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Volume 42, Number 1, January 3, 1880
Volume 42, Number 10, March 6, 1880
Volume 42, Number 11, March 13, 1880
Volume 42, Number 12, March 20, 1880
Volume 42, Number 13, March 27, 1880
Volume 42, Number 14, April 3, 1880
Volume 42, Number 15, April 10, 1880
Volume 42, Number 16, April 17, 1880
Volume 42, Number 17, April 24, 1880
Volume 42, Number 18, May 1, 1880
Volume 42, Number 19, May 8, 1880
Volume 42, Number 2, January 10, 1880
Volume 42, Number 20, May 15, 1880
Volume 42, Number 21, May 22, 1880
Volume 42, Number 22, May 29, 1880
Volume 42, Number 23, June 5, 1880
Volume 42, Number 24, June 12, 1880
Volume 42, Number 25, June 19, 1880
Volume 42, Number 26, June 26, 1880
Volume 42, Number 3, January 17, 1880
Volume 42, Number 4, January 24, 1880
Volume 42, Number 5, January 31, 1880
Volume 42, Number 6, February 7, 1880
Volume 42, Number 7, February 14, 1880
Volume 42, Number 8, February 21, 1880
Volume 42, Number 9, February 28, 1880
Volume 43, Number 1, July 3, 1880
Volume 43, Number 10, September 4, 1880
Volume 43, Number 11, September 11, 1880
Volume 43, Number 12, September 18, 1880
Volume 43, Number 13, September 25, 1880
Volume 43, Number 14, October 2, 1880
Volume 43, Number 15, October 9, 1880
Volume 43, Number 16, October 16, 1880
Volume 43, Number 17, October 23, 1880
Volume 43, Number 18, October 30, 1880
Volume 43, Number 19, November 6, 1880
Volume 43, Number 2, July 10, 1880
Volume 43, Number 20, November 13, 1880
Volume 43, Number 21, November 20, 1880
Volume 43, Number 22, November 27, 1880
Volume 43, Number 23, December 4, 1880
Volume 43, Number 24, December 11, 1880
Volume 43, Number 25, December 18, 1880
Volume 43, Number 26, December 25, 1880
Volume 43, Number 3, July 17, 1880
Volume 43, Number 4, July 24, 1880
Volume 43, Number 5, July 31, 1880
Volume 43, Number 6, August 7, 1880
Volume 43, Number 07, August 14, 1880
Volume 43, Number 8, August 21, 1880
Volume 43, Number 9, August 28, 1880
Volume 44, Number 1, January 1, 1881
Volume 44, Number 10, March 5, 1881
Volume 44, Number 11, March 12, 1881
Volume 44, Number 12, March 19, 1881
Volume 44, Number 13, March 26, 1881
Volume 44, Number 14, April 2, 1881
Volume 44, Number 15, April 9, 1881
Volume 44, Number 16, April 16, 1881
Volume 44, Number 17, April 23, 1881
Volume 44, Number 18, April 30, 1881
Volume 44, Number 19, May 7, 1881
Volume 44, Number 2, January 8, 1881
Volume 44, Number 20, May 14, 1881
Volume 44, Number 21, May 21, 1881
Volume 44, Number 22, May 28, 1881
Volume 44, Number 23, June 4, 1881
Volume 44, Number 24, June 11, 1881
Volume 44, Number 25, June 18, 1881
Volume 44, Number 26, June 25, 1881
Volume 44, Number 3, January 15, 1881
Volume 44, Number 4, January 22, 1881
Volume 44, Number 5, January 29, 1881
Volume 44, Number 6, February 5, 1881
Volume 44, Number 7, February 12, 1881
Volume 44, Number 8, February 19, 1881
Volume 44, Number 9, February 26, 1881
Volume 45, Number 1, July 2, 1881
Volume 45, Number 11, September 10, 1881
Volume 45, Number 13, September 24, 1881
Volume 45, Number 14, October 1, 1881
Volume 45, Number 15, October 8, 1881
Volume 45, Number 16, October 15, 1881
Volume 45, Number 17, October 22, 1881
Volume 45, Number 18, October 29, 1881
Volume 45, Number 19, November 5, 1881
Volume 45, Number 2, July 9, 1881
Volume 45, Number 20, November 12, 1881
Volume 45, Number 21, November 19, 1881
Volume 45, Number 22, November 26, 1881
Volume 45, Number 23, December 3, 1881
Volume 45, Number 24, December 10, 1881
Volume 45, Number 25, December 17, 1881
Volume 45, Number 26, December 24, 1881
Volume 45, Number 3, July 16, 1881
Volume 45, Number 4, July 23, 1881
Volume 45, Number 5, July 30, 1881
Volume 45, Number 7, August 13, 1881
Volume 45, Number 8, August 20, 1881
Volume 45, Number 9, August 27, 1881
Volume 46, Number 1, January 7, 1882
Volume 46, Number 10, March 11, 1882
Volume 46, Number 11, March 18, 1882
Volume 46, Number 12, March 25, 1882
Volume 46, Number 13, April 1, 1882
Volume 46, Number 14, April 8, 1882
Volume 46, Number 15, April 15, 1882
Volume 46, Number 16, April 22, 1882
Volume 46, Number 17, April 29, 1882
Volume 46, Number 18, May 6, 1882
Volume 46, Number 19, May 13, 1882
Volume 46, Number 2, January 14, 1882
Volume 46, Number 20, May 20, 1882
Volume 46, Number 21, May 27, 1882
Volume 46, Number 22, June 3, 1882
Volume 46, Number 23, June 10, 1882
Volume 46, Number 24, June 17, 1882
Volume 46, Number 25, June 24, 1882
Volume 46, Number 3, January 21, 1882
Volume 46, Number 4, January 28, 1882
Volume 46, Number 5, February 4, 1882
Volume 46, Number 6, February 11, 1882
Volume 46, Number 7, February 18, 1882
Volume 46, Number 8, February 25, 1882
Volume 46, Number 9, March 4, 1882
Volume 47, Number 1, July 1, 1882
Volume 47, Number 10, September 2, 1882
Volume 47, Number 11, September 9, 1882
Volume 47, Number 12, September 16, 1882
Volume 47, Number 13, September 23, 1882
Volume 47, Number 14, September 30, 1882
Volume 47, Number 15, October 7, 1882
Volume 47, Number 16, October 14, 1882
Volume 47, Number 17, October 21, 1882
Volume 47, Number 18, October 28, 1882
Volume 47, Number 19, November 4, 1882
Volume 47, Number 2, July 8, 1882
Volume 47, Number 20, November 11, 1882
Volume 47, Number 21, November 18, 1882
Volume 47, Number 22, November 25, 1882
Volume 47, Number 23, December 2, 1882
Volume 47, Number 24, December 9, 1882
Volume 47, Number 25, December 16, 1882
Volume 47, Number 26, December 23, 1882
Volume 47, Number 3, July 15, 1882
Volume 47, Number 4, July 22, 1882
Volume 47, Number 5, July 29, 1882
Volume 47, Number 6, August 5, 1882
Volume 47, Number 7, August 12, 1882
Volume 47, Number 8, August 19, 1882
Volume 47, Number 9, August 26, 1882
Volume 48, Number 1, January 6, 1883
Volume 48, Number 10, March 10, 1883
Volume 48, Number 11, March 17, 1883
Volume 48, Number 12, March 24, 1883
Volume 48, Number 13, March 31, 1883
Volume 48, Number 14, April 7, 1883
Volume 48, Number 15, April 14, 1883
Volume 48, Number 16, April 21, 1883
Volume 48, Number 17, April 28, 1883
Volume 48, Number 2, January 13, 1883
Volume 48, Number 21, May 26, 1883
Volume 48, Number 22, June 2, 1883
Volume 48, Number 23, June 9, 1883
Volume 48, Number 24, June 16, 1883
Volume 48, Number 25, June 23, 1883
Volume 48, Number 26, June 30, 1883
Volume 48, Number 3, January 20, 1883
Volume 48, Number 4, January 27, 1883
Volume 48, Number 5, February 3, 1883
Volume 48, Number 6, February 10, 1883
Volume 48, Number 7, February 17, 1883
Volume 48, Number 8, February 24, 1883
Volume 48, Number 9, March 3, 1883
Volume 49, Number 1, July 7, 1883
Volume 49, Number 10, September 8, 1883
Volume 49, Number 11, September 15, 1883
Volume 49, Number 12, September 22, 1883
Volume 49, Number 13, September 29, 1883
Volume 49, Number 14, October 6, 1883
Volume 49, Number 15, October 13, 1883
Volume 49, Number 16, October 20, 1883
Volume 49, Number 17, October 27, 1883
Volume 49, Number 18, November 3, 1883
Volume 49, Number 19, November 10, 1883
Volume 49, Number 2, July 14, 1883
Volume 49, Number 20, November 17, 1883
Volume 49, Number 21, November 24, 1883
Volume 49, Number 22, December 1, 1883
Volume 49, Number 23, December 8, 1883
Volume 49, Number 24, December 15, 1883
Volume 49, Number 25, December 22, 1883
Volume 49, Number 26, December 29, 1883
Volume 49, Number 3, July 21, 1883
Volume 49, Number 4, July 28, 1883
Volume 49, Number 5, August 4, 1883
Volume 49, Number 6, August 11, 1883
Volume 49, Number 7, August 18, 1883
Volume 49, Number 8, August 25, 1883
Volume 49, Number 9, September 1, 1883
Volume 50, Number 1, January 5, 1884
Volume 50, Number 10, March 8, 1884
Volume 50, Number 11, March 15, 1884
Volume 50, Number 12, March 22, 1884
Volume 50, Number 13, March 29, 1884
Volume 50, Number 14, April 5, 1884
Volume 50, Number 15, April 12, 1884
Volume 50, Number 16, April 19, 1884
Volume 50, Number 17, April 26, 1884
Volume 50, Number 18, May 3, 1884
Volume 50, Number 19, May 10, 1884
Volume 50, Number 2, January 12, 1884
Volume 50, Number 20, May 17, 1884
Volume 50, Number 21, May 24, 1884
Volume 50, Number 22, May 31, 1884
Volume 50, Number 23, June 7, 1884
Volume 50, Number 24, June 14, 1884
Volume 50, Number 25, June 21, 1884
Volume 50, Number 26, June 28, 1884
Volume 50, Number 3, January 19, 1884
Volume 50, Number 4, January 26, 1884
Volume 50, Number 5, February 2, 1884
Volume 50, Number 6, February 9, 1884
Volume 50, Number 7, February 16, 1884
Volume 50, Number 8, February 23, 1884
Volume 50, Number 9, March 1, 1884
Volume 51, Number 1, July 5, 1884
Volume 51, Number 10, September 6, 1884
Volume 51, Number 11, September 13, 1884
Volume 51, Number 12, September 20, 1884
Volume 51, Number 13, September 27, 1884
Volume 51, Number 14, October 4, 1884
Volume 51, Number 15, October 11, 1884
Volume 51, Number 16, October 11, 1884
Volume 51, Number 17, October 25, 1884
Volume 51, Number 18, November 1, 1884
Volume 51, Number 19, November 8, 1884
Volume 51, Number 2, July 12, 1884
Volume 51, Number 20, November 15, 1884
Volume 51, Number 21, November 22, 1884
Volume 51, Number 22, November 29, 1884
Volume 51, Number 23, December 6, 1884
Volume 51, Number 24, December 13, 1884
Volume 51, Number 25, December 20, 1884
Volume 51, Number 26, December 27, 1884
Volume 51, Number 3, July 19, 1884
Volume 51, Number 4, July 26, 1884
Volume 51, Number 5, August 2, 1884
Volume 51, Number 6, August 9, 1884
Volume 51, Number 7, August 16, 1884
Volume 51, Number 8, August 23, 1884
Volume 51, Number 9, August 30, 1884
Volume 52, Number 1, January 3, 1885
Volume 52, Number 10, March 7, 1885
Volume 52, Number 11, March 14, 1885
Volume 52, Number 12, March 21, 1885
Volume 52, Number 13, March 28, 1885
Volume 52, Number 14, April 4, 1885
Volume 52, Number 15, April 11, 1885
Volume 52, Number 16, April 18, 1885
Volume 52, Number 17, April 25, 1885
Volume 52, Number 18, May 2, 1885
Volume 52, Number 19, May 9, 1885
Volume 52, Number 2, January 10, 1885
Volume 52, Number 20, May 16, 1885
Volume 52, Number 21, May 23, 1885
Volume 52, Number 22, May 30, 1885
Volume 52, Number 23, June 6, 1885
Volume 52, Number 25, June 20, 1885
Volume 52, Number 26, June 27, 1885
Volume 52, Number 3, January 17, 1885
Volume 52, Number 4, January 24, 1885
Volume 52, Number 5, January 31, 1885
Volume 52, Number 6, February 7, 1885
Volume 52, Number 7, February 14, 1885
Volume 52, Number 8, February 21, 1885
Volume 52, Number 9, February 28, 1885
Volume 53, Number 1, July 4, 1885
Volume 53, Number 10, September 5, 1885
Volume 53, Number 11, September 12, 1885
Volume 53, Number 12, September 19, 1885
Volume 53, Number 13, September 26, 1885
Volume 53, Number 14, October 3, 1885
Volume 53, Number 15, October 10, 1885
Volume 53, Number 16, October 17, 1885
Volume 53, Number 17, October 24, 1885
Volume 53, Number 18, October 31, 1885
Volume 53, Number 19, November 7, 1885
Volume 53, Number 2, July 11, 1885
Volume 53, Number 20, November 14, 1885
Volume 53, Number 21, November 21, 1885
Volume 53, Number 22, November 28, 1885
Volume 53, Number 23, December 5, 1885
Volume 53, Number 24, December 12, 1885
Volume 53, Number 25, December 19, 1885
Volume 53, Number 3, July 18, 1885
Volume 53, Number 4, July 25, 1885
Volume 53, Number 5, August 1, 1885
Volume 53, Number 6, August 8, 1885
Volume 53, Number 7, August 15, 1885
Volume 53, Number 8, August 22, 1885
Volume 53, Number 9, August 29, 1885
Volume 54, Number 1, January 2, 1886
Volume 54, Number 10, March 6, 1886
Volume 54, Number 11, March 13, 1886
Volume 54, Number 12, March 20, 1886
Volume 54, Number 13, March 27, 1886
Volume 54, Number 14, April 3, 1886
Volume 54, Number 15, April 10, 1886
Volume 54, Number 16, April 17, 1886
Volume 54, Number 17, April 24, 1886
Volume 54, Number 18, May 1, 1886
Volume 54, Number 19, May 8, 1886
Volume 54, Number 2, January 9, 1886
Volume 54, Number 20, May 15, 1886
Volume 54, Number 21, May 22, 1886
Volume 54, Number 22, May 29, 1886
Volume 54, Number 23, June 5, 1886
Volume 54, Number 25, June 19, 1886
Volume 54, Number 26, June 26, 1886
Volume 54, Number 3, January 16, 1886
Volume 54, Number 4, January 23, 1886
Volume 54, Number 5, January 30, 1886
Volume 54, Number 6, February 6, 1886
Volume 54, Number 7, February 13, 1886
Volume 54, Number 8, February 20, 1886
Volume 54, Number 9, February 27, 1886
Volume 55, Number 1, July 3, 1886
Volume 55, Number 10, September 4, 1886
Volume 55, Number 11, September 11, 1886
Volume 55, Number 12, September 18, 1886
Volume 55, Number 13, September 25, 1886
Volume 55, Number 14, October 2, 1886
Volume 55, Number 15, October 9, 1886
Volume 55, Number 16, October 16, 1886
Volume 55, Number 17, October 23, 1886
Volume 55, Number 18, October 30, 1886
Volume 55, Number 19, November 6, 1886
Volume 55, Number 2, July 10, 1886
Volume 55, Number 20, November 13, 1886
Volume 55, Number 21, November 20, 1886
Volume 55, Number 22, November 27, 1886
Volume 55, Number 23, December 4, 1886
Volume 55, Number 24, December 11, 1886
Volume 55, Number 25, December 18, 1886
Volume 55, Number 26, December 25, 1886
Volume 55, Number 3, July 17, 1886
Volume 55, Number 4, July 24, 1886
Volume 55, Number 5, July 31, 1886
Volume 55, Number 6, August 7, 1886
Volume 55, Number 7, August 14, 1886
Volume 55, Number 8, August 21, 1886
Volume 55, Number 9, August 28, 1886
Volume 56, Number 1, January 1, 1887
Volume 56, Number 10, March 5, 1887
Volume 56, Number 11, March 12, 1887
Volume 56, Number 12, March 19, 1887
Volume 56, Number 13, March 26, 1887
Volume 56, Number 14, April 2, 1887
Volume 56, Number 15, April 9, 1887
Volume 56, Number 16, April 16, 1887
Volume 56, Number 17, April 23, 1887
Volume 56, Number 18, April 30, 1887
Volume 56, Number 19, May 7, 1887
Volume 56, Number 2, January 8, 1887
Volume 56, Number 20, May 14, 1887
Volume 56, Number 21, May 21, 1887
Volume 56, Number 22, May 28, 1887
Volume 56, Number 23, June 4, 1887
Volume 56, Number 24, June 11, 1887
Volume 56, Number 25, June 18, 1887
Volume 56, Number 26, June 25, 1887
Volume 56, Number 3, January 15, 1887
Volume 56, Number 4, January 22, 1887
Volume 56, Number 5, January 29, 1887
Volume 56, Number 6, February 5, 1887
Volume 56, Number 7, February 12, 1887
Volume 56, Number 8, February 19, 1887
Volume 56, Number 9, February 26, 1887
Volume 57, Number 1, July 2, 1887
Volume 57, Number 10, September 3, 1887
Volume 57, Number 11, September 10, 1887
Volume 57, Number 12, September 17, 1887
Volume 57, Number 13, September 24, 1887
Volume 57, Number 14, October 1, 1887
Volume 57, Number 15, October 8, 1887
Volume 57, Number 16, October 15, 1887
Volume 57, Number 17, October 22, 1887
Volume 57, Number 18, October 29, 1887
Volume 57, Number 19, November 5, 1887
Volume 57, Number 2, July 9, 1887
Volume 57, Number 20, November 12, 1887
Volume 57, Number 21, November 19, 1887
Volume 57, Number 22, November 26, 1887
Volume 57, Number 23, December 3, 1887
Volume 57, Number 24, December 10, 1887
Volume 57, Number 25, December 17, 1887
Volume 57, Number 26, December 24, 1887
Volume 57, Number 3, July 16, 1887
Volume 57, Number 4, July 23, 1887
Volume 57, Number 5, July 30, 1887
Volume 57, Number 6, August 6, 1887
Volume 57, Number 7, August 13, 1887
Volume 57, Number 8, August 20, 1887
Volume 57, Number 9, August 27, 1887
Volume 58, Number 1, January 7, 1888
Volume 58, Number 10, March 10, 1888
Volume 58, Number 11, March 17, 1888
Volume 58, Number 12, March 24, 1888
Volume 58, Number 13, March 31, 1888
Volume 58, Number 14, April 7, 1888
Volume 58, Number 15, April 14, 1888
Volume 58, Number 16, April 21, 1888
Volume 58, Number 17, April 28, 1888
Volume 58, Number 18, May 5, 1888
Volume 58, Number 19, May 12, 1888
Volume 58, Number 2, January 14, 1888
Volume 58, Number 20, May 19, 1888
Volume 58, Number 21, May 26, 1888
Volume 58, Number 22, June 2, 1888
Volume 58, Number 23, June 9, 1888
Volume 58, Number 24, June 16, 1888
Volume 58, Number 25, June 23, 1888
Volume 58, Number 26, June 30, 1888
Volume 58, Number 3, January 21, 1888
Volume 58, Number 4, January 28, 1888
Volume 58, Number 5, February 4, 1888
Volume 58, Number 6, February 11, 1888
Volume 58, Number 7, February 18, 1888
Volume 58, Number 8, February 25, 1888
Volume 58, Number 9, March 3, 1888
Volume 59, Number 1, July 7, 1888
Volume 59, Number 10, September 8, 1888
Volume 59, Number 11, September 15, 1888
Volume 59, Number 12, September 22, 1888
Volume 59, Number 13, September 29, 1888
Volume 59, Number 14, October 6, 1888
Volume 59, Number 15, October 13, 1888
Volume 59, Number 16, October 20, 1888
Volume 59, Number 17, October 27, 1888
Volume 59, Number 18, November 3, 1888
Volume 59, Number 19, November 10, 1888
Volume 59, Number 2, July 14, 1888
Volume 59, Number 20, November 17, 1888
Volume 59, Number 21, November 24, 1888
Volume 59, Number 22, December 1, 1888
Volume 59, Number 23, December 8, 1888
Volume 59, Number 24, December 15, 1888
Volume 59, Number 25, December 22, 1888
Volume 59, Number 26, December 29, 1888
Volume 59, Number 3, July 21, 1888
Volume 59, Number 4, July 28, 1888
Volume 59, Number 5, August 4, 1888
Volume 59, Number 6, August 11, 1888
Volume 59, Number 7, August 18, 1888
Volume 59, Number 8, August 25, 1888
Volume 59, Number 9, September 1, 1888
Volume 60, Number 1, January 5, 1889
Volume 60, Number 10, March 9, 1889
Volume 60, Number 11, March 16, 1889
Volume 60, Number 12, March 23, 1889
Volume 60, Number 13, March 30, 1889
Volume 60, Number 14, April 6, 1889
Volume 60, Number 15, April 13, 1889
Volume 60, Number 16, April 20, 1889
Volume 60, Number 17, April 27, 1889
Volume 60, Number 18, May 4, 1889
Volume 60, Number 19, May 11, 1889
Volume 60, Number 2, January 12, 1889
Volume 60, Number 20, May 18, 1889
Volume 60, Number 21, May 25, 1889
Volume 60, Number 22, June 1, 1889
Volume 60, Number 23, June 8, 1889
Volume 60, Number 24, June 15, 1889
Volume 60, Number 25, June 22, 1889
Volume 60, Number 26, June 29, 1889
Volume 60, Number 3, January 19, 1889
Volume 60, Number 4, January 26, 1889
Volume 60, Number 5, February 2, 1889
Volume 60, Number 6, February 9, 1889
Volume 60, Number 7, February 16, 1889
Volume 60, Number 8, February 23, 1889
Volume 60, Number 9, March 2, 1889
Volume 61, Number 1, July 6, 1889
Volume 61, Number 10, September 7, 1889
Volume 61, Number 11, September 14, 1889
Volume 61, Number 12, September 21, 1889
Volume 61, Number 13, September 28, 1889
Volume 61, Number 14, October 5, 1889
Volume 61, Number 15, October 12, 1889
Volume 61, Number 16, October 19, 1889
Volume 61, Number 17, October 26, 1889
Volume 61, Number 18, November 2, 1889
Volume 61, Number 19, November 9, 1889
Volume 61, Number 2, July 13, 1889
Volume 61, Number 20, November 16, 1889
Volume 61, Number 21, November 23, 1889
Volume 61, Number 22, November 30, 1889
Volume 61, Number 23, December 7, 1889
Volume 61, Number 24, December 14, 1889
Volume 61, Number 25, December 21, 1889
Volume 61, Number 26, December 28, 1889
Volume 61, Number 3, July 20, 1889
Volume 61, Number 4, July 27, 1889
Volume 61, Number 5, August 3, 1889
Volume 61, Number 6, August 10, 1889
Volume 61, Number 7, August 17, 1889
Volume 61, Number 8, August 24, 1889
Volume 61, Number 9, August 31, 1889


Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 1, January 3, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   A Few Novelties  . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   A New Policy in Law  . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
                                  Railroad Over the Raton Mountains  . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Dr. Daniel Draper's Contributions to
                                  Meteorology  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Trade Marks in Congress  . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   A Dissertation Bureau  . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Influence of Electricity on Vegetation   3--3
                      Anonymous   The Common Reward of Intelligence and
                                  Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--4
                      Anonymous   Horizontal Double-Acting Force Pump  . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Gopher and Ant Destroyer . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 4--5
                      Anonymous   Novel Hat Sweat  . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Eye-Glasses . . . . . . . 5--6
                      Anonymous   New Musical Instrument . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 6--7
                      Anonymous   Type Casting Machine . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   The Brazilian Porcupine  . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Snake Eating Snake . . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 12--12

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 10, March 6, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 156--156
                      Anonymous   The Proposed New Patent Law  . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Approximate Economy of Gas and Electric
                                  Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   The Certification of Timepieces  . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Important Decision by the U.S. Circuit
                                  Court --- the Page Electrical Patent
                                  Sustained  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   The Inspection of Small Steamers . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Artificial Diamonds  . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   A New Meteorite  . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Riveting --- Tweddell System   146--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Carpenter's Gauge . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   New Fluid Propeller or Motor . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   New Lawn Edge Mower  . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   American Industries, No. 33  . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Packing . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   \em Proa Ladronia  . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Scientific Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Improved Shovel Plow Point . . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   The Hairy Crab . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   The \em Phylloxera in California . . . . 153--154
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Artesian Wells For Colorado  . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 11, March 13, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 172--172
                      Anonymous   American Industries, No. 34  . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Who Shall Hold the Surplus?  . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Regulation of Shifting River Channels    160--160
                      Anonymous   The Drive Well in New York City  . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Ferdinand De Lesseps and the Chagres
                                  Canal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   A New Fruit Drier  . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Roller Gate . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Mould for Sewer Building  . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Novel Method of Carpeting Stairs . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Novel Small Motor  . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Cheap Spectroscope . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   New Gas Saver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--165
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Improved Controlling Valve for Engines   166--166
                      Anonymous   New Potato Digger  . . . . . . . . . . . 166--167
                      Anonymous   The Leaf Mormolyce . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 167--169
                      Anonymous   The Condition of French Workmen  . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Improved Cam for Stamp Mills . . . . . . 169--170
                      Anonymous   Electric Lamp Tests  . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 12, March 20, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 188--188
                      Anonymous   The St. Gothard Railway Tunnel . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The Patent Bill Now Before the Senate    176--177
                      Anonymous   The New Meteorite  . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   The First Step in Invention  . . . . . . 177--178
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Boilers . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   New Soldering Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   New Car Door Fastener  . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Speaking Picture Book  . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Ironing Table, Clothes Drier, and Step
                                  Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   New Mole and Gopher Trap . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Continuous Displacement    180--180
                      Anonymous   Drying Oven with Constant Draught of Dry
                                  Air  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 35  . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Improved Riding Attachment for
                                  Cultivators  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Non-Conducting Covering for Heated
                                  Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Medusle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--184
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 184--185

