous A Nautico-Terrestrial Velocipede . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Notes & Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 379--379
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--381
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous New Patent Selling Trick . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Opening of the New Pulitzer Building . . 384--384
Anonymous Subscribers, Attention! . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Tunnel Railways in New York . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous The Artificial Production of Rain . . . 384--385
Anonymous An Automatic Electrical Damper Regulator 386--386
Anonymous An Adjustable Stuffing Box . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Boomer & Boschert's Presses . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous A Hot Water Ventilating Heater . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Easily Operated Belt Tightener . . . 387--387
Anonymous A Machine to Sand Brick Moulds . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Rail Rolling at the Krupp Works, Essen 387--387
Anonymous An Improved Article for Plastering,
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Anonymous An Improved Lumber Drier . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Mr. Brush's Windmill Dynamo . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous New Marine Signal . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A Pine Apple Grove in Florida . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous To the North Pole in a Balloon . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous The ``Crystal'' Water Filter . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 393--394
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 393--397
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 395--397
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous Commerce of the Great Lakes . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous Position of the Planets in January . . . 400--401
Anonymous Date Boundary Line . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous How to Judge the Quality of Condensed
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Anonymous A Device to Cool or Heat Liquids . . . . 402--402
Anonymous A Device for Developing the Lungs and
Enlarging the Chest . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous An Improved Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous A Window Opening and Closing Device . . 402--402
Anonymous Plate Rolling at the Krupp Works, Essen 403--404
Anonymous Improved Oil Light Lantern . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous A Separable Ocean Steamer Built on Lake
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Geo. M. Hopkins Optical Illusions Adapted to the Lantern 406--406
Anonymous A Military Suspension Bridge . . . . . . 406--408
Anonymous A Double Type Composing Stick . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Repairing the Steamship La Champagne
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Index of Invention . . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--413
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Anonymous The New Cruiser Newark . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Official Proclamation of the Great Fair 2--3
Anonymous New Terminus of Pennsylvania Railroad in
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Anonymous Progress of the Great Railway Tunnel
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Anonymous A Combined Harrow and Cutter . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Scissors Grinder . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous The Photographic Necktie . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous A Journal Cap for Wood-Working Machines 5--5
Anonymous A Projectile Rotated by the Explosive 5--5
Anonymous The Worcester Chemical Fire Pail . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 6--7
Anonymous Bacillus of Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . 7--7
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Anonymous Horizontal Triple Expansion Engine . . . 8--9
Anonymous Remarkable Rail-Way Collision in Iowa 9--9
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous The American Forestry Congress . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Washington as a Convention City . . . . 16--16
Anonymous The Geological Society of America . . . 16--17
Anonymous The New Copyright Bill Now Before
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Anonymous An Easily Operated Telegraph Instrument 18--18
Anonymous An Improved Cable Grip . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous An Improved Parallel Ruler . . . . . . . 18--18
Nicolas Pike The Ginseng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--20
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous The Malleco Viaduct, Chilian State
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Anonymous The Sign Language of the American
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Anonymous The Magnetic Magnifying Glass and the
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Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 26--26
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Locomotive Boiler Explosion,
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Anonymous Students of American History . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Vital Statistics of Jews in the United
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Anonymous The American Economic Association . . . 33--33
Anonymous An Improvised Portable Foot Bridge . . . 34--34
Anonymous A Leveler for Use on Meadow Lands, Etc. 34--34
Anonymous A Compact and Powerful Flooring Clamp 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Air Pump Governor . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous A Pen Holder to Facilitate Making Waved
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Anonymous A Railway Car Fire Extinguishing
Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous A Simple and Reliable Trap . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The ``Iron Gates'' of the Danube . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Photography of a Cannon Ball in Motion 38--38
Geo. M. Hopkins Small Electric Motor for Amateurs . . . 39--40
Anonymous Long Splice for Ropes . . . . . . . . . 40--41
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 42--42
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
Anonymous Notes & Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Popular Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Patents! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 46--46
Fred. R. Hastings The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway . . 47--47
Anonymous The Constitution of the Koch Lymph
Disclosed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Jarrah Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Celebration of the Beginning of the
Second Century of the American Patent
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous The Book Patent Bill . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
Anonymous Electrical Sporting Bulletins . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The Science of Smuggling . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The Steamship North Wind --- The
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Geo. M. Hopkins Simple Lamp Socket and Rheostat . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Long Distance Telephony . . . . . . . . 51--52
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous The Little Ant-Eater in the Zoological
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Anonymous A Reversing Driving Gear for Planers . . 54--54
Anonymous A Cotton Chopper and Cultivator . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous Notes & Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 59--59
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Popular Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 62--62
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Nicaragua Canal . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous The New York Water Supply --- a Great
Dam Decided Upon . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Mr. Cramp the Shipbuilder, Replies to
his Critics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous Position of the Planets in February . . 65--65
Anonymous The Unicycle Elevated Railway . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous How Heron Solved It . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Tappet . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous A Swing Readily Adjustable for Height 67--68
Anonymous A Device for Reaching High Shelving . . 68--68
Anonymous The Belt Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Miscellaneous Notes . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous The Canet System of Firing Torpedoes . . 70--71
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Books on Electricity . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Mechanical Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 78--78
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous The Hudson River Ice Harvest . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Wooden Railway Ties . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous New Gas and Petroleum Motor . . . . . . 82--84
Anonymous A Holdback Device for Vehicles . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Halter . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous A Tool Holder That Holds . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Destruction of Electric Wires by a Snow
Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous The Fall River Steamer Puritan . . . . . 87--89
Anonymous A Crate for Shipping and Exhibiting
Poultry, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous An Improved Carriage Spring . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous Notes & Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 92--92
Anonymous List of Books on Electricity . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous A Petroleum Motor Tricycle . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Looking for Employment . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous An Inexpensive Broom Holder . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous An Improved Telephone . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous A Spindle Support and Driving Device . . 98--99
Anonymous Portable Parlor Fountain and Flower
Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A Curious Tombstone . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Concurrent Electric Reports of Races . . 102--102
Anonymous New Depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad 102--105
Anonymous Invention in 1889 A.D. vs. Invention
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 106--107
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous List of Architectural Books . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Publications for 1891 . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous Building Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous Patent Office Report for 1890 . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Improvement Needed in Secondary
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous A Proposed Apparatus for a Fall of 1,000
Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous A Roller Pressure Regulator for Cane
Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Treadle . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Gauge Cock . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A Velocipede Operated by Hand Levers . . 115--115
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The United States Life Saving Service 117--117
Anonymous Triple Expansion Engines for a Tugboat 118--118
Anonymous Serpollet's Steam Carriage . . . . . . . 119--121
Geo. M. Hopkins Centrifugal Action of Air . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous Notes & Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Engineering and Mechanics . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 126--126
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Manufacture of Heavy Guns for U.S. Navy 127--127
Anonymous Meeting of the National Electric Light
Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Position of the Planets in March . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Long Distance Telephone Concerts . . . . 130--130
Anonymous A Steam Snow Flow . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous A Driving Mechanism for Hand Drills . . 130--131
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The Jamaica Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous The Chilian Nitrate of Soda Mines and
Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Simple Milling Attachment for Foot
Lathes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Olive Oil Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--137
Anonymous An American Banyan Tree . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
Anonymous Notes & Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 139--139
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Publications for 1891 . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
Established 1846 . . . . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous Another Faraday Wanted . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Columbian Fair Progress . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Interesting Naval Information by the
Secretary of the Navy . . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous A Combined Bath and Wash Tub . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous A Heater for use with a Gas Burner . . . 146--146
Anonymous An Improved Index . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous An Improved Package Tie . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Improved Sounding Bridge for Pianos,
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Anonymous A Centenarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous A Standard Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous New Fire Boat for New York City --- The
New Yorker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous The Pennington Air Ship . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous The Proctor Tower . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous A Stopping and Signaling Mechanism for
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Anonymous An Efficient Pipe Cutting Machine . . . 151--152
Anonymous An Ancient Water Elevator . . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 158--158
Anonymous Manufacture of Heavy Guns for U.S. Navy 159--159
Anonymous Indoor Exercise . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Nicolas Pike Poison of Snakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Boiler Flue Flanging Machine . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous A Foot Bath Device . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous A Window Cleaning Brush . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous An Improved Safety Valve . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous A Propelling Mechanism for Vehicles . . 163--163
Anonymous A Safety Bolt for Spring Latches . . . . 163--163
Anonymous An Electric Belt and Body Attachments 163--165
Anonymous A Smoke Effect with a Single Lantern . . 165--165
Anonymous A Pneumatic Flying Machine . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous An Improved Churn . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Church Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous List of Architectural Books . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 174--174
Anonymous The New Steel Floating Derrick at The
Brooklyn Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . . 175--176
Anonymous The Great Guns of The Japanese Navy . . 176--176
Anonymous The Falling Off in Speed of Our War
Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous A Grate for Furnaces, Ranges, Etc. . . . 178--178
Anonymous An Improved Casing for Steam Pipes . . . 178--178
Anonymous An Improved Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous A New Railroad Tie, Rail Fastener, and
Rail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous An All-Metal Spring Vehicle Wheel . . . 179--179
Anonymous A Double Combination Lock . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous An Improved Hay Stacker . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A Safety Device for Inclined Roads . . . 179--180
T. O'conor Sloane Ampere and Volt Analogies . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous Universal File Handle . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Destructive Winter Floods in Connecticut 182--184
Anonymous The Care of the Feet . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous List of Books on Electricity . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Useful Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Geo. M. Hopkins Experimental Science . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 190--190
Anonymous The Boynton Unicycle Railroad . . . . . 191--192
Anonymous The Celebration of the Beginning of the
Second Century of the American Patent
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Position of the Planets in April . . . . 193--194
Anonymous Oriental Method of Vaulting . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous An Improved Cable Railway Crossing . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Spring Device for Singletrees . . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Clasp for Connecting Timbers . . . . . 195--197
Anonymous A New Park for New York . . . . . . . . 198--198
Wm. P. Seal A Fish Habitation . . . . . . . . . . . 199--201
Anonymous Experiment in Specific Gravity of Fluids 201--201
Anonymous \booktitleScientific American Building
Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Business and Personal: Business and
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
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Anonymous The Patent Centennial Celebration . . . 224--225
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Anonymous A Self Adjusting Girth Fastener . . . . 226--226
Anonymous A Tool for Dehorning Calves . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Electroplating the Dead . . . . . . . . 227--229
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Anonymous A Convenient Fruit Packing Press . . . . 233--233
Anonymous An Envelope Gum Moistener . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous An Improved Drawer Stop . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous The Lovell Diamond Safety Bicycle . . . 233--233
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 237--237
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Anonymous The Illinois State Building at the
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
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Anonymous How Stocks of Pig Iron are Held . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Improved Cloth Pressing Machine . . . . 247--249
Anonymous A Card-Board Making Machine . . . . . . 249--249
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Anonymous Samuel Plimsoll . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous Samuel Plimsoll . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous Metal as a Substitute for Wood in
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Anonymous Rotary Press for Printing in Colors . . 258--258
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Anonymous Theatrical Illusions . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
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Anonymous Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways . . . 265--266
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
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Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American . . . 270--270
Anonymous Building Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . 270--270
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Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 273--273
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Anonymous Boomer & Boschert Baling Presses . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Radley's Removable Sleigh-Runner . . . . 275--275
Anonymous The ``Florida'' Heater for Soft Coal . . 275--276
Anonymous Desk Fan or Small Dental Motor . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Improved Velocipede . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Scientific Diversions . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Mauser Magazine Rifle . . . . . . . 279--280
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Experiments for the Artificial
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Anonymous Our Urban Population . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Photo-Engravings for Newspapers . . . . 288--290
Anonymous An Original Portrait of Columbus . . . . 290--290
Anonymous A Cooler for Holding Milk Cans . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Improved Rainwater Cut-Off . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous A Toy Bird for Children . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Large Shipment of American Locomotives
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Anonymous The Bennett Dredge and Amalgamator . . . 294--294
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Anonymous The Father of the Patent Office . . . . 295--297
Anonymous Bath Lift for the Sick and Paralyzed . . 297--297
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous The Broadway and Seventh Avenue Cable
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Anonymous Charles Pratt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Defenseless Condition of our Seaports 304--304
Anonymous Dr. Edward Maynard . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous Improvement in Jack-Screws . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous New Method of Chamfering Stone . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Open Column Manometer on the Eiffel
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Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 306--308
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous Ancient Methods of Drawing Water . . . . 311--313
Anonymous Castrography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 315--315
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous The Proposed Hudson River Suspension
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Anonymous Original Work in America . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Progress of Steam Engineering . . . . . 320--321
Anonymous A Drill to Facilitate Blasting . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous An Improved Freight Car Coupler . . . . 322--322
Anonymous An Improved Gate Valve . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous A Locomotive Spark Arrester . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Breast Wheel for Lifting Water into the
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Anonymous An Improved Ore Washer . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Some Apparatus used by the Vienna Fire
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Anonymous The Type-Writer a French Invention . . . 328--329
M. Hopkins Iridescent Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 331--331
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous The New Steamship Fürst Bismarck . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Tests of the Torpedo Cruiser Vesuvius 336--336
Anonymous Position of the Planets in June . . . . 337--337
Anonymous An Automatic Adding and Recording
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Anonymous An Improved Metallic Piston Packing . . 338--338
Anonymous An Improved Metallic Railroad Tie . . . 338--338
Anonymous An Improved Dumping Cart . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Atkinson's Cycle Gas Engine . . . . . . 339--340
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
H. H. D. Peirce The Yaryan Process and Apparatus for
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Anonymous A Remarkable Railroad Accident . . . . . 343--345
Anonymous New Lantern Effect . . . . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 346--347
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Annual Convention of the American
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Anonymous Domesticating Camphor Trees in the
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Anonymous Why does Solid Iron Float on Molten
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Anonymous A Car Receiver for Bills of Lading, Etc. 354--354
Anonymous A Device to Hold Bags Open for Filling 354--354
Anonymous New Emery Wheel Dresser . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Aluminum Works in Switzerland . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous An Improved Water Gauge . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Great Tower of the City Hall,
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Anonymous The U.S. Warship Charleston Pursues a
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Anonymous Remarkable Naval Combat --- a Steel
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Anonymous New Taper Attachment for Lathes . . . . 360--361
Anonymous Mending a Big Shaft at Sea . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Another Polar Expedition . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Maxim's Flying Machine . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous The ``Arrow Weed'' and Mexican ``Jumping
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Anonymous The Manufacture of Birch Oil . . . . . . 369--370
Anonymous A Device to Hold Books in Order . . . . 370--370
Anonymous A Singular Bridge Accident . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An Automatic Car Brake . . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous Coalbrookdale Bridge . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous The Edison Electric Illuminating Co.'s
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Anonymous The World's Fair Buildings at Chicago 374--375
Anonymous The Train Staff Block System . . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous An Improved Barrel Making Machine . . . 376--377
Anonymous An Improved Ore Concentrator . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Simple Aerial Top . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous A Simple and Effective Nut Lock . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 379--379
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous The Proposed New Croton Lake Dam and the
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Anonymous The Sailing of Two Polar Expeditions . . 384--385
Anonymous An Extensible Barrel Truck . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Improved Feed Rack, Barn, Etc. . . . 386--386
Anonymous A Lock with Key Held Pendent . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Wimshurst Static Electrical
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Artesian Well at Springfield, South
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M. Hopkins Simple Apparatus for Gathering and
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Anonymous The St. Clair Tunnel Locomotives --- The
Largest Locomotive in the World . . . . 391--392
Anonymous A Book Finisher's Lettering Machine . . 392--392
Anonymous The Hitchcock Life Guard for Electric
Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous Edison's Kinetograph and Cosmical
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Casting the Henry Ward Beecher Statue
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Anonymous Arcturus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
Anonymous Position of the Planets in July . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Poisonous Snake of Florida . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous A Metallic tie and Rail Fastening . . . 402--402
Anonymous Rifle Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous A Differential Gear for Bicycles . . . . 403--403
Anonymous An Improved Car Brake . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous A Miniature Electric Motor . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous A Visit to a Family in Annam . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous An Improved Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous The Assaying of Gold and Silver Ores . . 404--404
Anonymous The Columbian World's Fair, 1893 . . . . 405--408
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 408--409
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous The McDougall Whaleback Steel Vessel . . 1--2
Anonymous The Casino and Pier at the Exhibition 2--2
Anonymous Fast Boats for the Navy . . . . . . . . 2--4
Anonymous Guiley's Electrical Block System for
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Anonymous Latham's Grass Collector for Lawn Mowers 5--5
M. Hopkins Some Suggestions in Microscopy . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous A One Dollar Photographic Outfit . . . . 5--6
Anonymous Rack Attachment for Theater Chairs . . . 6--6
Anonymous A Warship Rams a Whale . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Gunner's Arm Rest . . . . . . . . . . . 6--8
Anonymous Drawing of Financial Bills by the
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Anonymous Great Spools of Wire . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 11--11
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous Improved Methods of Building . . . . . . 15--16
Anonymous International Congress of Geologists . . 16--16
Anonymous Steamship Improvements . . . . . . . . . 16--18
Anonymous Electrical Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous A Measuring and Drawing Implement . . . 18--18
Anonymous Improved Slide and Screw-cutting Lathe 19--20
Anonymous A Bedclothes Fastener . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Device for Tapping Barrels . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous The Rolling Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous A Hydrocarbon Burner for Stoves, Etc. 22--22
Anonymous The System of Military Dovecotes in
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Anonymous Pneumatic Signaling Upon the Central
Railroad of New Jersey . . . . . . . . . 23--24
Anonymous Residence on Riverside Park, New York 25--25
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 27--27
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Diamond Cutting by Hand and Machine . . 31--32
Anonymous The Commissionership of Patents . . . . 32--32
Anonymous The Caldera Naval Fight . . . . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous The Disposition of Mining Debris in
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Anonymous Progress of the North River Tunnel . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Horticultural Building . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Velocipede . . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous A Power Hack Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Valley's Railroad for Lumbermen etc . . 38--38
Anonymous Science in the Theater . . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous Permanent Steam Engine Indicator . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Edison Dynamo and Motor . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Salt Packing --- a \$4,000 Prize Contest 48--48
Anonymous The Edison Electric Lamp Patent
Sustained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--50
Anonymous An Improved Mortising Machine . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Mechanical Mixer . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous A Weight Power to Drive Fans etc . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Supplying Moving Trains With Water . . . 51--52
H. C. Hovey Some Measurements in the Mammoth Cave of
Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Edward Burgess and his Achievements . . 55--56
Anonymous Locust Visitations . . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Fibers and Fiber Culture . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Position of the Planets in August . . . 65--65
Anonymous Edison Dynamo and Motor . . . . . . . . 66--68
Anonymous A Light and Simple Fence Machine . . . . 68--68
Anonymous A Railway Train Time Register . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous The United States Drilling Scow General
Newton and the Removal of Diamond Reef,
New York Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
T. Graham Gribble Fossil Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--73
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 74--74
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
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Anonymous A Simple and Compact Type Writer . . . . 82--82
Anonymous An Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . 82--83
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Anonymous An Attachment to Cool Water in Mains . . 99--99
Anonymous A Feed Water Heater and Purifier . . . . 99--100
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Anonymous An Improvement in Car Construction . . . 131--131
Anonymous An Improved Planter . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
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Anonymous A Safety Attachment for Car Brakes . . . 146--146
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Anonymous National Electric Light Association . . 176--177
Anonymous The Grand Falls of Labrador . . . . . . 177--177
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Anonymous Improved Sewer and Drain Pipe Outlet . . 178--178
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Anonymous The Proposed Race between Fast Steam
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Anonymous The Pelton Water Wheel and Motor . . . . 230--230
Anonymous An Improved Sugar Making Apparatus . . . 231--231
Anonymous Washing Sugar with Alcohol . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
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Anonymous Broadway and Seventh Avenue Cable Road 239--239
Anonymous Electrical Transmission of 300 Horse
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Anonymous A new Edison Electro-Motor . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous The Suabian Harvest Festival . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous A Binder for Papers, Magazines, Etc . . 243--243
Anonymous An Inexpensive Portable Fence . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous A Portable Hoist for Heavy Articles . . 243--243
Anonymous A Simple and Efficient Gravity Hoist . . 243--243
Anonymous Dr J. W. Clowes' Improvements in
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
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Anonymous Transportation of Grain in the United
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Anonymous An Improved Fiber Treating Mill . . . . 259--260
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--262
Anonymous The New Chemical Laboratory of Cornell
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Anonymous Desertions from the New Navy . . . . . . 272--273
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Anonymous A Seat Attachment for Bicycles . . . . . 275--276
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Roman Amphitheater at Weehawken N.J. . . 278--278
Anonymous Gigantic Passenger Elevator of the North
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Anonymous A Horse Shoe to be Clamped on the Hoof 279--281
Anonymous An Improved Screw Safety Car Brake . . . 281--281
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 282--282
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
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Anonymous Dangers of Large Fly Wheels . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous An Adjustable Picture Hanger . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous A Machine and Hand Needle Threader . . . 290--290
Anonymous A New Electric Light Support . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous A Trundler for Spooled Wire . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Hog Killing at the Chicago Stock Yards 291--292
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous How Stone is Crushed and Screened . . . 294--295
Anonymous The Manchester Ship Canal . . . . . . . 295--297
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 298--298
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous American Institute Fair . . . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous An Annunciator for Burglar Alarms, Etc. 306--306
Anonymous An Improved Stalk Cutting Machine . . . 306--306
Anonymous An Improved Ventilator or Blower . . . . 306--306
Anonymous A Simple Mechanical Motor . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous A Boiler Feeder, Regulator, and Alarm 307--307
Anonymous The German Army Swimming Exercises . . . 307--307
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Joint . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Bad Paving in New York . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Flat Iron and Heater . . . . 308--308
Anonymous A Mousetrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous A Simple and Convenient Music Holder . . 308--308
Harold Avery A Proposed ``Whaleback'' Passenger
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Electrical Rock Drills . . . . . . . . . 310--310
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Anonymous Electric Mining Locomotives . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous The ``Otto'' Gasoline Engine . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 314--314
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
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Anonymous An Electric Lamp Cover and Switch . . . 322--322
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Anonymous A Wagon Maker's Spoke Puller . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous A Design for Easels and Other Stands . . 323--323
Anonymous An Improved Churn . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous An Improved Typewriting Machine . . . . 323--323
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Anonymous Largest Dry Dock on the Great Lakes . . 327--327
Anonymous A Steam Engine Slide Valve . . . . . . . 327--328
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Anonymous Important Improvements in Sorghum Sugar
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Anonymous Poor Engineers and Good Boilers . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Plates for Secondary Batteries . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Position of the Planets in December . . 337--337
Anonymous Coal Handling Devices . . . . . . . . . 338--338
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Anonymous An Efficient Knife-Grinding Machine . . 339--339
Anonymous An Improved Springless Lock . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous An Improved Window Frame . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous A Pipe Die Stock for Various Sizes of
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Anonymous The Exhibition of 1892--93 . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
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Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous A Telescope for Schools and General Use 345--345
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 346--346
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous The Nadrai Aqueduct, India . . . . . . . 351--352
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Anonymous Automatic Car Couplers . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous Oil Fuel under Stationary Boilers . . . 353--353
Anonymous Benzine Blowpipe . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous An Improved Knitted Fabric . . . . . . . 354--355
Anonymous An Automatic Railroad Gate . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A Tool Holder for Engine Lathes . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A Practical, Durable, Metallic Railway
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Anonymous An Improved Water Closet . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Lambrecht's Polymeter . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous Improved Cable-Conveying Apparatus . . . 358--358
Anonymous The Ostrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous Another United States Cruiser Afloat . . 361--361
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
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Anonymous Failure of the Dynamite Cruiser Vesuvius 368--368
Anonymous Heavy Guns and the Best Armor . . . . . 368--370
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Anonymous An Elevator Door Operating Device . . . 370--370
Anonymous A Feeder for Stoves and Furnaces . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Largest of Our New War Ships . . . . 371--371
Nicolas Pike The Chacma or South African Baboon . . . 371--372
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Anonymous The St. Clair Tunnel Drainage System . . 373--373
Anonymous The Tocci Twins . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Experiments in Prestidigitation . . . . 374--375
Anonymous The Galapagas Tortoises . . . . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous Model Battleship at the World's
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 377--379
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
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Anonymous An Improved Windmill . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Water Motor . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous The Texas Rain Making Experiments . . . 5--6
Anonymous Lorillard House Boat Caiman . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous An Improved Shipman Pumping Outfit . . . 8--8
Anonymous A Wisconsin Railway Collision . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous The Columbian Tower . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 11--14
Anonymous Boom Still for the Trolley . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Wooden Shoes and Clogs . . . . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous A Device for Raising Liquids . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous An Electric Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Breakage of a Thirty-Foot Flywheel at
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous The First Voyage of Columbus . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Progress of the World's Fair Buildings 23--25
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous The Traveling Sidewalk . . . . . . . . . 31--32
Anonymous The American Chemical Society . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous New Lake Steamers . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous A Tool for Miners and Blasters . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous A Tipple for Separating and Delivering
Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Cable Road on Mount San Salvatore,
Near Lugano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Telegraphing without Wires . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Overshoe Attaching Device . . . . . . 36--37
Anonymous Dynamo Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous The Hairless Horse . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Pike Spearing on Hamilton Bay . . . . . 39--39
Anonymous An Improved Safety Catch for Guns . . . 40--40
Anonymous A Novel Musical Instrument . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 41--41
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Improvements Needed in the New Navy . . 48--50
Anonymous The Ammonia Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous An Improved Freight Car Door . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous An Improved Piano Action . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Improved Safety Devices for Elevators 51--51
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Towing Canal Boats by Electricity . . . 52--52
Harold Avery A Method of Tunneling . . . . . . . . . 53--54
Anonymous Improved Siphon Condenser . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Vertical Cylinder Boring Machine . . . . 54--54
Anonymous The World's Fair Franklin Statue . . . . 55--57
Anonymous A Bow for Stringed Musical Instruments 57--57
Anonymous An Improves Dumping Car . . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous An Improved Weed Puller . . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Business and Personal: Business and
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Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous Niagara Falls and Buffalo . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Patent Tricks-Old and New . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Position of the Planets in February . . 65--66
Anonymous Lower Bow Park, Banff . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A Flying Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous The Main Intersecting Sewer of the City
of Brooklyn, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Railway Bridge over the Ganges, India 70--70
Anonymous General Montgomery Cunningham Meigs . . 71--72
Anonymous The Mastodon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 73--74
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous The Evening Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Removal of Snow by Melting . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The War Ship and Her Crew . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous A Balanced Valve for Steam Engines . . . 82--82
Anonymous An Improved Ore Washing Jigger . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous A Machine to Facilitate Filling of Bags 82--82
Anonymous The ``Temple Block,'' Salt Lake City . . 83--83
Anonymous A Machine to Grind Sickle Blades, Etc 83--84
Anonymous The ``Adamson'' Gun . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous The New American War Steamer Miantonomoh 85--85
Anonymous The Washington Gun Factory . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Steam Stone Works . . . . . . . . . . . 87--89
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 90--90
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous A Violent Eruption of the Sun . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The Congressional Report of the
Commissioner of Patents . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous New System of Maritime Navigation . . . 98--98
Anonymous An Ensilage Harvester and Chopper . . . 99--99
Anonymous An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous An Improved Clothes Line Pulley . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A Straining and Measuring Pot . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
N. Pike Ferns: Their Preservative Properties and
Varied Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Dr. S. P. Langley's Experiments in
Aerodynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous The Electrical Transmission of Power
Between Lauffen on the Neckar and
Frankfort on the Main . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous California's Famous Big Trees . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Trouve's Aviator . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 106--106
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous New Compound Locomotive . . . . . . . . 111--112
Anonymous Belated Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous Exclusion of Photographs from the
International Postal Exchange . . . . . 113--115
Anonymous A Convenient Kitchen Cabinet . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Hand Planer . . . . . . . . 115--116
Anonymous A Great Spot on the Sun . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous The Odd Fellows' Temple, Chicago . . . . 118--119
Anonymous The Snow Plant of the Sierras . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 121--122
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Road Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Position of the Planets in March . . . . 129--129
Anonymous An Improved Dental Plugger . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous An Improved Wood Bending Machine . . . . 130--130
Anonymous A Silk Spinning Spindle Support . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Indoor Curling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous New Electrical Governor . . . . . . . . 131--132
J. V. Drake How to Take Silver Stains Out of a
Gelatine Negative . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Morton Magnitude of molecules and Light Waves 133--133
Anonymous The Transportation of Petroleum . . . . 134--135
Anonymous Professor Joseph Lovering . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous A Bamboo Bridge in Sikkim, India . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 138--138
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous An Electrical Life Saver Wanted . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Reform of the Immigration Laws . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous The Recent Earthquake in Japan . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous A Twin Staircase . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous An Improved Ore Crusher . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous A New Feed Water Heater and Purifier . . 147--147
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Destruction of Emanations of All Kinds
without the Use of Chemicals . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Utilizing the Water Power of Niagara
Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous A Machine to Roll Hollow Rods . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Rain Making in India . . . . . . . . . . 150--151
Foree Bain What is Electricity? . . . . . . . . . . 152--153
T. O'Conor Sloane Experiments with Illuminating Gas . . . 153--153
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 154--154
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous An Old Time Fast Locomotive . . . . . . 159--160
Anonymous Patent Bills and Petitions Now Before
Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous An Automatic Boiler Feed . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous An Improved Coal Mining Machine . . . . 162--162
Anonymous An Improved Propeller Blade . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous An Improved Railroad Signal . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Terracing in the Foothills . . . . . . . 163--164
Anonymous A Flour or Kitchen Cabinet . . . . . . . 164--164
T. O'conor Sloane A Lecture Barometer . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Distance Photography . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
J. Henry Smith Apparatus for Aerial Ascensions . . . . 167--168
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 169--169
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous The Gatling Gun for Police Patrol
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Acetate of Soda Warmers and Caustic Soda
Steam Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
Anonymous A Speaking Tube and Eariphone . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Surface Condensing Triple Expansion Mill
Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous A Curious Automaton . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A Grain Scourer, Polisher, and Separator 179--179
Anonymous An Improved Lubricator . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous An Improved Quilting Machine . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous An Improved Rain Water Cut-Off . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous Sanitary, Ventilated Boots and Shoes . . 180--180
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Thomas Sterry Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The Largest and the Smallest Water Wheel 183--183
W. C. Peckham Electric Light for Magic Lantern . . . . 183--184
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 185--186
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Congressional Inquiries Concerning the
Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Recent Lymph Tests and Examinations for
Tubercular Disease in Cattle . . . . . . 192--194
Anonymous An Improved Dump Cart . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous An Improved Ice Plow . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous An Improved Water Register . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Mr. Tesla's Experiments on Alternating
Currents of Great Frequency . . . . . . 195--197
Anonymous An Improved Furnace . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Fence Machine . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous The Western Union Central Telegraph
Office and Plant in New York City . . . 198--199
Geo. M. Hopkins An Experiment in Acoustics . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Distinguished Electricians . . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous The Dedication Ceremonies . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous An Improved Carpenter's Square . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 201--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 203--203
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous The Hackensack Water Company . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous The Grounding of the Neutral Wire in the
Three-Wire System . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Position of the Planets in April . . . . 209--209
Anonymous An Improved Wool Drying Machine . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Twelve-Wheeled Freight Locomotives . . . 210--210
Anonymous An Improved Cigar Measure . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous An Improved Elevated Railway . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous An Improved Feed Water Heater . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous An Automatic Pump Regulator . . . . . . 211--212
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Draw Shell Lime Kiln . . . . . . . . . 215--217
Anonymous Charles J. Van Depoele . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Business and Personal: Business and
personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Proposed Discrimination Against Foreign
Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Artificial Propagation of Lobsters . . . 224--225
Anonymous An Improved Crude Oil Burner . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous An Improved Rifle Sight . . . . . . . . 226--226
T. O'conor Sloane Experiment in Capillarity . . . . . . . 226--226
S. P. Baldwin Muir Glacier, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous The Lovell Diamond Safety Bicycle . . . 228--228
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous ``A Trip to the Moon'' . . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Inaudi, The Calculator . . . . . . . . . 230--230
R. W. Wood A Hydrostatic Paradox . . . . . . . . . 230--231
Anonymous Rope Traction for Cable Railroad Plants 231--232
Anonymous Sereno Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 234--234
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous A Remarkable Chemical Compound-Nickel
Carbon Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Mrs. Maria Louisa Pike . . . . . . . . . 240--241
Anonymous An Easily Adjustable Harness Saddle . . 242--242
Anonymous An Improved Gun Cleaning Device . . . . 242--242
Anonymous An Improved Poultry Brooder . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous A Nine-Inch Screw Cutting Lathe . . . . 242--242
Anonymous An Improved Cash Carrier . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Improvements in Rubber Belts . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous An Intrenching Tool for Soldiers . . . . 243--243
Anonymous An Improved Bridle Bit . . . . . . . . . 243--244
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Large Refrigerating Machine . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous 250-Kilowatt ``Mordey--Victoria''
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--247
Anonymous A Rail Fence Bicycle Railway . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Great Sun Spot of February, 1892 . . 247--248
Anonymous A Practical Metallic Railroad Tie . . . 248--248
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Engines of the Monterey . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous A Proposed Congressional Resolution
Relating to Patents . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Seven Ages of our World . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous Explosion of a Locomotive . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous An Improved Hay Stacker . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous New Flash Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous An Improved Magazine Hand Camera . . . . 259--260
Anonymous A Combination Account and Billing Book 260--260
Anonymous A Desk Ink Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous The ``Electric'' Girl . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Stockton, California, Race Track . . 263--264
Anonymous Electric Shooting Pull . . . . . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 266--266
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Ericsson's Destroyer and its Submarine
Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Exhibition of the New York Microscopical
Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Position of the Planets in May . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous An Improved Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous An Improved Car Door . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous A Motor to Drive Small Machines . . . . 275--275
Anonymous A Trace-Holding Whiffletree Attachment 275--275
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Grant Monument . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Interesting Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Logging in Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The British First Class Cruiser Edgar 279--281
Anonymous Novel Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 282--282
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous The Naval Gun Factory, Washington . . . 287--287
Anonymous Steadying Vessels at Sea . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous California Wines . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous An Improved Trunk Protector . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Preston's Improvement in Stockings . . . 290--290
Anonymous An Aerial Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Ingleton's Improved Steam Plow . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous A Bed Spring and Support . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Novel Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous The New Cruiser Raleigh . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 297--297
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Vibrations of Steam Vessels . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind . . . 306--306
Anonymous Carrying a Life Line Ashore by a Kite 307--308
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous New Disappearing Elswick Gun Mounting 310--311
Anonymous A Girder Gas Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The Acoustic Properties of Aluminum . . 312--312
Anonymous An Improved Flue Cleaner . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 313--314
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Fast Ships in Prospect . . . . . . . . . 320--322
