Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 eBook

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Start of eBook	1
NEW YORK, JANUARY 1, 1870.	1
Contents: (Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)	1
SUGAR MAKING IN LOUISIANA.	3
AN IMPROVED HOISTING PULLEY WANTED.	6
FERDINAND DE LESSEPS—CHIEF PROMOTER OF THE SUEZ CANAL.	6
AN INGENIOUS VENT PEG.	9
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH RAILWAY PRACTICE CONTRASTED.	13
BOILER COVERING.	17
PATENT DECISION.	22
GIRARD’S “PALIER GLISSANT.”	31
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN	33
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT NO. 37 PARK ROW (PARK BUILDING), NEW YORK.	33
A HAPPY NEW YEAR!	33
THE SUEZ CANAL NOT YET A FAILURE.	34
TUBULAR BOILERS AND BOILER EXPLOSIONS.	34
AMERICAN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.	35
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE PRIZES AWARDED TO STEAM ENGINES.	37
A PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN PATENT LAW.	38
THE BRIGHTER SIDE.	39
PROFESSOR FISKE’S LECTURES AT HARVARD.	39
SCIENTIFIC LECTURES BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.	40
THE BATTLE FIELDS OF SCIENCE.	40
HOW FRENCH BANK NOTES ARE MADE.	45
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY.	47
CHINESE METHODS OF PRESERVING EGGS.	49
STEAM BOILER INSPECTION.	49
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.	50
THE STEVENS BREECH-LOADING RIFLE.	50
A NOVEL FRENCH HAND VISE.	51
THE MOUND-BUILDERS IN COLORADO.	52
THE WOVEN-WIRE MATTRESS.	52
CORRESPONDENCE.	55
C.	59
MAGNET	62
PRESERVATION OF IRON.	63
THE BANANAS AND PLANTAINS OF THE TROPICS.	66
PUTTING UP STOVES.	68
THE MAGIC LANTERN.	70
PAPER FOR BUILDING.	73
IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP WICKS.	80
Moore’s Rural New Yorker	81
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL.	81
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.	83
RECENT AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.	86
NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.	98
BENNY.	99
U.S. Patent Office	100
CONSULTATIONS AND OPINIONS FREE.	100
TO APPLY FOR A PATENT,	100
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION	100
COST OF APPLICATIONS.	101
REJECTED CASES.	101
CAVEATS	101
REISSUES.	101
DESIGNS, TRADE MARKS, AND COMPOSITIONS	102
PATENTS CAN BE EXTENDED.	102
INTERFERENCES	102
FOREIGN PATENTS.	102
SCHEDULE OF PATENT OFFICE FEES:	102
REISSUES.	111
DESIGNS.	111
EXTENSIONS.	111
PATENTS ISSUED FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 21, 1869.	111
REISSUES.	117
DESIGNS.	118
ADVERTISEMENTS	118
FOR SALE	119
ARTICLES SECURED FROM	120
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED	122
McCHESNEY’S IMP’VD GIG OR SCROLL	122
PART FIRST.	123
STEVEN LAWRENCE, YEOMAK	123
S. CRAIGE’S PATENT SPUR FOR SALE	123
PRACTICAL DRAFTSMAN’S BOOK OF	124
HENRY CAREY BAIRD	125
E.P. HALSTED	126
HINKLEY KNITTING MACHINE	126
STILES POWER PRESS	127
THE BEST PUNCHING PRESSES ARE	127
IRON & WOOD WORKING MACHINERY	127
OTIS’ SAFETY HOISTING	128
WITH A NOVELTY JOB PRINTING PRESS	128
WROUCHT IRON BEAMS & GIRDERS	129
WOODBURY’S PATENT	129
COTTON AND WOOL	130
CAMDEN	131
MERRICK & SONS	132
MANUFACTURE NASMYTH & DAVY	132
RIGGS’ BELMONTYLE OIL	134
ROOT’S WROUGHT IRON SECTIONAL	135
POWER PLEDGED	135
N.F. BURNHAM’S	135
OF	135
STEREOSCOPES	135
SCHLENKER’S PATENT	136
STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS	137
WOOD & MANN	137
PERFORATED	137
REQUIRE NO GUMMING	137
ADDRESS	137
CAUTION TO	138
PATTERN LETTERS	138
M. O’KEEFE, SON & CO.’S	139
THE	139
REPEATING FIRE-ARMS	139
CHARLES D. LAKEY	140
HARRISON	140
BOILER	140
SAWS. EVERY DESCIPTION	140
THE Scientific American FOR 1870	141
SCHEDULE OF CASH PRIZES.	141

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