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 13, March 27, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 204--204
                      Anonymous   Ship Railways for Isthmus Crossings  . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Evils of Neglecting Cold in the Head . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   A Plan to Make New York a Fresh Water
                                  Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   A Zoological Novelty . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Chemical Repulsion . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   New Plastering Machine . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Stone Polishing Machine . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Improved Sprout Puller . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Window  . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   New Holdback for Harness . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 36 . . . . . 196--197
                      Anonymous   The New Leclanche Battery  . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Steel in Agricultural Tools  . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The Kingio and the Tong-Tsing-Yo . . . . 199--201
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American Export
                                  Edition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--204

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 14, April 3, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 220--220
                      Anonymous   America's Industrial Supremacy Assured   208--208
                      Anonymous   Protection from Yellow Fever . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Cheap Patents Cheapen Goods  . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Simple Burglar Alarm . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   The ``New Pattern'' Blake Crusher  . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 37 . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Scissors and Scale Measure . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Jackscrews  . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Improved Plant Sprinkler . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Improved Pruning Implement . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   New Lubricator for Steam Engines . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   Venus' Girdle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   \em Peripatus Capensis . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                 Chas. B. Boyle   Specters in the Air  . . . . . . . . . . 216--218
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 15, April 10, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   American Exhibits at the Berlin Fish
                                  Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Mining in Maine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Old River Beds of California . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Arizona Shellac  . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Another Six Weeks of Suspense  . . . . . 225--226
                  A. W. Roberts   New Uses for Old Tin Cans  . . . . . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   American Industries,No.38  . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   The Sawyer Electric Light  . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   The Racine Canoe . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   The Franklin Draught Regulator . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   A New Gas Economizer . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   Curious Capture by an Oyster and a
                                  Mussel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236--236

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 16, April 17, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   The National Plant of the Chinese  . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Metropolitan Museum of Art . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Aids for the Deaf  . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
               Henry Morton and   
            Alfred M. Mayer and   
                   B. F. Thomas   Some Electrical Measurements of One of
                                  Mr. Edison's Horseshoe Lamps . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   The American Fish Cultural Association   241--241
                      Anonymous   Photo-Engraving  . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   The New York Exhibition of 1883  . . . . 241--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand and Power Presses  . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   New Method of Buoying Vessels  . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   New Check-Row, Corn Planter, and
                                  Fertilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Improved Steel Horse Collar  . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   American Industries, No. 39  . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   The Andre--Brougham Electric Lamp  . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Novel Sight for Firearms . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Novel Speed Regulator  . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Improved Pipe Tongs  . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Ice-Making Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Capture of a Large Finback Whale . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
                                  Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   The Literary Revolution. --- History . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 17, April 24, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 269--269
                      Anonymous   Electro-Horticulture . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The Migration of the Great American
                                  Desert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Mining Debris Problem in California  257--257
                      Anonymous   American Industries, No. 40  . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   New Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Automatic Hub Mortising Machine  . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   A New Writing Instrument . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   New Steak-Tendering Mallet . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   New Oatmeal Machine  . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Boiler Plate Testing Machine . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   The Elephant Calf and its Mother . . . . 263--264
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Potato Diggers  . . . . . 265--266

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 18, May 1, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 285--285
                      Anonymous   Elevated City Railroads  . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Wire Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Fracture of the Duilio's 100-Ton Gun 272--273
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Oil Company . . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   The Great Gas Well of Pennsylvania . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Amending the Patent Law  . . . . . . . . 273--273
               Henry Morton and   
                A. M. Mayer and   
                   B. F. Thomas   Some Electrical Measurements of One of
                                  Mr. Edison's Horseshoe Lamps . . . . . . 273--274
                      Anonymous   A New Warehouse Truck  . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A New Ventilator . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Felly Plate . . . . . . . . . . 274--275
                      Anonymous   New Ticket or Canceling Punch  . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   New Hose Carriage  . . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   New Box Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   New Egg Carrier and Crate  . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 41 . . . . . 277--278
                      Anonymous   A Novel Shading Pen  . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   New Wall Tent and Stove  . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 278--278
                  A. W. Roberts   Nest-Building Fish, \em Gastebosteide    279--280
                      Anonymous   The Panda, or Wah  . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 281--281

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 19, May 8, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301--301
                      Anonymous   White Nickel Bronze  . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   The Exportation of American Manufactures 288--288
                      Anonymous   New Jersey Mines and Minerals  . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   The Commissionership of Patents  . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   The Edison Lamp Tests  . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Science  . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Tornado in Missouri  . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   The Tunnel Under the Hudson River  . . . 290--291
                      Anonymous   Crime in Bengal  . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Improved Knife Handle  . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Telephone Transmitter . . . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   The Great Southern Comet . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   What is the Time of Jupiter's Rotation   293--294
                      Anonymous   New Life Preserver . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   New Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Railway Cremation  . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                  A. W. Roberts   Sea Beans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Insane Ingenuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Improved Windmill  . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Improved Rail  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 296--298
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 298--298

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 2, January 10, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--21
                      Anonymous   New Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   The Telephonic Central Office System . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   The Future of the Telephone  . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Progress of Artificial Illumination  . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Alexander Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Exclusiveness of English Manufacturers   17--17
                      Anonymous   The Heart as a Machine . . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   The Struggles of a Successful Inventor   17--17
                      Anonymous   Low Water on Manufacturing Streams . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   The Johnston Harvester Prize . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Edison's Latest Electric Light . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   A New Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                   Maurice Keil   On the Dephosphorization of Iron . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Miasm and Fevers . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--22
                      Anonymous   Another Extinct Race that Never Existed  22--22
                      Anonymous   Novel Swimming Device  . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Juvet's Time Globe . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 23--23
                    H. C. Hovey   The Basket Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 24--26
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 20, May 15, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317--317
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 42 . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   The Use of Steel for Structural Purposes 304--304
                      Anonymous   Two Tons of Silver Per Week  . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Telegraph Set Screw  . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Steam Injectors  . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Registration of Trade Marks  . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Recent Telephone Experiments . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   The Coffee Product . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Improved Telephone Central Office Switch
                                  Board  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Improved Gang Plow . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   New Dump Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
                      Anonymous   The Gower System of Telephonic
                                  Communication, Paris . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Novel Tool Handle  . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   New Rotary Engine  . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Improved Gun Wad . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                Daniel C. Beard   A Copter on Trout  . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Flowers and the Weather  . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 21, May 22, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 332--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 333--333
                      Anonymous   Artificial Respiration, the Efficiency
                                  of the Water Trap  . . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   The Babcock & Wilcox Water Tube Boiler    319--319
                      Anonymous   Patent Law and Equity  . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Two Meteorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Household Fungi  . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   A New Industrial School of Art in New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Science  . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Novel Swimming Device  . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   A Large Ice Machine  . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   New Oil-Testing Apparatus  . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Hot-Blast Boiler Furnace  . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Novel Transparent Sign . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   A Novel Thermoscope  . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   New Corn Grater  . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   The Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                     Burr Noble   Dust Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Ants and their Milch Cattle  . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   The Chronology of the Telegraph  . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 330--330
                  Wm. L. Dudley   The Volatile Oil of Mustard  . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 332--332

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 22, May 29, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
                      Anonymous   Patents for not Inventing  . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Page Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Honors to an Inventor  . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Electric Railway an American
                                  Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Prof. Tice's Theory of Cyclones  . . . . 337--337
               George L. Catlin   New Atlantic Seaport in France . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Legislating on Color Blindness . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   New Draughtsman's Easel  . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   New Method of Operating Mining Pumps . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   New Self-Locking Hook  . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   New Refrigerating Cover  . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   American Industries No. 43 . . . . . . . 340--341
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Registering Solar
                                  Radiation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
                      Anonymous   New Sporting Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Recording Earthquake
                                  Movements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 342--342
                  A. W. Roberts   The Decorating Spider Crab . . . . . . . 343--343
                   C. Few Seiss   The Painted Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
                                  Copyrights, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--345
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 23, June 5, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--358
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   An Epidemic of Gold Discovery  . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Another Lost Field Glass . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   A Fast River Steamer . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Improvements at Cohoes . . . . . . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   Poisonous Frying Pans  . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Carp Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Stove Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Muybridge's Zoogyroscope . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Milk and Butter Preservatives  . . . . . 353--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Folding Mirror  . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Edison's New Electrical Railway  . . . . 354--355
                      Anonymous   Seeing by Electricity  . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Novel Animal Motor . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   A Novel Combination  . . . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 356--357
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No 44  . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   New Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Hatchways . . . . . . . . 358--359
                      Anonymous   South African Antelopes  . . . . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 360--363

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 24, June 12, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 380--380
                      Anonymous   The Future of the Electric Railway . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Deep Mines in Nevada . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Food Adulteration  . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The American Chemical Society  . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   Oysters at Quinnipiac  . . . . . . . . . 369--369
               Charles B. Boyle   Binocular Vision in Telescopes . . . . . 370--371
                      Anonymous   New Electric Lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   New Style of Moulding  . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   The Steam Engine Indicator . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   A New Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   A Useful Steam Boiler Appliance  . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   New Ceiling and Wall . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Improved Mill Pick . . . . . . . . . . . 374--375
                    H. C. Hovey   The Crinoids of Crawfordsville . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No 45  . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Porcelain Chimney-Piece  . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 25, June 19, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No 46  . . . . . 383--384
                      Anonymous   Great Yield of a Blast Furnace . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Problem of the Ice Supply for New
                                  York City  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   The Millers in Council . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   The Howgate Polar Expedition . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Our Iron and Steel Imports . . . . . . . 385--386
                      Anonymous   Automatic Feed Water Apparatus for Steam
                                  Boilers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Climbing Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   The Kuilenburg Bridge  . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Safety Appliance for Releasing Horses    387--387
                      Anonymous   Sled and Boat Combined . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Calendar Inkstand  . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Edison's Ore Separator . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Stovepipe . . . . . . . . 388--388
                   M. L. Baxter   Some Experiments With Small Batteries    389--389
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   The Babyboussa of Malacca  . . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   The Barbastelle  . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Roofed Country Roads . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
                                  Copyrights, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 26, June 26, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 410--412
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No 47  . . . . . 399--400
                      Anonymous   The American Society of Civil Engineers  400--400
                      Anonymous   A New Plan for Small Remittances . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   The Proportion of Patents to Population  400--400
                      Anonymous   Cyprien M. Tessie Du Motay . . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   The Army Worm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Elevator for Canal Boats . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   Improved Stylographic Pen  . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Ventilation of Boots and Shoes . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Price Indicator for Gas Meters . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Boiler  . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 404--405
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Improved Brick Machine . . . . . . . . . 406--407
                  M. A. Niaudet   New Thermo-Electric Battery  . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   The Carp and its Culture . . . . . . . . 407--408
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 408--409

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 3, January 17, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 45--45
                      Anonymous   Patent Legislators in Congress . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   A New Deep Sea Sounding Apparatus  . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Prospects of Trade in Brazil . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   New Method of Producing Photographic
                                  Pictures in Colors . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   The Tay Bridge Disaster  . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Our Venomous Snakes  . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Edison's Vacuum Apparatus  . . . . . . . 34--35
                      Anonymous   Laboratory Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   New Damper Regulator . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Novel Toilet Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Stereoscopic Lantern Pictures  . . . . . 36--37
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 28 . . . . . 37--37
                 Wm. J. Baldwin   Hints to the Young Steam Fitter  . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   A Novel Clock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   The Aard Vark  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--43
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 44--44

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 4, January 24, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Action of Sewer Gas on Lead, Etc.  . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Typical Yankee . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   A Buried Race in Kansas  . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Taking Down Cleopatra's Needle . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Moles at the Cape of Good Hope . . . . . 49--50
                      Anonymous   Novel Sieve  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Novel Tap for Tin Cans . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Soap and Shaving Box . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   New Hand Hold for Reins  . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Novel Vise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Shawl Strap . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 29 . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   New Optometer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   New Adjustable Hose Nozzle . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   The Spring Haas  . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Chinese Vase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--58
                      Anonymous   Nasal and Bronchial Catarrh --- A Strong
                                  Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 5, January 31, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Application of Dynamo-Electric Machines
                                  to Telegraphy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63--64
                      Anonymous   The World's Fair of 1883 . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Electric Machines in Telegraphy  . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Future of Electricity  . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Two More Patent Bills  . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   The Tay Bridge Disaster  . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   The Past Year's Work in the Patent
                                  Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Heating Tires by Gas Jets  . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Soda  . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   A New Ventilator . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Hammer  . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   The Peerless Portable Steam Engine . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 68--69
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   New System of Digging and Curbing Wells  70--70
                      Anonymous   Light Locomotives  . . . . . . . . . . . 70--71
                      Anonymous   The Hyena Dog  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--74
                      Anonymous   A Labor-Saving Tool  . . . . . . . . . . 74--74