Anonymous An Improved Paint Brush Bridle . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous An Improved Railway Signal . . . . . . . 322--322
S. J. Brown and
J. A. Hoogewerff The Magnetic Storm of February 13, 1892 323--324
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Iron and Steel in Large Buildings . . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Locomotive Steam Crane . . . . 326--326
Anonymous An Electric Chime . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
H. C. Hovey The Florence (Mass.) Brush Industry . . 328--328
Anonymous A Gasoline Steam Carriage . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 330--330
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous The Manufacture of Tin at St. Louis . . 335--335
Anonymous New Inventions Needed for Working
Steamships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The New Steel Steamers of the Providence
Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Largest Masonry Dam in the World . . 336--337
Anonymous An Improved Steam Engine Governor . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Penduline Titmouse . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous A Simple Horse Blanket Fastener . . . . 338--338
Anonymous A Train of Compound Locomotives . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Tea Kettle Andiron . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Toy Automatic Distributer of Liquids . . 339--340
Anonymous An Improved Pocket Wire Gauge . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
Anonymous Columbus Monument for New York . . . . . 342--345
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 346--346
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Improved Plastic Brickmaking Machine . . 351--351
Anonymous Preservation of Flowers in Their Natural
form and Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Sudden Rupture of a 1500 Horse Power
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Position of the Planets in June . . . . 353--353
Anonymous A Convenient form of Resonance Tube for
Determining the Velocity of Sound . . . 354--354
Anonymous An Improved Traction Engine . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Experiments with Soap Bubbles . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A Sixty Horse Power Gas Engine . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous An Economical Fire Alarm . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous The Pythons of the Philippine Islands 359--359
Anonymous Magic Photographs Developed by Smoke . . 359--360
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Another New Patent Bill . . . . . . . . 368--369
Anonymous An Electric Insulator for Boilers and
Condensers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An Hydraulic Air Compressor . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An Improved Shingling Gauge . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Siphon for Domestic Uses . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous A Sacramental Altar for Home Use . . . . 371--372
Anonymous Lighthouse Illumination . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous The New Boats of the Hoboken Ferry
Company, New York . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Mantidae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--377
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 378--378
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous The Crippled Condition of the Patent
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Cape Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous French International Exhibition of the
Products of Fermentation and
Distillation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous An Accurate Automatic Time Recorder . . 386--386
Anonymous Attachments for Swimmers' Use . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Improved Ore Sampling Device . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Improved Bolt Heading Machine . . . . 387--387
Anonymous A Revolving Shield for Cars . . . . . . 387--387
Frank van Allen The Famine in India . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous Stevens Institute of Technology . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Crowded Condition of the Patent
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
H. C. Hovey The Grand Canyon of the Colorado . . . . 392--393
Anonymous The Western Union Time Ball Service . . 393--393
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 394--394
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous The Seven Ages of Our World . . . . . . 400--401
Anonymous An Improved Ballot Box . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Intelligence of Parrots . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous An Improved Hose Coupling . . . . . . . 402--403
Anonymous A Simple Camera Shutter . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Shely Fiber Breaker . . . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous Sheeley's Canning or Preserving Jar . . 404--404
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Garrett P. Serviss From Chaos to Man . . . . . . . . . . . 405--407
Anonymous The Chronograph . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Improved Punching and Shearing Machine 407--407
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous A Great Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Plant 1--2
Anonymous A New Scholarship at Sibley College . . 2--2
Anonymous Nitric Acid Bacteria . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The Forty-First Annual Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous Position of the Planets in July . . . . 3--3
Anonymous A Proposed World's Fair Tower . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improvement in Car Couplers . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous A Light and Durable Fence . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous A Novel Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Prof. Thurston's Arc Lamp Improvement 5--5
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Manufacture of Porous Cups for Electric
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous A Weird Spectacle . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 11--11
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous The New Croton Dam . . . . . . . . . . . 15--16
Anonymous The Nicaragua Canal . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Of Interest to Electricians . . . . . . 16--17
Anonymous An Improved Balanced Slide Valve . . . . 18--18
Anonymous An Improved Safety Valve and Muffler . . 18--18
Anonymous A Scraper for Sawmill Carriages . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Machine for Laying Drainage Pipes . . . 18--19
Anonymous Homogenetic Enumeration . . . . . . . . 19--20
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Sterilization of Water by Heat . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Steam Tree-Felling and Cross-Cutting
Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--25
Anonymous Remarkable Experiments with Liquefied
Air and Liquefied Oxygen and Other
Liquefied Gases . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--25
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 26--26
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous The Generation of Thunder Storms . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Paterson's Centennial . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous Great Guns and Armor Plate . . . . . . . 32--33
Anonymous A Convenient Tool for Pipe Fitters . . . 34--34
Anonymous An Improved Rail Joint . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous A Low Water Alarm for Boilers . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Underground Locomotive . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Geo. M. Hopkins A Convenient Camera . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American Dynamo 37--37
Anonymous The Central Screw Steamer Le Louvre . . 38--38
Anonymous The Sewerage Systems of Sydney,
Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
Anonymous The American Black Wolf . . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 42--43
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Inventors at the World's Fair . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous Defective Boilers and Incompetent
Engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
Anonymous An Improved Boiler Furnace . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Steam Whistles . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous A Salt Sprinkler for Table Use . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Improved Method of Handling
Nitro-Glycerine . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Eruption of the Volcano of Etna . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Great Mineral Water Baths . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Cyrus W. Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Inexpensive Electric Motors . . . . . . 54--54
H. C. Hovey A Visit to Chalcedony Park, Arizona . . 55--56
Anonymous The Water Lily House at Kew . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Camera at Homestead . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Is Perpetual Motion Possible? . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Position of the Planets in August . . . 65--65
Anonymous A Comfortable Reading Chair . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous An Easily Regulated Electric Motor . . . 66--66
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous A Machine to Holystone a Vessel's Deck 66--67
Anonymous The Viaduct Du Loup . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous The Oscillating Disappearing Turret . . 69--69
Anonymous Mechanical Singing Birds . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Baker Submarine Boat . . . . . . . . 71--72
Anonymous Polychrome Projections by Means of
Uncolored Photographs . . . . . . . . . 72--74
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 74--75
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 78--78
Anonymous The Vessels of Columbus . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Electric Boats and Carriages at the
Columbian Exposition . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous A New Map of the Planet Mars . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous Moses S. Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
Anonymous Adjustable Embroidery Frame and Table 82--82
Anonymous An Improved Hydraulic Press . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous A New and Useful Telephone . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous A New Mill for Pulverizing . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Launch of the Columbia . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Ethylene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous Fire Department ``Cut-Loose'' . . . . . 86--86
H. C. Hovey On the Rim and in the Depths of the
Grand Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--89
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous Business and Personal: Business and
personal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Christopher Columbus . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The Approaching Expiration of the Bell
Telephone Patent . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
Anonymous Copying Camera Holder . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Hamilton's Ventilating Blower . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous An Improved Hanger . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Utilization of Water Power . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous An Electro-Photo-Detective Thief Catcher 99--99
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous New Government Lightships . . . . . . . 102--102
Parker Gillmore and
(``Ubique'') Bushmen Killing a Lion . . . . . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Experiments with Water Jets . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Psychology of Invention . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous The Earth and the Inner Moon of Mars . . 112--113
M. Hopkins Unscientific and Scientific Divining
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Anonymous An Improved Fire Engine Pump . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous The Steel Steamer Choctaw . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous The Homestead Difficulties . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The Moon and Mars . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The Looped Path of Mars . . . . . . . . 116--118
Anonymous A Deep Basement . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 123--123
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 126--126
Anonymous Explosion in a Great Sewer . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous The Railroad Strikes . . . . . . . . . . 128--130
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Watering Streets by Electricity . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Fall of Bodies and the Resistance of
the Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The Carnegie Steel Works, Homestead . . 132--132
Marcus Benjamin Joseph Le Conte . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--134
Anonymous A New Parachute . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--135
Anonymous Naval Reserves at Target Practice . . . 135--135
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous Household Pests --- With Some Hints how
to Get Rid of Them . . . . . . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous A Cat as Foster Mother of an Ape --- a
Picture from the Leipzig Zoological
Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 138--139
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous High-Service Water Tower, Brooklyn . . . 143--143
Anonymous The Rochester Meeting of the American
Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
Anonymous Positions of the Planets in September 145--145
Anonymous A Coffin-Lowering Apparatus . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous ``The Expert'' Rubber Band Dating Stamp 146--146
Anonymous A Multiple Fuse Igniter . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous A Novel Device for Blowing Dust from
Highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous A New Photometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Improved Air Ship . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Notable Skill in Clock Making . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Masthead Electric Illumination . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous The Inscription of Speech . . . . . . . 151--153
Anonymous The Golden Door of the Transportation
Building of the World's Fair . . . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 154--154
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Recent Armor Plate Trials . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Opportunities for Invention . . . . . . 160--161
Anonymous A Convenient Ribbon Holder . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Experiments with Soap Bubbles . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous An Improved Window Screen . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Old Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Lighthouses, Lightships, and Buoys . . . 164--165
Anonymous Manufacture of Felt Hats . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous The Otocyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous The Need of Improved Quarantine Stations 176--176
Anonymous The Second Battle of New Orleans . . . . 176--177
Anonymous A Device to Distribute Oil on Water . . 178--178
Anonymous An Efficient Glass-Polishing Machine . . 178--178
Anonymous An Improved Bolt-Threading Machine . . . 178--178
Anonymous An Improved Liquid-Measuring Device . . 178--178
Anonymous An Improved Neck Yoke . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Improved Hand Camera . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Rogers' Cold Forging Process for Wood
Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Straight Line Indicator . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous The Cone of Flowers . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition . . . . 180--180
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Searching for Sunken Gold Near Hell
Gate, New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 184--184
Anonymous Improvement in Arranging Cut Flowers . . 185--186
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 186--187
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Advance of Polar Exploration . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous Art and Photography . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Carr's Improved Combination Surface
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous How Horse Trotting Improves . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous An Improved Brick Machine . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Watchman's Electric Time Recorder . . 195--195
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Austin, Texas, Dam . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Lightning Full Mounted Screw Plates . . 197--197
Anonymous Improved Reaping, Thrashing, and Bagging
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
A. E. Beach The Study of the Stars . . . . . . . . . 199--200
Anonymous A Field Glass Camera . . . . . . . . . . 201--202
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Progress of the Cholera . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Cholera and Some Indications for its
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--209
Anonymous Baku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous An Improved Speed Indicator . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous New Mathematical Instrument . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous A Simple and Efficient Typewriter . . . 211--211
Anonymous Position of the Planets in October . . . 212--212
Anonymous Military Ballooning . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Long Distance Transmission Plant
between Tivoli and Rome . . . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous Reynaud's Optical Theater . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--217
Anonymous The Pipa Americana . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 218--218
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Jupiter's New Moon . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Suggestions for Inventors . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Dredging the Honolulu Harbor Bar . . . . 224--225
Anonymous An Apparatus to Consume Sewer Gas . . . 226--226
Anonymous Combined Cycling and Boating Machine . . 226--226
Anonymous A Novel Design for a Badge . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous An Improved Mechanical Movement . . . . 227--227
Anonymous \em Breviceps Mossambicus . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Places Visited by Columbus in the West
Indies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous Clock with Electric Chimes . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous The Great Exposition . . . . . . . . . . 231--233
Anonymous The Great-Headed Turtle . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous The Columbian Celebration of October,
1892 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--242
Anonymous A Fan Attachment for Rocking Chairs . . 242--242
Anonymous An Improved Gang Sawmill . . . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous Apparatus for Manufacturing and Lifting
Blocks of Beton at the Port of Bilbao 243--244
Anonymous The Santa Maria . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous A Four-Foot Water Valve . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Probably Best Authenticated Picture
of Columbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Canadian Plan for Utilizing the
Power of Niagara Falls . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous An Interesting Toy . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Electric Light and Vegetable Growth . . 256--257
Anonymous A Device to Close Elevator Shafts . . . 258--258
Anonymous An Improved Oil Can . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous New Principle Ventilating Water Closet 258--258
Anonymous The Invention of the Incandescent
Electric Lamp Awarded to Edison . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous Aluminum Electro-Plating in Architecture 261--261
Anonymous A New Air Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition . . . . 262--265
Anonymous Vibratory Therapeutics . . . . . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 266--266
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Dedication of the Columbian Exposition
Buildings at Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Talking One Thousand Miles . . . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous Position of the Planets in November . . 273--273
Anonymous A Hoisting Device and Support . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous An Improved Grain Dump . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous An Improved Sugar Cane Mill . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous An Improved Hydraulic Ram . . . . . . . 274--275
Anonymous Conjoined Twins . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
Geo. Hopkins Scientific Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Statue of William Penn for the
Philadelphia Public Buildings . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous The Liberal Arts Building . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A New Electric Launch . . . . . . . . . 279--281
Anonymous The Destruction of Sanguir . . . . . . . 281--282
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 283--283
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents! . . . . . . . . . 286--286
Anonymous The Manufacture of Wire Glass at Tacony,
Philadelphia, PA . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--288
Anonymous New York and Brooklyn Bridge Cable
Railway Operations During the Week of
the Columbus Festival . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Photography at the World's Fair . . . . 288--289
Anonymous Plainfield, N.J., Water Works . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous New Broad Street Station at Philadelphia 291--291
Anonymous An Improved Cotton Picker . . . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous An Adjustable Corner Shelf . . . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous Heron Hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Talking Between New York and Chicago . . 295--295
James Graham Proposed Design for an Atlantic
Passenger Steamer . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
Anonymous Why are Stereoscopic Prints Transposed? 297--298
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 299--299
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Electric Snow Sweeper . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous The Physical Laboratories of Europe . . 304--304
Anonymous Growth of the Pratt Institute . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous Apparatus for Congealing Perfume
Extracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous An Improved Lock Hinge . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous An Inexpensive Stovepipe Ventilator . . 306--306
Anonymous Photographic Cane . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Lord Tennyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
Anonymous \em Ptychoraphis Augusta . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous Laying of Flexible Water Pipes . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous A Winter in Greenland . . . . . . . . . 311--313
A. M. Tanner A French Patent of the Year 1860 for a
Barbed Wire Fence . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 315--315
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous The American Museum of Natural History 320--320
Anonymous Launch of the Cruiser Cincinnati . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Progress of American Steamship Building 320--320
Anonymous Professor Charles A. Seeley . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous A Naturalist in La Plata . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous An Improved Railroad Car . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous A Large Lake Freight Boat . . . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous A Double Chisel Mortising and Boring
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
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Anonymous Residence at Bridgeport, Conn . . . . . 326--327
Anonymous The Life-Saving Rocket Grapnel . . . . . 327--329
Anonymous An Aerial and Sub-Aquatic Torpedo . . . 329--329
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous A Laboe Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous A Recent Projectile Trial . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous The Comet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
Anonymous An Improved Envelope and Wrapper . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Sargent's Smoke Preventing Furnace . . . 338--338
Anonymous Electro-Mechanical Telephone Exchange 339--339
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
Anonymous Large Dynamo Armature for Direct Driving 342--342
Anonymous The Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway . . . . 342--343
Anonymous Improved Winding Gear for Seventy-Five
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 347--347
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Prince Edward Island Tunnel Test . . . . 443--444
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Anonymous Extension of Rapid Transit Facilities in
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Anonymous Notes from the Great Fair . . . . . . . 353--354
Anonymous Inflation of Rubber Balls . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous An Improved Sliding Hatch Door . . . . . 354--354
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Anonymous Three Systems of Electric Distribution 355--355
Anonymous Position of the Planets in December . . 356--356
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 363--363
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
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Anonymous The Nicaragua Canal Convention . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous A Coin-Taking and Ticket-Delivering Box 370--370
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Anonymous An Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An Improved Wooden Vessel . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous English Machine Tools for America . . . 371--373
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
B. G. Underwood Manufacture of Rubber Shoes . . . . . . 374--375
Anonymous The Southern Cotton Harvester . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous Jay Gould's Tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 378--379
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Pneumatic Tubes for Mail Service . . . . 384--384
Daniel Kirkwood The Meteors of November, 1892 . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Dr. Ernst Werner Siemens . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous The Henrion Dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Improved Breast Collar . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous An Improved Exhaust Nozzle . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous The Hygienic Treadmill . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Geo. M. Hopkins Rod and Ring Experiment . . . . . . . . 387--387
Annesley Kenealy Some of the ``Cholera Streets'' in
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Anonymous Improved Recording Pressure Gauge . . . 388--389
B. G. Underwood Metropolitan Sewerage System Surrounding
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 393--393
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 393--394
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Anonymous Progress of Our Navy . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The Use of Photography in Physical
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Anonymous The Tallest Wrought Iron Chimney . . . . 402--403
Anonymous The Bohemian Twins . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous An Improved Automatic Boiler Feed . . . 403--403
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 408--409
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 409--409
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 409--409
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
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Anonymous An Improved Side and Roofing Tile . . . 4--4
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
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Anonymous An Improved School Chair and Desk . . . 20--20
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Anonymous An Improved Automatic Water Gate . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Dr. Werner Von Siemens . . . . . . . . . 21--22
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
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Anonymous An Improved Belt Tightener . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Improved Cooking Vessel . . . . . . . 36--36
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Anonymous A Simple, Compact Folding Seat . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Interesting Flower Trick . . . . . . 36--37
Anonymous Variety in Sleighs . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Russian War Ship Ruric . . . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous The Potsdam Red Sandstone Company's
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Anonymous Fireworks in Miniature . . . . . . . . . 40--40
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
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Anonymous American Society of Civil Engineers . . 50--50
Anonymous Proposed Additions to the Elevated Steam
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Anonymous Unclean Paper Money a Vehicle for the
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Anonymous A Belt Guide and Tightener . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Pedal Attachment . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Monumental Luminous Fountains . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The First Overhead-Propelled Street
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Anonymous Improved Means of Running Millstones . . 53--53
Anonymous Charles T. Yerkes . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous An Improved Manger . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous How the Broken Shaft of the Cunard
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 60--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--63
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 64--64
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Anonymous Another Bill to Discourage the Inventor
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Anonymous The Exclusion of Chinese . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Lightning Damages a Chimney . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Novel Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Trolling with Live Fish Bait . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
Anonymous A Novel Toy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Performing Cats . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous An Automatic Gate Operating Device . . . 73--73
Anonymous An Improved Sketching Apparatus . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Snow Shoe Exercise in the German Army 73--73
Anonymous Position of the Planets in February . . 74--74
R. Lydekker Armadillos and Aard-Varks . . . . . . . 74--75
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 76--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--79
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The Hawaiian Islands and their
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Anonymous The Edison Incandescent Lamp Patent
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Anonymous The Money Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous The Main Shaft of the Steamer Umbria as
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Anonymous A Horseshoe Sharpening Appliance . . . . 85--85
Anonymous A Light and Simple Motor . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous An Improved Fire Apparatus . . . . . . . 85--86
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The Pecos River Bridge . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Trial of the Pneumatic Cruiser Vesuvius 88--91
Anonymous A Feat in House Moving . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 92--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--95
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The Harbor Defense Ram Katahdin . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Annual Report of the Commissioner of
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Anonymous The Crowning Achievements of the
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Anonymous Progress of Long Distance Telephony . . 98--99
Anonymous The Equitable Printing Telegraph . . . . 99--99
Anonymous An Improved Drilling Machine . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous An Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous An Improved Railway Coach . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous A Safety Valve for Water Gauges . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Atmospheric Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 102--104
Humphrey J. Kiely Notes on the Sugar Industry in Cuba . . 104--106
Anonymous The Fontainebleau Proving Grounds . . . 106--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--111
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous The Two Great Ship Canals . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The Berliner Microphone Patent . . . . . 114--115
Anonymous Singular Accident to a Steamer at Sea 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Traction Engine . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous A Shifting Device for Elevators . . . . 117--117
Anonymous The Lovell Diamond Cycle . . . . . . . . 117--118
Anonymous A Labor-Saving Screw Driver . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous New Method of Gas Supply for New York
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Anonymous Distribution of Hot Water at Paris . . . 120--120
Anonymous Natural Oyster Grounds of South Carolina 121--121
Anonymous The Volcano Mauna Loa . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
F. L. Oswald Strange Hybrids . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous American Ocean Commerce . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Position of the Planets in March . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The Manufacture of Dynamite . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous An Improved Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous An Improved Shock Binder . . . . . . . . 133--134
Anonymous An Improved Extension Table . . . . . . 134--134
C. L. Woolley Storage Cells for Amateurs . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous A Monster Locomotive . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Raising the Flag on the Steamship New
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Anonymous Extinct Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous The Great Exposition --- Doorways to the
Transportation Building and the Woman's
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 140--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous The Casting of a Large Steam Cylinder 145--146
Anonymous Delicacy of a Certain Chemical Test . . 146--146
Anonymous The Nicaragua Canal . . . . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous The Coming Naval Review . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Modern Sundials . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Hickory Wood Carved by Worms . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous A Cheap and Simple Fence Wire Stretcher 149--149
Anonymous A Saw Guide to Facilitate log Sawing,
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R. W. Wood An Induction Coil for Alternating
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Anonymous The Garibaldi Bridge Over the River
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous New Mercurial Compensation Pendulum . . 151--151
Anonymous Ice in the Subway . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
H. C. Hovey A Remarkable Instance of Recent Erosion 152--152
Anonymous United States Steamship Iowa . . . . . . 153--153
Geo. M. Hopkins How to Color Lantern Slides . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous The Cunard Company's New Twin Screw
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Anonymous Books: New Books and publications . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The New Law for Brakes and Car Couplers 162--162
Anonymous The Telephone and the Berliner Patent 162--163
Anonymous An Improved Phosphate Washer . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Inexpensive Window Awning . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Bridges on the Transandine Railway . . . 164--165
Anonymous American Improved Locomotive Valve . . . 165--165
Anonymous A Locomotive Stone Breaker . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
Anonymous How Sunken Vessels are Raised . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Improvements in Boston Harbor . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The Great Exposition Entrances to the
Fisheries and the Mining Buildings . . . 168--168
Anonymous Gold and Silver Refining from Jewelers'
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Anonymous Automatic Photography . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 171--171
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 172--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous The Armour Institute, Chicago . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Bell Telephone Patents . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The World's Congress Auxiliary . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Value of a Patent . . . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous An Improved Mine Car . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Ben Bolder The Bicycle Industry . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous Crank Shaping Machine . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous An Improved Book or Copy Holder . . . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improved Crude Oil Burner . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improved Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Hat Support for Miners' Lamps . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Novel Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The Universal Scale . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The New Coast Defense War Ship Terror 183--183
Anonymous Recreations in Photography . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous An Improved Traction Engine . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous Progress of the Cruiser Maine . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous The Utilization of Old Tin Cans . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 187--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 188--189
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--191
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Moving a Bridge by Rail . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Legal Status of Railroad Employes 194--194
Anonymous Position of the Planets in April . . . . 195--195
Anonymous An Improved Car Axle Box . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous An Improved \em Camera Lucida . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous An Independent Lathe Chuck . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Recent Improvement in Buckles . . . . 196--196
Anonymous An Improved Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Improved Rubber Toys . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous The Oldest Musical Instruments . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Tellurian for the Home and School . . 197--198
Anonymous An Electric Heater for Cars . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous The Telautograph . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Factory Driving by Electricity . . . . . 200--202
Anonymous The New Steel Steamer El Rio . . . . . . 202--202
T. O'conor Sloane Dust and Sand Figures on Membranes . . . 202--202
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 203--203
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 203--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Glafcke's Improvement in Prison
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Anonymous Agricultural Railways . . . . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous English Railway Exhibit for Chicago . . 212--212
Geo. M. Hopkins Simple Slide Changer and Eclipser . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Attachment for Beds . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Automatic Knife Grinder . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Improved Sleeping Car . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Germ-Proof Water Filter and Cooler . . . 214--214
Anonymous Improved Method of Stringing Pianos . . 214--214
Anonymous An Improved Railway Block Signal . . . . 214--214
Anonymous The New Engineering Building of
Pennsylvania State College . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Boilers for the New Cruiser Cincinnati 216--217
Anonymous The Cruiser Baltimore in Dry Dock . . . 216--217
Anonymous Fountain of Saint George and the Dragon,
Vienna, by Anton Dominik Bitter Von
Fernkorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Morris Gibbs Birds Which Nest in Cavities and Burrows 218--218
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 219--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--223
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Electricity at the Great Exposition . . 226--226
Anonymous The Name of Robert Fulton for a War
Steamer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The New U. S. Army Magazine Rifle . . . 226--226
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 227--228
Anonymous Improved Triple Effect Evaporator . . . 228--228
Anonymous The Krupp Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Boiler Furnace . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous An Improved Dumbwaiter . . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous An Improved Suction Valve . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Protecting Iron Work in Buildings from
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 230--231
Anonymous The Racquet and Tennis Club of New York 232--232
Anonymous The Steam Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous The First War Steamer of the World . . . 233--234
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 235--235
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous The Coming Naval Review at New York . . 242--242
Anonymous Progress of American Daily Newspapers 242--242
Anonymous Rare Chance for Architects . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 243--244
Anonymous Cristobal Colon De La Cerda, Duke of
Veragua, Marquis of Jamaica . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous The Krupp Exhibits for the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous The Greenerd Arbor Press . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Furnace . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Leveling Instrument . . . . 245--245
Anonymous New Bridges and Elevated Railroad
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Anonymous The New Mail Safety Bicycle . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Bates' Numbering Machine . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous A Sausage Casings Holder . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Photo-Opera Glass . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous The Concrete Foundations for the
Electric Power House of the Brooklyn
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Anonymous The Broadway Cable Railway, New York . . 249--250
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 251--251
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Painting Machines at the World's
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Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition . . . . 258--259
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 259--260
Anonymous An Improved Unicycle . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous The Pearl Button Industry . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous An Automatic Sprinkler to Put out Fires 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Feed-Water Regulator . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Saddle Attachment . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A Tool to Drill Conical Recesses . . . . 261--261
Anonymous The Total Solar Eclipse of April 16 . . 262--262
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Position of the Planets in May . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The Columbus Celebration, New York . . . 264--265
T. O'conor Sloane Experiments with Soap Bubbles . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 267--267
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous The Naval Parade and Review . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Operations of the Canadian Patent Office 274--274
Anonymous Treatment of Potatoes to Prevent Potato
Scab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Opening of the World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, May 1, 1893 . . . . 274--275
Anonymous An Electrical Rocking Chair . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Tie-Dog for Railroad Rails . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Tricks in Prestidigitation . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Hydraulic Propulsion of Vessels . . . . 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Corrugated Bit Brace Ring 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Scaffold Truss . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Wrench and Cutter . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous An Improved Electric Belt . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Patentability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--281
Anonymous A Model Locomotive . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous A Columbian Egg Puzzle . . . . . . . . . 281--283
Anonymous The Deadly Scorpion . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
A. M. Tanner Another Early French Patent for a Barbed
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 284--285
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Opening of the World's Columbian
Exposition at Chicago . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The Electric Systems at the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous The Post Office of the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Electric Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Railway Roadbed . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Curious Tree Growths . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous ``Strip, the Electrician'' . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Locomotives of 1831 and 1893 . . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous The Broughton Quick Delivery Mixer . . . 295--295
Anonymous A Steam Pressure and Water Level
Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Canned Food Industry . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Edison's Improvement in the Transmission
of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous The Columbian Exposition Steamer
Christopher Columbus . . . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous An Efficient Traveling Crane . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 299--299
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 299--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous The Broadway Cable Railway, New York . . 305--305
Anonymous One Hundred and Twelve and One Half
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Anonymous Prices at the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Electric Railway Trolley . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous The Crossing of Rivers by Means of
Leathern Bottles . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- the
Pope's Phonographic Message to America 308--308
Anonymous A Measuring and Drawing Tool . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous A Viking Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
M. Hopkins Simple Hygroscope . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous An Improved Calking Tool . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The Trumpeters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 316--317
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 317--317
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Winby's Express Locomotive at the
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Anonymous Electrical Engineering as a Profession 322--322
Anonymous Tests and Awards at the World's Fair . . 322--322
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Artistic and Comfortable Furniture . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Rotary Water Meter . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Improved Hay Stacker . . . . . . . . 324--325
Anonymous The Instantaneous Divider . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous The Magic Wax Lighter . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous A Railway Car Life Guard . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous A Simple and Compact Engine and Dynamo 325--326
Anonymous The Electric Railway between Chicago and
St. Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous Manufacture of Macaroni . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Between Saddle and Ground --- An
Instantaneous Photograph . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous A Gang Hydraulic Steam Press . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous The Monitor Miantonomoh . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 331--331
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 332--333
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Death of Moses G. Farmer . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Maintenance of the Speed of War
Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Satisfactory Trial of the War Ship New
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Petroleum Engine Exhibits at the World's
Columbian Exposition . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous No. 999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Hoisting and Winding Engines . . . . . . 341--342
Anonymous An Improved Potato Planter . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous A Roof Clothes-Drying Device . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous Position of the Planets in June . . . . 343--343
M. Hopkins Focusing Device for Telescopes . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Break of Thrust Shaft of Steamship Hecla 345--345
Anonymous Kirby's Window Sash Improvements . . . . 345--345
Anonymous The New Baltimore Post Office . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Recent Discovery of Early Texts of the
Gospels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 347--347
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 348--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Traveling Cranes at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--354
Anonymous The Commercial National Bank of Chicago 354--354
Anonymous Photography at the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Improved Electric Railway Construction 356--356
Anonymous A Machine for Washing, Drying and
Separating Coal, Ore, Etc . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous The Twin Elms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous An Improved Mangle . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous A Simple form of Safety Pocket . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous Falguiere's Statue ``La France'' at the
Chicago Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous Blake's Carriage Indicator . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Pneumatic Cotton Picker . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous The 100 Ton Steam Hammer and the Large
Rolling Mill of the Etaings Works . . . 361--362
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 363--363
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--366
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Farm Changes in Illinois . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous If You Wish to be Happy, be Reasonable 370--370
Anonymous Improved Transportation . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Rolling Chairs at the Exposition . . . . 371--371
Anonymous English Goldsmiths' Work for the Chicago
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Vienna and China in Juxtaposition . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Electric Light Lantern . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous An Electrically Regulated Time System 373--373
Anonymous An Improved Metallic Railway Tie . . . . 373--373
Anonymous A Switch Operating Device . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous An Improved Ladder and Truck . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Torsion Braided Wire Pillows . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The War Ship New York . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The Navy Rapid Fire Gun . . . . . . . . 376--378
Anonymous Germany's Highest Bridge . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 380--380
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Launch of the Battle Ship Massachusetts 386--386
Anonymous The Old and the New Ships . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 387--388
Anonymous A Convenient Bicycle Stand . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Exposition at Lyons, France, in 1894 . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Pinch Bar . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Vessel Stopping Device . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Hydraulic Wheel Press . . . 389--389
Anonymous An Improved Road Gate . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Neff's Desk Attachment . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Petch's Plow Attachment . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous A Curious Tree Growth . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A Nubian Knife . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
T. H. Lewis Intaglio Effigies of Wisconsin . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous New York Harbor Improvement Models at
the Columbian Exposition . . . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous Japanese at the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous Refraction and Dispersion of Light . . . 392--392
Anonymous The Viking Ship for the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The Great Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Proposed Submarine War Boats . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Sinking of the British War Ship Victoria 2--2
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous Foot Race of Market Porters at Paris . . 4--4
Anonymous Improved Self-Loading Vehicles and Dump
Wagons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Water Wheel . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Lubricator . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Inexpensive Window Larder . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous A Stamp Mill Guide . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous A Thrashing Machine Attachment . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Position of the Planets in July . . . . 6--7
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--8
Anonymous The Great Wheel at Chicago . . . . . . . 8--11
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--14
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 16--16
Anonymous Oil Fuel and Boilers at the Great
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous The Centralization of Motive Power . . . 18--18
Anonymous Notes From the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Instrument for Measuring Distances 20--20
Anonymous A Music Book of Folio . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous The Mysterious Trunk . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Roller Cotton Gin . . . . . 20--21
Anonymous Surface Tension . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Parsons' Horological Institute . . . . . 23--24
Anonymous Oil Engines at the Great Exposition . . 24--25
Anonymous The Wart Hog, or Vlacke Vark . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 32--32
Anonymous The Krupp Exhibit at the Great Fair . . 33--33
Anonymous Artificial Butter and Butter Swindles 34--34
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 35--35
Robert W. Edis The Victoria House, Chicago . . . . . . 36--37
Anonymous A Flue and Chimney Cleaner . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Silver Statue of Columbus . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
Anonymous The Kansas Exhibit of Mounted Specimens
of the Animals of the State . . . . . . 41--43
Anonymous The Fin Cutter Leni Lenepe . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous The Peary Arctic Expedition . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 44--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 48--48
Anonymous American Armor Plate . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The Delay in the Publication of the
Patent Office Gazette and of Copies of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Protective Devices on Street Railroads 50--50
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous The Cold Storage Palace at the Columbian
Fair and Its Destruction by Fire . . . . 52--53
Anonymous An Improved Wire Mat . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Test of Bearing Power of Piles . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous An Improved Carpenter's Square . . . . . 54--55
Anonymous The Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico
Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous The Montana Building . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous New York State Building . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous The Ohio Building . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous The Total Eclipse of the 16th of April
in Senegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--58
Anonymous Antediluvian Monsters . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Colonel Auchmuty, Founder of the New
York Trade Schools . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Naval Torpedoes . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous The World's Fair International
Engineering Congress . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Libraries in Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous Notes From the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous The Great Exhibit of the Self-Winding
