SHIP LEAKAGE ALARM, Bank Lock, Grain Cleaner, Electricity, Antique Article 1857

Description

Scientific American;
The Advocate of Industry,
and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements
October 3, 1857
Volume 13, No. 4
New York, NY: Munn & Co
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Original, antique print issue. Packed a lot of information into a minimal amount of space, so be aware, that some articles are much shorter than others, sometimes only a paragraph or two.
COMPLETE LIST OF CONTENTS:
Improved Bank Lock
Crystallization
Water and Morals
The Worthlessness of Gold
The Great Eastern
Lavas
Gas From Peat
Activity at the Patent Office
The Cotton Crop
Frederick Sauvage
Crystal Palace Visitors
Contemplated Introduction of Seed from Northern China
Jennings' Improved Carriage Tops
Inventors, to the Rescue!
Improved Grain Cleaner
Good News for Inventors
Fifteen Hundred Dollars in Cash Prizes
Electricity
The Twenty-Ninth Annual Fair of the American Institute
Failure of the Atlantic Telegraph--Its Cause and Prospects
An English Opinion of the United States Patent Office Management
Coal-Breaker Patent Extended
Correspondents
Fee's Improved Cotton Seed Huller
Massey's Leakage Alarm Gage for Ships
New Prospectus
Temperature of Liquids
Scientific American was a leading science and technology publication of the 19th century and it is still in print today. Each issue is a large, oversized (elephant folio) format, handsomely illustrated with several detailed engravings. This issue will be sent housed in a plastic archival sleeve with a stiff backing in which you can store the article for safekeeping or easily remove and reinsert it.
Original print issue. Antique. Very good condition. Was removed from a bound volume and shows small binding holes at the spine edge. Some creasing. Clean text with minimal tanning, foxing and dampstaining to the paper. Complete. No odors. Non-smoking environment.
MEASUREMENT:
Approx. 10-1/2" x 15-1/4"
PAGINATION:
8 pages with several engravings and a page of wonderful, old classified advertising.
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