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 6, February 7, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence: Correspondents . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   Floating Derricks of New York Harbor . . 79--80
                      Anonymous   Iron Lighthouse for Mexico . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Work and Wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Cotton Size and Cotton Sizing  . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   Making Knit Cotton Goods to Imitate Wool 81--81
                      Anonymous   Compressed Air in Coal Mining  . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Improved Portable Engines  . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   New Egg Tongs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Medicine Bottle . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Animal Trap . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Jugs  . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   The Antiquity of the Spoon . . . . . . . 84--85
                Geo. M. Hopkins   On the Crystallization of Canada Balsam  85--85
                      Anonymous   New System of Ventilation  . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 86--87
                Daniel C. Beard   One of Nature's Gluttons . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   The Action of Light on Plants  . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   The Industrial Uses of Fish Skins  . . . 88--89
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Chinese Porcelain Vase . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents,
                                  Assignments, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 7, February 14, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 98--99
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 108--108
                      Anonymous   How Great Inventions are Made  . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Impolicy of Anti-Patent Combinations 96--97
                      Anonymous   The Western Railway Association and the
                                  Patent Laws  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Proposed World's Fair in 1883  . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Logic of Government Control  . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Owner of the Cape of Good Hope and
                                  his Ostrich Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
               W. M. J. Baldwin   Hints to the Young Steam Fitter  . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Novel Pedo-Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Improved Blowpipe  . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   Improved Draught Tug Springs . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Combined Milk Strainer and Stool . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 30 . . . . . 101--102
                      Anonymous   New Weighted Horseshoe . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Fireplaces  . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   The Moholi Galago  . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   Spider Crab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Ancient Egyptian Glassware . . . . . . . 105--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 8, February 21, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 124--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   Mr. Converse's Patent Bill . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   ``How Steel Hardens''  . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Approximate Economy of Gas and Electric
                                  Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   The Corundum Mines of North Carolina . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Why the Thunderer's Gun Burst  . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Artificial Ice Skating Rink, New
                                  York.,and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Improved Revolving Derrick . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   New Egg Beater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   New Agricultural Engine  . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Life Preserver Exhibitor . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No 31  . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   The Binary Absorption System of
                                  Refrigeration  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   New Steering Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                  A. W. Roberts   Marine and Land Hermit Crabs . . . . . . 119--121
                      Anonymous   The Steam Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   The Electric Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 121--122
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 42, Number 9, February 28, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   Passage by the House of Representatives
                                  of a Law for the Encouragement of
                                  Swindling  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Flour Vs Bran  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   A New Government Bureau Proposed . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   The Prevention of Fires  . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Chastant's Observations on Yellow Fever  129--129
                      Anonymous   American Industries, No 32 . . . . . . . 130--131
                      Anonymous   New Vise and Anvil Drill . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Electrical Pressure Indicator  . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Improved Electric Lamp . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 131--133
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   New Cotton Picking Shade . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Pumping System for Hydraulic Presses . . 134--135
                      Anonymous   The Hyrax  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
                   C. Few Seiss   The Pickerel Frog  . . . . . . . . . . . 135--137
                      Anonymous   Electrical Railway . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 137--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American Export
                                  Edition Published Monthly  . . . . . . . 140--140


Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 1, July 3, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 12--14
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   Simple and Cheap Process of Gas Making   1--2
                      Anonymous   The Superiority of American Watches  . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Little Steamer  . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   A Strange Epidemic . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Cannonading of Oil Tanks . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Navigation in Fogs . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Effect of Age on the Quality of Iron . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   A Collision Between Large Passenger
                                  Steamers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Prevention of Boiler Explosions  . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 4--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Watering Dipper . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Electric Lamp . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Preserving Fruit . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Novel Slate Washer . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   New Portable Shower Bath . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   \em Phyllirhoe Bucephala . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   The Force of Tree Growth . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Sydney International Exhibition ---
                                  1879--1880 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Aspirator and Compressor . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 10, September 4, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 157--157
                      Anonymous   The Inspection of Steam Boilers  . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Dr. Tanner's Great Fast  . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Effect of Starvation on the Blood  . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Making Profits out of Human Weakness . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   New Appliance for Harbor Fires . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Rain Theories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Lawn Mowing Made a Pleasure  . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Tea Kettle  . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   Concrete Fence Post and Sill . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Novel Folding Stand  . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Convenient Portable Bathing Apparatus    148--148
                      Anonymous   Rope Jumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 55 . . . . . 149--150
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Some New Electrical Machinery  . . . . . 150--151
                   C. Few Seiss   The Spotted Triton . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
                    C. V. Riley   Further Notes on the Northern Army Worm  152--152
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 152--153
                      Anonymous   Nickel Plating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 11, September 11, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 173--173
                      Anonymous   Point Bridge, Pittsburg, Pa  . . . . . . 159--160
                      Anonymous   A Novel Projectile . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Striking Figures About Cotton  . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   A Curious Physical Phenomenon  . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Do Patents Pay!  . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   The Concord School of Philosophy . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Tin in Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   The American Science Association . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Mining Debris in California  . . . . . . 161--162
                      Anonymous   Self-Adjusting Watch Key . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Novel Binder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   De Locht's Pantelephone  . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Experiment Illustrating Discharge of
                                  Electricity From Clouds  . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Submarine Observatory and Electric Light 163--164
                      Anonymous   The Williamsport Panel Planer  . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 164--165
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Novel Air Brake  . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   New Line-Throwing Gun  . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 166--167
                  A. W. Roberts   The Japanese and Chinese Sections of the
                                  Berlin International Fisheries
                                  Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Providence River Oysters . . . . . . . . 168--169
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 12, September 18, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 188--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 189--189
                      Anonymous   Modern Hill Climbing . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   Adulterations and Substitutions  . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The Photophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   An Astronomical Discovery  . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   How are the Oil Tanks Set on Fire by the
                                  Lightning? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   The Hudson River Tunnel  . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Lace Cutter . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Harness Buckle  . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   New Dish Washer  . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   A New Rock Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   A Modified Daniell Cell  . . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   Improved Valve-Gear for Engines  . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Halter to Prevent Horses from Cribbing   182--182
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   The India-Rubber and Gutta Percha
                                  Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--185
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 185--186
                     W. H. Weed   The Conch Fisheries of the Bahamas . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Curious Facts about the Albatross  . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 188--188

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 13, September 25, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 201--202
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 205--205
                      Anonymous   New Cab  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   Could a Hostile Fleet Bombard New York?  192--192
                      Anonymous   Science Teaching in Schools  . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   A Chance for Inventors. --- The  . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   The De Bay Propeller . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Traveling Flies  . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   French Pill Printing Machine . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   New Portable Oven  . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Hens' Wire Nests . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--195
                      Anonymous   The First Inventor of the Steam Gauge    195--196
                      Anonymous   New Beer Faucet  . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   The American Science Association . . . . 196--197
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Billiard Tables . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Double Treadle Attachment  . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 198--198
                  A. W. Roberts   Seals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Benzole  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 200--201
                      Anonymous   Count Louis François De Pourtales . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Reasonable Diligence . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   The Causes of Terrestrial Magnetism  . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   The Location of the Lick Observatory . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 14, October 2, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Potters' Machinery --- an Opening for
                                  Inventors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Burning of a Supposed Fireproof Building 208--208
                      Anonymous   Conscientious Workers  . . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   The Photophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   The Social Science Association . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Improved Blacking Brush  . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   New Extension Stovepipe  . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 56  . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 212--213
               W. M. J. Baldwin   Hints to the Young Steam Fitter  . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Railway Switches and
                                  Crossings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--215
                  A. W. Roberts   The Granny Whale . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   An Extra-Sensitive Thermometer . . . . . 216--217
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Water Gauges  . . . . . . 217--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 15, October 9, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 236--236
                      Anonymous   American Naval Defenses  . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Compressing Air by Falling Water . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Employees' Liabilities . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Hudson River Tunnel  . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   The Landing of the Obelisk . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Railway Improvements . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Novel Hand Sewing Tool . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Velocipede  . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   A Result of the Mississippi Jetties  . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Strength of Yellow Pine  . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   A Novel Importation  . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   The British Association Meeting  . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Great and Sudden Changes of Temperature  228--228
                      Anonymous   The Fair of the American Institute . . . 228--229
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 57  . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   The Franklin Search Expedition . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Improved Die Stock . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   A Novel Tent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   The Coral Signet of the King of Italy    231--231
                      Anonymous   The Mollusks at the Berlin Fishery
                                  Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   A New Acid Pump  . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--233
                 M. W. Griswold   Standard Wire Gauges . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   An Important Shoe Machine Patent Case    234--234
                      Anonymous   \$200,000 Worth of Rifles  . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 16, October 16, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 244--245
                      Anonymous   Correspondence: Correspondence, A New
                                  Safety Sail Boat, and more . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 58 . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   Organic Matter in the Air  . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Philadelphia Sheep and Wool Show . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Origin of the Merino Sheep . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Progress of Cotton Seed Oil Manufacture,
                                  Progress of the Brush Electric Light,
                                  and more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   The Unicorn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                    C. V. Riley   Insecticides for the Protection of
                                  Cotton, London Purple, and more  . . . . 241--242
                      Anonymous   Maxim's New Focusing Electric Lamp . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Engineer and Inventor  . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   New Sheep Protector, Spontaneous
                                  Combustion of Charcoal, and more . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Machine for Ornamenting Metal Surfaces   243--243
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   American Industries  . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions, Big farms on
                                  the Pacific Coast, and more  . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   A New Road Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   New Sash Holder and Fastener . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   A New Combined Barometer and Thermometer 246--246
                  A. W. Roberts   A Marine Community . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   The King Penguin, the Menominee Iron
                                  Mines, and more  . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--249
                      Anonymous   On some Impurities of Drinking Waters,
                                  the Model Workman, and more  . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 17, October 23, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence: Correspondence, Fire
                                  Apparatus in Cities, and more  . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 269--269
                      Anonymous   Recent Developments in Electric Lighting 255--256
                      Anonymous   The Relation of Cheap Patents to
                                  Industry Prosperity  . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   ``Malarial'' Fever in New England  . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Revival of American Commerce . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Benjamin Peirce  . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Firepro of Ferryboats  . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Designs Produced by Crystallization  . . 257--257
             William J. Baldwin   Hints to the Young Steam Fitter  . . . . 258--259
              George M. Hopkins   Apparatus for Combining Rectangular
                                  Vibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   New Grain Meter  . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   The Wool Sorter's Disease  . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   A New Fire Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Fall of a Meteoric Stone . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   Long-Billed Parrot and Banksian Cockatoo 263--264
                  A. W. Roberts   Batoidei, or Rays  . . . . . . . . . . . 264--265
                      Anonymous   Tin Plate Industry --- the Process of
                                  Manufacture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   American Razors  . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Cremation of the Dead  . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 18, October 30, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 274--275
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Leveling Attachment for Earth Cars . . . 271--271
                     M. Hopkins   New Recording Galvanometer . . . . . . . 271--272
                      Anonymous   The Telephone on the Battlefield . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   What We Buy and Sell Abroad  . . . . . . 272--273
                  T. J. Burrill   Blight of Pear Trees . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Destruction of Oysters by Petroleum  . . 273--274
                      Anonymous   Toothed-Wheel Wire Fence . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   New Hammerless Gun . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   New Chimney Cap and Ventilator . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Nursery Chair . . . . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   The Fan-Tailed Poodle  . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 276--277
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 277--278
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Determining the Electric
                                  Charges of Falling Rain  . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Davey's Simplex Motor  . . . . . . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   Note on Turpentine, Rosin, and Allied
                                  Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   The Dowd Tunneling System  . . . . . . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   History of Elevated Railways . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Homicide in the United States  . . . . . 282--282

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 19, November 6, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   The Laws of Cyclones . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   The Cultivation of the Sumac . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   The Color of Ozone . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Untimely Snows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   The Cape Cod Canal . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Incendiary Silks . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 69 . . . . . 290--291
                      Anonymous   The Magnetic Separator . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   A New Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   New Protective Suit for Firemen  . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   Fishing on the Amazon  . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Combined Horse Power and Stable Floor    294--294
                      Anonymous   Improved Milk can  . . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   The Elephant Seal  . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Fight Between a Thrasher, Swordfish, and
                                  a Whale  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   A Promising Vine . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Malignant Diseases of Plants . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   The Cincinnati Industrial Exposition . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   The American Institute Fair  . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Exportation of Vulcanite Emery Wheels    298--298
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 2, July 10, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   The Millers and the Patent Laws  . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   ``There's Room at the Top''  . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Patent Pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Are River Waters Safe  . . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Electrical Pavements for City
                                  Locomotion, Skin Grafting from the Dead
                                  and more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Electric Brake for Railway Cars  . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Horseshoes  . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 48 . . . . . 20--21
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Improved Fishway . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Novel Corn Sled  . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   Sea Otter, or Kalan  . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   Nemertes, or Striped Polia . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Improved Elevator  . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
                      Anonymous   The Structure of Matter  . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 20, November 13, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   The Prospects of Trade . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Proposed Palm Oil Industry . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Effect of Forests Upon Rainfall  . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Brunton Tunneling Machine  . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Infected Cigars  . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Police Telephones  . . . . . . . . . . . 305--307
                      Anonymous   New Nursing Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Adjusting Balance Wheels
                                  of Watches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   Lightning-Proof Oil Tank . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Mr. Eads' Ship Railway for the American
                                  Isthmus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--309
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 309--310
                      Anonymous   Improved Bottle Stopper  . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Improved Bolt for Double Doors . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Deep Sea-Sounding Apparatus  . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   The Hunting Falcon . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   The Nutrition of Roots . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Improved Gas Burner  . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents and Trade
                                  Marks, By the Commissioner of Patents,
                                  and more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 21, November 20, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 329--330
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   American Mechanical Engineers  . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Electric Discharges from Animals and Men 320--320
                      Anonymous   A New System of Apprenticeship . . . . . 320--320
                 R. H. Thurston   The Expansion of Steam . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   London Fogs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   The Butler Colliery Fire . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 60 . . . . . 322--325
                      Anonymous   The Step of Man  . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Center Turning Attachment for Lathes . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Ericsson's Duplex Caloric Pumping Engine 326--327
                      Anonymous   The Golden Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Natural Ponds for the Cultivation of
                                  Carp for Private Use . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 22, November 27, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--350
                      Anonymous   A Huge Vacuum Pan  . . . . . . . . . . . 335--336
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting by Incandescence . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Progress of Patent Law . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   The Livadia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Capt. Eads' Ship Railway . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   New Stove Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Cattle Pen  . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   Novel Window Screen  . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   A Novel Blind  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Filtering Cisterns . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                    H. C. Hovey   Hydraulic Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 341--342
                      Anonymous   An Improved Telephone  . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Novel Method of Precipitating Rainfalls  342--342
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Stormy Petrel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   The Fan as an Object of Hygiene  . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 344--345