Clock Company at the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous Duplex Tandem Compound Engines . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous An Improved Fence Post . . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous A New Printing Telegraph . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous A Novel Work Guide for Saws . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Chain Towing by Magnetic Adhesion . . . 73--74
Anonymous Fonthill Abbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous The Stearic Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 76--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--78
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous The Edison, Electric Light Suits . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Expedition of Work in the Patent
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Fall in the Value of General
Electric Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Resumption of Publication of the Patent
Office Gazette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Notes From the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous The Desroziers Continuous Current Dynamo 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Printer's Composing Stick 84--84
Anonymous A Strong and Cheap Bedstead . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Handsome Team of Cattle . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous A Reversing Gear for Engines . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Position of the Planets in August . . . 86--87
Anonymous The French Exhibit of Locomotives. ---
The Bethlehem Iron Company's Exhibit at
the World's Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous A High Speed Electric Locomotive . . . . 88--88
Anonymous The Intra-Mural Road at the Great
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--89
Anonymous Irrigation in India . . . . . . . . . . 89--90
Anonymous The Purification of Drinking Water by
Means of Electricity . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 92--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- The
Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Plant . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous The New Congressional Library Building 98--98
Anonymous New Inventions for Street Cleaning
Wanted in New York City . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Notes from the worlds Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Duplex Lathe for Cranks . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A New Bicycle Gear . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Novel Support for Velocipede Saddles 100--100
Anonymous A Combined Pitchfork and Band Cutter . . 101--101
Anonymous The ``Duplex'' Slide Rule . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous A Gas Lighter or Extinguisher . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous A Photographic Flash Light Apparatus . . 101--101
Anonymous Recording Time of Employees . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Coal Conveyer at Weehawken, N.J. . . . . 104--104
Anonymous Brooding Snakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous The Race of Stilt Walkers at Bordeaux 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Aerial Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Raising Vessels by Means of Air Sacks 114--114
Anonymous Water Power Transformed into Light . . . 114--114
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Experiment in Divination . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The Fox Safety Razor and Strop . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Readily Applied Burglar Alarm . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Railway Cattle Guard . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Convenient Bench Vise . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Thawing Out Frozen Pipes, Etc . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous The Imperial Institute, London . . . . . 117--118
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- a
View in Columbian Avenue, Palace of
Manufactures and Liberal Arts . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous Mill Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous Hoo-Den, or Japanese Building . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous South Sea Island Village . . . . . . . . 121--123
Anonymous Visiting the Viking Ship . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Armour Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Color Photography . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Progress of Railways in the United
States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous A Device to Teach Spelling . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Gold and Silver Refining Establishment 132--132
Anonymous A Kindergarten Teaching Device . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Machine for Finishing Saws . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Balanced Slide Valve . . . . 132--133
Anonymous Improved Circular and Elliptical Boring
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--134
M. Hopkins Experiment Showing Magnetic Lag . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Nasmyth's Torpedo Boat of 1853 . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Warburton Road Bridge --- Manchester
Ship Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous The Century Vase at the Fair . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous The Santa Maria at the Fair . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous World's Columbian Exposition ---
Entrance to the Palace of Agriculture
Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
Anonymous A Twin Daisy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 141--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 144--144
Anonymous Patent Office Examiners Wanted . . . . . 146--146
H. C. Hovey The American Association at Madison, Wis 146--147
Anonymous Bevel Gearing Cut Theoretically Correct 148--148
Anonymous The ``Lunken'' Gate Valve . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Light Reflecting Apparatus . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Condensed Milk Represented at the Fair 149--149
Anonymous Exhibit of the Dixon Crucible Company at
the Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
Anonymous Cable Railway Accidents . . . . . . . . 150--150
M. Hopking Suggestions in Optics . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous The Great German Search Lights at the
World's Columbian Exposition . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition ---
State Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous The New U.S.S. Detroit . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 157--157
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition ---
Triumphal Arch and Peristyle . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous The Latest Armor Trial at Indian Head 162--162
Anonymous The Purification of Water in Wells and
Cisterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous A Balanced Steam Engine Valve . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Convenient Saw Setting Device . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Evolution of the Safety Lamp as Shown at
the Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Creamery and Dairy Apparatus at the Fair 165--165
Anonymous The Griffin Roller Mill at the Fair . . 165--165
Anonymous Meeting of the American Association at
Madison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--167
Anonymous The Quaker City Grinding Hill at the
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- The
North Canal and Bridge . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- a
View from the Ferris Wheel . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous Position of the Planets in September . . 170--170
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition ---
Interior of Woman's Building . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 172--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous Books: New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 176--176
Anonymous The McConnell Germ-Proof Filters . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Wine Making Represented at the Fair . . 177--178
Anonymous A Chance for American Contractors . . . 178--178
Anonymous Safety on Railroads . . . . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous A Counting Attachment for Printing
Presses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous Drop Forgings at the Fair . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous An Improved Brake Valve . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Wonderfully Cheap Watch . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous The Caw's Pen and Ink Company Exhibit 181--181
Anonymous An Electrical Binding Post . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improved Stall for Milk Cattle . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Steel Pen Exhibit at the Fair . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Washington's Red Cedar Vase . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous A Monster Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Rordame Comet . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Northern Diver at the Leipzig
Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous A Trolley Wire Finder for Electric
Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- a
View on the Grand South Canal . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Heavy Wagons Shown at the Fair . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous A. W. Grays Sons Exhibit of ``Horse
Powers'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--190
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous The Morse Twist Drill at the Fair . . . 193--193
Anonymous A New Patent Office Building Proposed 194--194
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous The Eureka Tempered Copper Co.'s Exhibit 196--196
Anonymous A Guide Block for Telegraph Wires, Etc 196--196
Anonymous The Rider Hot Air Engine Company Exhibit 196--196
Anonymous An Inside Cover for Barrels . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Inexpensive and Efficient Milk Cooler 197--197
Anonymous Leather Belts at the Fair . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Mechanical Press for Copper Plate
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--198
Anonymous A Convenience for Smokers . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition-General
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous Jean Martin Charcot . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous William Galloway's Exhibit of Art
Pottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Marcus Benjamin William Harkness . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous Apparatus for Preventing Collisions of
Trains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--202
Anonymous The Weed Steak Boiler . . . . . . . . . 202--203
Anonymous A World's Fair Exhibit of Hammers, Edge
Tools, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 205--205
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--206
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Automatic Safety Appliances Recently
Introduced on a New York Railroad . . . 210--210
Anonymous Health Rules in Six Words . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Mushroom Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The New Cunard Steamers . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 211--212
Anonymous Fine Watch Tools and Machinery . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Gas Engine Exhibit at the Fair . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Snow and Ice Velocipede . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A World's Fair Exhibit of Tinners'
Tools, Machinery, Etc . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Knitting Machines Operated by
Electricity at the Fair . . . . . . . . 213--214
Anonymous A Toy Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous The Vigilant to Contest the
International Yacht Race . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous The H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company's
Exhibits at the Fair . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous The Olsen Testing Machines . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous A Monster Planing Machine . . . . . . . 216--217
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- The
Italian Exhibit . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--219
Anonymous Novel Scene in India . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 220--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--222
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 224--224
Anonymous Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Co.'s
Exhibit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--226
Anonymous The Brooklyn Institute . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Lake Keuka Wine Company Exhibit . . 226--226
Anonymous Lubricators and Safety Steam Appliances
at the Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Protection against Train Robbers . . . . 226--226
Anonymous A Suggested School of Fire
Extinguishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous A Convenient Reading Stand . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Concentrator . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Wheel for Velocipedes, Etc 228--228
Anonymous The Electricity Building at the Fair . . 229--229
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous A Wire Rope Tramway Operated at the Fair 232--233
Anonymous Light Locomotives Shown at the Fair . . 233--234
L. L. Dyche Mounting of Large Animals . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous The Reece Buttonhole Machine . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Congress on Patents, Trade Marks and
Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Blowing up a Wreck . . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Beveridge Automatic Cooker . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Cheap and Efficient Motor . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Folding and Reclining Chair . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Commutator Brush . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Friction Clutch . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Recording Instruments at the World's
Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Benjamin Jowett . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Professor Helmholtz . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Steam Valves, Etc., at the Fair . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Electrical Illumination of a Monument 248--248
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- The
Palace of Machinery . . . . . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous The Yachts Contending for the
International Championship . . . . . . . 250--251
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 253--253
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--254
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Great Storm of October 2 . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Lawton's Improved Pottery Kiln . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition ---
Exhibit of Otis C. White, Worcester,
Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Simple Electrical Machine . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous Sculpture at the World's Fair . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition ---
Exhibit of the Water Circulating Grate
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A New Steam Turbine . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The America's Cup Won by the Vigilant 264--264
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- a
View on the Grand Basin . . . . . . . . 265--265
H. C. Hovey Cactus Furniture and Art Ware at the
World's Columbian Exposition . . . . . . 266--267
Anonymous The Mysterious Chapel of Heron . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 268--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous The Otis Elevators at the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--274
Anonymous How to Become an Electrical Engineer . . 274--274
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Lathe Slide Rest Attachment . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Teaching of Swimming . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Pianos and Organs at the Fair . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Suckow's Machine for Squeezing Puddlers'
Balls and the Mannesmann Seamless Tube
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous A Durable and Efficient Pump . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous New Apparatus for Artificial Respiration 280--280
Anonymous Prize Cattle at the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Beveling and Silvering Mirrors . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--286
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Closing of the World's Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Coaling Cruisers at Sea . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Auxiliary Cut-Off for Engines . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Screw Cutting Lathe . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Torsion Braided Wire Mattresses,
Pillows, Cushions, Etc., Shown at the
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A Cheap and Novel Road Bed . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous An Electric Passenger Elevator at the
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous An Improved Steam Engine Valve Chest . . 293--293
Anonymous A Kneading or Mixing Machine . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous A Great Air Compressor at the Fair . . . 294--294
Anonymous Exhibit of Brush Electric Company . . . 295--296
Anonymous Duhamel Du Monceau . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Disappearing Gun Carriage . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Swordfish Exploits . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous A Beeswax Bleachery . . . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous Delcroix's Topographic Rule . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous A Railroad Rail for Street Railways . . 298--298
Anonymous Exhibits of Thoroughbred Stock at the
World's Columbian Exposition . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--302
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous The Otto Gas Engines at the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--306
Anonymous Amateur Naval Operations . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Notes from the World's Columbian
Exposition Chicago 1893 . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous The ``Paragon'' Speed Indicator . . . . 308--308
Anonymous Boring Machine for Corliss Engine
Cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous A Heater and Condenser . . . . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous An Improved Electric Motor Truck . . . . 309--309
Dorr E. Felt Mechanical Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Optical Goods at the Exposition . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Russian Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous Improved Construction of Floors,
Ceilings, Arches, Etc . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Western Electric Company's Luminous Sign 312--313
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- The
Court of Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
Anonymous American Historical Exposition in Madrid 315--315
Anonymous A Geometrical Educational Appliance . . 315--315
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 316--317
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--318
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous A Storage Battery for Central Station
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--322
Anonymous Death by Gas Asphyxiation and Poisoning 322--323
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Movable Elevator for Use on Store
Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous The ``Paragon'' Projection Lantern . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Improved Propeller Sleigh . . . . . . 324--325
Anonymous The Rand Drill Company's Compound Duplex
Air Compressor and Rock Drills at the
Columbian Exposition . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American Match
Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous Magnetic Jack Straws . . . . . . . . . . 326--327
Anonymous Brooks' Comet of 1893 . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Movable Night Lamp for Stairways . . . . 328--328
Anonymous The New Dudley Observatory, in Albany 328--328
Anonymous The World's Columbian Exposition --- The
Indian Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous Noriega's Telephone . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
Anonymous The Flying Propeller . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Sheffield Steel at the Exposition . . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 332--332
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Electric Launches at the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous More Engineers Needed for the Navy . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Columbia, the New Commerce Destroyer 338--339
Anonymous An Extensible Electric Light Support . . 340--340
Anonymous Improved Cross-Cutting Saw . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous A Readily Adjustable Camera Stand . . . 340--340
Anonymous A Coin Holding and Delivering Device . . 341--341
Anonymous A Quick and Sure Chicken Beheader . . . 341--341
Anonymous New Fire Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
Anonymous A Metallic Bookcase . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Improvements in Shapers . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Four Hundred Horse Power Mill Engine . . 345--346
Anonymous A Simple Gas Meter Connection . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Securing Propeller Blades to the Hub . . 346--346
Anonymous The Triple-Screw War Ship Columbia . . . 347--347
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 348--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--350
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Report of the Commissioner of Patents 354--354
Anonymous The Registration of Trade Marks . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Terrible Effects of Dynamite . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous New British Torpedo Boats of
Extraordinary Speed . . . . . . . . . . 354--355
Anonymous The New Brazilian Navy . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The New York Contingent of the Brazilian
Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A Burner for Cooking or Heating Stoves 356--356
Anonymous A Cheap and Simple Thill Support . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Exhibit of Jarecki Manufacturing Company 356--356
Anonymous Boiler-End Turning, Boring, and Drilling
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Display of Fireworks at the Columbian
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous Manufacture of Stearin Candles . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous The Columbian Expositions --- a
``Moonshiner's'' Plant . . . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous A Whale Stranded at Villerville . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Our Photograph of the Columbia . . . . . 361--363
Anonymous The Columbian Exposition --- Statue of
``The North'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 364--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--366
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous ``Gasocution'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Wreck of the Louise H. Randall . . . 370--371
Anonymous An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Pneumatic Ventilator . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Work on the Sewers of Paris . . . . . . 372--373
Anonymous A Digging Machine to Deepen Channels,
Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous An Improved Recording Thermometer . . . 373--373
Anonymous A Combined Rubber Stamp Vulcanizer and
Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Railroad Construction in Old and Modern
Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The Mont Blanc Observatory . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous Electric Propulsion of Canal Boats . . . 376--377
Anonymous The Manufacture of Desiccated Cocoanut 377--378
Anonymous The Columbian Exposition --- East India
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Anonymous Improved Steam Steering Gear . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 380--380
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--382
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Prof. John Tyndall . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Screen Photography in Colors . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous The Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Fields 386--387
Anonymous Automatic Distributor of Perfumes . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Brake for Portable Engines, Etc . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Adding Machine . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A New System of Lighting Street Gas
Lamps without the Use of Wires . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Bundy Automatic Time Recorder at the
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous A New Storage Battery . . . . . . . . . 389--390
Anonymous A Novelty for the Midwinter Fair . . . . 390--391
Anonymous The Broadway Cable Railway . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous United States Large Caliber Mortars . . 393--395
Anonymous Experiment on the Tension of Liquid
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Gustave Michaud A Carbonic Acid Motor . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--398
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous The Laboratory and the Workshop . . . . 402--403
Anonymous An Improved Post Office Box . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Machine for Forming Projectiles . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Portable Grain Dump . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous The New American War Ship Olympia . . . 405--405
Anonymous The State Dam, Mohawk River, at Cohoes,
N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous The Photoret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous The Traveling Garbage Burner of Chicago 408--409
Anonymous The Burt Wooden Railway, California . . 409--410
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--413
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 415--415
Anonymous The Graves Elevators . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
Anonymous The Alkali Metals Potassium and Sodium
--- II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous Patent Litigation and Compromise . . . . 2--2
Anonymous The New Steamers of the International
Navigation Company . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The Growth of Plants in Odd Places . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Automatic Sculpturing Machine . . . . 4--5
Anonymous A Double Belting Press . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Improved Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous The Gadey Air Grate . . . . . . . . . . 5--6
Anonymous Henry Goebel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous An Improved Fastening for Envelopes . . 6--6
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Cruiser New York in Dry Dock . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Tectorium, Substitute for Window Glass 9--9
Anonymous Manufacture of Oxide of Zinc . . . . . . 9--10
Anonymous The Widah Bird of Paradise . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 12--13
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--14
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous The ``Linotype'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous The Alkali Metals Potassium and Sodium
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Anonymous Progress in Typesetting . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Another Explosion of a High Pressure Gas
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Anonymous The Harrison Standard Burr Stone Mills 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Unicycle . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Hay Loader for Field Work . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous New British War Boats of Great Power and
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Anonymous The Improved ``Monitor'' Incubator . . . 21--22
Anonymous The Capewell Horse Nails . . . . . . . . 22--23
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous Historic Exhibit of the Waltham Watch
Company at the World's Columbian
Exposition, at Chicago . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 27--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous A New Optical Lantern . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous The Potentialities of Chemical Research 34--35
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Driving Gear . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Improved Building Tile . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Special Triple Geared Lathe . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Automatically Operating Valve Gear 37--37
Anonymous An Improved Exhibiting Apparatus . . . . 37--37
Anonymous An Improved Fire Ladder . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Improvement in Vessels' Hulls . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous In Ocean Depths . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
Nicolas Pike Venomous Spiders . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
Anonymous Family Knitting Machines . . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous Improved Automatic Signal Apparatus . . 41--42
Anonymous A Cable Grip for Coal Cars or Mine
Wagons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Pine Cones, or Cocoons? . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 44--45
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Some Notable Locomotives . . . . . . . . 49--50
Anonymous The Municipal Art Society . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Comparatively Recent Geological Changes
in California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The Late Nathaniel Wheeler . . . . . . . 52--53
Anonymous Columbia Bicycles for 1894 . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous An Improved Sickle Grinder . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous An Efficient and Continuous Drier . . . 53--55
Anonymous Bicycle Drop Forgings at the Cycle Show 55--55
Anonymous Chicago Cable Cars on Chicago Day . . . 56--56
Anonymous An Efficient Pulverizing Machine . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Improved Method of Controlling Quicksand 56--56
Anonymous Electric Welding of Rails in Place . . . 57--58
Anonymous A Fire Extinguishing Sprinkler . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Wool Pulling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 60--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous All May Have Telephones . . . . . . . . 64--64
Anonymous Foreigners are Learning our Industrial
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Anonymous The Original Edison Electric Railroad 66--66
Anonymous Fighting Man's Most Deadly Foes . . . . 66--67
Anonymous An Improved Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous A Machine for Straightening Saws . . . . 68--68
Anonymous A New Typewriter . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous A Safety Fender for Street Cars . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Electric Carriage . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous An Improved Valve Gear . . . . . . . . . 69--70
Anonymous A Tool Holder with a Variety of Tools 70--70
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Edison's New Electrical Railway . . . . 72--72
Anonymous A Rotary Newspaper Folder . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous An Electric Mountain Railroad . . . . . 73--74
Anonymous A Steamboat Explosion . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 76--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--78
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
Anonymous A City under One Roof --- The Masonic
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Anonymous Haulage by Horses . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
Anonymous Progress and Invention . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A Lubricator and Wiper for the
Commutators of Dynamos . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Screw Plates for Pipe . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Swedish Sled --- The Sparkstötting . . 84--84
Anonymous Brake for Children's Carriages . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous A Large Philadelphia Ice Making Plant 85--86
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous Air Pumps of the Cruiser New York . . . 88--88
Anonymous Electric Railroad Mail Service in
Ottawa, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous The Columbian Exposition --- Forestry
Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous A New Lake Steamship . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 92--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous The Boynton Bicycle Electric Railway . . 97--97
Anonymous Cheap Telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous A New Street Car Motor . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The California Midwinter Exposition in
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco . . . . 98--99
Anonymous A Steam Shovel for Use on Flat Cars . . 100--100
Anonymous An Arch Support, Water Purifier and
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Anonymous A Hand Punch for Work on Cold Iron . . . 101--101
Anonymous Manufacture of Chicory . . . . . . . . . 101--102
Anonymous Apparatus for Dumping Coal Cars, Etc . . 102--102
Anonymous An Improved Button Fastener . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous An Envelope for the Display of Laces,
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Anonymous Fulton's Torpedo . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--105
Anonymous The New United States Cruiser Montgomery 105--105
Anonymous The Criminal Court Building of New York 105--106
Anonymous The Columbian Exposition --- Colonial
Relics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous The Jewfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous How to Make a Telephone Call . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Fifty Thousand Dollar Reward for
Street Car Propulsion . . . . . . . . . 114--115
Anonymous An Aerial Vessel . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Corrugated Plate Metallic Lathing . . . 116--116
Anonymous Marvelously Low-Priced Watches . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Supplemental Colored Ink Fountains for
Printing Presses . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Current Collector for Dynamos . . . . 117--117
Anonymous A Distilling Apparatus for Families . . 117--117
Anonymous An Improved Relief Valve . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous The Webb Academy and Home for Ship
Builders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
Anonymous The Four-Masted Ship Afghanistan . . . . 121--122
F. J. Hillig Interesting Experiments . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Influence of Small Portions of Alloy on
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Anonymous Improved Triple Expansion Engines . . . 132--132
Anonymous The Lovell Diamond Cycles . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous The Patterson Locomotive . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Tidal Indicator, New York Harbor . . . . 133--134
Anonymous The Third Avenue Railroad Company's New
Cable Traction Plant . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Galveston (Texas) Steel Wagon Bridge 136--136
Anonymous Illusive Photography . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous An Improved Engine Governor . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Swamp Antelopes in the Hamburg
Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous The Manchester Ship Canal . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous The Tiffany Glass Exhibit . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous A Disinfectant Mixing Apparatus . . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Improved Pottery Kiln . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Natural Tree Graft . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous The Sanitary Soap Vase . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Electrical Water Level Indicator . . . . 149--151
Anonymous The Columbian Exposition --- Corean
Exhibits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Nicolas Pike Notes on the Domestic Cat . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous The Aerial Cable Railway . . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous Bauxite Mining in Alabama . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The Difficulties and Problems of the
Electric Engineeer . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Experiments with Telephones . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Cotton Ginning Machinery at the Fair . . 164--164
Anonymous A Ditching Machine for Railway Service 164--164
Anonymous A Post or Pole Hole Boring Machine . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Air Lifting Process for Wells . . . . 165--165
Anonymous A Work Holder for Grinding Machines . . 165--165
W. F. Durfee Some Ancient Reaction Engines . . . . . 165--167
Anonymous Emil Greiner's Automatic Pipette . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The New Battle Ship Indiana . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The Dirigo --- The First American Steel
Sailing Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous Tricolor Photography . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous The Antwerp Exposition . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 172--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Remarkable Boat Speed-32 1/2 Miles Per
Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Imperfections of the Overhead
Trolley System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--180
Anonymous A Mirror Attachment for Bicycles . . . . 180--180
Anonymous New Pier for the American Line . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous To Set Fire to a Pile of Snow . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous The Tachocycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
M. Hopkins Hints on Coloring Lantern Slides . . . . 181--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Waddell--Entz Storage Battery Car
Traction Plant of the Second Avenue
Railroad Company, New York . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Handling Steel Billets by Electrical
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--187
Anonymous Bicycle Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Trick Photography . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 188--188
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--190
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous The Flow of Solids under Pressure . . . 194--194
Anonymous Magazine Rifles for the U.S. Navy . . . 194--194
Anonymous Recent Work at the Smithsonian
Institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Biltmore Forest --- a Great Arboretum 194--195
Anonymous The ``Climax'' Ratchet Stock . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Carpet Stretcher and Tacker . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Reid's Improved Danish Cream Separator 196--196
Anonymous A Feedwater Heater and Purifier . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Sad Iron . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A New Kind of Camera --- ``The Bull's
Eye'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Cartridge Shell Extractor . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Large Recent Sun Spots . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The New Speedway on the Banks of the
Harlem River, in New York City . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous American Manufacture of Fire Crackers 200--200
Anonymous New Steam Carriage . . . . . . . . . . . 200--201
Anonymous Improved 160 Ton Crane . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous The Stein Expedition to Ellesmere Land 202--202
Anonymous The Siberian Tiger in Hagenbeck's
Menagerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 204--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--206
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous The Annual Report of the Commissioner of
Patents for the Year 1893 . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Prevention Better than Cure . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous The Baltimore Traction Company . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Heating Gas Burner . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous Friedburg's Bunsen Burner . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Reid's ``Lightning'' Brace . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Steam Tramcars with Serpollet's Boiler 213--214
Anonymous Improved Journal Box Supports . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Carborundum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous A Practical Steam Stamp Mill . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Substitute for Pipe Tongs . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Very High Windmill . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Manufacture of Smoking Tobacco . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 220--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--222
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Inventors and the Government . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous Decision Relating to Patents . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Aluminum Boat --- The Jules Davoust . . 228--228
Anonymous Means for Propelling Vessels . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Terry's Feed Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
B. M. Wilson The Bahama Expedition of the State
University of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous The Bristol Co.'s Patent Steel Belt
Lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
Anonymous The California Midwinter Fair . . . . . 232--232
H. J. W. Dam The Maxim Air Ship . . . . . . . . . . . 233--235
Anonymous A Two Seated Tricycle . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 236--236
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous The Hillside Line of the North Hudson
County Railway Company . . . . . . . . . 241--242
Anonymous The Utilization of the Waste Energy of
the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous A Low Priced Stem Winder . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Variable Driving Gear for Bicycles . . 244--244
Anonymous House of Senor Saracibar, Architect,
Salamanca, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous Whitaker's New Weight Motor . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Underground Conductors for Electric
Street Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
Anonymous The Midwinter Fair . . . . . . . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous Improved High Pressure Air Compressors 249--251
Anonymous Carli's Electric Carriage . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Eolian Harps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 251--253
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 252--252
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Contagion in Milk . . . . . . . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous A Grader and Amalgamator for Separating
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Anonymous An Improved Car Fender . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Mediæval Ironclad . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Air Brake Stop Cock . . . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous Thomas' Car Fender . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A Funeral on the River Spree . . . . . . 261--262
Anonymous Burnham's 13 Inch Drill Press . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Improved Tea and Coffee Strainer . . . . 262--262
Anonymous A Metallic Seal for Envelopes, Etc . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Park Avenue Improvement in New York
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
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Anonymous Notable and Curious Watches . . . . . . 265--267
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 268--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous A New Theory of Light Sensation . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Italian Colonization in Africa . . . . . 274--275
Anonymous An Incline Elevator and Dump . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Polishing and Buffing Lathe . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Extension Ladder for Sleeping Cars 276--277
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Cigarette Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous The Chase--Kirchner Aerodromic Railroad 279--279
Anonymous Manufacture of Rock Candy . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous A Carpenter's Makeshift . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous A Large Punching Machine . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous A Method of and Apparatus for
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Anonymous Novel Electric Rock Drill . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Why Flowers are Beautiful . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 284--285
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--286
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous The Park Avenue Improvement in New York
City --- The Temporary Harlem River
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Anonymous The Rich and the Poor . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous An Efficient Heating Gas Burner . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Steam Actuated Valve . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A Widow Sash Fastener . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A High Windmill . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
Anonymous The Bicycle upon Rails . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Theodor Billroth . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous A Device Enabling the Typewriter to See
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
A. E. Beach The Centrifugal Bowling Alley . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous An Improved Boiler Tube Expander . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Righthandedness and Lefthandedness of
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 300--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--302
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous The Lawrence Underground Conduit
Electric Trolley Railroad . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous An Astronomer Honored . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Dangers Incident to Electric Current
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Anonymous ``The Harvest of a Quiet Eye'' . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous An Automatic word Counter for
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Anonymous An Improved Mailing Machine . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous The Westcott Chucks . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous Paper Box Making . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous A Puzzle Purse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous Electric Capstans . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Hornet . . . 313--314
Anonymous Bicycle Exercises at Leipzig . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 316--316
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--318
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The One Hundred and Fifty Ton Portable
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Anonymous Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Institute
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Anonymous The Bicycle as an Example for
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Anonymous An Automatically Operating Ejector . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Improved Ore Crusher . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Simple and Easily Cleaned Filter . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Convenient Line Chalker . . . . . . . 324--325
Anonymous Picolet's Wimshurst Induction Machine
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Anonymous Electrostatic Induction Machines without
Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
Anonymous New Lift Bridge, Chicago . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous Marine Steam Dynamo . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous A Simple and Convenient Telephone . . . 329--329
Anonymous Protection of Piles Against the Teredo 330--330
Anonymous Simplified Apparatus for
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 332--333
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--334
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous New Zealand Labor Laws . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Pupin's Improvements in Long Distance
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Anonymous Physical Training in College . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous The Hilliard Cyclometer . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Ingenious Combination Tool . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous A Quick Speed Steam Engine . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous The Seventh Avenue Bridge over the
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Anonymous Feeding and Watering Live Stock . . . . 341--341
Anonymous The London Gigantic Wheel . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Anaglyphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Notes on the History of the
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Anonymous Photographing a Human Head upon a Table 344--344
Anonymous Triple Boiler Locomotive, Belgian State
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Anonymous The Orang-Outang in the Leipsig
Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Proposed Tubular Railway under the
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--350
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Coal Strike and Its Lessons . . . . 354--355
Anonymous An Improved Trolley Conductor . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous An Improved Thrashing Machine Feed . . . 356--356
Anonymous New Multipolar Generator . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Simple Fruit Stoner . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous Some Improved Tools . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous The Olds Gasoline Engine . . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous The Bailey Automatic Bicycle Brake . . . 358--358
Anonymous Chain Links Drop Forged from Bar Steel 358--358
Anonymous The Coal Hoisting and Distributing Plant
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Anonymous A Curious Tree Growth . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous The Rudolf Muller Boiler Furnace on the
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Anonymous Flower and Fruit of the \em Monstera
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Anonymous The Gas and Gasoline Engines of the
Globe Gas Engine Company, of
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 364--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Free Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous How to Prevent and Evade Insanity . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Limitation of Vivisection . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Opening of the Field Museum . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Passenger Railroad Traffic in New York
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Anonymous The Engineer's Work in Modern Buildings 370--371
Anonymous A Decision Relating to Assignments . . . 371--371
Anonymous An Automatic Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Crank . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Farm Gate . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Unicycle . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous The Fireproof Building Construction of
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Anonymous An Oscillating Device for Vehicles . . . 374--374
Anonymous A Toy Cart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous The Hudson River Bridge of the New York
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Anonymous A New Compound Locomotive . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous Opening of the International Exhibition
at Antwerp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
C. V. Riley The Periodical Cicada, Alias
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Anonymous The Haunted Swing . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 380--380
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--382
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous The California Midwinter Exhibition . . 385--385
Anonymous The Island of Atlantis . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Proposed Railway from India to Ceylon 386--386
Anonymous Recent Trials of Naval Armor . . . . . . 386--387
Anonymous The Berkefeld Filter . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Efficient Magneto Telephone . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Tuck Marker . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A New Article of Manufacture . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Simonds Steam Wagon . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous The Patrol Wagons of the Metropolitan
Traction Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--390
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Flower and Feather Manufacturing . . . . 392--392
M. Hopkins Lantern Slide Illustrating Sound Waves 395--395
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 396--397
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--398
Anonymous The Stability of War Ships . . . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous An Automatic Self-Cleansing Water Filter 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Caliper . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous An Improved Rail Joint . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous A Traction Wheel for Harvesters,
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Anonymous A Dwelling at Springfield, Mass . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Indicator to Facilitate Target
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W. F. Durfee An Ancient Automaton . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous The Lengthening of the Gunboats Machias
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Anonymous New Steel Belt Fastener . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Great Office Buildings of New York . . . 8--9
Anonymous The Termites or White Ants of Africa . . 9--11
Anonymous The Irrigation of Lawns . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--14
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous Moving the Central Draw Span of Seventh
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Anonymous Again a Torpedo Boat Sinks a War Ship 18--18
Anonymous The Great Railroad Strike . . . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous A Combined Camera and Graphoscope . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Excavator for use in Harbors, Rivers,
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Anonymous An Improved Boiler for Heating Purposes 20--20
Anonymous The Dowe Bullet Proof Cuirass . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous The Reagan Marine Water Circulating and
Shaking Grate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Improved Drilling Machine for Boilers 23--24
Anonymous Notes on the Midwinter Fair . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous The Life and Habits of the Beaver . . . 25--26
Anonymous A Beautiful Fireplace . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 29--29
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous Hardening Composite Plates for Bank
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Anonymous An American Bullet Proof Shield . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Brooklyn Meeting of the A.A.A.S. . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Education in America . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Failure of a Large Armor Plate . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Great Railroad Strike . . . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous Laying an Atlantic Cable in Twelve Days 35--36
Anonymous An Improved Tellurian . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Electric Light Engines, Manchester
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--37
Anonymous A New Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Viaduct for Street Railways, Cincinnati 37--37
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
Anonymous A Steam Ice Cream Manufactory . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous Roaring Alligators in the Zoological
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Anonymous The Albatross . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 45--45
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Navy Speed Trials . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Davison's ``Imperial Fiber'' Letter
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Anonymous The Castle of Bonnetable . . . . . . . . 52--53
Anonymous The Accident to the Steamer Plymouth . . 53--53
Anonymous A Chinese Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
Anonymous The East River Tunnel of the East River
Gas Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Trial Trip of the New War Ship
Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous Increasing Use of Traction Engines . . . 57--57
Anonymous Rapid Filtering Apparatus . . . . . . . 57--58
Anonymous Eudynamis Niger . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous War Between Japan and China . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous The Fifth Avenue Theater, New York . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Car Fender . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Improved Tenement Construction . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Steam Engine Governor and Reversing
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Anonymous Bersier's Steering Compass . . . . . . . 69--70
Anonymous An Efficient Calculating Machine . . . . 71--71
Anonymous The New Tower Bridge, London . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous The Halsted Street Bridge over the
Chicago River . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--75
Anonymous The Harmony and Measurement of Perfumes 75--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--78
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous The New Ocean Steamers St. Louis and St.
Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--82
Anonymous The Brooklyn Meeting of the American
Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Waste of Coal Mines as a Source of
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--84
Anonymous An Improved Check Rein Support . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous New Tool Sharpener . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Manufacture of Whisk Brooms . . . . . . 85--87
Anonymous Automatic Coupler Tests . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous Three Specimens of Starling . . . . . . 89--90
Anonymous The Electric Welding of Rail Joints . . 91--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The Farmer and Modern Invention . . . . 98--99
Anonymous An Adjustable Electric Lamp Holder . . . 100--100
Anonymous An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Improvements in Telephones . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Raney's Self-Register for Weighing
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Anonymous The Lyons Universal Exposition of 1894 101--102
Anonymous The Evolution of Handicraft . . . . . . 103--103
Marcus Benjamin Daniel Garrison Brinton . . . . . . . . 104--105
Anonymous The Toxophilite Society . . . . . . . . 105--105
Anonymous An Improved Motor or Pump . . . . . . . 105--106
Anonymous The Song of the Lark . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 109--109
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous Caisson Foundation Piers of the American
Surety Company's Building in New York
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous The Brooklyn Meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--115
Anonymous Caisson Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Car Axle Box . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Steam Fire Engine . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Submarine Boat . . . . . . . 116--117
Anonymous Electric Illumination of an Orange . . . 117--118
C. R. Summers Slow Beating Pendulums . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous Ogden's Marine Velocipede or Bicycle
Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Sir A. H. Layard, G.C.B . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous The International Yacht Races . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous A Trial of Maxim's Flying Machine . . . 123--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous The American Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous Cotton Seed Oil Presses Wanted . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Niagara and the Great Lakes . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous An Automatic Discharger of Abnormal
Electric Currents . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous The Cascade Water Wheel . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Sight for Firearms . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Bull Teasing in the Arena of Arles . . . 133--133
Anonymous A Life Guard for Street Railway Cars . . 133--133
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous Church of Borki, Russia . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Manufacture of Spiegeleisen . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous Steam and Electric Cableway for Logging
and Canal Boat Towing . . . . . . . . . 137--139
Anonymous A Recording Thermometer for Closed
Spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 141--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous American Forestry Association . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous The Magnitude of the Solar System . . . 146--147
Anonymous Trial at Sea of a Navigating Tricycle 148--148
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous An Improved Instrument for Engineers,
Surveyors, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous An Effective Feed Water Heater . . . . . 149--150
Anonymous An Improved Needle Threader . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Strengthening Lead and Other Pipes . . . 150--150
Anonymous The Eastern Power Station of the
Brooklyn City Railroad Company . . . . . 151--152
Anonymous Church Spire, Norwich, Conn., Struck by
Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous A Tree Shattered by Lightning . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Broadway During a Fire . . . . . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Approaching Eclipse of the Moon . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Professor Charles Valentine Riley . . . 155--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous Allis Steam Engines, Oiling System and
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Anonymous The Forest Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous An Improved Brick Press . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Improved Metal Punching Machine . . . 164--164
Anonymous Mammoth Block of Mahogany . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Trial of Maxim's Steam Flying Machine 165--166
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous The New United States Cruiser Cincinnati 168--168
Anonymous A Search Light Range Finder . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous The Eddy Malay Tailless Kite . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous An Automatic Rail Joint . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--173
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 173--173
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Patents for Minor Inventions . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 179--179
W. F. Durfee An Ancient Locomotive . . . . . . . . . 180--181
Anonymous An Improved Street Railway Car Fender 181--181
Anonymous Some New American Knitting Machines . . 181--181
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous The United States War Ship Atlanta
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Anonymous An Improved Tubular Boiler . . . . . . . 184--184
W. L. Elkin Instrument for the Photography of
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Anonymous Parasites on a Caterpillar . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous The Hibernia --- a Fast Steam Launch . . 185--186
Anonymous Manufacture of Belt Lacing . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 190--190
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous The U.S. Battle Ship Maine . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Man and Vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . 194--195
Anonymous The Charter Gas and Gasoline Engine . . 196--196
Anonymous The Optometer Skiascope . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Portion of the Hotel De Ville,
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Anonymous A Convenient Carriage Lamp . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous A Powerful Cutting Nipper . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Eighth Avenue Plaza at the Entrance
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Anonymous The Torpedo Boat Destroyer Ferret . . . 201--201
Anonymous The Festival of Athletes in Breslau . . 201--203
Anonymous Speaking Watches . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--206
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Motor Carriages and Good Roads . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous The Long-Running Meteorograph of the
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Anonymous A Platform Gate for Cars, Etc . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Velocipede to Run on Snow and Ice . . 213--213
Anonymous A Line Chalker for Carpenters' Use . . . 213--214
Anonymous Easily Read Thermometers . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Multiphotography . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
C. V. Riley Mr. Maxim's Flying Machine . . . . . . . 217--217
Wm. W. Payne The Pleiades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous The Fort Wayne Electric Corporation ---
Its Dynamos and General Electric
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 220--221
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--222
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Mars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous An Improved Gun-Sight . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Street Sweeper . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Old and New Buildings of New York . . . 228--229
Anonymous Pork Packing in New Jersey . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous The New Croton Dam on the Cornell Site 230--230
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous German Shepherd Dogs . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
Anonymous The Lowe Observatory . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Benjamin Lander Hut-Building Seventeen-Year Cicadas . . 233--235
Anonymous Artificial Mirages . . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous Acoustic Properties and Resonance of
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Anonymous An Excavator for Use on River Banks, Etc 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Car Fender . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Swamp Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous ``Dry Cell'' Medical Batteries . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous The Harmless Smoker . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Utilizing the Water Power of Niagara
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Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous The Great Chicago Canal . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Metropolitan Club . . . . . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous The United States Ram Katahdin . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous The Training of Zebras . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 253--253
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--254
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous The New Harlem River Speedway, New York 257--257
Anonymous The Coming Transit of Mercury . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous A Burglar Proof Express Car . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous Steel Bridge, Malleco River, Chile . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Aluminum Torpedo Boat . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous The ``Eureka'' Smoke Bleacher . . . . . 261--262
Anonymous The Grand Saloon and Electric Lighting
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Anonymous A Cottage at Cranford, New Jersey . . . 267--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous The Aeroplane in the Patent Office . . . 274--275
Anonymous Collars for Use on Shafting . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Foot Propelled Vehicle . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Screw Holding Screwdriver . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Tail Board Catch for Dumping Vehicles 276--276
Anonymous A Tower Tank --- 30,000 Gallons Capacity 276--276
Anonymous A Newcomen Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous The Water Supply of New York City ---
The New Carmel Dam and Reservoir . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Magazine Rifles of Europe . . . . . 280--281
Augustin H. Goelet How to Deal with Apparent Death from
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Anonymous A Tour of France in a Balloon . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 285--285
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--286
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Herman Ludwig Ferdinand Von Helmholtz 289--290
Anonymous Astronomical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous The Heavens in November . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Small Caliber Projectiles . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous A Burner to Facilitate the Burning of
Crude Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A Clutch to Couple Sections of Shafting 292--292
Anonymous The New P. and O. Steamer Caledonia . . 292--292
Anonymous Monument to the Memory of the Inventor
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Anonymous A Tobacco or Cigar Moistener . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Street Piano Industry . . . . . . . . . 296--297
Anonymous A Mussuck Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous A Locking Stop Cock for Train Pipes . . 297--298
Anonymous An Improvement in Harness . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous A Stone Baptist Church . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 301--301
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--302
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous The Prevention of Noise . . . . . . . . 306--308
Anonymous The New Cure for Diphtheria, Croup, Etc 308--309
Anonymous An Improved Locomotive Boiler . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous A Carriage Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous A Cycle Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous A Sprocket Wheel Improvement . . . . . . 310--311
Anonymous A Gas Engine for Small Power . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous The Manufacture of Burglar Proof Vaults 312--312
Anonymous Two Arm Derrick --- Chicago Drainage
Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous Portable Stone Dressing Machine of the
American Pneumatic Tool Company . . . . 313--314
Anonymous The Beatrice Antelope in the Zoological
Garden in Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 317--317
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--318
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The Need of Efficient Vessels for the
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Anonymous The French Traveling Schools . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Improved Mechanical Carrier . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous An Improved Swing Rail Railroad Frog . . 325--325
Anonymous An Improved Journal Head for Rolls . . . 325--326
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The Columbia Telephone System --- Its
Factory and Instruments . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The Launch of the St. Louis of the
American Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous New Dynamometer for use in Anthropometry 329--329
Anonymous Triple Expansion Engine --- Frikart's
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Anonymous The Leading and Glass Painting Industry 331--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous George Huntington Williams . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Park Avenue Improvement in New York 337--337
Anonymous The Heavens in December . . . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous Rolled Weldsless Chains --- Klatte's
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Anonymous An Improved Litter . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous A Telegraph Key and Sounder . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The American Typewriter . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous The Locks at the Ends of the Canal
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Anonymous A Curious Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous An Improved Sleigh Knee . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Simple Electric Motor . . . . . . . . . 346--347
Anonymous The Holman Locomotive . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--349
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--350
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Steel Foundations of Tall Office
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Anonymous The New Brooklyn Bridge Stations . . . . 354--354
Anonymous A Torpedo Boat that Rates over
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Anonymous The Small Caliber Bullet in the East . . 354--355
Anonymous Expiration of the Hektograph Patent . . 355--355
Anonymous The Compass Field Glass . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous The Roman Bridge of Mostar . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous The Plaster Center Piece Industry . . . 357--358
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous The New Armory of the Seventy-First
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Anonymous A Double Elm Tree . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Death of James Anthony Froude . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous The Eastern Power Station of the
Brooklyn City Railroad Company . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--365
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 365--365
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--366
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Government Control of Railroads . . . . 370--370
Anonymous An International Postage Stamp . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Work of the Life Saving Stations . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Cast and Wrought Iron for Frame Work of
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Anonymous The Snows of Mars . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous An Improved Clothes Drier . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Feed Water Heater . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Rope Clamp . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Multiple Blasting Fuse . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Traveling Military Turrets . . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous The War Ship Atlanta and Her Magazine 375--375
Anonymous The Tower of the New City Hall,
Philadelphia, Pa --- The Loftiest Statue
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Anonymous New Aquarium for New York . . . . . . . 377--379
Anonymous Venetian or Bent Iron Work . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 380--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--382
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Prof. S. P. Langley's Flying Machine . . 386--386
Anonymous The Hudson River Bridge . . . . . . . . 386--387
Anonymous A Chimney Cowl or Ventilator . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Two Foot Gauge Locomotive . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Pocket Lamp and Cigar Lighter . . . . 388--389
Anonymous An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous A Suspension Bridge Breaks Down . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous The Society of the New York Hospital and
Its New House of Relief . . . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous The Manhattan Life Building . . . . . . 392--395
Anonymous A Chinese Mode of Punishment . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous An Electric Burglar Alarm for Safes . . 395--395
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 396--397
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--398
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The Cramp Ship Yards . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Decision against the Bell Telephone
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Anonymous The Heavens in January . . . . . . . . . 402--403
Anonymous An Inexpensive Fire Alarm . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Sawmill Carriage . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Plug for Leaky Tubes in Boilers . . . 404--404
Anonymous The Steam Peanut and Pop Corn Industry 405--405
E. Hofer The Russian Thistle --- a Scourge to
Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
M. Hopkins Equatorial Stand for Small Telescopes 409--410
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 410--411
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 411--411
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 415--415
Anonymous Torpedo Boats for the Cruiser Maine . . 1--2
Anonymous Delayed Cases in the Patent Office . . . 2--2
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 3--3
Anonymous The Curiosities of Clockwork . . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous New Chemist's Wash Bottle . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Nine Hundred Horse Power Compound Engine 5--7
Anonymous The United States Battle Ship Indiana 8--8
Anonymous Improved Gatling Gun . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
Anonymous Brooklyn's Memorial Arch . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--14
Anonymous James H. Gridley . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Parallel Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous The ``Diamond'' Shears and Scissors
Sharpener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Efficient Force Pump . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Ore Crusher . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A New Measuring and Registering Device 20--20
Anonymous A New Log Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous The Battle of the Yalu River . . . . . . 21--23
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous The American Gas Furnace Company's Gas
Plant and Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . 24--25
Anonymous Gas Engine Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 25--25
Anonymous Hydraulic Jaw Plate Punch . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Life in the Pampas --- a Tug of War . . 27--28
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 29--29
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous The New War Ships Texas and Oregon . . . 33--33
Anonymous Statistics Concerning German Trade Marks 34--34
Anonymous On the Choice of a Career . . . . . . . 34--36
Anonymous A Combined Crushing Mill, Amalgamator
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Anonymous A Pump Gear for Windmills . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Sugar Cane Cultivator . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Curious and Interesting Watches . . . . 37--37
Anonymous The Typewriter Telegraph . . . . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
Anonymous The Bar and Horseshoe Iron Industry . . 41--43
Anonymous A Compact Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Pneumatic Berths and Cushions in Parlor
Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 44--45
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous American Firearms in Germany . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The Statutes of Limitations in Patent
Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Improved Artificial Limbs . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Vault Light . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The Micrograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The New Telephone System of Paris . . . 53--55
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Combined Punch and Shears . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous The Electroplating of the Hulls of Iron
Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Photograph of the Partial Eclipse of the
Moon, September 14, 1894 . . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Repairing Chinese War Ships . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous The Boulevard Lafayette, in the City of
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous A Pneumatic Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous An Electric Railway Conduit . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--61
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Crossing of the Central Railroad of
New Jersey and the Pennsylvania Railroad
in Elizabeth, N.J. . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
Anonymous The National Cycle Show at Madison
Square Garden, New York . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous On the Choice of a Career . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous The Great Breslau Pump, Neisse, Silesia 68--68
Anonymous An Automatic Vehicle Brake . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Large Angle Sextant . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Hose Bridge and Tower . . . . . . . . 69--70
Anonymous An Improved Grain Bin . . . . . . . . . 70--71
Anonymous The Metal Ceiling Industry . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous A Bicycle Holder and Lock . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Cannon Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous A Wonderful Photographic Nebula . . . . 74--75
Anonymous Cactus Dahlia, Mrs. Francis Fell . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 76--77
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--79
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous The National Bicycle Exhibition in
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Anonymous Lessons of a Great Disaster . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Heavens in February . . . . . . . . 82--83
Llewelyn Williams Pont-Y-Pridd Bridge, South Wales . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Rim and Tire . . . . 84--85
Anonymous A Revolving Ice Cake . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
E. W. Scripture On the Measurement of Imaginations . . . 85--85
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous A New Violin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
Anonymous The Yerkes Observatory --- University of
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Anonymous A Pagoda Inclosed by a Banyan Tree . . . 89--90
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous The Giant Tree Mark Twain . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 93--93
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous The Latest Long Distance Telephone
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Anonymous Zero Weather over the United States . . 98--98
Anonymous A New Jet-Propelled Steam Lifeboat . . . 98--99
Anonymous Cast Welding Rail Joints . . . . . . . . 100--102
J. A. Udden Fossil Frost Cracks . . . . . . . . . . 102--103
Anonymous A Convenient Wrench . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous An Improved Brick Cutting Machine . . . 104--104
Anonymous An Improved Corn Harvester . . . . . . . 104--104
Anonymous An Improved Fender for Street Cars . . . 104--104
Anonymous The War between Japan and China . . . . 105--106
Anonymous Keating Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous A Novel Bicycle Frame . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous The U.S. Cyclometer . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous The Blake Transmitter . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 109--109
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous The New Bridge Over the East River at
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Anonymous The Commercial Synthesis of Carbon and
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Anonymous An Automatic Feed Lubricator . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Automatic Instantaneous Water Heater 116--116
Anonymous A Revolving Brush Car Fender . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Ancient Roman City in Algeria . . . . 117--117
Anonymous An Improved Flue Expander . . . . . . . 117--119
Anonymous The Advertising Tricycle . . . . . . . . 120--120
Marcus Benjamin A Mechanical Color Test . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous The Boring Woodpecker . . . . . . . . . 122--123
Anonymous The Mysterious Clepsydra . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous The Career of a Chemist . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Report of the Commissioner of Patents
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Anonymous The Heavens in March . . . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous A Factory Chimney Struck by Lightning 132--132
Anonymous A Gage Indicating Pressure and
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Anonymous Philbrook's Dental Tool . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Electrically Controlled Valve Gear for
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John Michels A Parasite Very Numerous in Hogs . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Teachers College of New York City 135--135
Anonymous Philadelphia Ice Boats . . . . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous Cloud Photography . . . . . . . . . . . 137--139
Anonymous Fennecs in the Berlin Zoological Garden 139--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous A New Use for Machine Guns . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Accidents on Trolley Car Lines . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous An Improved Sash Fastener . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Novel Printing Press . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Distance Level Indicator . . . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous Characteristic Railway Station in
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Anonymous An Improved Feedwater Regulator . . . . 149--149
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Water-Tight Lining for the Elastic Gores
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Anonymous The American Plate Glass Industry . . . 151--151
Anonymous The Granite and Slate Laundry Tub
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Anonymous The Lick Monument to California . . . . 153--153
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous The Victor Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous The Weed Water Motor . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 156--157
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158--158
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 158--160
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous An Important Patent Decision by the
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Anonymous An Automatic Car Coupling . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Conveniently Adjustable Chair . . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Improved Slide Valve . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Machine to Harvest Standing Corn . . . 164--164
Anonymous A New Bolt Cutter and Nut Tapper . . . . 165--165
Anonymous The Coming Atlanta Exposition . . . . . 165--166
Anonymous The Naphtha Launch of the Gas Engine and
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous The Proposed Great Suspension Bridge
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Anonymous The Birds of the Congo . . . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous The Auto-Phoro-Optometer . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous The International Injector . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 173--173
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous An Electric Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous A New Steam Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous The Niagara Aerial Tramway . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Acetylene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous Bristol's Recording Amp\`ere Meter . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Churn with Vertical and Rotary Dashers 180--180
Anonymous A Motor Operated by the Expansion and
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Anonymous A Compact Electric Signaling Device . . 181--181
Anonymous A Finger Exercising Device . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Manufacture of White Vinegar . . . . . . 181--182
Anonymous An Adjustable Storm and Sun Hood for
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Anonymous An Improved Oarlock . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--184
Anonymous The Icy Coasts of North America . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Inventor Tesla's Loss . . . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous Vertical Double Spindle Hollow Chisel
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 189--189
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--190
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous The Manufacture of Porcelain . . . . . . 193--194
Anonymous The Electric Transmission of Energy . . 194--195
Anonymous A Convenient Square and Bevel . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous An Improved Veneer Press . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Outfit for Casting Light Metals . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Dr. P. H. Vander Weyde . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous The French Exposition of 1900 . . . . . 197--198
George M. Hopkins A Simple Camera Shutter . . . . . . . . 198--199
Anonymous Ships of the New United States Navy . . 199--202
T. O'Conor Sloane Acetylene Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous The Loeb Patent Respirator . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 205--205
Anonymous Business and personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--206
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Patent Trusts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The Heavens in April . . . . . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous The Career of a Chemist --- a Rejoinder 211--211
Anonymous A Compound or Double Horseshoe . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Wagon Tongue Support . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Twin-Jaw, Automatic Car Coupler . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 212--213
Anonymous An Attractive House . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Jeantaud's Electric Carriage . . . . . . 213--214
Anonymous The Amstutz Electro-Artograph . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous An Ohio Natural Gas Well . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Manufacture of Lead Pipe . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous A Magnesium Torch . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous The Alpine Indicator . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Fire Eaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--222
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous The Stern Tunnels of the Olympia . . . . 226--227
Anonymous California Sun Dried Prunes . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Ink Well . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous A Reloading Tool for Cartridges . . . . 228--228
Anonymous The Ice Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous Royal E. House . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous The Manufacture of Incandescent Electric
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Pulverized Charcoal Industry . . . . 232--232
H. F. Osborn A Visit to the Exhibit of the New York
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Anonymous A Combination Electrical Meter . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous The Deseret Museum . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Animal Vaccination . . . . . . . . . . . 242--244
Anonymous A Cushioned Ear Piece for the Telephone
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Anonymous A New Chuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Sectional Water Tube Boiler . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous A Letter Copying Book with Which a Press
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Anonymous The Sumatra Rhinoceros in the Leipzig
Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous A Remarkable Explosion . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous The New American Steamer St. Paul . . . 249--250
Anonymous An Improved Map . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--254
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Petroleum, the Great Illuminant . . . . 258--259
Anonymous An Automatic Time Dater . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous The Prentiss Calendar and Time System 260--260
Anonymous A Watchmaker's Staking Pliers . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Improved Car Fender and Brake . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Improved Knitting Machinery . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Car Brake . . . . . . . . . 261--262
Anonymous The Nafew--Lovell Check Protector . . . 262--262
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous The West Side Metropolitan Elevated
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Anonymous Some Interesting Animals . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous James D. Dana . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 268--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous The Advanced System of Education . . . . 274--275
Anonymous The Prentiss Electric Synchronizer . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Proposed Railway up the Jungfrau . . 276--276
Anonymous Portable Sand Blast Apparatus . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous The Scotte Steam Carriage . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The New York Herald Establishment . . . 280--283
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Force and Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The Heavens in May . . . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Purdue University, La Fayette, Indiana 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Water Motor . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous The Hotel Majestic, New York . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous An Improved Gasoline Traction Engine . . 294--295
Anonymous Instrument for Placing Torpedoes . . . . 295--295
Anonymous The Van Buren Street Drawbridge of the
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad
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Anonymous The White-Tailed Gnu in the Hanover
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 300--300
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 300--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--302
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous A Great Invention in Weaving . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Deserted Village . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous A Chimney Flue Pipe Opening Cover . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Horse Power . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Miner's Lamp . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous A Toilet Powder Receptacle . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous The ``Climax'' Bicycle Watch and Holder 309--309
Anonymous An Artificial Spectrum . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous A Cannon to be Loaded with Fire Crackers 310--310
Anonymous The Marine Gasoline Engine and Gas
Engine Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous A Power Pump with Variable Capacity . . 312--312
Anonymous The Layman Pneumatic Sporting and Outing
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Anonymous The Serpollet Automobile Tramway in
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--317
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 317--317
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--318
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Electric Lighting and Heating . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous An Elastic Tire for Vehicle Wheels . . . 324--324
Anonymous To Facilitate Attaining Correct Touch on
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Anonymous A Heating Drum in the Smoke Pipe . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Improved Faucet for Basins, Sinks, Etc. 324--324
Anonymous To Throw Life Lines from Vessels . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Improved Radial Drilling Machine . . . . 325--326
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous A Fender for Cable or Trolley Cars . . . 326--326
Anonymous The American Yacht Defender . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Suspended Railway Systems . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous Sporting Oxen and Buffaloes . . . . . . 329--331
Anonymous Protecting the Pipes Near Electric
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Anonymous A Simple and Effective Stump Puller . . 331--331
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 332--333
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Works of the National Machine Company,
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Anonymous The Berliner Telephone Decision . . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Heavens in June . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Moon's Story . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous An Improved Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous A Machine for Staking Leather or Skins 340--340
Anonymous A Safety Money Drawer . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Gas Engines for Electric Lighting Plant 341--341
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Simple and Efficient Fans . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous A Novel Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--343
Anonymous The Transportation of Large Cables . . . 344--344
Anonymous The Stained Glass Window Industry . . . 345--345
Anonymous Abstracts of Decisions Relating to
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Anonymous Flying Crustacea . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The United States Battle Ship Oregon . . 353--353
Anonymous The Present Status of the Bicycle . . . 354--354
Anonymous Possibilities of Beet Sugar Industries 354--355
Anonymous A Cylindrical Propeller . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Continuous Process Fiber Machine . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Device for Centering Work . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous The ``Daugherty Visible'' Typewriter . . 357--358
Anonymous Kitchen Refuse Readily Disposed of . . . 358--359
Anonymous The New Atlantic Steamer St. Louis . . . 360--360
Anonymous A Petroleum Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Terrific Power of Nitro-Glycerine . . . 361--361
Anonymous The Victoria Regia in New Jersey . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous A Nautical Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 364--365
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--366
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous The Chicago Drainage Canal . . . . . . . 369--370
Anonymous The Electrification of the Air by Rain
Drops and Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Supremacy of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous A Drill Press for Bicycle Repairing . . 372--372
Anonymous An Electric Dental Engine . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Improvements of Interest to Bicycle
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Anonymous Japanese Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--375
Anonymous A New Gasoline Motor for Boats and
Launches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Grand Saloon of the Steamer St. Louis 376--376
Anonymous Torpedo Boat for the War Ship Maine . . 376--377
Anonymous The Little Koodoo Antelope in the Berlin
Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous A Drawing of Sun Spots . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous A Lightning Photograph . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous A Straw Crush Hat . . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 381--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--382
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Hunting the Tiger by Night . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American as an
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Anonymous The Chupaderos Meteorite . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Force Exerted by the Human Jaws . . . . 386--386
Anonymous First Voyage of the St. Louis . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Iron Working Among Primitive Peoples . . 386--386
Anonymous The Commercial Value of Monazite . . . . 386--387
Anonymous Another Race of Carriages without Horses 387--387
Anonymous Chicago Drainage Canal --- Its Effects
on the Commerce of the Lakes . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Some Facts about Glass . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous An Electrically Controlled Speaking Tube 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Car Truck . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Hame Tug . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous History of Automobile Carriages . . . . 389--390
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous A Great War Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous The High Bridge over the North Sea Canal
Near Levensau . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous The Opening of the North Sea Canal . . . 394--394
Anonymous The Card Skimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Machine for Sharpening Cutlery . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous Electrically Operated Water Supply
Plant, De Kalb, Ill . . . . . . . . . . 401--402
Anonymous The Celebration in Germany . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Temperatures of Lakes . . . . . . . . . 402--403
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Briner's Ash Sifter . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Piano Action Frame . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Street Car Rail Sweeper . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Simple Hair Curling Device . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Automatic Brake Slack Adjuster . . . 405--405
Anonymous A Bicycler's Distance Recorder . . . . . 405--405
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Anonymous The Blake Repeating Rifle . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 412--412
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
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Anonymous Problems in Economics . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Summer Study for City Children . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous An Automatic Life Guard for Cars . . . . 36--36
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Anonymous A Hand Crimping Tool . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Improved Window Shade . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Swinging Seat for Agricultural
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Anonymous The Electrical Conduit System in New
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Anonymous Electric Light Plant Steamer Bay State 39--39
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
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Anonymous The Lake Steamer North Land . . . . . . 49--50
Anonymous Bicycle an Aid to Science and Art . . . 50--50
Anonymous Terrestrial Helium . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Electrical Items Worth Remembering . . . 51--51
Anonymous High Speed Navigation . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Bob Sleigh . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Musical Instrument . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous A Propeller Life Buoy . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The Wheel Versus the Pedestrian . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Aerial Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous The International Exposition at Atlanta 53--54
Anonymous The Cornell Crew in England . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Experiment on Thermo-Electric Currents 55--55
Anonymous A Sectional Side Launch Dock . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous Mount Rainier, Washington . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
Anonymous The Paradise Birds Recently Discovered
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Anonymous The Manufacture of Artificial Limbs . . 65--66
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Anonymous The Physics of the Bicycle . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Atlanta Exposition Notes . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous The Heavens in August . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Leather Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 67--68
Anonymous A Bracket Support for Shades, Curtains,
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Anonymous A Case to Hold a Bicycle . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Iron Grinding Mill of Large Capacity 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Improved Repeating Pistol . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Avondale Marble Company's New Crane 71--71
Anonymous Hydraulic Caisson Sinking for Foundation
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 76--76
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Remarkable Speed of the United States
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Anonymous Worth Repeating-Electrical . . . . . . . 82--82
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Anonymous Dyeing and Bleaching Cotton and Woolen
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Anonymous A Garment Measuring Device . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous An Improved Shutter Fastener . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Submarine Photography . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Taylor's Patent Bookholder for Telephone
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Anonymous Flowers Perfumed Artificially . . . . . 85--86
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Anonymous A Ninety-Six Ton Electric Locomotive . . 87--87
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Photographic Printing by Machinery . . . 97--97
Anonymous The Discovery of Argon . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Electrical Items Worth Remembering . . . 98--99
Anonymous The Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring
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Anonymous A Hose Tower and Fire Escape . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous The ``Home Trainer'' for Testing
Bicycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous An Improved Lawn Mower . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Tool for Closing Water Pipes . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Improved Compound Reversing Engines . . 101--104
Anonymous The Great Dam of the Peryar, India . . . 104--105
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Photography of the Retina . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Che-Foo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous The Thorne Typesetting Machine . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Chinch Bug Extermination . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Electrical Items Worth Repeating . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The United States Cruiser Columbia . . . 114--114
Anonymous A Remarkable Hydraulic Power Supply . . 114--115
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A Hub Attaching Device . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Tube Cleaner . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Pneumatic Tire Inflating Valve . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Manufacture of Glue and Sizing . . . . . 117--118
Anonymous Water Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous The New Bicycle Path, Ocean Parkway,
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Anonymous Five Hundred I.H.P. Compound Engine . . 121--121
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous American Association for the Advancement
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Anonymous The Lessons of the Battle of the Yalu 130--131
Anonymous The Gorham Adjustable Bed . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Lubricator . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Subsoil Attachment for Plows . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous The Proposed Atlantic Coastwise and Cape
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Anonymous Edward C. F. Davis . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
Anonymous The Boston Subway . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The Ninth International Yacht Race . . . 136--138
Anonymous An Improved Harp . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous The Catastrophe in Brux . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 140--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous Annual Meeting of the American
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Science, and Affiliated Societies, at
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Anonymous Edward Williams Morley . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous The Stars in September . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous An Efficient Wind Motor . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Improved Sectional Boiler . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous New Process for Treating Ores . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Trousers Hanger and Press . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Manufacture of Marbleized Slate Mantels 149--149
Anonymous The Creusot Disappearing Turret . . . . 150--150
Anonymous Dredging ane Floating Pipe System . . . 151--152
Anonymous Water Practice of the ``Summer
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Anonymous Church Bell Foundry in Cincinnati . . . 154--154
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous The Physics of the Bicycle . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Proceedings of the American Association
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Anonymous The ``Bristol'' Counter . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Efficient Coffee Drier . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Fernandez's Marine and Land Bicycle . . 164--164
Anonymous A Machine for Packing Cigarettes . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Brass Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous New High Service Pump, Boston Water
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The Evolution of the International
Racing Yacht --- I . . . . . . . . . . . 168--169
Anonymous A Great Coal Vein . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous The Washburne Adjustable Fasteners for
Watch Chains, Neckties, Collars, Etc . . 170--170
Anonymous The Pyramidical Pleasure Railway . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 172--173
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous The America Cup Races of 1895 . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous High Speed Railway Records . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Firing of Boilers with Mixed Coal . . . 178--179
Anonymous Speeding Truck for Locomotives . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous The Manufacture of Horn Combs . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Folding Invalid Chair . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Gold Saving Apparatus . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Portable Electric Propeller for Boats 181--181
Anonymous A Stop for Elevators and Mining Shafts 181--181
Anonymous A Boiler Leveling Device . . . . . . . . 181--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Gustave Michaud An Experiment with Hydrogen Sulphide . . 182--182
Anonymous Fine Hammered Iron Work . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Evolution of the International
Racing Yacht --- II . . . . . . . . . . 184--188
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 189--189
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Pennsylvania Coal Mining . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Opening of the Cotton States and
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Anonymous The Second-Class Battleship Maine . . . 194--194
Anonymous The Collapse of the Coliseum Building,
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--195
Anonymous An Efficient Passenger Car Ventilator 196--196
Anonymous An Electrical Signal Transmitter . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Portable Derrick . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Simple and Inexpensive Car Coupling 196--196
Anonymous Morton's Perambulator, Rocker, Etc . . . 196--197
Anonymous An Efficient Horse Power and Pump . . . 197--197
Anonymous The Largest Sailing Vessel in the World 197--197
Anonymous Charles Valentine Riley . . . . . . . . 198--199
Anonymous A Mammoth Potato . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous International Yacht Races of 1895 . . . 200--200
Anonymous The Gigantic Birds of Southern Patagonia 202--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 204--205
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--206
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous The Locomotive of the Future . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The World's Production of Tin . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous Electric Train ``Stopping'' and
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Anonymous Gatti's Prying Bar for Handling Lumber 212--212
Anonymous A Paper and Pasteboard Cutter . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Electric Time Check Receiver . . . . 212--213
Anonymous The Automatic Life Saving Apparatus of
De Ropp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Archimedean Screw Constructed from
Simple Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Horseless Carriage of 1827 . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous The Otis Elevating Railway . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Manufacture of Wagon Springs . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Improved Steel Frame Stamp Battery . . . 217--218
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
Anonymous The Magnetic Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Pasteur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The New Maxim Gun of Solid Steel . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Return of Lieutenant Peary . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Official Photographic Company of the
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Anonymous The Authorship of the Kerosene Oil Spray 227--227
Anonymous The Return of Faye's Comet . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous A Detachable Hinge for Screen Doors, Etc 228--228
Anonymous Microscope for the Examination of Opaque
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Anonymous Steam Pipe and Boiler Covering . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Welding and Forging Steel . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous An Automatic Double Chisel Mortising
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Anonymous The Launch of the Armored Cruiser
Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--234
Anonymous A Petroleum Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous The Royal Natural History . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 237--237
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous The Economy of Hydraulic Power Supply 242--242
Anonymous The Paris Exhibition of 1900 . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous The Chicago Times--Herald Motocycle
Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous Manufacture of Sash Weights from Old Tin
Cans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous The Carter Pressure Water Filter . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Pipe Joint . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous The New Terminals of the Brooklyn Bridge 246--246
Anonymous A Scarf Pin Locking Device . . . . . . . 246--248
Anonymous Gyrograph or Artistic Top . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Improved ``Long Run'' Perfecting
Printing Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous New Flying Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous Sir Douglas Galton, President of the
British Association . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Turtles in the Zoological Garden at
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 253--253
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--254
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous A Model Electric Railway Plant . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous The Proposed North River Bridge --- The
Greatest Engineering Undertaking in the
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Anonymous Prevention of Rust in Wheat . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous The Battle Ship Indiana . . . . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous Antique Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Automatic Pressure Regulating Valve 260--260
Anonymous A Safety Attachment for Elevators . . . 260--260
Anonymous The Time in China by the Sun, Water, and
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Anonymous Bicycle Racing at Springfield . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous Correspondence: Correnpondence . . . . . 263--264
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 269--269
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous The Atlanta Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous The Great Avalanche of the Altels
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Anonymous The Isles of Shoals . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous The Railroad across Siberia . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Long-Distance Transmission of Water
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Anonymous The Heavens in November . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous An Eighteenth Century Project for a Huge
Cannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Improved Cask Storing Rack . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Machine for Sawing Moulding Strips . . 276--276
Anonymous Silk Growing in India . . . . . . . . . 277--280
Anonymous The Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--282
Anonymous The Transsiberian Railway . . . . . . . 282--283
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 284--285
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous The Australian Antarctic Expedition . . 290--290
Anonymous Exhaustive Steam Boiler Experiments . . 290--290
Anonymous Chromatophores, or the Color-Bestowing
Cells of Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous A Bell for Blast Furnaces . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A Giant of Former Ages . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improvement on the Stone Boat or Drag 292--292
Anonymous Postponement of the Motocycle Race . . . 293--294
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Trial of United States Battle Ship
Iowa's Belt Armor . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous The Boston Public Library . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous Modern Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 301--301
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--302
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous The Atlanta Exposition . . . . . . . . . 305--306
Anonymous Thomas C. Roche . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Permanence of Modern Buildings and
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Anonymous An Automatic Letter Copier . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Apparatus for Unloading Cars . . . . 308--308
Anonymous A Galvanizing and Tempering Tank . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Vine Cutter . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous A Novel Cutting off Machine . . . . . . 309--309
Anonymous The Lac Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous A Buttonhole Moistener . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous An Improved Car Window Sash . . . . . . 310--311
Anonymous A Coal Car Dumping Machine . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous The Russian Torpedo Boat Destroyer Sokol 313--314
Anonymous The Motocycle Race . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 318--318
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous The Atlanta Exposition . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Bottle that Cannot be Refilled . . . 338--338
Anonymous Latitude Not Fixed, but Variable . . . . 338--338
Anonymous The Temperature of Lakes . . . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous The Heavens in December . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous A French Railway Accident . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Improved Railway Car Jack . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous An Improved Windmill . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous A Steam Engine Indicator Stop Motion . . 341--341
Anonymous A Tube or Pipe Cutter . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous The New Port of Copenhagen . . . . . . . 342--343
Anonymous The Steamer St. Paul . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous A School Room Gymnasium . . . . . . . . 345--346
Anonymous Street Car Hooks for Bicycles . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous A Tree Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Chain Saw Mortiser . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous Improvement of Boston Harbor . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous The Utilization of Wind as a Motive
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Anonymous The Chicago Times--Herald Motor Race . . 354--355
Anonymous An Improved Steam Condenser . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous A Lightning and Heavy Current Arrester 357--357
Anonymous The Chicago Motocycle Race . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous A Key Retaining Device . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous The Leber Patent Portable Fire Escape 358--358
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous The Acetylene Gas Exhibit at the Atlanta
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Anonymous The Iron Industries of Birmingham, Ala 361--364
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 364--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous The Motocycle Award . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Strikes in the United States and Europe 370--371
Anonymous A Clothes Rack for Household Use . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Lawn Mower . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Monument to Ericsson, Filipstad,
Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Holder to Facilitate Work on Boots or
Shoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous The Art of Horseback Riding . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous An Improved Telephone Transmitter . . . 374--374
Anonymous A Reinforced Envelope . . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous The Womans Building, Atlanta, Ga . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Battleships Nos. 5 and 8 . . . . . . . . 376--377
Anonymous The De La Vergne Motor Drag . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Manufacture of Hat Blocks . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous The Blacksmith and His Forge . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 380--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--382
Anonymous Private and Public Debt in the United
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Anonymous New York the Birthplace of Ocean Steam
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Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Metallic Tread Pneumatic Tire . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Najork's Foot Motor Boat . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Electric Incubator . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous A Pole Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--390
Anonymous ``Air Cushion'' Rubber Printing Stamps 390--390
Anonymous An Automatic Vehicle Brake . . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous The Iron Industries of Birmingham, Ala 391--391
Anonymous The Early History of Ocean Steam
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous The Atlanta Exposition . . . . . . . . . 393--394
Anonymous The Electric Railway Street Sprinkler 394--394
Anonymous Ingleton's Improved Traction Engine . . 394--394
Anonymous The Total Lunar Eclipse: Its
Astronomical Value . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
William R. Brooks The Eclipse of the Moon, September 3,
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 396--397
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous The Naval Resources of the United States
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Anonymous The January Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous To Readers and Subscribers . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The United States Bureau of Steam
Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Electric Self-Playing Piano . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A Steam Omnibus in London, 1833 . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Automatic Belt Shifter . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Bicycle Power Air Pump . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous A Bicycle Adapted to Carry Two Persons 405--406
Anonymous An Improved Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--407
Anonymous Close of the Atlanta Exposition . . . . 408--408
Anonymous The Cable Repair Steamer Mackay--Bennett 409--410
Anonymous The Lovell Adjustable Handle Bar for
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 415--415
Anonymous The Modern Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
Anonymous A Retrospect of the Year 1895 . . . . . 2--3
Anonymous The Tribune Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous Improved Drawbridge Gates Operating
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Anonymous Bicycle Frame Improvements . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous ``Niagara'' Bicycle Pedals . . . . . . . 6--7
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
T. O'Conor Sloane Acetylene Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous The United States Battle Ship Iowa . . . 9--9
Anonymous The White Elephant Kedah . . . . . . . . 10--11
Anonymous A Handle Bar Bicycle Bell . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous The Punnett Companion Side Seated
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous The Eagle Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
Anonymous Alfred Ely Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous The Housing of the Working People ---
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Anonymous A Variable Speed Power Clutch . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Restoration of the Olympian Stadium . . 21--22
Anonymous Adjusting the Beat of Clock Pendulums 22--22
Anonymous An Improved Furnace . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
Anonymous The First Proposed Elevated Railroad for
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Anonymous The Tramways of Lausanne . . . . . . . . 24--25
George M. Hopkins Electric Igniters for Gas Engines . . . 25--26
Anonymous Cyclist Policemen in New York City . . . 26--26
Anonymous An Improved Railway Tricycle . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Princess Topaze . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous The Light Draught Composite Gunboats . . 33--33
Anonymous The Advantages of the Induced Over the
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Anonymous The Acceleration of Railway Speeds . . . 34--35
Anonymous A Bicycle Chain Riveting Machine . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Boiler Fire Box Formed of Water Tubes 36--36
Anonymous An Inexpensive, Efficient Chimney . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Wagon End Gate Fastener . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous An Improved Stone Dresser . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Curious Tops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous The New Torpedo Boats . . . . . . . . . 39--39
Anonymous The Inventions of Alfred Ely Beach . . . 40--41
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous A Tropical Garden in New Jersey . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 44--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous The Transportation Problem in New York
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Anonymous The Over-Supply of Electrical Engineers 50--51
Anonymous A Gas Generator and Burner . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Pease's Tubular Construction . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Stocker's Chalk Holder . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous A Leather Riveting Machine . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Remarkable Potato Growing . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Steam and Solar Heat . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
Anonymous The Niagara Falls Electric Power Plant 55--55
Anonymous The Beach Hydraulic Shield . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous The Daimler Side Wheel Launch Priscilla 57--57
Anonymous Laboratory Still for Tar . . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous The Leamy Revolving Trapeze . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 60--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous The Annual Bicycle Exhibition at the
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Garrett P. Serviss The February Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous The Bassett Curtain Fixture . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous The Ingersoll Cyclometer . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous An Improved Car Axle Box . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous An Electric Welding Machine for use on
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Anonymous An Efficient Needle Threading Device . . 70--70
Anonymous A Shower or Needle Bath . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Timber Dry Dock No. 3 at the New
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Anonymous An Electric Bicycle Lamp . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous A Twenty-Five Cent Bicycle . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Trolley Hanger and Cut-Out . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Gas Motor Cars of the Dessau Tramway . . 73--74
Anonymous Mr. Vanderbilt's Estate, Biltmore . . . 75--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Prof. Roentgen's Discovery . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Proportions of High Speed Engines 82--83
Anonymous An Improved Propelling Mechanism . . . . 84--84
Anonymous The Stranding of the Steamship St. Paul
of the American Line . . . . . . . . . . 84--86
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Lamp Bracket . . . . 86--87
Anonymous The Harlem River Drawbridge and the Park
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Anonymous A Transported California ``Great Tree'' 89--89
Anonymous A Ventilator for Telephone Cabinets . . 89--90
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous New Army Bicycles . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous A New Dry Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 92--93
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--94
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The New Works of Science . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Public Art League of the United
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Anonymous A Horse Detaching Device . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Locomotive Spark Arrester . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Snow and Dirt Removing Cart . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Walmsley's Improved Compound Blowpipe 100--100
Anonymous An Intake and Filter for Water Systems 101--101
Anonymous Japanese Clocks and Pocket Sun Dials . . 101--102
Anonymous An Improved Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
Anonymous Roentgen or X Ray Photography . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous A Covered Spiral Bicycle Pathway in
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Anonymous A Direct-Connected Motor and Lathe . . . 104--104
Anonymous Some American Motor Carriages . . . . . 105--106
Anonymous The Konzi Antelope in the Berlin
Zoological Garden . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous William Crookes, F.R.S. . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous The Transportation Problem in New York
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Anonymous The Comparative Economy of the Electric
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Anonymous Roentgen's Discovery . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A Readily Adjustable Scythe . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The Manufacture of Tacks . . . . . . . . 116--118
Anonymous The Underground Trolley Street Railway
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Anonymous Chase's Electric Cyclorama . . . . . . . 120--120
Anonymous Taylor's Lifeboat . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Baku and Its Oil Wells . . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous Curious Collapse of a Barometer . . . . 123--123
Anonymous An Efficient Car Fender . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Vacuum Tube Illumination by the D.