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 23, December 4, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--361
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 61 . . . . . 351--352
                      Anonymous   The Magnet in Medicine . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   The Anthracite Trial at the Brooklyn
                                  Navy Yard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   Progress in American Telegraphy  . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Science  . . . . 353--354
                     M. Hopkins   Wire Apparatus for Laboratory Use  . . . 354--355
                      Anonymous   The Steam Boiler Smith . . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Changes on Jupiter . . . . . . . . . . . 356--357
                      Anonymous   Felt and Asbestos Covering for Steam
                                  Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 357--358
                      Anonymous   Pulping Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   Improved Stone Crusher . . . . . . . . . 358--359
                      Anonymous   The Gurami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                   O. Few Seiss   The Glutinous Salamander . . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   Chandelier Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   A Great Paper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Science in Aid of the Housewife  . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 24, December 11, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   On Protection from Lightning . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Electric Light on Western River
                                  Steamers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Harmonic Telegraph . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Responsibility of Employers in Germany   368--369
                      Anonymous   The Corundum Mines, Macon County, N.C.   369--369
                      Anonymous   Hot Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   World's Fair in 1883 . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   An Invention Wanted  . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Professor Henry's Big Magnet . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   New Reference Index  . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   The Stoner Automatic Scale . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 372--373
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 62 . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   New Machine for Washing Bottles  . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Feeding and Watering Live
                                  Stock on Cars  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                Daniel C. Beard   Born Blind and Deaf  . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 376--377
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 25, December 18, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--394
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   One more Number  . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Fires-Causes and Prevention  . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   What is Light? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   Glass Spinning and Weaving . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Remarkable Eruption of Mauna Loa . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   New Air Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Improved Safety Nut  . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Tool for Driving and Clinching Nails . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Automatic Balance Attachment for Valves  386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved safety valve  . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   New Hand Power Band Saw  . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Removing Ice from
                                  Railroads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   New Telegraph Insulator  . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Business Colleges  . . . . . . . . . . . 388--389
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 390--391
                      Anonymous   The Hercules Beetle  . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
                     James Hogg   Variegation of Leaves  . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Chinese Women's Feet . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 26, December 25, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--413
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No.63  . . . . . 399--400
                      Anonymous   The Last Number  . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Eighteen Hundred and Eighty  . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Electric Lights in Broadway, New York    400--400
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American for
                                  1881 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Site of the New York Fair of 1883  . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Compressed Air as a Motive Power . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Hudson River Tunnel  . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   The Spread of Diphtheria . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Petroleum for Harbor Defense . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Western Side Wheelers  . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   New Polishing Machine  . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Improved Bomb Lance  . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   New Cistern Filter . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Hand Mirror Holder . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 405--406
                      Anonymous   Burtons Improved Street Lamp . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   Sand and Water Spouts  . . . . . . . . . 407--407

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 3, July 17, 1880

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Government Use of Patents  . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- Our Illustrated
                                  Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   A Quarantine Fleet for the Mississippi   32--32
                      Anonymous   Increase in the Rubber Manufacture . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   A Patent Case of General Interest  . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Burning of Oil Tanks by Lightning  . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Series Forty-Nine  . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   The Boss Puzzle Abroad . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Disastrous Steamboat Accident  . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No.49 . . . . . 34--35
                      Anonymous   Improved Street Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Automatic Safety Cylinder Cock . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   A Novel Wheelbarrow  . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                  E. N. Maxwell   Repairing Spiral Springs . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   New Ore Separator  . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Improved Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Electro-Thermic Telephone  . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   New Telephone Experiments  . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Novel Gate Closer  . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   New Car Mover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   The Terebella and Hermella . . . . . . . 39--39
                  A. W. Roberts   Fish Parasites . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   The Structure of Matter  . . . . . . . . 41--42
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 4, July 24, 1880

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 61--61
                      Anonymous   Matter as a Mode of Motion . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Curious Capillary Phenomena  . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Panama Hats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   The Protection of Woodwork . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   The Bartholdi Statue of Liberty  . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Rotary Pump . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Picture Hanger  . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   Fonvielle & Lontin's Electrical Motor . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 50  . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   The Demand for Heavy Horses  . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   The Holland Hydrocarbon Retort . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Simple Key Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   The Mouse-Eating Spider at the Zoo . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Japanese Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Capt. Dobbins's Self-Righting Life Boat  56--58

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 5, July 31, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   The World's Fair of 1883 . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Removal of Diamond Reef New York
                                  Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                    C. V. Riley   Notes and Observations on the Army Worm  64--65
                      Anonymous   More Oil Tanks Fired by Lightning  . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   The American Chemical Society  . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Staten Island and Oysters  . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Novel Steam Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   The Profilograph . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 66--67
                      Anonymous   A New Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Closets . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   The Steamer Anthracite . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Novel Spy-Glass  . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   New Table Knife  . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   The Man who Ran the First Locomotive in
                                  America  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Brick Tea  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 51 . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Improved Method of Securing Car Wheels
                                  to the Axles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Novel Method of Running Railroad Cars    70--70
                  A. W. Roberts   The Leather Carp . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
                   C. F. Holder   Monster Bones (Fossils) from The Ancient
                                  Cretaceous Seas of Kansas and Colorado   71--74
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76--78

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 6, August 7, 1880

                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--94
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Serious Accident in the Hudson River
                                  Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   How Trees are Struck by Lightning  . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Arrival of the Egyptian Obelisk at New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   The Recent Milling Exhibition  . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Artesian Wells in California . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Dental Attachment for Telephones . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Sewers  . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Novel Can Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Harvester  . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   A New Punching Press . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 52 . . . . . 84--85
                      Anonymous   Novel Fruit Gatherer . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Drill-Hole Cleaner . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Steamships  . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 86--87
                      Anonymous   The Anthracite . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   Staten Island and Oysters  . . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 88--89
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 89--90
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   New Books and Publications . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92--94

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 07, August 14, 1880

                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index: Communications Received . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--110
                      Anonymous   Railway Progress and Requirements, and
                                  More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Evolution of Ideas . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Prevention of Virulent Diseases  . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Novel Clothes Line Pulley  . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   New Folding Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   A Visit To the Testing Station of the
                                  Industrial Academy, Berlin . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improvement In Stoves  . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Starter . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 54  . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Astronomical Observations At High
                                  Elevations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--101
                      Anonymous   Improved Cross Tie . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   American Milling As Seen By An
                                  Englishman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   The Extraction of the Salts of Sodium
                                  and Potassium From the Mother Lye of the
                                  Mediterranean Salt Pits  . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   The Livadia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                  A. W. Roberts   The Sturgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Formation of American Coal . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   New Use For Cyprus Reed Stems, and More  104--105
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating To Patents,
                                  and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   The Geological History of the Catskills,
                                  and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 8, August 21, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--122
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   Dr. Tanner's Fasting Experiment  . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Our Pottery Industry . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Another Rain Controller  . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Remarkable Explosions of Gas . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   The Texas Hydraulic Mineral Belt . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Arsenio in Wall Papers . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   The Magnet in Medicine . . . . . . . . . 113--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Generator . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Lifting Tackle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Galvanic Battery  . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   The Electric Lamps of W. Tchikoleff  . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 116--117
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 64 . . . . . 117--118
                      Anonymous   Improved Wagon Jack  . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   New Automatic Clamping and Pneumatic
                                  Paper Cutting Machine  . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Improved Hame  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 118--119
              Frederic A. Lucas   The Berlin Fisheries Exhibition  . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   The Ailantus Tree  . . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 120--121
             P. H. Vander Weyde   A Safety Appliance for the Hudson River
                                  Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   The Acme Cube Pipe Tongs . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 43, Number 9, August 28, 1880

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 141--141
                      Anonymous   A Peruvian Infernal Machine  . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Electric Light for Marine Use  . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Effect of Starvation on the Blood  . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Color Blindness in Connecticut . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Influx the Source of Invention . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Artificial Citric Acid . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   A Good Year for Statistics . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Fire in a Pennsylvania Coal Mine . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Clutch for Bow Strings . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   A Lens With Variable Focus . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   New Coupler  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                     E. Eichler   Yellow and Red Phosphorus in the
                                  Manufacture of Matches . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   A Substitute for the Crank . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Improved Book-Rack . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   New Air Gun  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   The Steamer Pittsburg  . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   The Glycerine Barometer  . . . . . . . . 134--135
                      Anonymous   Taguan Flying Squirrel . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   Clothing in its Relation to Health . . . 136--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Facts About Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Artificial Cold  . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 1, January 1, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   Bell's Photophone  . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   Patent Royalties on Shoe Machinery . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Prall System of Heating  . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Restoration of Our Commercial and
                                  Naval Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Electro-Brass Plating  . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Cremation Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Automatic Governor for Waste Water Pipes 5--5
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   The Growth of Large Elms . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 7--8
                      Anonymous   Novel Road Engine  . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Improved Hinge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                  A. W. Roberts   Scallops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 10, March 5, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Mammoth Fire Boat  . . . . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Telegraph Wires in Cities  . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Another Important Reissue Decision by
                                  the Supreme Court  . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Physical Training as a Means of Mental
                                  Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Steam Engines for Electric Light
                                  Machinery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   New Theory in Regard to Lunar Volcanoes  145--145
                      Anonymous   White Ants in Court  . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   The Humane Association's Cattle Car
                                  Competition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   A Telephone Reissue  . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Self-Winding Watch . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Skate Sailing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   New Drop Attachment for Bottles  . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   New Hatcheling Device  . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Improved Fog Horn  . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Pinking Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   The Osprey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
                      Anonymous   A Ducking Battery and How to Make It . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 11, March 12, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--169
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Garbage Destructor and Carbonizer  . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   The Sounds of Vapors and Gases --- the
                                  Photophone as an Instrument of Physical
                                  Investigation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Midwinter Malaria  . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Rice Culture in the Southwest  . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Compressed Lignite as Fuel . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Smokeless Fuel from Coal . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   The Silk Industry of the United States   161--161
                      Anonymous   Suppression of One Class of
                                  Interferences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Currycombs  . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   New Telescope of Short Focus . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Combined Anvil and Vise  . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Soldering by Electricity . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Preparing Starch for
                                  Finishing Linen and Cotton Goods . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   A Simple Experiment with Polarized Light 163--164
                      Anonymous   Recording Telephonic Receiver  . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 165--166
                      Anonymous   Slate Pencil Machine . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Engine with Gas-Fired Boiler . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 166--166
                  A. W. Roberts   The Winkle, or Ladle-Shell . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Improved Coffee Pot  . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 12, March 19, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Lard Cheese  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   Barrel Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   The Zodiacal Light . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Whose Boilers Explode  . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Storm Warnings in Court  . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Air and Water  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The Industrial Condition of Canada . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   Artificial Daylight  . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Sanitary Arrangements in Houses  . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 178--179
                      Anonymous   New Folding Bath Tub . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Rope-Clamp  . . . . . . . . . . 179--181
                      Anonymous   Improved Swivel-Holder for Fish-Hooks    181--181
                      Anonymous   Novel Scissors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                Geo. M. Hopkins   New Telephone Transmitter  . . . . . . . 182--182
              Frederio A. Lucas   The Cheiromeles  . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   The Horned Screamer  . . . . . . . . . . 183--185
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 13, March 26, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   A New Trade Mark Law . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   The Actual Cost of Making Illuminating
                                  Gas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Lager Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   To Make and Maintain a Lawn  . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   An Interesting Region  . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   A New American Gem . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 68 . . . . . 194--195
                      Anonymous   New Swinging Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Hiddenite --- A New Mineral  . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Singular Flower-Like Forms of Ice  . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Long Distance Telephone System of Dr.
                                  Herz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Utilization of the Waste of Cities . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   A Novel Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                   C. F. Holder   The Parasites of a Monster Jelly Fish    199--199
                      Anonymous   New Lime Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--201
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 14, April 2, 1881