McFarlan Moore System . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Successful German and Belgian
Competition with Great Britain in the
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Anonymous Rapid Transit in New York City . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous An Efficient Speed Controller . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Shade Supporter . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Separating Gas and Water From Oil . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Automatic Vending Machine . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Recent Observations of Mars . . . . . . 133--134
Anonymous Rebuilding Defective Walls of a Chicago
Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous A French Model Acetylene Lamp . . . . . 137--137
Anonymous Street Postal Car Systems of New York
and Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous The Boa Constrictor . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous The Manhattan Incandescent Arc Lamp . . 139--139
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 140--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 140--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous The Manufacture of the Hammond
Typewriter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
Anonymous Pending Trade Mark Legislation . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous An Improved Electric Switch . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Insulator for Electric Wires . . . . 148--148
W. H. Francis A Portable Disinfecting Plant . . . . . 148--149
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous A New Recording Thermometer for
Atmospheric Ranges of Temperature . . . 149--149
Anonymous Mechanism for Propelling Small Boats . . 149--150
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous An Improved Music Leaf Turner . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous The Cabaret Du Néant . . . . . . . . . . 152--153
Anonymous A Miner's Tool and Candlestick . . . . . 153--153
Otto Lilienthal Practical Experiments for the
Development of Human Flight . . . . . . 153--155
Anonymous X Ray Photography . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous Needed Patent Office Legislation . . . . 162--162
Anonymous New York Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous A Phenomenal Wind Storm . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The Olympian Games . . . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Nansen's Polar Expedition . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous An Anti-Rattling Thill Coupling . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Improved Gas and Gasoline Engine . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Tension Device for Check Row Wires . . . 164--164
Anonymous Various Types of Optical Projection
Lanterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Securing Vehicle Wheels to Axles . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The Buffington--Crozier Disappearing
Barbette Carriage for the Eight Inch
B.L. Rifle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous The Eccentricities of a Railroad
Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Francis Galton Prints of Scars . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Elmer Laurence Corthell Inaccessible Maritime Lights . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous Recent Experiments in Scientific Kite
Flying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 172--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous The United States Protected Cruiser
Olympia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--178
Anonymous Stability of Lofty Buildings . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Report on the Plans for New York Rapid
Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--179
Anonymous A New Copyright Bill . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous An Improved Folding Baby Carriage . . . 180--180
Anonymous A New Chimney Cowl . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Simple and Efficient Amalgamator . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Great Ice Skating Rink, Washington,
D.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Pneumatic Straw Stacker . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous A Novel Hand Camera . . . . . . . . . . 182--183
Anonymous Dr. Pupin's X Ray Photograph of a
Wounded Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Roentgen Photography . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Preparation of Lamb and Kid Skins for
Gloves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous The Fuller Acetylene Apparatus . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous How to Sail on Skates . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 188--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 188--189
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous The Gorge Road at Niagara Falls . . . . 193--193
Anonymous The Proposed Increase in Our Navy . . . 194--194
Anonymous Weather Tests on the New York
Underground Trolley Road . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous The Government Tests of the Strength of
Timber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--195
Anonymous A Combination Device for the Pocket . . 196--196
Anonymous A New Speed Measure and Alarm . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Rivett Lathe . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Interlocking Brick . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Novel Game Board . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Manufacture of Kid Gloves . . . . . . . 197--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous A Great Coal Dock on Lake Superior . . . 200--200
Anonymous The Hippopotamus in the Central Park
Menagerie, New York City . . . . . . . . 201--202
Anonymous ``After the Flood'' at the Olympia . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 204--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous The Victimizing of Inventors . . . . . . 210--210
Edward S. Holden The Lick Observatory Expedition to
Observe the Total Solar Eclipse of
August, 1896, in Japan . . . . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous The Manufacture of Paper . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Improved Horizontal Tapping Machine . . 212--212
Anonymous A New Car Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A New Lawn Sprinkler . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous Watchman's Time Recorder . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Dynamograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Improved Dumb Waiter . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous The Robinson Corn and Feed Mill . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power Plant . . 215--215
Anonymous Press for Making Steel Bicycle Rims . . 216--216
Anonymous Train Telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--217
Anonymous The Thermophone . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous The Frilled Lizard --- \em
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Anonymous The New X Ray ``Focus'' Tube . . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous The Edison X Ray Experiments, Apparatus
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 220--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous The Island of Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous The New South . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Garrett P. Serviss The April Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous The Contest between Shot and Armor . . . 227--227
Anonymous An Improved Packing . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous A New Logging Jack . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Pratt's Cone Belt Shifter . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Professor Dewar's Apparatus for
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Anonymous A Dog Bicyclist . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous A New Motor Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . 229--231
Anonymous The Launch of the Seagoing Battleship
Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--234
Anonymous A Stable Cleaning Apparatus . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous A Cake Baked in a Hat . . . . . . . . . 234--235
Anonymous An Interesting Archeological Discovery 235--235
Anonymous Radiography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Letter Canceling Machines at the New
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Anonymous Proposed Patent Legislation . . . . . . 242--243
Anonymous Combined Gas Engine and Centrifugal Pump 244--244
Anonymous A Horse Detacher and Brake . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Hoof Spreading Device . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Automatic Hose Coupling . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Winch . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous An Improved Bag Tie . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
Anonymous Serviceable Platform . . . . . . . . . . 246--247
Anonymous The American Gas Machine . . . . . . . . 248--248
John S. McKay Magnetographs Made by Radiations from
the Poles of a Magnet . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Pod Corn --- \em Zea Tunicata . . . . . 250--250
Ichiro Goto Simple Method for the Measurement of
Electric Current . . . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Straightening a Leaning Chimney One
Hundred Feet High . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous The Invention of the Bessemer Process 258--258
Anonymous Passage of the Fortifications Bill . . . 258--259
Anonymous The Baldwin Adjustable Cycle Chain . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Improved T-Square . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Novel Mechanical Motor . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Durable Bicycle Tire . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Skirt Protecting Screen for Bicycles . . 261--261
Anonymous A Warp Sizing Machine Attachment . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous An Improved Sewer Inlet . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Holland Submarine Torpedo Boat . . . 263--263
Anonymous A Quadricycle Fire Engine . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous The Dudley Powder Pneumatic Gun . . . . 265--266
Anonymous Double Deck Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Emery Leverett Williams The Double Dovetail and Blind Mortise 267--267
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous The New Bridge over the Hudson River at
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous The Destructive Action of Locomotive
Driving Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Garrett P. Serviss The Sky in May . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
Anonymous A Durable and Efficient Windmill . . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Improved Sorting Machine . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Safety Hat for Miners . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Bottle Stopper and Measuring Device 277--277
Anonymous Isafjord, Iceland . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous A New Bicycle Bell . . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Feed Saving Nose Bag . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous Apparatus for Measuring the Speed of
Projectiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--281
D. Dunbar The Royal Observatory and How They Tell
the Time at Greenwich . . . . . . . . . 281--283
Anonymous The Carriage of Bicycles by Railway . . 283--283
Anonymous England and the Soudan . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--285
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
H. H. Childers Rice Culture in Southwestern Louisiana 289--289
Anonymous Our Fiftieth Anniversary Prize Essay
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Anonymous Modern Steamships and Navigation . . . . 290--291
Anonymous Air Pressure Relief Valve for Hose
Couplings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Efficient Boiler Tube Cutter . . . . 292--292
Anonymous The Ingleton Steam Plow . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Dental Plugger . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous Berlin Industrial Exposition of 1896 . . 293--294
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous The Speed Trial of the United States
Battleship Massachusetts . . . . . . . . 296--297
Anonymous The Illusion Vanity Fair at the Olympia 297--298
Anonymous A Turbine Water Wheel . . . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous California Rabbit Drives and Hunts . . . 299--299
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 300--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous The National Electrical Exposition . . . 306--306
Anonymous Rapid Transit in New York City . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Patent Commissioner's Report for
1895 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous A Combination Ice Shaver and Mile Shaker 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Coal Crusher . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Spring Seat . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous The National Electrical Exposition at
the Grand Central Palace, New York . . . 309--310
Anonymous The Gramophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous Dog Power as an Auxiliary in Wheeling 312--312
Anonymous The De La Vergne Hunting Trap . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous The Olympic Games . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 316--316
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Walfred Wilson The Jetties at Galveston Harbor . . . . 321--321
Anonymous The Decadence of the Apprenticeship
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous The Speed Trials of the Brooklyn and the
Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous Modified Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--326
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous A Natural Mouse Trap . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous An Ingenious Tool Holder Attachment . . 328--328
Anonymous Typewriting and Adding Machine . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous The Hungarian Millennial Exposition of
Budapest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous A Novel Pocket Camera . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous A Subsoil and Harrow Plow Attachment . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 332--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous The Invention of the Bessemer Process 338--338
Anonymous Our Prize Essay Competition . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Molecular Annealing . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
Anonymous A Dutch Tilbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Olympian Trophies . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Improved Sailing Vessel . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous The Wethey Parallel Calcining Furnace 341--341
Anonymous A Rim Clamp for Wheels . . . . . . . . . 341--342
Anonymous The Thief and Detective Puzzle . . . . . 342--342
C. C. Hutchins and
F. C. Robinson Improvements in Crookes Tubes . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous The Manufacture of Guns at the
Washington Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Joseph H. Hunt Edward Jenner, M.D., and the Vaccination
Centennial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Testing Motocycles . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous The Proposed Sixteen Inch Gun for Coast
Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Hailstones of Great Size . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 348--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous The Elevated Roads and the Raid Transit
Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Proposed Equipment of the New York
Surface Roads with Compressed Air Motors 354--355
Anonymous An Automatic Car Coupler . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Double Tank Compressed Air Mine
Locomotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Tube and Flue Cutter . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Novel Railroad Bridge . . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous A Novel Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 358--359
Anonymous The Improvement of the North River Water
Front, New York City . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Anti-Friction Ball Bearings . . . . . . 361--362
Anonymous A Crib Attachment for Beds . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous An Improved Holder for Tool Sharpening 363--363
Anonymous The Permeability of the Earth . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--365
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Construction of the Yarrow Water Tube
Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous Our Semi-Centennial Essay Competition 370--370
Anonymous Patent Solicitors and the Proposed
Patent Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Coast Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The River and Harbor Bill . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous A Handy Camera Stand . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Improved Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Patent Automatic Copying Lathe with
Automatic Screw Feed . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Coppersmithing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous A Cushion Pavement . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous Improved Boiler Furnace . . . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Insect Remover and Destroyer . . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Archimedean Screw Used for Drawing Water 376--376
Anonymous Orange Tree Jacket . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous The Horseless Carriage Race on
Decoration Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous Edison's New Electric Light . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Sun Spots Observed May 31, 1896 . . . . 379--379
Frank Woodmancy A Destructive Boiler Explosion . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 380--380
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Moscow and the Coronation of the Czar 385--385
Anonymous Patience and Perseverance in Invention 386--387
Anonymous Books: New Departure in Letter Filing
Cabinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Electric Lamp Hanger . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Saw Mill . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Production of Metallic Bars of any
Section by Extrusion at High
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Anonymous A Combined Bed and Sofa . . . . . . . . 390--391
Anonymous The Skirt Dance . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous Bessiere's Hydraulic Ventilator . . . . 393--394
Anonymous An Inverting Stereoscope . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous The Viviscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous The New Double-Deck-Turret Battleship
Kearsarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous The Elevator Problem in Tall Office
Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--404
Anonymous Curious Locomotive Explosion in Peru . . 404--404
Anonymous Truck Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Quint's Turret Drill . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous Seal for Vessels Containing Liquids . . 405--405
Anonymous Grain Shovel for Unloading Cars . . . . 405--408
Anonymous An Adjustable Saw Guide . . . . . . . . 408--408
John C. Barrows A Destroying Vacuum . . . . . . . . . . 408--410
Anonymous A Florida Tree Palm . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 411--414
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 415--415
Anonymous Oil Engine Signaling Plant on United
States Lightship No. 42 . . . . . . . . 1--2
Anonymous The Apprenticeship System Under Modern
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Anonymous The Geological Society of America . . . 3--3
Anonymous An Ice Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous The Victoria Bridge Disaster . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Automatic Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Iron Water Tower . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Indicating Device for Bottles . . . . . 5--6
Anonymous An Improved Signal Lantern . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Ballistic Test of Reforged Armor Plate
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Anonymous A Gigantic Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
Anonymous The Vegetation of Lower California . . . 10--11
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 12--13
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous Testing the Parts of Modern Bicycle . . 17--17
Anonymous The Prize Essay Competition . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous The Paris Exposition of 1900 . . . . . . 18--20
Anonymous The Duct Trolley Rail . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous Safety Check for Boilers . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous The Sheffield Motor Velocipede Car . . . 21--22
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
Henri Morand Recently Discovered Bust of Louis XVII 24--24
Anonymous Fireworks as an Adjunct to Dramatic
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Anonymous Inexpensive X Ray Apparatus . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous The Dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous The List of Patents . . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous The Engines of the St. Louis and St.
Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--34
Anonymous Our Jubilee Number . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Artistic Element in Engineering
Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous The International Geological Congress at
St. Petersburg, August, 1897 . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Curtain or Shade Fixture . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . . . 36--36
Henry C. Mercer Cave Exploration in the Eastern United
States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--37
Anonymous Preparing Old Woolen Rags for Shoddy
Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous A Pneumatic Inkstand . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
Anonymous Accurate Measurements . . . . . . . . . 40--41
P. Lemosof The Matabeles and Mashonas . . . . . . . 41--42
Anonymous An Automatic Duplicator . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous A New Steady Rest for Engine Lathes . . 42--42
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous The Effect of Inventions on the People's
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Anonymous The Patent System . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous The Transatlantic Steamship . . . . . . 52--55
Anonymous Railroads and Bridges . . . . . . . . . 55--58
Anonymous The Telegraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
Anonymous Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--61
Anonymous Men of Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous The Textile Industries of the United
States Since 1846 . . . . . . . . . . . 61--62
Anonymous The Submarine Cable . . . . . . . . . . 62--63
Anonymous Fifty Years of Photography . . . . . . . 63--64
Anonymous Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous The Phonograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--66
Anonymous The American Locomotive . . . . . . . . 66--68
Anonymous The Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous The Progress Made in the Generation of
Electric Energy and Its application to
the Operation of Motors during the Past
Fifty Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--72
Anonymous The Sewing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous Agricultural Machinery . . . . . . . . . 74--76
Anonymous Naval and Coast Defense . . . . . . . . 76--80
Anonymous Fifty Years in the Printing Business . . 80--81
Anonymous The Prize Essay of Our Semi-Centennial
Anniversary Number . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous [unknown] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Progress of Invention During the
Past Fifty Years . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
Anonymous Steel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
Anonymous Distinguished Inventors . . . . . . . . 84--86
Anonymous American Shipbuilding . . . . . . . . . 86--88
Anonymous Development of the Astronomical
Telescope in Fifty Years . . . . . . . . 88--89
Anonymous The Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--91
Anonymous Fifty Years of the \booktitleScientific
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Anonymous The Great Seal on British Patents . . . 96--96
Anonymous A Half Century of Mining . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Unit Transportation Revolutionized . . . 97--97
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 99--102
Anonymous Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Hydraulic Lift Dry Dock at the Union
Iron Works, San Francisco . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous The New Plan of the Rapid Transit
Commission of New York City . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Our Fiftieth Anniversary Number . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Some Phenomena of the St. Louis
Hurricane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous The Three New Battleships, Nos. 7, 8, 9 119--119
Anonymous Gasoline Pumping Engine . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Apparatus for Measuring the Intensity of
the Perfume of Flowers . . . . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous Hartmann's Spool Wire Clamp . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
Anonymous Lord Mayor's Coach . . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous A Steam Missionary . . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous The Repair of Single Tube Bicycle Tires 125--126
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 127--128
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 128--128
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 128--128
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 130--130
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Anonymous The Importance of Industrial and Trade
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 161--162
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 163--163
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Anonymous Nansen's Polar Expedition . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous The First Class Battleship Indiana . . . 172--174
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 178--178
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Anonymous The Recent Failures of Arctic
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Anonymous A New Self-Regulating Wind Wheel . . . . 184--184
Anonymous To Ring a Bell Without Swinging It . . . 184--184
Anonymous An Improved Vehicle Wheel . . . . . . . 184--185
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Anonymous Cycle Telegraphs in War . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous The Homestake Gold Mines and Stamp
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 192--192
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 193--194
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Boston Electric Subway . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Patent Medicines . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
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Anonymous An Improved Telemeter . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous The Savage Hammerless Rifle --- Model
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Anonymous An Improved Milling Machine . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous The Visit of Li Hung Chang . . . . . . . 202--202
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 211--211
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Anonymous Li Hung Chang and Our Commercial
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Anonymous A New Swiss Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous A Novel Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous A Wheat Mixer and Temperer . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous An Improved Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Portable Electric Rail Sawing Machine 217--217
Anonymous A Portable Sawmill . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 225--226
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Anonymous The American Car on English Roads . . . 230--230
Anonymous The Bicycle in Its Relation to Good
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Anonymous A Novel Ball Bearing for Car Trucks . . 234--234
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
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Anonymous Lightning Express Railway Service . . . 237--238
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Anonymous The Magic Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous Bicycle ``Gear'' --- What It Means . . . 239--240
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 240--241
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 241--242
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 243--243
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Anonymous The Secrets of Germany's Industrial
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Anonymous An Improved Feed Water Heater . . . . . 249--250
Anonymous The ``Climax'' Fountain Pen . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
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Anonymous The Providence Horseless Carriage Race 253--254
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 256--257
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 257--257
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 257--258
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 260--260
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Anonymous The Artistic Element in Engineering . . 262--262
William R. Brooks The Heavens for October . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous An Improved Rail Fastening . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous In Mexican Catacombs . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous A Frictionless Band Saw Guide . . . . . 264--265
Anonymous The New Hippopotamus of the Garden of
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Anonymous A Jet Propelled Lifeboat . . . . . . . . 268--268
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Anonymous A New Dirigible Balloon . . . . . . . . 271--272
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 273--273
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 273--274
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous The Lofty Buildings of New York City . . 277--277
Anonymous Labor and Machinery . . . . . . . . . . 278--279
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Anonymous The Houts Automatic Telephone System . . 281--282
Anonymous An Improved Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous A Velocipede Ambulance . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous An Adjustable Square . . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous A New Ball Bearing Inspection Car . . . 287--287
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 288--288
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 288--288
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
Anonymous European Practice in Steam Boilers . . . 294--295
Anonymous Camera for Producing Enlarged Images of
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Anonymous The Toy Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
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Anonymous A Vise for Jewelers, Tool Makers, Etc 297--297
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Anonymous The New Croton Dam . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Photography by an Electric Discharge . . 299--299
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Anonymous The Dion, Bouton & Company Tricycle and
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Anonymous The Poulson Metal House . . . . . . . . 302--303
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous American and English Railroad Trace . . 310--310
Anonymous Our Trade with the South American
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Anonymous Lefebvre and Upton's Force and Lift Pump 312--312
Anonymous A New Dumb Waiter Safety Clutch . . . . 312--312
Anonymous The Aerophile . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
Anonymous An Improved Coffee Drier . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous A Twenty-Five Ton Geared Logging
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Anonymous The Sesquicentennial Celebration of
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Anonymous Experimental Determination of the Motion
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 320--320
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous The Kinetoscope Stereopticon . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous The Serious Side of the American
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Anonymous An Automatic Axle Lubricator . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous A Novel Post Fastening . . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous A Non Refillable Bottle . . . . . . . . 328--328
Anonymous The Grant Monument . . . . . . . . . . . 329--330
Anonymous Bullets Fused by Impact . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous An Optical Illusion . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous The Milk Industry . . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous The Ruins of Euyuk, Cappadocia . . . . . 333--334
Anonymous Novel Use of the Telephone . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous A Daimler Horseless Carriage . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous A Gasoline Inspection Car . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 336--336
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 337--338
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 339--339
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Anonymous International Co-Operation in the
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Anonymous An Automatic Let-Off Mechanism for Looms 344--344
Anonymous Clay Pipe Bins for Wine Cellars . . . . 344--344
Anonymous An Improvement in Stringed Instruments 346--346
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous An Explosive Nut (\em Hura Crepitans) 348--348
Anonymous The Plantin--Moretus Museum . . . . . . 348--350
Wiliam Benjamin Cassadaga Propaganda . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 352--352
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 354--354
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Anonymous The Increased Confidence in Business
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Anonymous The Revoking of the Cyanide Patents . . 358--358
Anonymous Another Comparison of United States and
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Anonymous An Improved Wood Bending Machine . . . . 360--360
Anonymous A Giant Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous An Improved Elevated Railway Structure 361--361
Anonymous A Windmill Power Transmitting Gear . . . 361--362
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous A Balanced Locomotive . . . . . . . . . 365--366
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 368--368
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 368--368
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 369--369
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 369--370
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous The Coast Defense Monitor Amphitrite . . 373--373
Anonymous The Close of the Venezuelan Difficulty 374--374
Anonymous The Sinking of the Battleship Texas . . 374--374
Anonymous Bapid Transit in New York City . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Improved White Lead Grinding Machines 376--376
Anonymous An Electrically Operated Railway Switch 377--377
Anonymous The Musical Bottles . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous An Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . 377--378
Anonymous A Musical Instrument attachment . . . . 378--379
Anonymous An English Oil Motor Carriage . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous The Olds Horseless Carriage . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous The Decapitated Princess . . . . . . . . 383--383
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 384--384
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 384--384
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Counterweighted Lift Bridge on the Erie
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Anonymous The Lottery System as Applied to Patent
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Anonymous Delay in Furnishing Copies of Patents 391--391
Anonymous Wire Gun Construction in the United
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Anonymous Measuring Liquids by Weight . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous A Telescope Without an Observatory . . . 392--392
Anonymous Multiplex Phonograph . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
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Anonymous The New Ten Inch Wire Wound, Segmental
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Anonymous The Tomb of Theodoric at Ravenna . . . . 397--398
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398--398
C. F. Holder A Companion of the Sunfish . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 400--400
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 400--400
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 404--404
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Anonymous Good Locomotive Performance with Heavy
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Anonymous A Notable Event in American Shipbuilding 406--406
William R. Brooks The Heavens for December . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous The Automatic Lunch Counter . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous The Condensation of Ammonia Gas . . . . 408--408
Anonymous A Railroad Mission Car . . . . . . . . . 409--410
Anonymous An Efficient Anchor . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous An Improved Hydraulic Engine . . . . . . 410--411
Anonymous The Victory of Shot over Armor . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Some Inexpensive Country Houses . . . . 413--413
Anonymous A Two-Headed Snake . . . . . . . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous A Model Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . 414--414
Anonymous A New X Ray Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . 414--414
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 415--415
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 415--415
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 415--416
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416--416
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 416--416
Anonymous Accountings in Patent Suits . . . . . . 422--422
Anonymous Profitable Philanthropy in the Housing
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Anonymous The Motor Car in England . . . . . . . . 423--423
Anonymous A Cheap and Efficient Hinge . . . . . . 424--424
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 424--424
Anonymous A Renaissance Wood Carving . . . . . . . 424--424
Anonymous Benzine Motor Cycle . . . . . . . . . . 425--426
William Baxter Modern Applications of the Storage
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Anonymous Turret of the Battleship Massachusetts
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W. H. Hale A Pioneer of Science . . . . . . . . . . 430--430
Stowe Phelps ``The Queen of Flowers'' . . . . . . . . 431--431
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 432--432
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 432--432
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 433--433
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433--433
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 433--433
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 433--433
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 434--434
Anonymous The President's Message . . . . . . . . 438--438
Anonymous The Underground Trolley and the Third
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Anonymous Armored Torpedo Boats . . . . . . . . . 439--439
Anonymous The Perfected Duryea Carriage . . . . . 440--440
Anonymous Improved Ball Bearing for Bicycle Hubs 440--441
Anonymous The American Museum of Natural History
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443--443
Anonymous Logging in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
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Anonymous The Eiffel Tandem . . . . . . . . . . . 446--447
Anonymous A Novel Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447--447
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 448--448
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 449--449
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 449--449
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 449--449
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 452--452
Anonymous Secretary Herbert's Report on the Texas 454--454
Anonymous The Prevention of Rust in Iron and Steel
Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454--455
Anonymous The Hudson River Steamer Adirondack, of
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Anonymous Armor for Fortifications . . . . . . . . 457--458
George M. Hopkins Hand Feed Electric Lamp for Lanterns . . 458--459
C. C. Willoughby The Ancient City of Copan . . . . . . . 460--461
William B. Caulk The Appearing Lady . . . . . . . . . . . 461--461
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 462--462
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 462--462
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 462--462
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 462--463
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463--463
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 463--464
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 464--464
Anonymous Index: Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465--466
Anonymous The Signaling System of the Broadway and
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Anonymous The Water Tube Boiler on Its Trial . . . 4--4
Anonymous A Retrospect of the Year 1896 . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous The Latest Improvements in Electric
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Anonymous An Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous A Novel Nautical Registering Apparatus 8--10
Anonymous Blown Glass Bricks for Building Purposes 10--11
Anonymous The Philosophy of Plants . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Compressed Air Recoil Cylinders for
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
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Anonymous Dishonest Patent Methods Detected . . . 18--18
Anonymous Inventors and Their Inventions . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous The Geological Society of America . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Automatic Feed Hand Drill . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Traction Engine Boiler Explosion . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Pitman . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Water Wheel Regulation . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
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Anonymous The Pulpit of the Cathedral of Treves 25--26
Anonymous Absolutely Pure Alcohol From Acetylene
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 28--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous Competitive Systems of Traction in New
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Anonymous The Tennessee Centennial Exposition . . 36--37
Anonymous A Trolley Man of War . . . . . . . . . . 37--39
Anonymous Manufacture of Papier Maché Busts . . . . 40--40
Anonymous The Reno Inclined Elevator . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous A New Oil Separator . . . . . . . . . . 41--42
Anonymous Changes of Speed for Bicycles . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 44--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 44--44
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 46--46
Anonymous Antarctic Exploration . . . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous A Convenient Household Refrigerator . . 52--52
Anonymous A New Electric Current Regulator . . . . 52--52
Cosmos Mindeleff Recent Irrigation Work on the Navaho
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Anonymous A Theater with two Auditoriums . . . . . 55--55
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Anonymous The Walhalla of Ratisbon . . . . . . . . 57--58
Anonymous A Novel Method of Propelling Vessels . . 58--58
Anonymous A Folding Malay Kite . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Logging Locomotive for Wooden Track . . 59--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous A Trio of One Thousand Horse Power
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Anonymous A National Department of Science . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Present Status of the Apprenticeship
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William R. Brooks The Heavens for February . . . . . . . . 66--69
Anonymous A Bicycle frame Reinforce . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Novel Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Method of Measuring the Speed of Camera
Shutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--71
Anonymous A Vehicle Running Gear Attachment . . . 71--72
Anonymous Compressed Air Motor on the Elevated
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Anonymous Capture of a fifty Foot Whale in Puget
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Anonymous The Brambel Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 74--75
Anonymous The Training of Horses . . . . . . . . . 75--76
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 76--77
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--78
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 78--80
Anonymous The Harlem River Speedway . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Proposed Patent Legislation . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Gas Exhibition in New York City . . 82--83
Anonymous The Steam Trials of the Largest Cruiser
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Anonymous All Wrought Steel Pulleys . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Setting New Tires and Resetting Loose
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Bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Extension Ladder and Window Jack . . 84--85
Anonymous The Horton Fire Ladder Apparatus . . . . 85--85
Anonymous A Novel Pneumatic Tire . . . . . . . . . 85--87
Anonymous The Military Riding School at Tor Di
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Anonymous The Harlem River Speedway, New York City 89--90
Anonymous The Tomb of Louis Pasteur . . . . . . . 91--91
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 94--94
Anonymous The Green Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Reclamation of the New Jersey
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Anonymous Shade Trees for the Harlem Speedway . . 98--98
Anonymous The Modern Version of Supply and Demand 99--99
Anonymous The Nicaragua Canal . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Our New Torpedo Boats . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A Rapid Transit Tunnel between New York
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Anonymous Schemes for Checking Returned Newspapers 99--99
Anonymous A Horseless Fire Engine . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Handy Note Book Holder . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous An Improved Friction Clutch System . . . 100--101
Anonymous A Portable Electric Drilling Machine . . 101--102
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous The Harlem River Speedway, New York City 104--105
Anonymous The Stability of the Battleship Indiana 105--106
William B. Caulk The Sword Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 110--110
Anonymous Congress and the International Patent
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Anonymous The Annual Bicycle Exhibition at the
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Anonymous Archæological News . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A Gold Medal for Nansen . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous The Late Richard Pope . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A New Business-Patent Sharks . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Strength of Welds . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Adjustable Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Valve . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A New Roller Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Vaporization in Tubes . . . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Quintin Massys' Well . . . . . . . . . . 117--118
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
Anonymous The Timber Dry Docks at the Brooklyn
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Anonymous A New House Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
Anonymous Notes and Sketches at the Annual Bicycle
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 124--124
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous The Economies of Concentration . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Lessons of the Recent Naval
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Anonymous The Brooklyn Bridge Improvements . . . . 131--131
Anonymous British Mineral Industry . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The New York Elevated's New Power . . . 131--131
Anonymous Recent Patent and Trade Mark Decisions 131--131
Anonymous A Barometer and Storm Alarm . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Pipe Plugger and Flusher . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Very Convenient Faucet . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Opening of the New York Central Four
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Anonymous The Pennsylvania, the Largest Freight
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Anonymous A Snow Melting Machine . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous Contraction of the Face in Jumping . . . 138--138
Anonymous Echoes of the Annual Bicycle Exhibition 138--139
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 140--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 140--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 142--142
Anonymous American Railway Speeds . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous ``Defective Patent Laws'' . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous The Remarkable Long Distance Run . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Sagacity of Horses . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
William R. Brooks The Heavens for March . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous A Bedclothes Fastener . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Machine for Stamping Envelopes, Etc. 148--148
Anonymous A New Field Glass . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A Two Thousand Horse Power Turbine . . . 149--151
E. R. Baldwin A Gift of Philanthropy to Science . . . 152--154
Anonymous A ``Phonendoscope'' or Improved
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George B. Grant Grant's Machine for Solving Numerical
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Anonymous Torpedo Boat Number 6, for the United
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Good Roads in Relation to Farm Values 162--162
Anonymous An Interesting Point in Locomotive
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Anonymous Luther Henry Tucker . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous A New Process of Producing Photographs
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Anonymous Prof. Crookes on Thought Transference 163--163
Anonymous Recent Patent and Trade Mark Decisions 163--163
Anonymous A Bicycle Skirt Protector . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Twin House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Folding Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Electric Hansom . . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
Edw. K. Bishop Cascade Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous The Internal Slave Trade of Africa . . . 168--169
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Horace C. Hovey About Merrimac Ship Building . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 172--173
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous Compressed Air System on the United
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Anonymous Important Amendments to the United
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Anonymous The Proposed Mammoth Relief Map of the
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Anonymous Another New Patent Law . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Amendments to the Patent Statutes . . . 179--179
Anonymous Japanese Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Patent Attorneys Appeal . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous Automatic Strength Tester and Vending
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Anonymous The Boston Gas Explosion . . . . . . . . 180--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
W. E. Robinson Alexander Herrmann Prestidigitator . . . 184--184
Anonymous A Four Sided Dovetail . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous Insects' Wings --- Rapidity of Vibration
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 190--190
Anonymous The Emancipation of Labor . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous New Possibilities of Electricity . . . . 194--194
Anonymous English Railway History in the Chicago
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Anonymous The Judgment in the Cordite Case . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Magnetic Metal Extraction . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Rapid Bridge Erection . . . . . . . . . 195--195
William R. Brooks The Heavens for April . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous A Cork Tire for Bicycles . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Pump . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Novel Three Crank Bicycle . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Worden Hickory Frame Bicycle . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Charlton Street Sweeper . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Cultivator for Use in Orchards . . . . 197--198
Anonymous A Simple and Efficient Fire Hose
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Anonymous Simple Handle for Flower Pots, Dishes,
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Anonymous The Long Distance Transmission Plant at
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L. P. Gratacap Collectors of Snakes . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
Anonymous The Queen of Holland . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 204--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Section Seven of the Amendments to the
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Anonymous The Underground Trolley in New York City 210--211
Anonymous Diphtheria in Cold and Hot Countries . . 211--211
R. H. Thurston The ``Rotary'' Steam Engine . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous An Improved Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous The Manufacture of Ready Mixed Paints 212--212
Anonymous A New Automatic Screw Cutting Die Head 212--212
Anonymous Scenes on the Columbia River, Oregon . . 213--213
Anonymous The Bertillon System of Identification
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Anonymous A New Fast Job Printing Press . . . . . 216--216
Ralph S. Tarr The Glaciers of Greenland . . . . . . . 216--218
Anonymous Batchelor's Ripping Attachment for
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Anonymous A Fire Escape and Water Tower . . . . . 218--218
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous The Yerkes Observatory . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous A Bill to Protect Inventors . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The New Commissioner of Patents . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Relation of the Government to the
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Anonymous Amendments to the Copyright Law . . . . 226--227
Anonymous Gems of Quartz Origin . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous A New Discovery in Physics . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Usefulness of the Simplon Tunnel . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Automatic Slack Adjuster for Car Brakes 228--228
Anonymous An Efficient Woodworking Machine . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Die Head . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Ney's Pocket Field Glass . . . . . . . . 229--229
Anonymous The United States First-Class Sea-Going
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Anonymous Chilton's Safety Pin . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous A Toy Phonograph . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The Field Columbian Museum, Chicago . . 233--235
Anonymous A Velocipede Shower Bath . . . . . . . . 235--235
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Abandonment of a Social Experiment . . . 242--242
Anonymous Business Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Bazin's Roller Steamboat . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous England's Naval Policy . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous The Government's Scientific Exhibits at
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Anonymous Trial Trip of the Battleship Iowa . . . 242--242
Anonymous The Gutta-Percha Crop of 1896 . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous History of the American Locomotive . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Hon Benjamin Butterworth . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous No Bids for Armor Plate . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Practical Directions for Soldering
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Anonymous Production of Rain by Great Fires . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Population of Switzerland . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Densmore Typewriter Ball Bearing
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Anonymous A Spring-Supported Handle Bar . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Semi-Traction Gasoline Engine . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A New Automatic Milling Machine . . . . 245--245
Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 246--247
Anonymous The Art of Moving Photography . . . . . 248--250
Anonymous The Essick Hot Fluid Battery . . . . . . 250--250
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 254--254
Anonymous Coaling Warships at Sea . . . . . . . . 257--258
Anonymous Responsibilities of the New Commissioner 258--258
Anonymous The Six Months Rule in Court . . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous American Industrial Supremacy . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous A Circulating Picture Gallery . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Danube--Moldau--Elbe Canal . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous A Warning to Inventors . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous The Most Powerful Locomotives in the
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Anonymous An Improved Speed Indicator . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A New Blind Slatting Machine . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous Test of a Three Hundred Horse Power
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Orrin E. Dunlap New Steel Arch Bridge over the Niagara 264--264
Anonymous Crossing the Cataract of Tequendama on a
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Anonymous A Trick Opera Glass . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous Death of Prof. Cope . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Mountain Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous The Labor Question in Japan . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Our New Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
William H. Hale The American Association for the
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Anonymous Bats and Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Cleaning Hardwood Floors . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous Horseless Carriages at the Brussels
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William R. Brooks The Heavens for May . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
S. C. Chandler On the Variation of Latitude . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous A New Electric Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The ``New Idea'' Rain Water Filter . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Window Shade Casing . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Orrin E. Dunlap The Electric Heating of the Generating
Station of the Niagara Falls Power
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Anonymous A Thill Support and Anti-Rattler . . . . 278--278
Anonymous The Grant Memorial Tomb, New York City 279--279
Anonymous Trial of Side and Deck Armor for the
United States Battleships Kearsarge and
Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Heavy Shipment of Army Cannon . . . . . 280--281
Anonymous A Novel Chronophotographic Camera . . . 281--282
Anonymous Slow Speed Cable Car Grip for Use on
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Anonymous An Improved Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
Anonymous Free Distribution of Seeds by the
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Anonymous The Fastest Vessel Afloat . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous A Graceful Act of International Courtesy 290--290
Anonymous War Measures in Time of Peace . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous High Speed Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Horace C. Hovey Our Saltpeter Caves in Time of War . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Efficient Chimney Cowl . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous The Hall Brass Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improved Smoke Consuming Furnace . . 292--292
Anonymous Good Work in Chimney Moving . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous A Nine Hundred Dollar Bicycle Bridge . . 293--293
Anonymous The New York and Long Island Bridge, New
York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous The War in the East . . . . . . . . . . 297--299
Anonymous The Log of the Mayflower . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 302--302
Anonymous British Interest in the Nicaragua Canal 306--306
Anonymous The Mississippi Floods . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Merits of the Water Tube Boiler . . 306--306
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Anonymous The American Locomotive Export Trade . . 306--307
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Anonymous The Longest Bridges . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous The New Twin Screw Passenger Ships of
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Anonymous The Postal Congress . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous The Return of Mr. De Windt . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous The Tragedy at the Charity Bazar, Paris 307--307
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Anonymous The Kensington Bicycle . . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous Twelve Wheeled American Locomotive for
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Anonymous A Miniature Caloric Engine . . . . . . . 309--311
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
C. Edward Sage A Simple Method for Obtaining a Low
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Anonymous The Water Supply of New York City . . . 314--315
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S. I. Bailey Harvard Observatory in Peru . . . . . . 329--331
Anonymous An Arc Lamp that Operates in Any
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Anonymous The Columbia Motor Carriage . . . . . . 331--331
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 332--333
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous The Iron and Steel Institute on American
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Anonymous Improved Transportation Facilities on
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Anonymous The Launching of the Holland Submarine
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Anonymous A New Locomotive for the Purdue
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Anonymous The Mississippi Floods as Fertilizers of
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Anonymous American Institute of Electrical
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Anonymous John M. Thatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Sunday Feeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous St. Petersburg--Pekin Rail Route . . . . 339--339
William R. Brooks The Heavens for June . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Judge Greeley, Assistant Commissioner of
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Anonymous Making Spaghetti . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
Anonymous A Mast Arm for Electric Lamps . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Origin of Leak in the Dry Dock, Brooklyn
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
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Anonymous The Production of Grand Opera . . . . . 346--347
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 350--350
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Anonymous The Gas Engine Industry in the United
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Anonymous Gold Mining Machinery Exhibition at
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Anonymous The Second City in the World . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Utilizing the Cataracts of the Nile . . 354--354
Anonymous The Detroit Meeting of the A.A.A.S. . . 355--355
Anonymous Engineers' Society Meeting . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Fog and Photography . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The Leipsic Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The New Peary Expedition . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The New Thames Tunnel Opened . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Tornado Drills in Kansas . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Award of over . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Bicycle Frame Improvement . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Peculiar Boiler Explosion . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous Three Improved Types of the Maxim
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Anonymous Miss Kingsley's Travels in Africa . . . 361--362
Anonymous The Washington Monument, Philadelphia 362--363
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--365
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Anonymous Electric Traction on Steam Railroads . . 370--370
Anonymous Legislative Trifling . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
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Anonymous An Electric Fountain for Brooklyn, N.Y. 371--371
Anonymous The Hartford Meeting of the American
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Anonymous An Important Find of Ancient Papyri . . 371--371
Anonymous The Liquefaction of Fluorine . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The New Public Library Building
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Anonymous Opening of Philadelphia's Commercial
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Anonymous New Gas Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Novel Shaft Balance . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Fire Engine Car . . . . . . . . . . . 373--375
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Anonymous The Probable Cause of the Great Paris
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Anonymous The Battle at Milouna --- a Turkish
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
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Anonymous Paint as a Protection to Metallic
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Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Death of Alvan G. Clark . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Fall of an Elevator in the Post Office
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Anonymous Kites as an Aid to Discovery . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous The London Blackwall Tunnel . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Stature and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous The New Twin Screw Express Steamships of
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Anonymous A New Printing Telegraph Instrument . . 389--389
Anonymous The ``Neostyle'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--390
William H. Hale Recent Investigations of X Rays . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Pulpit in the Castle Chapel at
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Anonymous A Remarkable Double Tree . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous The Ancient City of New Amsterdam . . . 393--393
Anonymous A Large Whale on a California Beach . . 394--394
Anonymous A Cottage at Nutley N.J. . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 396--397
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--399
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous American Institute Fair . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous The Engineer Motor Car Competition . . . 402--402
Anonymous Fall of a New Building in New York City 402--403
Anonymous Another Transatlantic Steamship Service 403--403
Anonymous Charges against a Patent Firm . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous National Electric Light Association . . 403--403
A. M. Herring The Aeroplane Flying Machine . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous A Convenient Drill Case . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Improved Binding for Blank Books . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Rock Drill . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous The Lumi\`ere Cinematograph Camera . . . 405--405
Anonymous Alvan Graham Clark . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Third Rail Electrical Equipment of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
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Anonymous The Mechanical Baseball Pitcher . . . . 409--410
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
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Anonymous American Built Cruisers for Japan . . . 3--4
Anonymous The New Rules of Practice of the Patent
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Anonymous Interesting Marine Statistics . . . . . 5--5
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Anonymous Tests of the Wearing Qualities of
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Anonymous A Valve Testing and Locking Device . . . 6--6
Anonymous An Automatic Railway Switch . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The ``Winged Victory'' for the
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Anonymous An Improved Swing . . . . . . . . . . . 7--8
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Anonymous Parseval's Kite Balloon . . . . . . . . 10--10
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
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Anonymous The Nobel Bequest to Science . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Two Hundred Miles on a Bicycle in One
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Anonymous Deepening the St. Lawrence . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Electric Light and Sailors' Eyesight . . 19--19
Anonymous Lottery Induced Patents . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous A New Librarian of Congress . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous New Rapid Harbor Mail Service . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Bullet Lubricator . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Novel Plant Protector . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Puncture Proof Bicycle Tire . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Special Brazer for Bicycle Work . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Efficient Electric Bicycle Lamp . . . 20--21
Anonymous A Carthaginian Mask . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous A Remarkable Pear Tree . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous Fighting Snow on the Railroads of the
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Anonymous Some Notable Steam Yachts . . . . . . . 24--25
Anonymous Roman Baths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Interesting Recent Inventions . . . . . 26--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 31--31
Anonymous The Armor Plate Compromise . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Improvement of the Entrance to New York
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Anonymous The Third Rail System in England . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Inaccuracy of Artillery Fire . . . . 34--35
Anonymous The Evolution of Modern Scientific
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Anonymous The Future of the Motor Car . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Test of the Buffington--Crozier
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Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Pneumatic Spraying Apparatus . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Stove and Oven for ``Camping Out''
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Anonymous A Destructive Thunderbolt . . . . . . . 37--37
Anonymous Petroleum Wells in the Suburbs of Los
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Anonymous The Denudation and Recovery of Farm
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Anonymous Third Avenue Drawbridge across the
Harlem River, New York City . . . . . . 41--43
Anonymous New Circle Divider . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Electric Tower Clock and Chimes, Grace
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Anonymous The Expansion of Our Foreign Trade . . . 50--51
Anonymous Andrée Starts North . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous British Trade Mark Decision . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous City Light from City Refuse . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Death of Professor Mayer . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Weather Prognostications . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous An Improved Trestle . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Removing Scale from Metal Plates . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The Winton Motor Carriage . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Trick Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous A Vapor Hunting Launch . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous The Explosion of the Balloon Deutschland 57--57
Anonymous A Simple and Efficient Bicycle Brake . . 58--58
C. F. Holder The California Flying Fish and Its
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous The Sugar Industry in the United States 66--66
Anonymous Jeopardizing Trade Mark Property . . . . 66--67
Anonymous The Latest Performance of the Turbinia 67--67
Anonymous Obesity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Pneumatic Tube Mail Service for New York
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William R. Brooks The Heavens for August . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Efficient Steam Saver . . . . . . . . 68--68
Churchill Hungerford Water Filtration . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous Extension of the Underground Trolley
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Anonymous An Improved Railroad Crossing Signal . . 71--71
Anonymous The Manufacture of Beet Sugar . . . . . 72--73
Anonymous Alfred Marshall Mayer . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous The Magic Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
D. F. St. Clair The Micromotoscope . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Appeal in the Cordite Case Rejected . . 82--82
Anonymous The Commerce of the Port of New York . . 82--82
Anonymous Alleged Fraudulent Patent Business . . . 82--83
Anonymous American Association for the Advancement
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Anonymous The Automobiles Race in France . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous The Curious Death of a Whale . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Preparing for Civil Service Examinations 83--83
Anonymous The Parthenon Inscription Deciphered . . 83--83
Anonymous Prof. Libbey Conquers the Mesa . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Puluj's Phosphorescent Lamp . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A Nicotine Absorbent Ventilated Tobacco
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Anonymous A Novel Folding Chair . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Rocking Chair with Fan and Music Box 84--84
Emma V. Triepel The Marvin Seismograph . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous A Horseless Brougham . . . . . . . . . . 85--86
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The X Rays in the Custom House . . . . . 88--89
Marcus Benjamin Meeting of the American Association . . 89--90
Anonymous The Foundations of the East River
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Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The Alaskan Gold Fields . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Steel Wagon Tracks on Country Roads . . 98--98
Anonymous Proposed Completion of the Hudson River
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Anonymous The Belgian Antarctic Expedition . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Death of Prof. McClure . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Elevated Tries Fuel Oil --- Unsuccessful
Experiment with One Train on Third
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Anonymous The Fastest Train in the World . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Moving to the New Library, Washington 99--99
Anonymous Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific
Diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Salicylic Acid in Food . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Trial of a Sextuplex Telegraph System 99--99
Anonymous Railway Mail Catcher and Delivery
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Marcus Benjamin Sir John Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous The Utilization of New York City Garbage 102--103
Anonymous Drill in the United States Navy . . . . 104--106
Anonymous An Important Decision . . . . . . . . . 106--107
Anonymous A New Method of Building Submerged
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
E. J. Prindle The Book Carriers of the New Library of
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Anonymous Deceptive Methods of Patent Attorneys 114--114
Anonymous Extension of Our South American Trade 114--114
Anonymous The Proposed Rapid Transit Tunnel, New
York City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
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Anonymous Official Registration of Patent
Attorneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous A Successful Solution of the Locomotive
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Anonymous Railway Mail Catcher and Delivery
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Anonymous Air Brake Instruction Car on the ``Big
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Anonymous The Seagoing Ferry ``P\`ere Marquette'' 121--122
Anonymous A Nail Holding Device for Hammers . . . 122--122
William B. Caulk Black Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous The Relation of the Beet Sugar Farm to
the Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Repairs to Dry Dock No. 3 at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Marcus Benjamin The American Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous An Improved Balanced Slide Valve . . . . 132--132
Anonymous As Improved Horseshoe Pad . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Non-Refillable Bottle . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Simple Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous Hayward Augustus Harvey . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous A Suburban Cottage at Boston, Mass . . . 134--134
William B. Brooks The Heavens for September . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous Disposal of the Wastes of New York City 136--137
Anonymous The Orchestral Guitar . . . . . . . . . 137--138
W. B. Caulk Spiritualistic Ties . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 140--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous The American Iron Trade for 1896 . . . . 146--146
Anonymous The British Association Meeting . . . . 146--147
Anonymous Mount St. Elias Ascended . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous The Paris Exposition of 1900 . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Will Ascertain the Value of Calcium
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Anonymous An Improved form of Bunsen Burner . . . 149--150
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Anonymous The Heilmann Electric Locomotive . . . . 152--152
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--173
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Anonymous A School of Fire Extinguishment . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Rapid Work in the Construction of New
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Anonymous How to Go to Sleep . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous The Mental Evolution of Man . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Our New Book on Magic . . . . . . . . . 179--179
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Anonymous An Ankle Brace for Skaters . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous The Savage Rifle --- Smokeless Powder
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Anonymous A Nicotine Absorbing, Smoke Cooling Pipe 181--182
Anonymous An Improved Lathe . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
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Anonymous Wheat as a Source of Prosperity . . . . 194--195
Anonymous Origin of the American Indian . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Our Library of Electrical Books . . . . 195--195
Marcus Benjamin Leland O. Howard, Ph.D., Permanent
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Anonymous An Animal Holding Device . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Improved Glass Cutting Appliances . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Rocking Grate Bar and Shaker . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Spring-Cushioned Metallic Railroad Tie 196--196
Anonymous Electric Cabs in London . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous Fall of an Elevator at the Tract Society
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Anonymous The Hemet Irrigating Dam, Southern
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Anonymous A Few New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 201--202
Anonymous A Large Static Machine . . . . . . . . . 203--203
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 206--206
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Anonymous Proposed Amendments to Our Patent Laws 210--211
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Anonymous Mechanical Power Transmissions . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Vehicle Axle Improvement . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous The Engines of the Battleship
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Anonymous The Elevator Accident at the Tract
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Anonymous A New Development in Machinery for
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Anonymous Victoria Regia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
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Anonymous The House of the Vettii at Pompeii . . . 219--219
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 222--222
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Anonymous Preservation of the Palisades of the
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Anonymous Pneumatic Candlestick . . . . . . . . . 228--228
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Anonymous A Practical Electric Dark Room Lamp . . 230--231
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Anonymous Use of the Sand Blast for Cleaning
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Anonymous The Hartford Electric Light and Power
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
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Anonymous The Suppression of a Fraudulent System
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Anonymous The American Institute Fair, New York 243--243
Anonymous New Eastward Record for the Liner Kaiser
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Anonymous Opening of the Pneumatic Postal Tube
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Anonymous An Improved Boiler Tube Cleaner . . . . 245--245
Anonymous A New Hand Dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
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Anonymous A Floating Dry Dock for Havana . . . . . 247--248
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Anonymous Lord Kelvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Inventions: Recent Inventions . . . . . 260--260
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Anonymous The Chainless Bicycle . . . . . . . . . 262--263
Anonymous A Novel Hand Camera . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous The Steel Pipe and Tube Industry . . . . 264--266
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 270--270
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Anonymous The Roller Boat Problem . . . . . . . . 274--275
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Anonymous Multiplication of Explosives . . . . . . 275--275
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Anonymous An Improved Concentrator . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Machine to Turn the Ends of Wagon
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Anonymous The Columbia Chainless Bicycle . . . . . 277--278
Anonymous Surveying for a Railroad to the Yukon
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
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Anonymous The Disaster on the New York Central
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Anonymous The Age of Water Power . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Interesting Sociological Experiment 291--291
Anonymous A Record Patent Issue . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Urgent Patent Office Reform . . . . . 291--291
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Anonymous A Rapid Bridge Renewal . . . . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous A Net Holder for Use at Fires . . . . . 294--294
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Anonymous Arrival of Dr. Nansen . . . . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 298--298
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Anonymous A Single Rail Mountain Railway . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
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Anonymous An Acetylene Gas Lamp for Bicycles . . . 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Drill . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
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Anonymous The Latest Roller Boat . . . . . . . . . 310--311
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
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Anonymous Still Another Dodge to Defraud Patentees 323--323
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Anonymous An Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Simple Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Handling the Grain Crop at the Port of
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Anonymous A Universally Adjustable Jeweler's Clamp 326--326
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
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Anonymous Light Draught Gunboats for the Nile
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Anonymous The Quest of the North Pole . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Report of the Secretary of the Interior 338--339
Anonymous The American Beet Sugar Industry . . . . 339--339
Anonymous A Cover for Mucilage Reservoirs . . . . 340--340
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Anonymous An Improved Gas Burner . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous Boring Oil Wells at Sea . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Moulds for Soldering Pipes . . . . . . . 341--341
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Anonymous The Steel Cell and Central Corridor
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
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Anonymous New Patent Office Rules . . . . . . . . 354--355
Anonymous A Great Fire in London . . . . . . . . . 355--355
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Anonymous An Improved Air Motor . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A New Type of Bicycle . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Self-Heating Soldering Iron . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous The Lachine Rapids Electric Light and
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Anonymous A School Fire Drill . . . . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous The Feet of Chinese Women . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Tusayan Katcinas . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
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Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
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Anonymous The Proposed Government Armor Plant . . 370--370
Anonymous Some Curious Old Patents . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous The Dietary of Cyclists . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Involuntary Movements as Controlled by
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Anonymous An Automatic Electric Time Switch . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Double Grinding Mill . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A Pump for Pneumatic Tires . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Pneumatic Mail Tube System, New York
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Anonymous A Low Priced Graphophone . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Trial Trip of a British Built Torpedo
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Anonymous A ``Tug of War'' between Early
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Anonymous The Buchanan--Gordon Diving Dress . . . 377--377
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous ``Gone'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Condition of the Laboring Classes in
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Anonymous The Supremacy of the Steam Turbine . . . 386--387
Anonymous An Excellent Holiday Gift . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Further Records for the Kaiser Wilhelm
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Anonymous Lieutenant Peary in England . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Sinking of the Havana Graving Dock . . . 387--387
Anonymous Warning to Inventors . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
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Anonymous An Apparatus for Projecting Moving
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Anonymous An Improved Gate Hinge . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Rem-Sho Typewriter . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Experimental Acetylene Gas Buoy for New
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous The Steel Pipe and Tube Industry . . . . 392--394
G. L. Carden Thirty Knot Torpedo Boat Catcher
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
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Anonymous Economy in Details . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Famous Engineering Landmark to be
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Anonymous The Possibilities of High Speed Electric
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Anonymous Probable Solution of the Armor Plate
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Anonymous A Year of Plenty in Kansas . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous The Limits of Human Speed and Endurance 402--403
Anonymous Copyright Injustice . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Lasso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Lieut Peary Receives a Ship . . . . . . 403--403
C. J. Woodbury Dustless Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous A Novel Monkey Wrench . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous The Pierce Pneumatic Cushion Bicycle
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Anonymous A Stovepipe Holder . . . . . . . . . . . 404--405
Anonymous The Beelin Aluminum Balloon . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous New Method of Manufacturing Heavy
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Anonymous Repairing the Leak at Dry Dock No. 3,
Brooklyn Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 410--411
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 415--415
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Anonymous The ``Fire Fiend'' as a Dyer . . . . . . 5--5
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Anonymous Fire Engine Ball Bearings for the New
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Anonymous The Telescriptor . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--8
Anonymous A Stopper for Bottles, Jars, Etc . . . . 8--8
Garrett P. Serviss The January Heavens . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous The Trade Schools of the New York State
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Anonymous Rameses the Great . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
W. B. Caulk The Blindfolded Juggler . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Strength of the New York and Brooklyn
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Anonymous The Weather Bureau in 1897 . . . . . . . 18--19
Anonymous Artificial Flight . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Edison on Patents . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Recovery of Silver from Fixing Baths . . 19--19
Anonymous The Smithsonian Institution, 1846--1896 19--19
Anonymous An Angular Bit Stock . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Invisible Brake for Bicycles . . . . 20--20
Anonymous An Improved Differential Bicycle Gear 20--20
Anonymous A Piano for Invalids . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
Anonymous The Transportation by Rail of Fish and
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Anonymous The Submarine Wrecking-Boat ``Argonaut'' 22--22
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous Decimalization of the Day . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous The Redwood Forests of Humboldt County,
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C. F. Holder Amphibious Fishes . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Some American Cottages . . . . . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous The Great Training Jetty at the Mouth of
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Anonymous Cylinder Ratios in Multiple-Cylinder
Steam Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Electric Locomotives at Terminal
Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Forethought in the Construction of
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Anonymous Around the World in Twenty-Eight Days 34--35
Anonymous The Conditions of Modern Naval Warfare 35--35
Anonymous Joint Klondike Relief Expedition . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Living without a Stomach . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous A Noble Thoroughfare . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous New York Consolidated . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous A Year's Shipping Record . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous The Combustion of Smokeless Powder . . . 36--36
Anonymous The Greenville Treaty . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Swinging Scaffold Improvement . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Hydraulic Lifeboat . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
John Trowbridge High Electromotive Force . . . . . . . . 41--42
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous The Arch in Steel Bridge Construction 50--50
Anonymous The New York State Canals Blunder . . . 50--50
Anonymous Why are American Faster than English
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Anonymous Electric Traction on the New York
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Anonymous The Fruit Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Gold Jubilee in California . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous A Humane Rat Trap . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Suggestions for Labels and Trade Marks
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Anonymous An Improved Telephone Transmitter . . . 52--52
Anonymous Meteorological Kites in France . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous An Improved Bicycle Brake . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous The King Gasoline Launch Engine . . . . 53--53
Anonymous An Improved Kerosene Engine . . . . . . 53--55
Anonymous The Edison Magnetic Concentrating Works 55--57
Benjamin Sharp The Fur Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--59
W. B. Caulk Spinning and Balancing Tricks . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--61
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous The Appointment of a Commissioner of
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Anonymous Urgent Need for Larger Patent Office
Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous American Association of Inventors and
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Anonymous Death of Mr. Butterworth . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous The Moodus Noises . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous A New Gasoline Motor . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous Prescription Cabinet for Druggists, Etc 68--68
Anonymous A Tire Removing Device . . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous The Latest Battleships for the United
States Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--70
Anonymous New \booktitleScientific American
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Homing Pigeons in Naval Service . . . . 72--72
Anonymous Curios from Benin . . . . . . . . . . . 73--74
Anonymous A Ninety Million Candle Power Electric
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Cost of Steam in 1870 and 1897 . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Excellent Condition of the Iron and
Steel Export Trade . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Electricity to Replace Steam on the
London Underground Railways . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Sprague Motor Patent Decision . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Smoke and Its Prevention . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Striking Success of the Tin-Plate
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Anonymous The Third Rail System in Germany . . . . 82--82
Anonymous The Turbine for United States Torpedo
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Anonymous Annual Session of the American Society
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Anonymous Commerce on the Great Lakes . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Government Tests of Timber . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Japanese Cruiser Launched at Cramps'
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Anonymous Petroleum Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A Third East River Suspension Bridge . . 83--83
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in February . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A Cableway Carrier and Carriage . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Novel Repeating Pistol . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Puncture-Proof Tire . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Extensible Measuring Pole . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous The Planet Venus . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--86
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The Croton River Dam, New York Water
Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--89
Anonymous Hon. Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of
Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
Anonymous Judge Arthur P. Greeley . . . . . . . . 89--90
Anonymous The Spider and the Fly . . . . . . . . . 91--91
Cyrus Aldrich ``A Brief for the Cigarette'' . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 92--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous False Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Liquefaction of Air . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Growth in Our Exports of American
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Anonymous A Brief Review of Some Branches of the
Work, Scientific and Practical, of the
Health Department of the City of New
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Anonymous The Current Supplement . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Excavations at Branchidæ . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Gun of New Type Successfully Tested . . 99--99
Anonymous An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Supporting Stand for Bicycles . . . . 100--100
Anonymous A Seal and Tag for Railroad Freight Cars 100--100
Anonymous The Fluorometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--102
Anonymous The Riverside Drive Viaduct, New York 102--102
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous Medium and Small Independent
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Anonymous Dredging for Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 105--106
Anonymous A Lateen Ice Boat . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
J. Carter Beard Habitual Attitudes of Animals Considered
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 108--109
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Economic Aspect of the English
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Anonymous Extensions of Patents . . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Our Increasing Foreign Trade . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The Industrial Outlook in Egypt . . . . 114--115
Anonymous Commissioner Duell Sworn in . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Changes in Foreign Patent Laws and
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Anonymous The Safe Deposit Business in Ancient
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Anonymous Two Interesting Discoveries in Italy . . 115--115
Anonymous Gas and Gasoline Engines . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Weighing Scoop . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Smith's Change-Making Device . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Water-Jacketed Furnace and Boiler . . 116--116
J. Carter Beard Habitual Attitudes of Animals Considered
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Anonymous Commerce of the Great Lakes . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous The Largest Locomotive Ever Constructed 120--120
Anonymous Donatello's Equestrian Statue at Padua 121--122
Anonymous The McKinnon Automatic Boat-Launching
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--124
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous The Disaster to the ``Maine'' . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Weather Bureau Warnings . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous Flames in a Tall Building . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Report of the Smithsonian Institution 131--131
Anonymous Successful Test of Pneumatic Postal Tube 131--132