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Our Deep Sea Fisheries . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Index of United States Patents . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   The Barge System on the Mississippi  . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Large Craft on the Lakes . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Water Supply of Cincinnati . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   The Reese Circular Saw . . . . . . . . . 209--209
                     E. Reynier   Comparative Experiments Made with Naked
                                  and Metallized Carbons . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Tyndall's Experiment on Radiant Heat . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Electrical Fire Indicator of M. G. Dupré  210--210
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 69  . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 212--213
                      Anonymous   New Handle for Soldering Irons . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Telephone and Telegraph
                                  Lines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   New Safety Whiffletree . . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Improved Hydraulic Ram . . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Novel Fire Kindler . . . . . . . . . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   Russian Beer Flagon  . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Scaly-Finned Fishes  . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 216--217
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 15, April 9, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 70 . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Recent Infringement Decisions  . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Sea Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Report of the Expert . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   A Gigantic Artificial Moon . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   Stationary and Portable Engines  . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   New Grappling Tool for Oil Wells . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Improved Ash Sifter  . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Improved Drying Kiln . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Improved Incubator . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Branchiopod Crustaceans  . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   The Sturgeon Family  . . . . . . . . . . 231--233
                      Anonymous   Novel Fish Basket  . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 16, April 16, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--246
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   The Utilization of Knowledge . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The American Fish Culturists' Convention 240--240
                      Anonymous   Pigs and Babies  . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Charges for Handling Grain in New York
                                  Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   The International Exhibition of
                                  Electricity at Paris, 1881 . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   An Invention Wanted for Utilizing Flax
                                  Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   New Embroidering Frame . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   New Perforating Machine  . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 71  . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   The Reese Fusion Disk  . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   The Velocipede Hand Car  . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Improved Refrigerator  . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 246--246
                 Geo M. Hopkins   Simplified Holtz Electrical Machine  . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Lavater's Apparatus for Taking
                                  Silhouettes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 17, April 23, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   The Chicago Police Telephone and Patrol
                                  System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   Legislating Against Progress . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Our City Sewerage  . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Permanent Pictures on the Retina . . . . 257--257
                    H. C. Hovey   Pickett's Cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--258
                      Anonymous   New Cooling Cask . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Richard's Registering Barometer  . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Reversible Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   New Game Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Cane with Toilet Combination . . . . . . 259--261
                      Anonymous   A Mechanical Finger for Use in the
                                  Photographing of Engravings  . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Machine for Grinding Bands on Goblets    262--262
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Bursting of Fly-Wheels . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   A Curious Inhabitant of the Sargasso Sea
                                  and Its Nest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   S\`evres Vase  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--264
                      Anonymous   Ozoniferous Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Blackford's Trout Show . . . . . . . . . 265--265

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 18, April 30, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 284--284
                      Anonymous   The Division of Labor  . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Study of Animal Motions  . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Electric Light in Akron, Ohio  . . . 272--272
                    H. C. Hovey   More about Pickett's Cave  . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Standard Time in the United States . . . 273--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Water Meter . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Force Pump  . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 72  . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   Hanger for Shafting  . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Hulling Cotton Seed  . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   The Stag Beetle and Champion Beetle  . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   The Colors of the Stars  . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Richly Decorated Vase  . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 19, May 7, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 300--300
                      Anonymous   The Chicago Waterworks . . . . . . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   ``Patent Perfidy'' . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Ozone and the Sanitology of Odors  . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Public Works in New York City  . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   The Date of the Glacial Era in Eastern
                                  North America  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Photophonic and Spectrophonic
                                  Discoveries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Improvement in the Construction of
                                  Fences and Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   Improved Optometer . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Animal Shears . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Water Elevators . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Real Lace by Machinery    295--296
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 296--296
                    Henry Segur   Coffee. --- its Uses and Medicinal
                                  Qualities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 2, January 8, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   The Electric Lights on Broadway, New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Groove Track Pavement  . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   An Unwise Physician  . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   International Exchange of Food Fish  . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Temporary Deafness . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                 R. H. Thurston   The Expansion of Steam . . . . . . . . . 17--18
                      Anonymous   Brush Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Demonstrating Mechanical
                                  Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Tidal Outlets for Sewers . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Jenkins' Packing and Valves  . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 19--19
                    H. C. Hoyet   The Albion Coal Mines  . . . . . . . . . 20--21
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 64 . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand and Bench Vise . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Improved Awning and Ventilator . . . . . 22--23
                   C. P. Holder   A Strange Parasitic Fish . . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   The Sword Bill Humming Bird  . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 24--26

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 20, May 14, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Invention . . . . . . . . . . . 315--318
                      Anonymous   Tornadoes, Hailstorms, and Waterspouts   304--304
                      Anonymous   Heat, Light, and Power without Cost  . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Another New Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   The Keely Motor Deception  . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   The Gamgee Perpetual Motion  . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Dose-Measuring Bottle  . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Post Hole Digger  . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Fastener . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 73 . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Araometric Method for the Estimation of
                                  Fat in Milk  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   New Hot-Air Bath Chamber . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   New Road Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   The Electric Light in an Art Gallery . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   Krugg Jugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   The Alligator Snapping Turtle  . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Botanical Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--314

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 21, May 21, 1881

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Great Suspension Bridge
                                  between New York and Brooklyn  . . . . . 319--322
                      Anonymous   Humanity Versus Fanaticism . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Intolerance among Physicians . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Corn as Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   How to Get Rid of Foundlings . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Extinguishing Petroleum with Chloroform  321--321
                      Anonymous   Plea for a Government Perpetual Motion   321--321
                      Anonymous   Novel Oil Separator  . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   Novel Car Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   The Gamgee Perpetual Motion  . . . . . . 324--325
                      Anonymous   Novel Washing Machine  . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 325--326
                      Anonymous   Novel Candlestick  . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   New Telephone Transmitter  . . . . . . . 326--326
                     John Eitel   A Simple Filter Pump . . . . . . . . . . 326--327
                      Anonymous   The Lemur Vari . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--329
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 22, May 28, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 342--343
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   The Second Bridge between New York and
                                  Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   Comet Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Opening of the Electric Railway in
                                  Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Iridium  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Gamgee Perpetual Motion  . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Insectivorous Plants . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Silk Adulterations . . . . . . . . . . . 337--338
                      Anonymous   New Can and Bottle Opener  . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   New Mole Trap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Fruit Jar . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Assaying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
                    G. R. Carey   Thermophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Novel Folding Cradle . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Novel Book Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Faience of India . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Elegant Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 343--345

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 23, June 4, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353--354
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 357--358
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Hudson River Tunnel  . . 351--356
                      Anonymous   Perpetual Motion Delusions . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Polarization of Sound  . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Electrical Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Opening of the New Workshop of the
                                  Stevens Institute of Technology  . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   New Belt Clasp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Telegraph Hand Car . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   New Gang Boring Machine  . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   New Spring Grass Shears  . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Feed Water Heater and Feed Pump  . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   New Method of Spacing and Lettering
                                  Signs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   John Fitch's Steamboat Experiment on
                                  Collect Pond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                  A. W. Roberts   Leech Farming  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--361
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 24, June 11, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Machines for Finishing Fabrics . . . . . 367--367
                      Anonymous   The Preservation of Gas Service-Pipes    368--368
                      Anonymous   Where the Letters are Written  . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Trade Mark Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   Deafness as a Cause of Railway Risks . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Dangers of Dentistry . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                    H. C. Hovey   A Mushroom Farm in Mammoth Cave  . . . . 369--370
                      Anonymous   New Bending Machine  . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   New Pumping Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   The Keely Motor Deception  . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   New Iron Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   Improved Connecting Rod  . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   New Style Power Mortiser . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 374--375
                      Anonymous   English Soft Porcelain . . . . . . . . . 375--375
                  A. W. Roberts   Lobsters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Oxygen from Bleaching Powder . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 25, June 18, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   A New Telephone System . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Medical Patents and Trade Marks  . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Testing Argentiferous Lead Ores  . . . . 384--385
                    H. C. Hovey   Rural Drainage and Disease . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Vaccination in Smallpox  . . . . . . . . 385--386
                  A. W. Roberts   Feast of Strange Fish  . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 386--387
                      Anonymous   Double Tongue for Harvesters . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Novel Rein Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                  A. E. Dolbear   A New System of Telephony  . . . . . . . 388--389
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                    C. Cuttriss   Photographing the Vibrations of the
                                  Voice  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Silk Culture in America  . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Improved Wind Motor  . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   New Book Protector . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 390--391
                      Anonymous   The Lump Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   Amphora of Bronze and White Metal  . . . 391--392

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 26, June 25, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 412--412
                      Anonymous   Siphons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   Attractive Suburban Residences . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   Printing Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   The Problem of Healthy Water . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   George Stephenson  . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Two Recent Boiler Explosions . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Concentrating or Storing up Electricity  401--402
                      Anonymous   Novel Device for Watering Animals  . . . 403--403
                 S. N. Hartwell   Steam Tugboat Explosion  . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Velocipede Carriage  . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   New Fastener for Grain-Car Doors . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   Storing of Electricity . . . . . . . . . 406--407
                      Anonymous   The Slender Dragon Fly . . . . . . . . . 407--408
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 408--408

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 3, January 15, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 36--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Brooklyn Bridge  . . . . 31--32
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Brush System of Electric
                                  Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   On Aids to Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   Harvest Figures  . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Professor Gamgee's Ice Machine . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Portable Fountain Water Closet . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Steamboats for South American Rivers . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Tongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--35
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Machine Guns  . . . . . . 35--35
                    H. C. Hovey   Howe's Cave  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
                      Anonymous   The Face in Health and Disease . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   The Chicago Police Alarm System  . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                    Joshua Rose   A Mysterious Explosion and Its Causes    38--38
                      Anonymous   Curious Time Measurers . . . . . . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 41--42
                      Anonymous   Cellar for Manufacturing Ice . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Human Footprints in Kentucky Sandstone   42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 4, January 22, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Edison's New Dynamo-Electric Machine . . 47--48
                      Anonymous   Improvements in the Silvering of Mirrors 48--48
                      Anonymous   Pharaoh's Serpents --- Are They
                                  Dangerous Toys?  . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Ice Roads and Railways on Ice  . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Electric Illumination at Menlo Park  . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   The Tehuantepec Ship Railway . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Should a Baby be Fat?  . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Electric Light Good for the Eyes . . . . 49--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Bench-Plane . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Machine for Riveting the Tubes of
                                  Galloway Boilers . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Tobacco-Leaf Cutting Knife . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Apparatus for Upward
                                  Percolation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Novel Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Bottle Cock for Effervescing Liquids . . 51--51
                  ?. Bertin and   
                      ?. Dubosq   On Magic Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   New Radial Drill . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Fog Horn  . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 54--54
                   C. F. Holder   Curious Fact in Natural History  . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Fresh-Water Medusæ  . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Transactions of the American Society of
                                  Engineers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 56--57
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 5, January 29, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mountain Railway System  . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   The Tendency of Recent Court Decisions
                                  with Regard to Reissued Patents  . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Official Report on the Steamer
                                  Anthracite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Thermometers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Mortars and Cements  . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   General Grant as President of the
                                  World's Fair Commission  . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Solar Clouds and Sun Spots . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   New Mechanical Movement  . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Wood Screw  . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Simple Magic Lantern . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Cattle Feeder . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   New Milking Stool  . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Dynamo-Telegraphy  . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand Press  . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Improved Oil-Stove Wick Trimmer  . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Spring-Making Tool . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   The Common Hornbill  . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
                Daniel C. Beard   Human Trees of India . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   A Curious Grave  . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 72--73
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 73--73

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 6, February 5, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   Street Illumination  . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Aunrecognized Qualities in Charcoal  . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Electric Signals for the New York
                                  Elevated Railways  . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Gas in Steel and Glass Making  . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   Trees in Cities  . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Singular Discovery in Connection with
                                  Phosphorescence  . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   A Description of Caucasian Petroleum . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 81--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Lock for Museum Cases . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Butter Cooler and Water Holder . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   Many-Color Printing Press  . . . . . . . 83--83
                      M. Boudet   New Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   The Obelisk in Central Park  . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Improved Bench Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Improved Extension Table . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The Sea Cat  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   Jersey Bull Diavolo  . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 87--89
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 7, February 12, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 100--101
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Progress of Patent Law . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Surplus Patent Funds . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Natural History of the Jews  . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Diagonal Avenues in Cities . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Subaqueous Gold Mining . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Technological, Industrial, and
                                  Sanitary Museum of New South Wales . . . 97--97
                    Joshua Rose   Another ``Mysterious'' Boiler Explosion  98--99
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 65 . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Continuous-Slide Lantern . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Improved Air Brake . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Locomotive Steam Crane . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Helmet Crests  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   The Navies of Europe --- Ten Years'
                                  Progress in Ships of War . . . . . . . . 104--105
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 105--105

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 8, February 19, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--117
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 66 . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   Rights of Patentees while in the Employ
                                  of the Government  . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Vaccination and Revaccination  . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   The Petroleum Basins of Wyoming  . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Experiments with Underground Wires . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   A Telephonic Controversy Settled . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Clevis  . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   The Huston Self-Leveling Berth . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Crane . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   A Seat for Shop Girls  . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Improved Air Refrigerating Machine . . . 118--118
                 H. L. Bridwell   American Built Steel Steamer for the
                                  River Magdalena  . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   The Gecko, or Wall Lizard  . . . . . . . 119--121
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 44, Number 9, February 26, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 67  . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   The Encouragement of Inventions --- With
                                  a Reservation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Is Glucose Unwholesome?  . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Writing Ink  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Proposed Digest of Patents . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   The Sun Spot Maximum . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Another New Disinfectant . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Pencil Holder and Scissors . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   New Ice Crusher  . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   New Adjuster for Mirror and Picture
                                  Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand Hoe  . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Cooking by Steam . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Convertible Traveling Cap and Scarf  . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   International Geographical Congress  . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Improved Wagon Brake . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Decorating Pottery . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Weaver Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   Botanical Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Experiment on the Lake of Geneva to
                                  Ascertain the Velocity of Sound in Water 137--137
                      Anonymous   Geological Survey of New Jersey  . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 1, July 2, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 5--6
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Garbage Cremating Furnace  . . . . . . . 1--2
                      Anonymous   Boiler Explosion Notes . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Preservation of Eggs . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Loan Exhibition of the Ohio Mechanics'
                                  Institute  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   The Jeannette Relief Expedition  . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   New Strainer for the Outlet of Tubs and
                                  Basins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Novel Chart Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improvement in Horse Collars  . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Steam Boiler Furnaces . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Electric Induction by Stress . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   New Road Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--7
                      Anonymous   Porcelain Urn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   The Prospects and Present State of
                                  Photography in Natural Colors  . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 9--10