Anonymous A Convenient Document File . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Head Gate for Irrigating Canals, Etc. 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Knife Sharpener . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Ring Set Holding Clamp . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous The Loss of the Battleship ``Maine'' . . 133--134
William H. Hale Insect Grafting . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
Anonymous The New Experimental Locomotive for
Purdue University . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous The Gun Factory at the United States
Washington, D.C., Navy Yard . . . . . . 136--139
Anonymous Electric Towboat in a Sewer . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous An Improved Copy-Holder . . . . . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous The ``Maine'' Inquiry . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Railroad to the Yukon . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Side Doors or End Doors on Railroad Cars 146--147
C. P. Holder The Opium Industry in America . . . . . 147--147
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in March . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous An Automatic Acetylene Gas Generator . . 148--148
Anonymous Discharge Nozzle for Fire Engines . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Efficient Tire Bolt Wrench . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Submarine Mining and Torpedo Warfare . . 149--150
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Apparatus for Measuring the Heights
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Anonymous Reconstruction of the Dismal Swamp Canal 153--154
Anonymous A Device for Fastening Nuts . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 155--155
Edwin G. Dexter A Horned Cockerel . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous The Completion of the Brooklyn Naval Dry
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Anonymous Klondike and California Compared . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Our Trade with Europe . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The United States Civil Service . . . . 162--162
E. B. Knerr Burning Fields of Ice . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous London's Underground Road . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous A Metal Rust Preventive of 1402 . . . . 163--163
Anonymous The Public Lands of the United States 163--163
Anonymous An Apparatus for Thawing Frozen Ground 164--164
Anonymous Humbert's Noiseless Gun . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Safety Water Gage for Boilers . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Diesel's Heat Motor . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
Anonymous A Shoe Polishing Device . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous The ``Maine'' Disaster . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous New Practice Ship for the United States
Naval Cadets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous The Klondike Relief Expedition . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous Some Recently Observed Sun Spots . . . . 171--171
Anonymous The ``Apennino'' of Giovanni Bologna . . 171--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
John Wallace Cigarettes and Science . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--174
Anonymous War Measures that Make for Peace . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Brussels Conference of the
International Union for the Protection
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Anonymous The New Director of the Lick Observatory 179--179
Anonymous The New Single Forged Cannon . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous The Reversing Steam Turbine . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Valuable Advice to Cattle Shippers . . . 179--179
Anonymous How Flag Sticks are Made . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Lawn Mower Attachment . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Vehicle Wheel Tire Tightener . . . . . 180--180
W. F. Durand Experiments on the Effect of Varying the
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous Improved Calipers . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous Spanish Destroyers and Torpedo Boats
Destined for Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
Anonymous The Manufacture of Paper . . . . . . . . 185--186
Anonymous A Newly Discovered Portrait of Amerigo
Vespucci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous The Efficiency of the Water Tube Boiler 194--194
Anonymous Our Recently Purchased Warships . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Is Our Maritime Commerce Vulnerable? . . 194--195
Anonymous The Development of Egypt . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Eating Before Going to Bed . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous The New Naval War Game . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Report of the Commissioner of Patents
for 1897 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Street Car Service Across the Brooklyn
Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous An Apparatus for Loading Cane, Etc . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Machine for Washing Oranges, Lemons,
Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous A Novel Miter Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Zerograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Electric Street Railway Sprinkler . . 197--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Anonymous The Conning Tower of the Gunboat
``Helena'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Columbia University . . . . . . . . . . 200--202
Anonymous Death of Sir Henry Bessemer . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous The Teredo and Its Work . . . . . . . . 203--203
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Four Cylinder Locomotives . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous A Spanish View of the American Navy . . 210--210
Anonymous Bill to Increase the Patent Office Force 210--211
Anonymous The Fruits of Civil Service Reform . . . 211--211
Anonymous Forthcoming Telegraphic Tournament . . . 211--211
Anonymous Launch of the Battleships ``Kearsarge''
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Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in April . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Cultivating Cotton Plants . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous A Casing for Shafts, Couplings, Etc . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Power Crank . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Sash Supporter . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . 213--214
W. C. Peckham Liquid Air and Its Phenomena . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous The Navies of the United States and
Spain --- a Comparison . . . . . . . . . 216--218
Anonymous The Total Solar Eclipse, January 22,
1898 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 219--219
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous The Official Report of the ``Maine''
Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous A ``Queer'' Patent Bill . . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous The Bill to Increase the Patent Office
Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Naval Appropriation Bill Passed . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Relief for Cuban Famine Sufferers . . . 227--227
Anonymous The Submarine Torpedo Boat . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous The Welsbach Patent Sustained . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous A Manuscript Holder and Spacer . . . . . 228--228
Horace C. Hovey The Aven Armand, Lozere, France . . . . 228--229
Anonymous Columbia's Artificial Moon . . . . . . . 229--230
Anonymous The Launch of the United States
Battleships ``Kentucky'' and
``Kearsarge'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous The ``New Orleans'' . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous A Simple Mirror Galvanometer . . . . . . 232--233
Anonymous Successful Trials of the Holland
Submarine Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--234
Anonymous Report of the Naval Court on the
Destruction of the ``Maine'' . . . . . . 234--235
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recent Analysis of Cigarettes . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--236
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--238
Anonymous The Sandy Hook Mortar Batteries . . . . 241--241
Anonymous American Supremacy in the Iron Trade . . 242--242
Anonymous New Bills for the Regulation of Print
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Anonymous The Navies of the World . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Ptomaine Poisoning . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
Horace O. Hovey Jubilee Anniversary of the American
Science Association . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous A Dredge Ejector . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Locomotive and its Equivalent in Raw
Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous The New Steel Arch at Niagara . . . . . 245--246
Anonymous An Automatically Closing Umbrella . . . 246--246
C. F. Holder The Key of the Gulf --- The Tortugas
Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--249
Cosmos Mindeleff Pueblo Arts and Industries --- II . . . 249--250
Anonymous Leonardo Da Vinci's High Angle Mortar 251--251
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--254
Anonymous The Command of the Sea . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Rather Small Business for the Government 258--258
Anonymous Negotiable Paper for Patent Rights . . . 258--259
Anonymous Electric Mail Delivery . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Our Special Navy Supplement . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Shall Artists Copyright their Work? . . 259--259
Anonymous Acetylene Gas Generator . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Commodious Gasoline Yacht . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Bicycle Package Carrier . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous An Improved Woodworking Tool . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous A Light and Strong Spar for Vessels . . 261--261
Anonymous Our New Cruiser ``Topeka'' . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Range-Finder for Determining the
Distance of a Hostile Ship or Fort . . . 262--262
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous Recent Experiments on the Flow of Rocks
Carried out at McGill University . . . . 264--265
Anonymous The Art of Tattooing . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous The '98 Solar Acetylene Gas Bicycle Lamp 266--266
W. C. Peckham Liquid Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous The Manufacture of Paper . . . . . . . . 273--273
Anonymous The Pacification of Cuba . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Production of Coal in 1897 . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Preserving Plant Colors . . . . . . . . 275--275
Edmund Otis Hovey Annual Reception of the New York Academy
of Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in May . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous An Efficient Stovepipe Fastener . . . . 276--276
Anonymous An Improved Faucet . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Simple and Effective Valve Gear . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Tether for Animals . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous The Dashiell Breech Mechanism . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous The New Wave Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Hugh M. Smith Notice of a New Ribbon Fish from the
Coast of Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
James Weir The Ears of Worms, Crustaceans and Ants 282--282
W. B. Caulk Mysterious Vase . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 283--284
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Naval Appropriation Bill . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The Philippine Islands . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous American Trade With Central and South
American Countries . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Improved Furnace . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A Lath Carrying Device for Wall Paper
and Other Machines . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous A New Bicycle Bell . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Oxide of Copper Batteries . . . . . . . 293--293
C. F. Holder An Ancient Cactus Hedge . . . . . . . . 293--294
Anonymous The Washington, D.C., Navy Yard . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Receiving Ship ``Vermont'' . . . . . . . 296--296
Anonymous Competition of Shepherds' Dogs at
Angerville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous English Engineer's Analysis of Squadrons
of Spain and United States . . . . . . . 298--298
Anonymous Analysis of Spanish and United States
Squadrons --- a Reply . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous A Characteristic Group at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
Anonymous The Need for More Armored Cruisers in
Our Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Cape Verde Fleet and the ``Oregon'' 306--307
Anonymous The American Islands . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous New Transatlantic Records . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous The New York Electrical Exhibition . . . 307--307
Anonymous To Our \booktitleScientific American
Supplement Subscribers . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous A Combined Bottle and Measuring Device 308--308
Anonymous An Improved Rotary Engine . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous A New Ball Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
Anonymous The Winton Motor Carriage . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous A Characteristic Group at the Brooklyn
Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
Anonymous The Great Naval Victory at Manila . . . 313--313
E. O. Hovey The Zoological Station at Naples . . . . 314--315
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--318
Anonymous The Lessons of Manila Bay . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Foreign Expert Opinion on the ``Maine''
Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous Calcium Carbide as an Aid to Fire . . . 323--323
Anonymous Electrical Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous The Four New Monitors . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous United States Army Recruiting Circular 323--323
Anonymous A Mexican Statue of Terra Cotta . . . . 324--324
Anonymous The New Hunt Bicycle Saddles . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous An Automatic Acetylene Gas Generator . . 325--325
Anonymous A Novel Fluid Pressure Regulator . . . . 325--325
Anonymous A Reversible Ratchet Wrench . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous An Improved Time Recorder . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous Porto Rico and the Reduction of San Juan 326--327
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous The Rapid-Fire Guns of the ``New
Orleans'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--330
Anonymous Our Troops at Chickamauga Park . . . . . 330--331
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 332--332
J. W. Mallet Communication on Cigarettes . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous The Spanish ``Cape Verde'' Fleet . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Air Motors for Street Railway Traction 338--338
Anonymous The Weak Point in Our Navy . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Launch of the Battleship ``Alabama'' . . 338--339
Anonymous State College of Forestry . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous San Juan's Bombardment . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Garrett P. Berviss The Heavens in June . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Some Interesting Features of the
Electrical Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous An Efficient Feed Mixer . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous A New Clothes Hanger . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous A Novel Twine Holder . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous Admiral Sampson . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
Anonymous The Trans-Mississippi and International
Exposition at Omaha . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Books: New Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 348--349
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--350
Anonymous The Armored Cruiser in the Navies of the
World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Obstacles to South American Trade . . . 354--355
Anonymous Footgear for the Soldier . . . . . . . . 355--355
M. W. Harrington Natural Products and Resources of the
Philippine Islands . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous A Novel Hinge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Novel Weighing and Delivering Machine 356--356
Anonymous The ``Olive'' Bicycle . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous An Improved Cutter Bar . . . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous An Efficient Fence Post Driver . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous A Novel Ripping Attachment for Sewing
Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--358
Anonymous Sugar Planters Hoe . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous New System of Electric Signs and Signals 359--360
Anonymous The Situation at Santiago De Cuba . . . 361--362
Anonymous Vacuum Illumination at the Electrical
Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous The Santiago Campaign . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Smokeless Powder . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Centrifugal Method of Collecting
Plankton, the Basis of Food Supply for
Aquatic Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous Egg and Potato Trick . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous Steel Wire Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous A New Lifeboat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous A Novel Spraying Device for Carbureters 373--373
Anonymous A Simplified Vapor-Condenser for Vacuum
Pans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous Commodore Schley's Reconnaissance of
Santiago Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Broadsword Exercise on Men-of-War . . . 376--376
Anonymous Our New Thirteen-Inch Guns . . . . . . . 376--377
C. F. Holder Some American Forts . . . . . . . . . . 377--378
Cuyler Reynolds Indian Kettles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--381
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Trademarks and Patents and the War
Revenue Bill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Communications during the Siege of Paris 386--387
Anonymous Analysis of Air by a Mushroom . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Departure of Troops for Manila . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Singing Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous An Efficient Wool-Drier . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improved Flooring . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Novel Valve for Pneumatic Tires . . . 388--388
Anonymous A New Vehicle Wheel . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A New Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Automobile Carriage for Winter Use . . . 389--390
Anonymous The Spanish Torpedo-Boat Destroyer
``Terror'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous Santiago De Cuba --- Its Environment and
Defenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous A Great Power House at Niagara . . . . . 393--394
J. B. Steere Volcanoes and Earthquakes in the
Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Our Great Agricultural Supremacy . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Proper Care for Our Soldiers . . . . . . 402--403
Anonymous Relief for the Patent Office . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous Street Cleaning in European and American
Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--404
Anonymous A Coin-Controlled Bicycle-Pump . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Improved Differential Gearing . . . . 404--404
Anonymous A New Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
E. O. Hovey A Standard of Wealth in Russian Armenia 405--406
Anonymous An Improved Trace-Holder . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous A Novel Sash-Holder . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
J. B. Steere The Wild Tribes of the Philippines . . . 407--407
H. B. Dailey A Beautiful Experiment . . . . . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous The Boilers and Bulkhead Doors of the
``Chicago'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--410
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous Diver's Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous How the Ax May be Made the Preserver of
the Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Negotiable Paper for Patent Rights . . . 4--4
Anonymous Russia's Strategic Canal . . . . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous New Light Weight Uniforms . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Our Commerce With China . . . . . . . . 5--5
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in July . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Car-Seal Breaker . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous An Improved Cover for Milk-Cans . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A Novel Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous The Ralston Water-Still . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A New Disappearing Gun Carriage . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Spanish Submarine Torpedo Boat
``Peral'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous The Cuban Invasion . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous Accident to the Revenue Cutter
``Gresham'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous How the Spanish Fortify the Country in
Cuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Courage in Modern Warfare . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Our Army and Coast Defenses . . . . . . 18--18
W. R. Gerard The Indian Names of our War Vessels . . 19--19
Anonymous An Automatic Steering Head for Bicycles 20--20
Anonymous A Novel Pneumatic Tire . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A New Steam Boiler and Furnace . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous Something New in Wood-Working Machinery 21--22
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous Gardening Over a Geyser . . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
Anonymous Reinforcement of the Dewey Squadron . . 25--26
Anonymous Morris, the ``India Rubber Man'' . . . . 26--26
Anonymous The Manufacture of Pintsch Gas . . . . . 27--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--29
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet . . . 34--34
Anonymous Our Army at Santiago . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous The Loss of the ``Bourgogne'' . . . . . 34--35
Anonymous ``The Engineer's'' Analysis of American
and Spanish Warships . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous The Hospital Ship ``Relief'' . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Our Foreign Commerce . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous An Improved Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A New Ball-Bearing . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous A Simple Magazine Hand Camera . . . . . 36--36
Anonymous Care of the Wounded in Sea Fights . . . 37--37
Anonymous Roman Wine Casks Discovered at
Silchester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
Anonymous Geared Locomotives on the Mount
Tamalpais Railway . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
James Weir, Jr. Two Insect Samsons . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
Anonymous The United States Armored Cruiser
``Brooklyn'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--42
Anonymous The Olympian Theater of Palladio at
Vicenza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Lessons of the Santiago Naval Engagement 50--50
Anonymous Campaigning in the Tropics . . . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous The Fall of Santiago . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Two Interesting Decisions . . . . . . . 51--51
M. Sajous Responsibility of Steamship Companies in
Marine Disasters . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--52
Anonymous Combined Ticket Holder and Register . . 52--52
Randolph Bolling Apparatus for Preserving Pyrogallic Acid
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous The ``Simplex'' Hose Clip . . . . . . . 52--53
Anonymous The Roller Boat that Actually Went to
Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous The Reconstructed Cruiser ``Newark'' . . 54--54
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous An Improved Bottle-Closure . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Regimental Baggage . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
Anonymous The Red Cross Society and the Ambulance
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous A Railroad Attachment for Bicycles . . . 57--57
Anonymous Recovery of Gold from Low Grade Ores . . 57--59
W. B. Caulk The Miraculous Wineglasses . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 62--62
Anonymous The Cinematograph in Medicine and
Surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous London's Fire System Revolutionized . . 66--66
Anonymous The Present Status of the United States
Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Perry B. Turpin Prints and Labels . . . . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous Destruction of a War Balloon . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Effect of X Rays on Colors . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous A New Center of the Plague . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous The Visit of Colonel Krag . . . . . . . 67--67
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in August . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous San Juan and its Defenses . . . . . . . 68--69
Anonymous An Improved Oil-Retaining Box . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Novel House-Cooler and Ventilator . . 69--69
Anonymous A New Flue-Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 69--71
Anonymous The First Spanish Flag Captured at
Manila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Simple Section Liner . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
Anonymous The Remains of Cervera's Fleet . . . . . 72--74
Cosmos Mindeleff Pueblo Arts and Industries --- III . . . 75--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--78
Anonymous Higher Speed for our New Battleships . . 82--82
Anonymous Make Haste Slowly . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous To Prevent Collisions during a Fog at
Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
Anonymous Spain's Losses on the Sea . . . . . . . 83--83
Horace C. Hovey The Approaching Scientific Jubilee . . . 83--83
Anonymous An Improved Type of Zeiss Field Glass 84--84
Anonymous A New Insulator . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous The Criterion Automatic Acetylene House
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--85
Anonymous A New Steam Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous An Improved Lead Pencil . . . . . . . . 86--87
Anonymous Our Army and Navy Hospital Ships . . . . 88--88
Anonymous A Relic from the Wreck of the ``Maine'' 88--88
Anonymous The 3.2-Inch Driggs--Seabury Field-Gun 89--89
Anonymous A Group of Navy Projectiles . . . . . . 89--90
Anonymous Admiral Sampson's Report of the Santiago
Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Spain's Lost Opportunities . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Santiago Tragedy . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Extension of Pneumatic Mail Tubes to
Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Gold from the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Language of the Eye . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Prevention of Collisions at Sea . . . . 99--99
Anonymous A Wise Revision . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous An Improved Stencil Perforating Machine 100--100
Anonymous A Novel Envelop Moistener and Sealer . . 100--100
Anonymous Traveling Freight Ramps . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous The Bradley Polytechnic Institute and
School of Horology . . . . . . . . . . . 101--103
Anonymous Ericsson's Coast-Defense Monitor
``Nahant'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--105
Anonymous The Accident to the Brooklyn Bridge . . 106--106
Anonymous Major-Generals Miles and Wheeler . . . . 107--107
W. B. Caulk Card Cricket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--110
Anonymous Discipline and Disasters at Sea . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The New Elements in the Air . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous The Percentage of Hits in Warfare . . . 114--114
Anonymous Concentration of Power . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous Porto Rico's Commerce . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous The Value of a Name . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous The Holly Gravity Return System . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Guns, Ancient and Modern, at Santiago 117--118
Anonymous A Novel Water Motor . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous The Colomés Life and Ship Protector . . . 119--119
Anonymous The ``Texas'' in Action . . . . . . . . 120--122
E. O. Hovey Primitive Methods of Raising Wheat and
Baking Bread in Transcaucasia and
Armenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--126
Anonymous The Increasing Weight of the Bicycle . . 130--130
Anonymous Probable Increase of the Navy . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Engines and Engineers of the ``Oregon'' 130--131
Marcus Benjamin Frederic Ward Putnam . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The New Smokeless Powder for Army and
Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--132
Anonymous A New Sampling Machine . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Scrubbing Machine . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
Anonymous An Improved Seam-Ripper . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous The Great Sea-Going Dredges on the
Mersey Bar, Liverpool . . . . . . . . . 133--135
Anonymous Test of a Six-Inch Experimental Krupp
Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--137
Anonymous The ``Avion'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous The Trans-Mississippi and International
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
W. E. Robinson ``Cupid Lighter than a Butterfly'' . . . 139--139
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in September . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--142
Anonymous The Railways of the United States . . . 146--146
Anonymous The Ship and the Man . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Turn on the Light . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Horace C. Hovey Golden Anniversary of Science . . . . . 147--148
Anonymous A Novel Window Raising and Locking
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Return of the Victorious Fleet from Cuba 148--150
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Some of the Properties of Acetylene Gas 151--151
Anonymous The Two Fastest Long Distance Runs
without Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--153
Cuyler Reynolds Prof. James Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous The ``Educated Fly'' . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--158
Anonymous American Progress in English Industries 162--162
Anonymous The War Department and our New Foreign
Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Artificial Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--163
Anonymous The Armament of our New Warships . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Languages of the Philippines . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous The Undeveloped Resources of Cuba . . . 163--163
Anonymous A Folding Cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous An Improved Ball-Bearing . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous A Phenomenal Piece of Bronze Casting . . 164--167
Anonymous The Government Exhibit at the
Trans-Mississippi and International
Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--169
Anonymous The Official Report on the Wrecked
Spanish Warships . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous The Gundalow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous The Bicycle Frame . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Wind Bracing in Framed Buildings . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Water Supply at Camp Thomas . . . . 178--179
E. O. Hovey Geology at the Meeting of the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous A Great Raft of Piles on the Pacific . . 180--180
Anonymous An Improved Window-Sash-Lift . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Novel Self-Closing Gate . . . . . . . 180--180
C. F. Holder A Remarkable Stage Road . . . . . . . . 181--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
Anonymous An Opening and Closing Device for
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J. B. Steere The Civilized Indians of the Philippines 184--187
Anonymous The Surprise Pen . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous A New Way of Coaling Locomotive-Tenders 187--188
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--189
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Horace C. Hovey The Trans-Siberian Rail-Road . . . . . . 193--193
Anonymous Dangers Attending So-Called Food
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Anonymous Forethought in the Navy Department . . . 194--194
Anonymous Our New Possessions as a Field for
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Anonymous Obstacles to South American Trade . . . 194--194
Anonymous Dr. John Hopkinson . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Mount Yillimani Ascended . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Soap as a Disinfectant . . . . . . . . . 195--195
William Gilbert Irwin The Lake Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal 195--195
Anonymous Draught Attachment for Locomotives . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Largest Floating Dock in the World 196--196
Anonymous A New Tide Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous Collapse of the Wilson Line Pier Shed at
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--198
Anonymous A New Testing Valve . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
Walter L. Beasley A New Light upon the Egyptians . . . . . 200--200
Anonymous Rapid-Fire Guns and Ammunition Supply in
the United States Navy . . . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Patriotic Criticism . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The World's Supply of Wheat . . . . . . 210--211
Anonymous End of an Electrical War . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous A 35.2-Knot Torpedo Boat . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous New Troopships for the Army . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous A Statue of Champlain . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in October . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous A Lilliputian Locomotive and Train . . . 212--212
Anonymous A New Locomotive Throttle-Lever . . . . 212--212
Anonymous An Improved Tread-Sanding Machine . . . 213--213
Anonymous A New Fire-Extinguisher . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A New Gas-Governor . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
H. A. Crafts Difficulties of Mountain Irrigation
Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
Anonymous Protected Cruiser ``Philadelphia,'' of
the United States Navy . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous Explosion of Submarine Mines in
Baltimore Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--218
Anonymous The Fall of a Bridge at Cornwall,
Ontario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous The Limitations of the Torpedo Boat . . 226--226
Anonymous New Chemical Discoveries . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Our Faulty Trade Methods . . . . . . . . 226--227
Anonymous The American Institute Photographic,
Horticultural, and Agricultural
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Anonymous Hospital Arrangements in the Soudan . . 227--227
Anonymous Saving the ``Maria Teresa'' . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous ``Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena'' 227--227
Anonymous The Uniform of the Soldier . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Explosion of a Mountain Locomotive at
Prescott, Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous An Improved Stock-Yard Gate . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous A Novel Magazine Camera . . . . . . . . 229--229
W. E. Robinson Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Construction and Details of the Knapp
Roller Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
Sidney Dickinson Picturesque New Zealand . . . . . . . . 233--234
Frank Covey California Harvesting Machinery . . . . 235--235
Anonymous The ``Mercerization'' of Cotton Fabrics 236--236
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Light-Weight Bicycles . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Our Latest Battleship . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Importing Song Birds for our Woods . . . 242--243
Anonymous Spanish Wooden Bullets . . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Uniform of the Sailor . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous A Cyclone in New York State . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous An Apparatus for Purifying Water . . . . 245--245
Anonymous A New Extension Bed . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous The ``Sentinel'' Bicycle-Lock . . . . . 245--246
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous The Omaha Exposition and the Indian
Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--249
Anonymous The Manufacture of Paper . . . . . . . . 249--250
W. E. Robinson Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred
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Anonymous Fate of Sternwheelers Designed for the
Yukon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--254
Anonymous The Pilots and Pilot Boats of New York 257--257
Anonymous Reconstruction of New York Street
Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous A New Profession for Young Men . . . . . 258--259
Anonymous The Revival of American Shipbuilding . . 259--259
James Weir Correlative Thought in the Monkey and
the Elephant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous How San Francisco Disposes of Its
Garbage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--262
Anonymous An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
Anonymous The Launch of the First Class Battleship
``Illinois'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Our Fingers as an Aid in Multiplication 265--266
W. E. Robinson Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred
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Anonymous San Marino, the Smallest Independent
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Anonymous A Novel Use for Drain Tiles . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--268
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--270
Anonymous Our Exports Influenced by our Patent
Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Is the Thirteen-Inch Naval Gun Obsolete? 274--274
Anonymous Work of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance . . 274--275
Anonymous Army Tent Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous The History of the Massage Treatment . . 275--275
Anonymous Taxation of Patent Rights . . . . . . . 275--275
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in November . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous An Interesting Italian Fountain . . . . 276--276
W. E. Robinson Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred
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Anonymous Rapid Photographic Printing, Developing,
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Mount Lowe Electric Mountain Railway . . 279--279
Anonymous The Havana Floating Dry Dock . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous The Dirigible Balloon of De
Santos-Dumont . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous The New Buildings of Princeton
University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--286
Anonymous American Silk Manufactures and Exports 290--290
Anonymous Experiment the True Basis of Engineering
Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The Fastest Regular Train in the World 290--290
Anonymous The Latest News of the Nobel Bequest . . 290--290
Anonymous Patents and Copyrights in China . . . . 291--291
Anonymous The Plague in Vienna . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Valuable By-Products of Cotton . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Death of Colonel Waring . . . . . . . . 291--292
Anonymous An Efficient Framing Square . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous An Improvement in Cleaning Devices . . . 292--292
Anonymous A Safety Gage-Glass . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
Anonymous Cyphers Incubators . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous A Key Which will Lock Any Door . . . . . 293--293
Anonymous American-Built Warships for the Russian
Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Views from Mount Tamalpais, Cal . . . . 296--296
Anonymous The New High Powered Guns of the
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Company . . . . . . 297--298
Anonymous A Medal Awarded to the
\booktitleScientific American . . . . . 298--299
W. E. Robinson Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous The Light-Weight Bicycle Again . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Passing of the Monitor . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous The World's Wheat Supply . . . . . . . . 306--306
Anonymous Shipbuilding in Great Britain . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Camille A. Faure . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Proposed Change of Motive Power for the
Fourth Avenue Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
W. R. Gerard The Language of Hawaii . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous The Mammoth Central Power Station of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company, New
York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous An Attachment for Socket-Wrenches . . . 309--309
Anonymous A Unicycle of Novel Form . . . . . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
Anonymous The Proposed New Monitors . . . . . . . 312--313
Cosmos Mindeleff Native Architecture in Africa and New
Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
Anonymous A Wave-Propelled Boat . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous The Observatory of Paris . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous Fact and Fancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Giant Steamships for the Atlantic
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Boiler Capacity in American and English
Locomotives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
Anonymous Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Commission to Revise the Patent and
Trademark Laws of the United States . . 323--323
Anonymous Death of D. A. Wells . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous A Convenient Globe-Holder . . . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Four-Coupled Express Engine for the
Great Northern Railway, England . . . . 324--324
Anonymous A Wheeled Attachment for Sleds . . . . . 324--324
Anonymous Handsome Model Locomotive . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous A Steam Locomotive Crane at the
Washington Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Nikola Tesla's Latest Invention . . . . 326--326
Anonymous San Francisco Water Supply . . . . . . . 328--330
Anonymous Some of our Common Snakes . . . . . . . 331--332
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 332--332
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--334
Anonymous The Removal of a Great Engineering
Landmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Science and Sensationalism . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Flax Culture in the United States . . . 338--339
Anonymous Latimer Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous The Loss of the ``Maria Teresa'' . . . . 339--339
Anonymous The November Meteors . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous A Useful Beetle . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous An Automatic Safety-Gate for Bridges . . 340--340
Anonymous A Novel Way of Protecting Buoy-Cables 340--340
Anonymous The University of Bombay . . . . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous The Victoria Jubilee Bridge . . . . . . 341--342
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Anonymous The Navies of the World . . . . . . . . 344--346
Anonymous A New Registering Kite . . . . . . . . . 347--347
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 349--350
Anonymous ``The Biggest in the World'' . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Conditions in Porto Rico . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Death of John Keely . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous The Proposed New Monitors . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Industrial Property Commission . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Philippine Toponymy . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Recent Developments in School Sanitation 355--355
Anonymous Sir John Fowler . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in December . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Another Mammoth Locomotive . . . . . . . 356--357
Anonymous The National Acetylene Gas Generator . . 357--357
Anonymous A New Covering for Boilers and Pipes . . 357--357
Anonymous A Safety-Attachment for Scaffolds . . . 357--357
Anonymous The Rotary Neostyle . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous The First-Class Battleship ``Maine'' . . 361--361
Lieut. G. L. Carden and
Ordnance Officer Successful Test of 6$ 1 / 4 $-inch Krupp
Process Plate by 8-inch Gun . . . . . . 361--362
Marcus Benjamin The Study of Typical Soils . . . . . . . 362--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 365--365
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 365--366
Anonymous Increase of Our Export Trade to Africa 370--370
Anonymous The Loss of the ``Portland'' . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Metal Railroad Ties Cheaper than Wood
Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Proposed Additions to the Navy . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Underground Trolley in the Recent
Snowstorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Secretary Long's Report . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous Hints for Exporters to China . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The Late Joshua Rose . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The Report of the Secretary of
Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous A School of Housekeeping . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The New Century Caligraph . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous The New 2,500 Horse Power Turbines at
Niagara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous A New Viscosimeter . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
Anonymous Navies of the World . . . . . . . . . . 376--378
C. F. Holder The Siphon of the Clam . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Mental Wonders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Unsuspected Peril in Elevators . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Forthcoming Improvements in United
States Naval Ordnance . . . . . . . . . 386--387
Anonymous Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn . . . 387--387
Anonymous Glazed Book Paper Bad for the Eyes . . . 387--387
Anonymous Radiography and the Physiology of the
Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous High Speed Attained by the ``Farragut'' 388--388
Anonymous A Simple Electric Bicycle-Lamp . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous An Improvement in Rotary Engines . . . . 389--389
Anonymous A New Wagon-Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Severe Fire Test of the Modern
``Sky-Scraper'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--390
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
Anonymous A Great California Dam . . . . . . . . . 392--393
Anonymous Guns Recovered from the Spanish Cruisers 393--394
Powhatan Bouldin Patrick County, Va., and Its Curious
``Fairy Stones'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
Anonymous A Curious Case of Malformation . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 396--397
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--398
Anonymous Breakdown in Daily Newspaper Offices Due
to Lack of Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous English and American Machine Tools . . . 402--402
Anonymous Electric Locomotives for Europe . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Havana's Floating Dry Dock . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Safety of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Scientific Conventions in New York
during the Holidays . . . . . . . . . . 402--403
Anonymous Cost of Cleaning Brick Pavements . . . . 403--403
Hiram Maxim Flying Machines and Ordnance . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous An Ingenious Water-Distilling Apparatus 404--404
Anonymous The ``Rochester'' System of
Time-Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Equipment of the Broadway Cable Line
with Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous Collapse of a Large Gas Holder . . . . . 408--408
Anonymous The Tallest of Modern Office Buildings 409--411
Anonymous The Bursting of a Water Main in Brooklyn 411--412
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous A Retrospect of the Year 1898 . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous Automobiles for Fifth Avenue . . . . . . 5--5
Oliver C. Farrington Remarkable Uses of Peat . . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous An Automatic Acetylene-Apparatus . . . . 6--6
Anonymous A Convertible Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous An Improvement in Clay-Cutting Tables 6--6
Anonymous The Giant Wheel of Paris . . . . . . . . 7--8
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous The New East River Bridge . . . . . . . 10--11
Anonymous The Armed Forces of the World . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--13
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
Anonymous Education by Correspondence . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Failure of the Gatling Cast-Steel Gun 18--18
Anonymous The Ideal Smokeless Powder . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous New Suspension Bridge at Niagara . . . . 18--19
William Gilbert Irwin The Growth of Our Oil Trade . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous An Improved Rail-Joint . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A Novel Chainless Bicycle . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous A New Link Valve-Gear . . . . . . . . . 20--20
Anonymous The New Boston Terminal Station . . . . 21--22
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
Anonymous The Biograph in the Vatican . . . . . . 24--25
Anonymous Gunboats and Railways in the Soudan
Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
Anonymous Damage by Spanish Shells on the Cruiser
``Brooklyn'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 28--28
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 29--29
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 29--30
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 30--30
Anonymous The Diamond Reef Shoal in New York
Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous A Greatly Needed Amendment to the Patent
Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
Anonymous Shall the Government Engage in
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Anonymous Repairing the Lightning Rod of St.
Peter's at Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
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Robert H. Thurston Robert Fulton and the Steamboat . . . . 37--38
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Anonymous Air Ship Experiments . . . . . . . . . . 41--43
Anonymous Some Curious Automata . . . . . . . . . 43--43
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 44--45
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--46
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous The Art Critic and the Tall Building . . 50--50
Anonymous The Business of the Patent Office in
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Anonymous Compressed Air Traction in New York City 50--50
Anonymous Boston Elevated Road . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Civil Engineers in Session . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Death of the Librarian of Congress . . . 51--51
Anonymous The Great Strength of Bears . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous The Pirates and Brigands of the
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Anonymous The Progress of the Zoological Garden 51--51
Anonymous An Improvement in Ice-Skates . . . . . . 52--52
Oliver C. Farrington A Gigantic Artificial Moon . . . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous A Combination-Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 52--53
Anonymous An Improved Wood-Working Machine . . . . 53--53
Anonymous A Rotary Ore-Stamping Mill . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Recognition of Rear-Admiral Dewey . . . 54--54
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
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Anonymous The Keely Motor Fraud . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--61
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
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Anonymous The New Panama Canal . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Prof. Dewar's Experiment with Liquid
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Anonymous The Fourth Annual Cycle and Automobile
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Anonymous Our Import Trade for 1898 . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous Philippine Architecture . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous The Verdict in the Tank Collapse Case 67--67
Anonymous Wine Stored Underground . . . . . . . . 67--67
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in February . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Steam-Boiler . . . . . . . . 68--68
Anonymous A New Way of Constructing Drawbridges 68--68
Anonymous A Water-Feeding Device for
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Anonymous The Hoadley--Knight Compressed Air Motor 69--70
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
Anonymous Investigations at the Keely Laboratory 72--73
Anonymous The New Panama Canal . . . . . . . . . . 73--75
Charles Frederick Holder Glass Sponges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--76
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Explorations in Iceland . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Our First and Last Sixteen-Inch
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Anonymous The Water Supply of the Panama Canal . . 82--82
Anonymous Honolulu's Great Museum . . . . . . . . 82--83
Anonymous Colonies of the World . . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous The Eighth International Geological
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Anonymous A New Power in Photography . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous An Automatic Tellurion . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improvement in Cutter-Stocks . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A Pneumatically Operated
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Anonymous Skate-Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Japanese Torpedo Boat Destroyer . . . . 85--86
Anonymous A Non-Refillable Bottle . . . . . . . . 86--86
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The Fortifications of Old Manila . . . . 87--87
Anonymous The White Star Liner ``Oceanic'' . . . . 88--89
Anonymous Novelties at the Late Bicycle Show . . . 89--90
Hugh M. Smith Interesting Fish from the Alabama Coast 91--91
Anonymous The Pavement of the Cathedral of Siena 91--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--92
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The Panama and Nicaragua Canals --- a
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Anonymous The Horseless Carriage and Public Health 98--99
Anonymous Fiber Plants from Our New Possessions 99--99
Anonymous Great Activity in the Steel Trade . . . 99--99
Anonymous Great Steel and Wire Combination . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Pullman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Testing of Children's Strength . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous An Ingenious Brake and Motor-Controller
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Anonymous A Portable Horse Stall for Railway Cars 100--100
Anonymous A New Non-Refillable Bottle . . . . . . 100--101
Anonymous Automobiles at the Late Cycle Exhibition 101--102
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
Anonymous The Proposed Nicaragua Canal . . . . . . 104--106
Anonymous Repairing the Keel of a Battleship . . . 107--108
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 108--108
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
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Anonymous Congress and the Technical Bureaus . . . 114--114
Anonymous The Mineral Resources of the Philippine
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Anonymous The Naval Bill for 1899 . . . . . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Transportation in the Recent Snowstorm 114--114
Anonymous The Sinking of the White Star Steamer
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Anonymous Work of the Weather Bureau . . . . . . . 115--115
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in March . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Automatic Mechanism for Operating
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Anonymous A French Electric Locomotive . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous A Simple Scaffold-Bracket . . . . . . . 116--116
Howard B. Dailey Interesting Static Motors . . . . . . . 117--117
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
Anonymous Battleships and Monitors Now Building
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Anonymous Recent Kite Experiments at the Blue Hill
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
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Anonymous Cost of the Boston Subway . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Comparative Merits of the Panama and
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Anonymous Electricity as a Thawing Agent . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Flashless Rapid-Fire Guns . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Fastest Vessel Afloat . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Limitations of the Autotruck . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Masonry Versus Wooden Dry Docks . . . . 130--130
Anonymous Rails and Tie-Plates . . . . . . . . . . 130--131
Anonymous A Curious Accident on a Trolley Car . . 131--131
Anonymous The Comstock Mines and Their Drainage 131--131
Anonymous New Machine Shop for the New York Navy
Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Suggestions Concerning Trade with Russia 131--131
Anonymous A Strange Society . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The Building of a Watch . . . . . . . . 132--133
Anonymous A Percolator Package for Making Coffee 134--134
Anonymous A Simple Pipe Cutting and Threading Tool 134--134
Anonymous A Variable Bicycle Driving-Gear . . . . 134--135
Anonymous Raising Sunken Vessels . . . . . . . . . 136--136
Anonymous The Banana as the Basis of a New
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Anonymous A Remarkable Fire in New York . . . . . 137--138
Anonymous New Railway Enterprises in Paris . . . . 139--140
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 140--140
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous An American Canal at Panama? . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Annual Report of the Commissioner of
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Anonymous The Government as an Advertising Agency 146--146
Anonymous The Senate and the Navy Appropriations 146--146
Altan D. Adams Cost of Electric Light . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Nutritive Values of Human Food . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous Our Consular Service in Relation to
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Anonymous Wax Works at Westminster Abbey . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A New Double-Acting Pump . . . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous A Novel Method of Conveying Freight . . 149--149
Anonymous A Pneumatic Baggage Handler . . . . . . 149--149
Anonymous The Mareorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
Anonymous The Nernst Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--151
Anonymous Navies of the World . . . . . . . . . . 152--155
Anonymous A Convict's Ingenuity . . . . . . . . . 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Herbert T. Walker Ancient Locomotive Engines . . . . . . . 161--161
Anonymous To Prevent Crowding on Street Cars . . . 162--162
Anonymous Selection of the New Canal Commission 162--162
Anonymous The Farmer and the Patent System . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Death of John Kruesi . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Death of Lieut. Dashiell . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Naval Bureau Chiefs . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Sportsmen's Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Japanese Magic Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Thirteen-Inch Gun for the ``Kearsarge'' 164--164
Anonymous An Adjustable Paper-Punch . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Electrical Alarm-Matting . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Improvement in Picks . . . . . . . . 165--165
Anonymous A Water-Heater for Steam-Boilers . . . . 165--165
Anonymous An Automatic Window-Locking Device . . . 166--166
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Enos Brown Grape Growing and Wine Making in
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--170
Anonymous George W. Melville, Chief of the Bureau
of Steam Engineering . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
Anonymous The New America Cup Defender . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Coal Production in the United States . . 178--178
Anonymous Fire Protection of Tall Buildings . . . 178--178
Anonymous Prof. Newcomb's Successor . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The Senate and the Armor Plate Question 178--178
Anonymous Characteristics of Porto Rico . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Carriage Timber Supply . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Antarctic Explorers Land . . . . . . . . 179--180
Anonymous A Curious Means of Disposing of the Dead 180--180
J. M. Baltimore Discovery of Two Indian Mummies . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Drop-Actuating Mechanism for
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Anonymous An Efficient Fastener for Stock-Cars . . 181--181
Anonymous An Improvement in Wrenches . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous A Sewing-Machine Gage . . . . . . . . . 181--181
Anonymous Some Notable German Arch Bridges . . . . 182--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
Anonymous The Electric Cab Service of New York
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--185
Anonymous A Curious Case of Abnormal Development
in a Rattlesnake . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
Anonymous An Interesting Explosion of Gas . . . . 185--185
E. O. Hovey Antique Chain Armor in the Caucasus
Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
Anonymous The Great Telescope at the Paris
Exposition of 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--188
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 188--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Admiral Colomb on the Spanish War . . . 194--194
Anonymous The Great Central Railway of England . . 194--194
Anonymous A Gross Violation of Principle . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous New York Truant School . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Geographical Names as Legitimate Trade
Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--195
Anonymous Testing Acetylene Generators . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Trick Wood Joining . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
C. F. Holder Insect Migrations . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Multiphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Simple Pipe-Hanger . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Machine for Filtering Liquids . . . . 197--198
Anonymous An Improvement in Smoke-Consumers . . . 198--198
Anonymous The Improved Turrets of the Battleship
``Texas'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--199
M. J. Hoferer Quadruple Compound Harmonic Motion . . . 200--201
Anonymous The Late Prof. O. C. Marsh . . . . . . . 201--202
Anonymous Telephotography . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 204--204
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 204--205
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 206--206
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous French Submarine Torpedo Boats . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Proposal to Build the New York Rapid
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Anonymous The Recent Explosion of a Ten-Inch Army
Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous United States Navy and Armstrong Guns at
the Proving Grounds . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
Anonymous The Audubon Society . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Congress of Life Insurance Doctors in
Belgium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Death of General Flagler . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Electricity at High Pressures . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Foreign Exhibitions of 1899 . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Spain's New Cruiser . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous Some New Kite Experiments at Bayonne . . 213--213
Anonymous Tests of Wireless Telegraphy . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Under-Trolley Car Burns Up . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous An Improved Lens-Grinding Machine . . . 214--214
Anonymous A New Power-Hammer . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
Anonymous Powerful Freight Locomotive for the
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Anonymous Carrara and Its Quarries . . . . . . . . 215--216
Anonymous A Novel Insulator . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
Anonymous A Simple Ventilator for Railway-Cars . . 216--216
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
Hudson Maxim Cause of the Recent Explosion of the
Ten-Inch Gun at Sandy Hook Explained . . 218--219
Charles Richards Dodge A Glimpse of the Paris Exposition of
1900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
Anonymous The Hornet and Its Home . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 222--222
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 225--225
Anonymous A Critic Answered . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Fire Protection of Tall Buildings . . . 228--228
Anonymous High Speed on French Railways . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Latest Battleships and Cruisers for the
British Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Our Relation to the Peace Congress . . . 228--228
Anonymous Our Naval Constructors to be Educated
Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous The Honey Bee Not a Native of America 229--229
Anonymous New System of Wireless Telegraphy . . . 229--229
Anonymous Woehnelt's Electrostatic Current Breaker 229--229
Anonymous The Bundy Acetylene Gas Lamp . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous A New Hay-Stacker . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Richard K. Meade A Cheap Form of Air-Bath . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous An Improved Chicken-Brooder . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous A Simple Vehicle Wheel . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous Turrets of United States Naval Vessels 231--232
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
W. M. Sheffield Opening the White Pass and Yukon Railway 233--233
Anonymous The Beach Broadway Tunnel . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Pneumatic Tube Delivery System at the
Waldorf--Astoria Hotel . . . . . . . . . 235--236
Anonymous Rear-Admiral Charles O'Neil . . . . . . 236--236
Herbert T. Wade The New Testing Locomotive at Columbia
University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 238--238
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Echoes of the Windsor Hotel Fire . . . . 244--244
Anonymous Naming the New Warships . . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous The Thin End of the Wedge . . . . . . . 244--244
Anonymous A Record Torpedo Boat Trial . . . . . . 244--245
Anonymous The New Satellite of Saturn . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Progress of the Zoological Park . . . . 245--245
Henry Mokton Liquid Air as a New Source of Power ---
Another Engineering Fallacy . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous A Boiler of Novel Construction . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous An Improved Fire-Alarm . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous A Ship's Boat Supporting and Launching
Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Cardinal Wolsey's Hat . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous Military Ballooning . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
Anonymous A Cap for Sliding Doors . . . . . . . . 247--248
Anonymous A Convertible Dusting-Brush . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous A New Form of Fire-Escape . . . . . . . 248--248
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
Anonymous Navies of the World . . . . . . . . . . 250--252
C. F. Holder Some Pacific Cephalopods . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 254--254
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 254--255
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous That Athbara Bridge Contract . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous Official Test of the New Army Wire Gun 260--260
Anonymous Sine-Wave Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy across the English
Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous What Our Consuls are doing for American
Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--261
Anonymous American Machine Tools in England . . . 261--261
Anonymous A Parisian Egg Forger . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Marcus Benjamin National Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 261--261
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in May . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
Anonymous The Marvin Electric Rock Drill . . . . . 262--263
Anonymous A Convertible Plow . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
Anonymous An Improved Band-Saw-Setting Machine . . 263--263
Anonymous A Cheap Method of Making a Calorimeter 263--264
Anonymous An Automatic Spring Fish-Hook . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous An Improved Lemon-Squeezer . . . . . . . 264--264
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
F. W. Parsons Sutro Baths of San Francisco . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Manufacture of Krag--Jòrgensen Rifles at
the Springfield Armory --- I . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous The Californian Sea Lion . . . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 270--270
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Crystallization of Metal under Stress 276--276
Anonymous Prof. Chandler Honored . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Uses of Florida Moss . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Yacht ``Columbia'' . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous The Durability of Typewriter Ribbons . . 277--277
Anonymous Meeting of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Ozotype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous The Rowland Telegraph System . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous The Tugrin Fog Dispeller . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Topographical Maps . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous A Deep-Mine or Relay Pump . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous An Improvement in Furnace Construction 278--278
Anonymous A Novel Boiler-Tube Cutter and Expander 278--278
Anonymous A Quaint Old Japanese Clock . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous A New Shade-Roller Attachment . . . . . 279--279
Anonymous A Rapid Way of Marking Out Cloth
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous The 10-Inch Gun Explosion at Sandy Hook 281--281
Anonymous The Class Microscope . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 286--286
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Anonymous Records of Speed and Endurance on the
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Anonymous Woods' Electric Motor Vehicles . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous Electric Motor Vehicles . . . . . . . . 295--295
Anonymous Some Early Forms of the Automobile . . . 296--296
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Anonymous New Method of Mounting Cyclometers . . . 297--297
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Anonymous A Simple Bicycle-Support . . . . . . . . 297--297
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Anonymous The History of the Bicycle . . . . . . . 298--299
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Anonymous Some Recent Researches on the Great
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E. J. Prindle Riding a Bicycle Backward . . . . . . . 303--304
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Anonymous The Victor Automobile . . . . . . . . . 310--310
Anonymous An Amphibious Tricycle . . . . . . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 312--312
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 321--321
Anonymous The Electrical Exhibition . . . . . . . 324--324
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Anonymous Death of Prof. Buechner . . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous The Gatemann Shell Tested . . . . . . . 325--325
Anonymous Potassium Chloroplatinite . . . . . . . 325--325
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Anonymous An Automatic Safety Appliance for
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Anonymous A New Hay or Grain Rack . . . . . . . . 326--326
Anonymous The New Locomotives for the Midland
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Anonymous A Coupling for the Air-Pipes of
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Anonymous An Improved Pruning Implement . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous A Pitman-Head for High-Speed Machines 327--327
Anonymous A Wrench for Tire-Bolts . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous A Bedstead for Invalids . . . . . . . . 329--329
Anonymous Manufacture of Krag--Jòrgensen Rifles at
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Anonymous The Physiology of Man on the Alps . . . 331--332
Anonymous An Abnormal Growth of Hair on a Horse 333--333
Anonymous An Ingenious Reversing Mechanism for
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Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 334--334
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous The Forty-Foot Entrance to New York
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Anonymous How Our Art Manufactures May Affect Our
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Anonymous A Question of Governmental Economics . . 340--340
Anonymous Is Smokeless Powder Reliable? . . . . . 340--340
Anonymous The Mechanical Engineers and the Patent
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Anonymous The Bicycle Industry . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in June . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous The Chromo-Camera . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous A New Gas-Generating Machine . . . . . . 342--343
Anonymous Niagara as an Industrial Center . . . . 343--344
Anonymous An Automatic Siphon . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous A Novel Portable Folding Boat . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous The Old Line-of-Battle Ship
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Anonymous The Radiophone at the Electrical
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C. F. Holder Animal Communities . . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
Anonymous The Efficiency of the Bicycle . . . . . 348--349
Anonymous An Improvement in Chemical
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 350--350
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 353--353
Anonymous The East River Tunnel . . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Gruson Armor in the United States . . . 356--356
Anonymous Gold in the Philippines . . . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Liquid Air in High Explosives . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous The Pan-American Exposition . . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous Commercial Production of Liquid Air . . 357--357
Anonymous Photography of Paintings and Drawings 357--357
Anonymous The Plant Products of the Philippine
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Anonymous The ``Reina Mercedes'' . . . . . . . . . 357--357
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Anonymous An Iceberg at St. John's, Newfoundland 358--358
Anonymous Pocket Voltmeter and an Electric
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Anonymous A Chinese Typewriter . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
Anonymous A Feed-Water Purifier and Skimmer for
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Anonymous A Powerful Open Circuit Battery Cell . . 359--359
Anonymous The Measurement of Shutter Speed . . . . 360--360
Anonymous Photography in the Colors of Nature . . 360--360
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Navies of the World . . . . . . . . . . 362--364
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Anonymous Report of the Nicaragua Canal Commission 372--372
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Anonymous Brasseys Naval Annual . . . . . . . . . 372--373
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Anonymous Photography in Relief . . . . . . . . . 373--373
Anonymous An Improvised Hydraulic Press . . . . . 374--374
Anonymous A Simple Cabinet for Filing Papers . . . 374--374
Anonymous A New form of Stereopticon . . . . . . . 374--375
Anonymous The Brickill Feed Water Case . . . . . . 375--375
Hudson Maxim Philosophy of Explosive Wave Action . . 376--376
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous The Manufacture of High Grade Linen
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Anonymous Waverly Electric Runabout and Columbia
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 382--382
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 382--382
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 385--385
Anonymous Commercial Value of Wireless Telegraphy 338--338
Anonymous The New Canal Commission . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Peril to the Navy . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous What Poor Roads Cost our Farmers . . . . 388--388
Anonymous Municipal Bathing Establishments . . . . 388--389
Anonymous California Olive Industry . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous The Death of Frank Thomson . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Trade with Cuba and our New Possessions 389--389
Anonymous An Air-Cushion Fluid-Pressure Regulator 390--390
Anonymous An Improved Acetylene Generator . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A Simple Fastener for Gates . . . . . . 390--390
Anonymous A Remarkable Bridge Disaster . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Francis H. Williams A Large Static Machine for X-Ray Work 394--395
Anonymous The Cup Challenger ``Shamrock'' . . . . 396--396
Anonymous The Bridges of Niagara Gorge . . . . . . 396--397
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 398--398
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 398--398
Anonymous The World's Coal Production . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 401--401
Anonymous Comparison of Electric and Stove Heating
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Anonymous An Invention Sorely Needed . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous Petroleum Fuel Better than Coaling
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Anonymous Secrecy in Yacht Construction . . . . . 404--404
Henry Morton Ll.D Sc.D The Liquid Air Fallacy . . . . . . . . . 404--405
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in July . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
Anonymous An Antiseptic Broom for Household Use 406--406
Anonymous A New Two-Part Bicycle-Crank . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous The ``Reina Mercedes'' . . . . . . . . . 406--406
Anonymous Steam Motor Cars for Branch Lines . . . 407--407
George Wharton James The Snake Dance of the Mokis --- I . . . 408--409
Anonymous The Lines and Construction of the Yacht
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 412--413
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 413--413
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 413--413
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 413--414
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415--416
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Anonymous A Pertinent Question . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Speed and Air Resistance in Cycling . . 4--4
Anonymous Science and Spiritualism . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous The Transplantation of Nerves . . . . . 4--5
Anonymous Armor Plate for Bank Vaults . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Meeting of the American Association for
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Anonymous Prevention of Collisions at Sea . . . . 5--5
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Anonymous Automobile Brougham for a City Physician 6--6
Anonymous An Ingenious Bicycle Gear . . . . . . . 6--6
Anonymous An Improved Hanger for Grindstones . . . 6--6
Anonymous The Mossberg Tire-Bell . . . . . . . . . 7--7
L. P. Gratacap The Mosasaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
W. H. Hale The Theory and Construction of Ball
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Anonymous Typical Perpetual Motion Fraud . . . . . 9--9
Anonymous The Proposed East River Tunnel . . . . . 10--11
Anonymous ``Deutschland'' --- The Latest and
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 13--13
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 13--15
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 15--15
Anonymous American Ordnance for Russia . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous The Canadian Niagara Power Company . . . 18--18
Anonymous Japan and the International Patent Union 18--18
Anonymous The Largest Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous The Passing of the Centerboard . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Questionable Tunnel Schemes . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous Railway Mileage of the World . . . . . . 18--18
Anonymous The Third Rail System on the New York
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Anonymous The Automobile Industry . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous A Million Dollars for a Patent . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Smyrna Figs in California . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Work of the Fish Commission . . . . . . 19--19
Eugene Murray-Aaron Honey-Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
Anonymous Painting the Flagstaffs of Tall
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Anonymous A New Method of Instructing and
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E. O. Hovey Models of Some of the Extinct Lizards of
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Anonymous Complete Loss of the Steamship ``Paris'' 24--24
Anonymous The United States Experimental Model
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Anonymous A Remarkable Geyser in Southern
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 29--29
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Anonymous Extreme Range of Sixteen-Inch Gun . . . 34--34
Anonymous Murphy's Bicycle Ride a Hint to the
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Anonymous Schenectady Locomotives for England . . 34--34
Altan D. Adams Electric Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Corrosion of Alloys in Sea Water . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Growth in Speed and Size of Ocean Liners 35--35
W. C. Peckham The Latest Liquid Air Plant . . . . . . 36--38
Anonymous An Apparatus for Darning Stockings . . . 38--38
Anonymous An Improved Sash-Balance . . . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous A New Type of Rotary Engine . . . . . . 38--38
Anonymous Our Latest Battleship, the ``Kearsarge'' 39--39
Anonymous The Reconstructed Cruiser ``Chicago'' 39--39
Anonymous Life Buoy Designed by Rear-Admiral
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Anonymous A Mile in Less than a Minute on a
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Anonymous Universal Automatic Screw Machine . . . 43--43
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 44--44
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 45--45
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 47--47
Anonymous Comparative Operating Cost of Horse and
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Anonymous Floating of the ``Paris'' . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Spain Sells Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous The Wage of Original Research . . . . . 50--50
Anonymous Brooms as Germ Breeders . . . . . . . . 51--51
Anonymous Time of Transatlantic Passage Again
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Anonymous The Eastman ``Electro-Cycle'' . . . . . 52--52
Anonymous A Simple Mold for Composition Rollers 52--52
Anonymous A Simple Tool for Cutting Pipes . . . . 52--52
Anonymous Moving a 500-Ton Train-Shed Arch . . . . 53--54
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
Anonymous Niagara Falls Power Plant . . . . . . . 56--57
Anonymous Alessandro Volta . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--58
C. F. Holder A Catalina Walking Fish . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 60--60
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 61--61
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61--61
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 61--63
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 63--63
Anonymous Annual Report of the Commissioner of
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Anonymous That Air Resistance Problem . . . . . . 66--66
Anonymous Exportations of Wheat Flour . . . . . . 66--66
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in August . . . . . . . . . 66--67
Anonymous Report of the Commissioner of Patents
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Anonymous New Features in the \booktitleScientific
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Anonymous A Huge Overland Traction Engine . . . . 68--68
Anonymous An Improved Stove-Pipe Coupling . . . . 69--69
Anonymous The Johns Hydraulic Engine --- a
Combined Water and Air Motor . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous A Novel Device for Raising and Lowering
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
Anonymous The Paris Exposition Medal . . . . . . . 70--71
Anonymous Navies of the World . . . . . . . . . . 72--75
Anonymous A Transcontinental Automobile Vehicle 75--75
Anonymous An Italian Prince Bound for the North
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Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 76--77
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 77--77
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 79--79
Anonymous Average Life of an Iron or Steel Bridge 82--82
Anonymous Automobile Motors . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous An American Railway in China . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous A Commercial Need . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
Anonymous Firing High Explosives . . . . . . . . . 82--83
Anonymous Activity of American Consuls . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous British Patents in 1898 . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous Liquid Air in Medicine and Surgery . . . 83--83
Anonymous A Prize for a Life-Saving Appliance . . 83--83
Anonymous Steel Dredges for New York Harbor . . . 83--83
Anonymous An Improved Flue-Stopper . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous An Improved Turbine Water-Wheel . . . . 84--84
Anonymous A New Wagon-Tongue Support . . . . . . . 84--84
H. P. Sanders Wurdemann's Dividing Engine . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Conservation of Energy in the Human Body 85--86
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
Hugh M. Smith The Pearl-Button Industry of the
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Anonymous The Submarine Vessel ``La France'' . . . 88--88
Anonymous Three-Pounder Semi-Automatic Gun . . . . 88--88
Anonymous A Subterranean Industrial Plant . . . . 89--90
Anonymous Electric Heating in a Carmelite Hospice 91--92
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 92--93
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous New Books, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous The Factor of Safety in Yacht
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Anonymous A National Park in the East . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous Our Foreign Trade for the Last Fiscal
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Anonymous Postage and the Export Trade . . . . . . 98--98
Anonymous The Production of Slate . . . . . . . . 98--99
Anonymous Improvements in Our Tobacco . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Science Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Some Soda Water Fountain Statistics . . 99--99
Anonymous The Crankshafts of the Liner
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Anonymous A New Miner's Drill . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous The ``Polyphone'' --- Attachment for
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Anonymous The Boxing Kangaroo . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous An Electric Brougham . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--103
C. Francis Jenkins Fuel Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--105
Anonymous Tree Dwelling in California . . . . . . 105--106
Anonymous ``Columbia'' and ``Shamrock'' --- a
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 109--109
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 111--111
Anonymous English and American Locomotives . . . . 114--114
Anonymous Our Shipbuilders and the Proposed New
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Anonymous The Education of German Consuls . . . . 114--115
Anonymous Pawnbroking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Altan D. Adams Saving in Isolated Plants . . . . . . . 115--116
Anonymous A New Acetylene Gas Burner . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous Peculiar Lightning Flashes . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous The Stratford Trolley Car Disaster . . . 117--117
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Faulty Features in Our Proposed Sheathed
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J. A. Stewart Experimental Tea Growing in the United
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Anonymous The Return of Admiral Dewey . . . . . . 121--122
Anonymous The English Mark IV. Cordite Ammunition 122--122
Marcis Benjamin Edward Orton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 124--125
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 125--125
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 127--127
Anonymous Accuracy and Style in Scientific Writing 130--130
Anonymous A National Opportunity . . . . . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Problem of the New Cruisers . . . . 130--130
Anonymous The Stratford Trolley Disaster . . . . . 130--130
Anonymous ``Columbia'' and ``Shamrock'' in Light
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Anonymous Death of Dr. D. G. Brinton . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Death of Prof. Bunsen . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Japan Purchases Bridges . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous James Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous The Waltham Watch Trade-Mark . . . . . . 131--131
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in September . . . . . . . . 131--131
Waldon Fawcett Self-Propelling Steel Canal Boats . . . 132--132
Anonymous A Mexican Bean Clock . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous A Novel Fire-Escape . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--135
Henry Michelsen The Trans-Siberian Railroad . . . . . . 136--138
Anonymous A Token of Appreciation . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous A Barrow with Two Wheels . . . . . . . . 139--139
Anonymous New Express Locomotive for the
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 141--141
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 141--143
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 143--143
Anonymous Nickel Steel in Boiler Construction . . 146--146
Anonymous The Statistics of our Vast Railroad
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Trolley Cars on Grades . . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Weight of Mail Matter in the United
States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--147
Anonymous The Allegheny Observatory Objective . . 147--147
Anonymous Copper Coins Melted up . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Horace C. Hovey The American Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous An Ingenious Mowing-Machine-Sickle
Grinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous An Improvement in Rotary Engines . . . . 148--148
Anonymous A New Acetylene Gas Generator . . . . . 148--148
Anonymous Present and Proposed Cruisers of the
United States Navy Compared . . . . . . 149--150
Anonymous Ice Manufacture on a New System . . . . 151--151
Anonymous Removal of a Famous Engineering Landmark 152--153
Enos Brown The Last Eruption of Mauna Loa . . . . . 153--154
Anonymous Ancient Egyptian Versus Modern Pin Locks 155--155
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 156--156
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 156--157
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous Economy of the Electric Underground
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Anonymous Fall of the Chicago Coliseum . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Generous Criticism --- and the Reverse 162--162
Anonymous The Prolonged Distress in Porto Rico . . 162--162
Anonymous The Preliminary Speed Trial of the
``Alabama'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous In Search of an Effective Trolley Car
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous Velocity of the Wind . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The New Parcels-Post to Germany . . . . 162--163
Anonymous Science Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Horace C. Hovey Scientific Congress at Columbus . . . . 163--163
Anonymous The Accurate Weighing of Locomotives . . 164--164
Anonymous A Simple Chimney Top and Cowl . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Simple Means of Cooling Drinking Water 164--164
Anonymous A Time-Stamp for Mercantile Use . . . . 165--165
R. Lydekker A Contrast in Noses . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
G. Wharton James The Snake Dance of the Mokis --- II . . 167--167
Anonymous The Mungsten High-Level Arch Bridge . . 168--169
Anonymous Proposed Armament for our Three Latest
Battleships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--170
Anonymous A Novel Electrical Effect . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Photography of the Stomach . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172--172
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 172--173
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 173--173
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 175--175
Anonymous Artificial Silk . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Our Fastest Battleship . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Rapid Transit by the Grace of the
Politicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous The ``Shamrock'' and Her Chances . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Trade with Our Newly Acquired
Territories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous Work of the Industrial Commission . . . 178--178
Anonymous Automobile News . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
Horack C. Hovey Scientific Congress at Columbus . . . . 179--179
Frederick H. M'Gahie Liquid Air as an Explosive . . . . . . . 179--179
Anonymous Jig-File for Finishing Dies . . . . . . 180--180
C. F. Holder A Large Octopus . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
Anonymous A Mechanically-Operated Cross-Cut Saw 180--181
Anonymous Improvements in Rotary Engines . . . . . 181--182
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--183
Anonymous Compressed Air Traction in New York City 184--185
Anonymous Fin Keel Centerboard for One-Rater . . . 186--186
Anonymous The Dewey Arch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 188--189
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 191--191
Anonymous Plant and Process for Fireproofing Wood 193--193
Anonymous Danger in the Approaches to the Brooklyn
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Anonymous Financial Problems of Cuba . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Money Spent by Travelers . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous New Ways of Using the Big Corn Crop . . 194--194
Anonymous The ``Oceanic'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy to Report the Yacht
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Anonymous Government Aid in Forestry . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous News of Lieut. Peary . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Observations of Polaris . . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous Some Calendarial Facts about the
Twentieth Century . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
Herbert I. Bennett A San Francisco Fire Fighter . . . . . . 196--196
Anonymous The Grant Roller-Bearing . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous An Improved Vehicle-Tire . . . . . . . . 197--197
Anonymous A Recently Invented Rotary Engine . . . 197--197
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--199
Anonymous In the Path of the Porto Rican Hurricane 200--201
Anonymous The ``Great Eastern'' and the
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Anonymous A Novel Menu Card . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous The ``Shamrock'' Disabled . . . . . . . 203--204
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 205--205
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous The Arms and the Man . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The Euphrates Valley Railroad . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The Mauser Pistol . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous The National Export Exposition . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous Arrival of Signor Marconi . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Electric Lighting at the Covent Garden
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous An Improvement in the Manufacture of
Arsenate of Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in October . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous The National Export Exposition,
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
Anonymous The Chapman Electro-Mobile . . . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Roller-Bearing for Bicycles . . . . . 213--213
Anonymous A Rotary Engine with Improved Abutments 213--214
Anonymous The Hayne Suspended Ink-Well . . . . . . 214--215
Anonymous Navies of the World . . . . . . . . . . 216--219
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 220--220
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 220--221
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 221--221
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 223--223
Anonymous History Repeats Itself . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous The Improvement of Havana . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Krupp Armor and Congress . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Lake Chelan Upheaval . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous A Photographic Exhibition . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Trade Mark Decision by the Imperial
German Patent Office . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous Compressed Peat Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous The New Smokeless Powder Factory . . . . 227--227
Anonymous Science Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Paul Hassack The Manufacture of Paper Pulp, Paper and
Cardboard from Peat . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
Anonymous An Automatic Acetylene-Generator . . . . 228--228
Anonymous A Home-Made Cold Box and Water Cooler 228--228
Elmer Gates Electrographs of the Electro-Static
Current Made without a Camera . . . . . 228--229
Anonymous Fifty Years of International Yacht
Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
Anonymous A New Chainless Bicycle . . . . . . . . 231--231
James Dewar Solid Hydrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
Anonymous A Courthouse Going to Court . . . . . . 232--232
Anonymous Modern Stage Mechanism . . . . . . . . . 232--233
C. F. Holder The Wind-Swept Island of San Nicolas . . 233--235
Anonymous The Illumination of the Brooklyn Bridge 235--236
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 236--237
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Something to Remember . . . . . . . . . 237--237
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 237--239
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 239--239
Anonymous ``Columbia'' and ``Shamrock'' in Dry
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Anonymous Marconi Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Proposed Cycle Path across the Brooklyn
Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
Anonymous Amateur Investigations with a Testing
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Anonymous Exchanging Fish Fry with Europe . . . . 243--243
Anonymous The Mining Interests of Africa . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Railroads in 1898 . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Statistical Duplication . . . . . . . . 243--243
Anonymous Soda Water to Relieve Hunger . . . . . . 243--244
Anonymous A Novel Matcher-Head for Planing Mills 244--244
Anonymous A New Riker Electric Vehicle . . . . . . 244--244
B. A. Crafts Ditching across the Great Divides in the
Rocky Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--247
Anonymous Fifty Years of International Yacht
Racing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--250
Anonymous The Battle Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
William B. Caulk The Magician's Omelette . . . . . . . . 251--251
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 252--252
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 252--253
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253--253
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 253--255
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 255--255
Anonymous The ``Denver'' Class of Cruisers . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Hysteria and Yacht Racing . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Liquid Air Promoting . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous A Timely Rebuke . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
Anonymous Government Advertising in France . . . . 258--259
Anonymous American Steel for a Prince's Palace . . 259--259
Anonymous The Boers and the Giraffe . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous A Long Photographic Telescope . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous Vitrified Claypipe Instead of Iron for
Gas Mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Archelaus G. Field The Defective Eyesight of School
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
Anonymous A Boiler with a Removable Fire Box . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Compact High Speed Engine . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous A Combined Walking and Sulky Plow . . . 260--260
Anonymous An Improvement in Friction
Clutch-Pulleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
Anonymous The Philadelphia Subway and Tunnel . . . 261--262
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--263
Anonymous Preliminary Skirmishing between
``Shamrock'' and ``Columbia'' . . . . . 264--264
Walter Burnham Sails Boats and Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--266
Anonymous Xiphopages, or Human Doubles . . . . . . 266--266
G. E. Lumsden Total Eclipses of the Sun . . . . . . . 267--268
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 268--269
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 269--269
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 269--271
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 271--271
Anonymous Another Successful Defense of the
``America'' Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous An Engineering Triumph . . . . . . . . . 274--274
Anonymous Rear-Admiral Hichborn on the Needs of
the Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--275
Anonymous Death of Admiral Colomb . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous A New Zealand Vesuvius . . . . . . . . . 275--275
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in November . . . . . . . . 275--275
Anonymous A Four-Spindle Horizontal Car-Boring
Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A New Gang or Cultivator Plow . . . . . 276--276
Anonymous A Mechanical Butter Moulder and Cutter 276--277
Anonymous A Portable Acetylene Gas Lamp . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous A Racing Automobile . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Control of the San Juan River at
Greytown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy at the Yacht Races 279--279
E. C. Pickering The November Meteors of 1899 . . . . . . 279--279
Charles F. Holder Some Harbors and Piers of Southern
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
Anonymous Destruction of the City Acetylene Gas
Plant at Wabash, Ind . . . . . . . . . . 281--282
Anonymous A Giant Cactus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 284--284
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 285--285
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 285--287
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 287--287
Anonymous Aerial Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Comparison of New York Cable, Electric,
and Horse Car Lines . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy in the Army and Navy 290--290
Anonymous Stability of the ``New Orleans'' and the
``Albany'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--291
Anonymous Double-Deck Turrets . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Death of Prof Edward Orton . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous New York's Coast Defenses . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous Recent Applications of
Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous A Seed Testing Plant . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
H. F. Moore Introducing Marine Animals into Great
Salt Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Improvement in Rotary Drum-Driers . . 292--292
Anonymous An Underground Conduit-Crossing for
Electrical Conductors . . . . . . . . . 292--292
J. A. Stfwart Waterworks Expansion in Boston . . . . . 292--294
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
Waldon Fawcett Yachting on the Great Lakes . . . . . . 296--297
Anonymous Recent Discoveries in the Roman Forum 297--297
Anonymous The Great Telescope of the Paris
Exposition of 1900 . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
Anonymous The ``New Departure'' Automatic Coaster 299--299
Anonymous Oil-Retaining Journal . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 301--303
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 303--303
Anonymous Bureau of Ordnance on the Armor Question 306--306
Anonymous Commissioner Duell on Trade Marks . . . 306--306
Anonymous The Electric Power Problem of Niagara 306--306
Anonymous American Equipment for the City of
Glasgow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
Anonymous Commissioner Duell on Trade Marks . . . 307--307
Anonymous The New Government Printing Office . . . 307--307
Anonymous New Method of Detecting Gold . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Our California National Parks . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Searchlights for the New York Fire
Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Anonymous Uses for Corn Stalks . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
Waldon Fawcett Problems in Lake Commerce . . . . . . . 308--309
Anonymous An Automatic Hoop and Basket Strip
Cutting Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
N. Monroe Hopkins Cases of ``Mysterious'' Busting . . . . 309--310
Anonymous Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power Plant . . 310--311
Anonymous Our New Fleet of Torpedo Boat Destroyers 312--312
Anonymous Acetylene Motor Wagons and Carriages . . 313--314
Anonymous The Death of a Great Inventor . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous A Feed-Water Apparatus for Boilers . . . 315--315
Anonymous A Simple Driving Mechanism for Gins . . 315--315
Anonymous The ``Maestro'' a New Playing Attachment
for Organs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 316--316
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 319--319
Anonymous Bids for the Proposed Cruisers . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous The Mammoth Power Stations of New York
City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Naval Tests of Marconi Telegraphy . . . 322--322
Anonymous Soil Parasites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
Anonymous Opening of the New York Zoological Park 322--323
Anonymous Coloring Bromide Prints . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Interesting Experiments with
Photographic Plates . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Masses Smaller than Atoms . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Production of Hydrogen with the Aid of
Magnesium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
Anonymous Report of the Bureau of Steam
Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
C. De Kubicki Some French Types of Automobiles . . . . 324--324
Anonymous The Pea Louse, a New and Important
Economic Species of the Genus \em
Nectarophora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
Anonymous A Simple Device for Tightening
Fence-Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
J. B. Hatcher Explorations in Patagonia . . . . . . . 328--329
Anonymous The Parsons Steam Turbine . . . . . . . 329--331
Anonymous The ``Becklight'' Acetylene-Gas
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous A Traction-Wheel of Improved Form . . . 331--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 333--333
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 335--335
Anonymous Bids for 16 1/2-Knot Cruisers Accepted 338--338
Anonymous Industrial Invasion of Great Britain . . 338--338
Anonymous The Meteor Display . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Railroads in Asia . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Report of the Bureau of Ordnance . . . . 338--338
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy between Balloons . . 338--338
Anonymous A Discussion of the Superimposed Turret
for Warships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
William H. Hale Meeting of the National Academy of
Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous New Letter-Box Indicator . . . . . . . . 340--340
D. P. Heap Methods of Revolving the Optical
Apparatus for Lighthouses . . . . . . . 340--341
Anonymous Progress of the Paris Exposition of 1900 342--343
Anonymous American Armor Plate for a Russian
Battleship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous The Gypsy Moth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
Anonymous Long-Scale Measuring Instruments . . . . 345--346
Marcus Benjamin Hamilton Young Castner . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Chas. Fredk. Holder ``Don Coyote'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
Anonymous An Improved Branding Instrument . . . . 347--347
Anonymous A Simple Slide-Valve for Steam-Engines 347--347
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 348--348
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 351--351
Anonymous Congress and the Nicaragua Canal . . . . 354--354
Anonymous Cables of the New East River Bridge . . 354--354
Anonymous The Explosive Features of Acetylene . . 354--354
Anonymous ``A Gross Error'' . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous The Yacht ``Columbia'' in European
Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
Anonymous The New Naval Programme . . . . . . . . 354--355
Anonymous American Fruits at the Paris Exposition 355--355
Anonymous Compressed Cork and Its Uses . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Can White Men Live in the Tropics? . . . 355--355
Anonymous Death of Sir William Dawson . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous The Monument to Robert Fulton . . . . . 355--355
Garrett P. Serviss The Heavens in December . . . . . . . . 355--355
Gustav Kobbé The Tidal ``Bore'' at Moncton . . . . . 356--356
Anonymous A Destructive Gas Explosion . . . . . . 357--357
Anonymous An Electric Flash-Light Device . . . . . 357--357
Edgar Mels The Future of South Africa --- II . . . 358--359
Anonymous Simple Experiments in Physics and
Chemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
Anonymous The Lecornu Cellular Kite . . . . . . . 360--361
Anonymous The New York Botanical Garden . . . . . 361--362
C. F. Holder Photographing Living Fishes at Santa
Catalina Zoological Station . . . . . . 362--363
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous An Improvement in Flue-Cutters . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 364--364
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 367--367
Anonymous Airship or Aeroplane --- Which . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Dalmeny Experiments . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous The Secrets of Our Success in the Steel
Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--371
Anonymous The Automobile in Buenos Ayres . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous The Danger from the Importation of
Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Importance of Patents and Trade Marks in
Germany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
Anonymous Wireless Telegraphy Tests in Switzerland 371--371
Anonymous End of the Creusot Strike . . . . . . . 371--372
Anonymous A Safety Switch-Locking Mechanism for
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Gustave Michaud, D.Sc. An X-Ray Delusion . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
C. Francis Jenkins Railway Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
Anonymous Education by Correspondence . . . . . . 374--375
Waldon Fawcett The Submarine Boat and Its Future . . . 376--377
Anonymous The New French Armor-Clad ``Henri
Quatre'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Chas. Fredk. Holder The Crime of a Century . . . . . . . . . 378--379
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 380--380
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 383--383
Anonymous Opening of the New St. Lawrence Canal
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Anonymous Relation of Rainfall to Boiler Scale . . 386--386
Anonymous ``The Wish Is Father to the Thought'' 386--386
Anonymous Tunnels Versus Bridges for Rapid Transit 386--387
Anonymous The Automobile Cup . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Ancient Egyptian Porcelain . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous ``Advance Sheets'' of the German
Consular Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous New York's Trade in Wild Animals . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Our Exports of Iron and Steel . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Railway Safety Appliances . . . . . . . 387--387
Anonymous Tropical Products of Our New Possessions 387--387
Anonymous Hauling Logs by Motor Trucks . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Naval Guns at Ladysmith . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous A Tool for Reloading Empty Cartridge
Shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
Anonymous The Engines of the First-Class
Battleship ``Wisconsin'' . . . . . . . . 389--389
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--391
Anonymous The Trojan Horse at the Paris Opera
House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
Anonymous A New Safety Valve . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
Charles F. Holder A California Verde Antique Quarry . . . 393--394
Anonymous A New form of Fire-Escape and Lowering
Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous A Novelty in Railroad Collisions . . . . 394--394
Anonymous How Sculptors Change the Scale of Their
Statues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
Anonymous A Switch-Throwing Device for Cars . . . 395--395
Anonymous Books: New Books, Etc. . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 396--396
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 399--399
Anonymous The American Bridge . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous The End of the Century Steam Engine . . 402--402
Anonymous Pre-Columbian Remains in Massachusetts 402--403
Anonymous The Pollok Life-Saving Prize . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Proposed Tunnel under the Straits of
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Anonymous Report of the Weather Bureau . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous The Recent Welsbach Decision . . . . . . 403--403
Anonymous A Back-Pedaling Brake for Chain and
Chain-Less Bicycles . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Insect-Powder Duster for Plants . . . 404--404
Anonymous An Electric Hose Wagon . . . . . . . . . 404--405
Anonymous The Late Alaska Earthquake . . . . . . . 405--406
Anonymous Railways of the World Compared . . . . . 406--407
Cuyler Reynolds Joseph Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--410
Anonymous A New Rotary Engine . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Some Ostrich Stories . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Key West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 412--412
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 413--415
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 415--415