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 11, September 10, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 173--173
                      Anonymous   The Paris Electrical Exhibition  . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Boot and Shoe Sewing-Machine Patents . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Steam Versus Sails in Oyster Culture . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   The Fishing Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Testing Full-Sized Bridge Columns  . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   The American Science Association . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Steam-Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 161--162
                      Anonymous   Watertown Boiler Explosion . . . . . . . 162--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Horse Hay-Fork  . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Casting Car Wheels  . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Tin-Plating Processes  . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Artificial Indigo in Meister, Lucius &
                                  Bruning's Exhibition of Dyestuffs  . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Improved Electric Generator  . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Improved Freight Car . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 166--167
                  A. W. Roberts   Operculums and Eyestones . . . . . . . . 167--167
                   C. F. Holder   Peculiarities of the Cephalopoda . . . . 167--169
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 13, September 24, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 204--204
                      Anonymous   Storage of Heat  . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Opening of Great Industrial Exhibitions,
                                  Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Promotions in the Patent Office  . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Reviving Old Rejected Cases  . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Steam-Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Dr. Heath's Discoveries in South America 193--193
                      Anonymous   Instantaneous Photography  . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Electric Flying Machine  . . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   De Combette's Solar Watch  . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Self-Registering Target  . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   A Deadly Fly --- New Case of Myiasis
                                  Observed in the Argentine Republic . . . 196--197
                      Anonymous   Removal of Flood Rock, New York City . . 197--198
                      Anonymous   Spinning Attachment for Sewing Machines  198--198
                      Anonymous   An Improved Battery  . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Telephones  . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Sevres Urn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--201

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 14, October 1, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Field and Forest Fires . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Metallurgy of Nickel . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   The Germinal Value of New Truths . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Boiler Explosion on a Dry Dock . . . . . 209--210
                      Anonymous   An Easily Made Chair . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Flower Stand  . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Cotton and Its Future --- An Opportunity
                                  for Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Preventing Ships from Sinking  . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Ajax Metal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--214
                      Anonymous   Improved Double-Acting Steam Pump  . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Woodpeckers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 216--218

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 15, October 8, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 236--236
                      Anonymous   The Storage of Petroleum . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   President Garfield's Fatal Wound . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Heat, Sun Storms, and Yellow Light . . . 224--225
                    H. C. Hovey   The Temperature of Mammoth Cave  . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Engine Piston . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Cut-Off for Electric Lamps . . . . . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   Lime-Extracting Heater and Filter  . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Combination Tool  . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 76 . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Potatoes and Their Utilization . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   The Fontaine Locomotive  . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Sleeping Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 232--233
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 233--233

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 16, October 15, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 246--247
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 252--252
                      Anonymous   The Raub Central Power Locomotive  . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   A Field for Invention  . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Moral Influence of the Telegraph . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Lesson of Mr. Garfield's Youth . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   The Holy Well at Mecca . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Electro-Metallurgy . . . . . . . . . . . 241--242
                      Anonymous   New Cloth-Cutting Machine  . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   The New Astronomer Royal . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Patented Improvements in Jewelry . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   New Ticket Punch . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   Steam Engine Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   A New Dynamo-Electric Machine  . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   The Eider Ducks  . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--249
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 17, October 22, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 268--268
                      Anonymous   American Art in Tools  . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   A Tea Cultivator Wanted  . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Mica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   New Graduating Apparatus . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Tables  . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Jointed Pitch-Board for Squares  . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Improved Drawing Pen . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   The Telephone. --- Judge Lowell's
                                  Opinions Commented Upon. --- Ingenious
                                  Transformations  . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   New Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Improved Mortising Machine . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Improved Curtain-Cord Tightener  . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Velocipede Boat in the Public Garden,
                                  Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--264
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 77  . . . . 264--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 18, October 29, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Patents  . . . . . . . . . . 284--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Reform  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Hamilton E. Towle  . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Cotton Plant and Its Fiber . . . . . 273--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Invalid Bed . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improvement in the Manufacture of
                                  Tweezers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                    H. C. Hovey   The New Scylla and Charybdis . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 78 . . . . . 276--277
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Improved Window Chair  . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Improved Governor  . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   New Diving Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   Breakfast Set of Sevres Porcelain  . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Botanical Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 280--281
                      Anonymous   The Gastroscope --- an Electric Light
                                  for the Human Stomach  . . . . . . . . . 281--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 282--282

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 19, November 5, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 300--300
                      Anonymous   The Ohio River . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   The Fontaine Locomotive  . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Casualties in Blasting . . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Oyster Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Combined Anvil, Punch, and Shears  . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Improved Kaleidoscope  . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   New Device for Operating the Tool Rests
                                  of Lathes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   New Draught Appliance for Stoves . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Trade Mark Decisions by the Commissioner
                                  of Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   Safety Self-cocking Arms . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   New Engine Cut-off . . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Electric Clock-Dial Mechanism  . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Improved Hatchway Doors  . . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   The Condor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 2, July 9, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 29--29
                      Anonymous   State Laws Affecting Patents . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Water Glass  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   The Stephenson Centenary . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   The Great Comet Now in Sight . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Novel Cattle Ringer  . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Feed-Water Regulator  . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Improved Wagon Spring  . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Improved Air Pump  . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                 S. N. Hartwell   Explosion of a Plain Cylinder Boiler in
                                  Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   An Interesting Boiler Experiment . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Truck . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                     M. Hopkins   Expansion Voltameter . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   The Electric Boat  . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   The Faure Battery-Stored-Up Electricity  23--24
                      Anonymous   The Prospects and Present State of
                                  Photo-Graphy in Natural Colors . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 20, November 12, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 316--316
                      Anonymous   Our Grain Crop and Its Commercial
                                  Importance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   The New Lyman--Haskell Cannon  . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Structure of Cotton Fiber in
                                  Relation to Dyeing . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Reproduction of Medals, Etc  . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Portable Pneumatic Riveting Machine  . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   New Tools  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   New Organ Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Telegraph Wire Jointer . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Plate-glass Beveling Machine . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   New Shot-Case and Distributer  . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   Improved Vise  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Wasps and Their Nests  . . . . . . . . . 313--314
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 21, November 19, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 332--332
                      Anonymous   The Distribution of Light and Heat in
                                  New York City  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319--320
                      Anonymous   The Madge and Her Victories  . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The St. Gothard Tunnel . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Is Insanity Increasing?  . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Railroad Inventions Wanted . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   New Compressed Air Locomotive on the
                                  Elevated Railway, New York . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Allen's Portable Compression Riveter . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Dinner Bucket . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Tile for Illuminating Purposes . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Improved Pocket Knife  . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Improved Book Rest . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Centrifugal Extractor for Cane Juice . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Electrical Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--329
                   C. Few Seiss   The Spotted Amblystome . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 22, November 26, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--341
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Wall Papers . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   The Fontaine Locomotive  . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Possibilities of the Cotton Industry 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Cause of Failure of Steel Boiler
                                  Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   A Rain of Spider Webs  . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Experiments with the Government Testing
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   The Phantasmoscope, or Magic Wheel . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Automatic Detaching and Lock Hook  . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Improved Cotton Stalk Cutter and Puller  342--342
                      Anonymous   Improved Cushioned Gun Stock . . . . . . 342--343
                      Anonymous   The Great Exhibition at Atlanta Ga . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 344--344

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 23, December 3, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   The Acme of Misinstruction . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Water Fuel on a Locomotive . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Commander Cheyne's Lectures  . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   The Relation of Agriculture and
                                  Manufactures to Population . . . . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Science  . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   How Kid Leather is Prepared  . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Pick  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   New Galvanometer . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Combined Lock and Reversible Latch . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Improved Damper  . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Electricity by Magnetic Induction  . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Novel Ticket Reel and Receptacle . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   Novel Grate-Bar  . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--359
                      Anonymous   Improved Twisting Reel . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 359--360
                  A. W. Roberts   The Great Sunfish  . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 24, December 10, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 380--380
                      Anonymous   Edison's New Steam: Dynamo . . . . . . . 367--367
                      Anonymous   Can a Patent be Sold by Sheriff for Debt
                                  Like Other Property? . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Luminous Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Smallpox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Resignation of the Commissioner of
                                  Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   The Muscular Power of Insects  . . . . . 370--371
                      Anonymous   Novel Bottle Wrapper . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Improved Soldering Iron  . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   New Husking Glove  . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Novel Trotting Sulky . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 374--375
                      Anonymous   Artistic Mantelpiece . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 378--378

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 25, December 17, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No 79  . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   Some Great Engineering Project . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Railroad Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Terrible Boiler Explosion in Ohio  . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 388--389
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Improved Shutter Fastener  . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Proposed Storage of Lightning  . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 393--393

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 26, December 24, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 410--411
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
                      Anonymous   Proposed New System of Waterworks for
                                  Chicago  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   A Glance Backward and Forward  . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Patents as Investments . . . . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   Vibration of Railway Bridges . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Naval and Coast Defense  . . . . . . . . 401--402
                      Anonymous   Pig Iron Breaker . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Improved Shaft Coupling  . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Experimental Boiler Explosion  . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   New Worm and Worm Wheel and Gear Cutter  406--406
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Dynamic Electricity  . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                    R. W. Seiss   The Flying Squirrel  . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   The Tape Worm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 3, July 16, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 45--45
                      Anonymous   Renewal of Niagara Suspension Bridge . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Important Telephone Decision . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   The Great Comet of 1881  . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Chemical Action in a Magnetic Field  . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   The Spread of the Carpet Beetle  . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Gamgee's Zeromotor . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Wood Weaving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                 S. N. Hartwell   Explosion of a Rolling Mill Boiler in
                                  Pottsville, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Hoisting Apparatus  . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Lighting Gas by Electricity  . . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   Panel Decorations for Eaton Hall . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Chemical Paradoxes . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Firework Formulæ  . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 4, July 23, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 57--58
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Union Arch, Washington Aqueduct  . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   Separation of the Comet  . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Fulminating Compounds  . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Poisonous Refreshments . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Celluloid . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Centripetal and Centrifugal Motions in
                                  Animals  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Improved Spring Hinge  . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   New Mechanical Movement  . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   New Glove Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   New Tire Tightener . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                 S. N. Hartwell   Collapse of a Steel Boiler Flue  . . . . 51--53
                      Anonymous   Phosphorescent Substances  . . . . . . . 53--54
                      Anonymous   Electro-Massage  . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   New Reflector for Suspended Lamp . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Buttons . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Volumetric Assay of Bullion, Alloys, Etc 55--55
                     M. Hopkins   Dynamic Electricity  . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 5, July 30, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 77--77
                      Anonymous   New Lasting Machine  . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   Dr. Griscom's Fast . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   An Ancient Aqueduct Reopened . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Inconveniences of Electric Street
                                  Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Gaffney Boiler Explosion . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Stencil Copying Process  . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Interesting Test of Cast Iron Boiler
                                  Heads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   A Life-Saving Lesson in Physics  . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   New Adjustable Gun Stock . . . . . . . . 66--66
                     M. Hopkins   A New Use for the Induction Balance  . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Canceling Stamp . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   New Band Saw Machine . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Dividers and Calipers . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Novel Cork Extractor . . . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   Preparation of Tinned Iron --- Tin Plate 68--68
                      Anonymous   Maiche's Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Improved Slotting Machine  . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Improved Lubricator  . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                Daniel C. Beard   Home of the American Osprey  . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Quartz and Marl as Wood Fillers  . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 73--73

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 7, August 13, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 109--109
                      Anonymous   Improved Band Log Saw Mills  . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   Ventilation of Halls of Audience . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Button-Set Riveting for Boilers  . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Torpedo Steam Alarm  . . . . . . . . 96--97
                 S. N. Hartwell   Mr. Lawson's Boiler Explosion  . . . . . 97--97
                    H. C. Hovey   Pioneer Canning  . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Galvanization of an Engine Piston  . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Bending Machine for Iron and Steel . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Extension Magazines for Coal Stoves  . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   A Simple Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Ventilated Bath Box for Chemical and
                                  Photographic Purposes  . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Condensed Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Electro-Assay of Copper Ores . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   A Novel Bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 100--101
                      Anonymous   The Secret of Easy Floating  . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   New Double Plunges Steam Pump  . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Novel Fruit Picker . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   Sevres Vase  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   The S\`evres Porcelain Factory . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 104--104

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 8, August 20, 1881

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   Non-Explosive Kerosene . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   State Taxation of Patented Articles  . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Butter Coloring  . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   The Tails of Comets  . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   A Strange Explosion  . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Dust Explosion in Ehret's Brewery  . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Latchinoff's Optical Dynamometer . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   New Rail Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Portable Meteorological Station  . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Steam-Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   Attachment for Pants . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                    C. T. Eilet   A Remarkable Case of Retarded
                                  Development  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 74 . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   A New Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   An Improvement in Iron Fences  . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   A Handy Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--119
                      Anonymous   Earth Stars  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   A Three Hundred Dollar Turtle  . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 120--122
                      Anonymous   Decisions of the Courts Relating to
                                  Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 45, Number 9, August 27, 1881

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 141--141
                      Anonymous   Watertown, N.Y., and its Water Power . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   ``A Militia for the Sea''  . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Cotton Manufacture . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Is Consumption Contagious? . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Opening of the Paris Electric Exhibition 129--129
                      Anonymous   Schaeberle's Comet . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                    H. C. Hovey   A Remarkable Instance of Retention of
                                  Heat by the Earth  . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Improved Shutter-Worker  . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Latch  . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 130--131
                      Anonymous   Temporary Steering Apparatus of H.M.S.
                                  Bacchante  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Improved Spring Bed  . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   How to Make Good Cider and to Keep it    133--134
                      Anonymous   Novel Machine for Demagnetizing Watches  134--134
                      Anonymous   The Guacharo, or Oil Bird  . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   Decisions of the Courts Relating to
                                  Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 1, January 7, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 4--5
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Stone Engraving  . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   New Laws for Analyzing Food and Drugs    2--2
                      Anonymous   English as the Speech of the Future  . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Loss of the Jeannette  . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Truck . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Power and Hand Presses  . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   New Fret Sawing Machine  . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   The Ætna Pattern Grate Bar  . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Improved Punch and Shear . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Improved Thill Tug . . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 10, March 11, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 156--156
                      Anonymous   Preserving Fence Posts . . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Duc's Patent Mechanical Atomizer . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Invalidation of Patents by Public use    144--144
                      Anonymous   The Propagation of Codfish . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   The Smoke Nuisance. --- Problems for
                                  Inventors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                    C. V. Riley   Cotton Picking by Machinery  . . . . . . 145--146
                      Anonymous   M. Carpentier's Melograph  . . . . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   Improved Knockdown Barrel  . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 148--149
                      Anonymous   The Skiagraph  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
                      Anonymous   Improved Velocipede  . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Improved Band Sawing Machine . . . . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   Improved Belt Stretcher  . . . . . . . . 151--151
                      Anonymous   Effects of Heat upon Steel . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 152--153
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 11, March 18, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 172--172
                      Anonymous   Proposed Electric Light Tower at New
                                  Orleans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Proposed Patent Legislation  . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   The Transformation of Bacteria . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   A Railway-Crossing Invention Wanted  . . 161--162
                      Anonymous   New Side-Saddle Girth  . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   New Safety Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Nut Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Pocket Hanger for Hats and Garments  . . 163--163
                    H. C. Hovey   The Luraz Caverns by Electric Light  . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 164--165
                      Anonymous   Failure of Mats as a Protection to the
                                  River Front of New Orleans. ---
                                  Something New Wanted . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   New Stock-Alarm for Locomotives  . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Novel Rein-Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   New Tool Holder for Grindstones  . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Four-Barreled Hammerless Gun . . . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                Daniel C. Beard   Two-Story Birds' Nests . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 12, March 25, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 188--188
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting for Siege Purposes . . 175--176
                      Anonymous   Proposed Amendments of the Patent Laws   176--177
                      Anonymous   The Chinese Craze  . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   New Railway Track Gauge and Level  . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   New Hand Vise  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Pump Piston . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Novel Door Hanger  . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   New Saw Frame  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                  Marcel Deprez   On a New form of Magneto-Electric
                                  Exploder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   Improved Sash Fastener . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   A Curiously Worn Hammer Handle . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   New Show-Box Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 182--183
                      Anonymous   Fresh Grapes for the Table . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   \em Spongilla Fluviatilis --- the Cause
                                  of Cucumber Taste in Water . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--185
                    C. F. Kroeh   Parthenogenesis  . . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 13, April 1, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 204--204
                      Anonymous   Engines of Steamship Parisian  . . . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   A Moral Misapplied . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Specialists and General Problems . . . . 192--192
                    C. V. Riley   Silk Culture in the United States  . . . 193--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Stalk Rake  . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Insulator and Protector for
                                  Under-Ground Lines . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   A New Telephone Receiver . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Novel Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for April . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 196--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Journal Box . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   A New Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   Dry Steam Portable Engine  . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Mound-Making Birds of Australasia  . . . 201--202

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 14, April 8, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 220--220
                      Anonymous   New Machine for Cleaning and Separating
                                  the Fibers of Leaves . . . . . . . . . . 207--207
                      Anonymous   The Steering and Propelling Gear of the
                                  Alarm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Virchow on Soups and Broths  . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Engine  . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   New Pegging Awl  . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Novel Striking Mechanism for Electric
                                  Bells  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Jupiter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   New System of Brick Making . . . . . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   Tapir and Young  . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 216--217
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 217--218

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 15, April 15, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 236--236
                      Anonymous   A New Field for Invention  . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Comet a 1882 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Fish Culture in America  . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Locomotives and Malaria  . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Foods for Infants and Invalids . . . . . 225--226
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   The Gravity Coal Piers at Hoboken  . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Interesting Experimental Boiler
                                  Explosion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   Powerful Bar Iron Shear  . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   Improved Plate Planer  . . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 233--233

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 16, April 22, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 252--252
                      Anonymous   The New High-Service Pumping Works, New
                                  York City  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--240
                      Anonymous   Uniformity in Chemical Nomenclature  . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Carelessness as a Cause of Fire  . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Testing Chocolate  . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   New Gold Separator . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Automatic Gate  . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Novel Belt Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Compressed-Air Machine Used in the
                                  Channel Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   The Attempt to Destroy the Andre
                                  Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Plow for Laying Electric Cables  . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   New Plant-Trimming Shears  . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 246--246
                   J. B. Holder   A Rediscovery --- ``The Black Whale''    247--248
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 17, April 29, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--261
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 268--268
                      Anonymous   The Blackwell's Island Bridge  . . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   Charles Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The Loss of the Arctic Search Steamer
                                  Rodgers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for May . . . . . 257--258
                      Anonymous   New Electric Log . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   A Novel Sled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   New Grain Drier  . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   New Life Boat Plug . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   New Acoustic Telephone . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   A New Ore Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 262--262
                Daniel C. Beard   The Tile Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Jerboas, or Leaping Mice . . . . . . . . 263--265
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 265--266
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 18, May 6, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 284--284
                      Anonymous   Engines of the Steamship Parisian  . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   Light, Heat, and Power at Little Cost    272--272
                      Anonymous   The Protection of Small Inventions . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Bessemer's Bronze Powder --- How the
                                  Public Gains by Granting Patents for
                                  Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Sir Charles Wyville Thomson  . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Gas Engine  . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Sewage Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 275--278
                      Anonymous   Improved Boiler and Furnace  . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Novel Ship's Log . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Some Curious Bugs  . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Sugar --- A Glance at its History,
                                  Production, and Manufacture  . . . . . . 280--282

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 19, May 13, 1882

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 303--304
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Kinzua Viaduct . . . . . . . . . . . 287--288
                      Anonymous   The Libyan Desert  . . . . . . . . . . . 288--290
                      Anonymous   A New Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 290--291
                   W. R. Eckart   Chronograph for Engineering Purposes . . 291--293
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Barker's Heating and Ventilating
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Improved Sheep Shears  . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Improved Fruit Evaporator  . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Peruke-Horned Doe  . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   The Electric Telegraph and the
                                  Woodpeckers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--298
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Electrical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 300--300
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Invention  . . . . . . . . 300--300
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 300--302
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 303--303

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 2, January 14, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--25
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 26--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   Innocent Patentee Versus Innocent
                                  Purchaser  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   John William Draper  . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Explosion of an Upright Boiler . . . . . 17--18
                      Anonymous   Earth Connections for Telegraph Wires
                                  and Lightning Rods . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Portable Combined Bath Tub and Heater    18--18
                      Anonymous   New Toilet Combination . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 80 . . . . . 19--22
                      Anonymous   Improved Universal Chuck . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Kettles . . . . . . . . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   Finger-Supporting and Exercising Device  23--23
                      Anonymous   Improved T-Square  . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 20, May 20, 1882

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Lift on the Morris Canal . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Klinkerfues' Weather Compass . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Suffocation by Coal Gas  . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Metallic Cæsium . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                  C. F. Gissler   The Parasite of the Clam . . . . . . . . 308--309
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Stationary Engine with Adjustable
                                  Cut-Off Valves . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   Improved Plow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--313
                      Anonymous   New Cotton Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   New Disintegrating Riffles . . . . . . . 314--314
                   C. F. Holder   The Great Ant-Eater and Its Young  . . . 315--317
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 318--319
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 319--320
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 320--321

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 21, May 27, 1882

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   Preparation of Lactic Acid . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Life-Saving Apparatus at the Recent
                                  Naval and Submarine Exhibition . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Nullification of the Patent Laws . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for June  . . . . 328--329
                      Anonymous   Congressional Engineering  . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Boat for the Italian Government  330--330
                      Anonymous   New Bottle Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Novel Window Blind Operator  . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Novel Burglar Alarm  . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   New Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Sound Recorder  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   Improved Railroad Switch . . . . . . . . 334--334
                    C. V. Riley   Successful Management of the Insects
                                  Most Destructive to the Orange . . . . . 335--336
                      Anonymous   The Use of Ammonia in Baking Powders and
                                  its Importance as a Culinary Agent . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Invention  . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 337--338

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 22, June 3, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349--349
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   New Ore Boasting Furnace . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   The Total Solar Eclipse  . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Insatiate Vampires in Michigan . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Legislative Confiscation . . . . . . . . 344--345
                      Anonymous   Tubercle Parasite  . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Detective Fire Alarm Box . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   New Tracheotome  . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Novel Indicator for Weighing Scales  . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   New Vapor Burner . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   The Mississippi River  . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   The New Patent Bill  . . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   The Recent Lawson Boiler Experiment  . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   Improved Portable Engines  . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Filigree Jewelry Box . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   Where Agates Come from . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 353--354

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 23, June 10, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364--366
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No, 83 . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   Vivisection and Mortisection . . . . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   How Silk Is Reeled in France . . . . . . 360--361
                   J. E. Miller   Crystalline Glass  . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   A New Silvering Process for Iron and
                                  Steel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Temperature of Steam and Water as
                                  Affected by Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Method or Stopping Crevasses . . . . . . 366--366
                    F. G. Blinn   A Simple Way to Convert a Pillar and
                                  Claw Stand to an Equatorial  . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   Kabath's Corrugated Accumulators . . . . 367--368
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 369--370
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 369--370
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 370--370

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 24, June 17, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381--381
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 386--387
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Legislative Atavism  . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   The Summer Solstice  . . . . . . . . . . 376--377
                      Anonymous   The Prevailing Strikes . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Misrepresentation as a Legislative
                                  Influence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                    H. C. Hovey   East Rock Park New Haven . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   New Ventilating System . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 380--380
                      Anonymous   Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   New Oil Cup  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   Novel Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   The Fox Kusu at the Berlin Aquarium  . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 25, June 24, 1882

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 401--402
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Inauguration of the New Eddystone
                                  Lighthouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   Non-Combustible Fabrics  . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Defective Instruction in Reading . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Live Stock in the United States  . . . . 392--393
                      Anonymous   Gentilli's Glossograph. --- An Automatic
                                  Short-Hand Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   New Suspended Safe . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Cooking Stoves and Ranges 395--395
                      Anonymous   Spittoon Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   Small Dynamo-Electric Machine  . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 397--397
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 397--397
                      Anonymous   The Paradox Wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . 397--397
                      Anonymous   Wave Power Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   Regnard's Incandescent Lamp  . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   The Double Induction Motor . . . . . . . 399--399

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 3, January 21, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   The Use and Economy of Gas Engines . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Our Leather Industry . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Railway Inventions Wanted  . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   The ``City of Puebla'' . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Improved Railroad Spike  . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Furnace Feeder  . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Sash-Cord Guide . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 81 . . . . . 35--38
                      Anonymous   Improved Circular Sawmill  . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   New Automatic Pencil . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   Improved Quartz Stamper  . . . . . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 40--40

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 4, January 28, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--53
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 53--54
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Fraudulent Claims in Reissued Patents    48--48
                      Anonymous   Losses by Fire in 1881 . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Left-Handed Generosity . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Boiler, Explosions in 1881 . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Electrical Sheep Shears  . . . . . . . . 49--50
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Steamboats  . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Lighthouse Lanterns . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   The Multichange Cannon for Coast and
                                  Harbor Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Horizontal Steam Engine with Automatic
                                  Slide Valve Cut-Off  . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   Improved Ice Machine . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 56--57
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 57--57
                   C. F. Holder   A Phosphorescent Coral and Other Marine
                                  Phos-Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 5, February 4, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 72--74
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   The Hudson River Tunnel --- New York End 63--63
                      Anonymous   Criminal Neglect in Railway Management   64--64
                      Anonymous   Solid Petroleum  . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Stock Car Competition  . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Plating Cotton with Silk . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Marine Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Improved Shovel Plow . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Wire Fence  . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Kohler's Extinguisher for Argand Burners 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Drilling Machine  . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Horseshoe . . . . . . . . . . . 67--68
                  Marcel Deprez   Rheometric Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 68--69
                      Anonymous   New Coin Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Explosion of Two Boilers at Pittsburg,
                                  PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--72
                      Anonymous   Botanical Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 6, February 11, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   The City of Worcester  . . . . . . . . . 79--79
                      Anonymous   Alexander Lyman Holley . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Some Questions of Coast Defense  . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   Burning of the Old and Opening of the
                                  New \booktitleScientific American
                                  Offices, New York  . . . . . . . . . . . 81--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Pulverizer  . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   A New Electric Motor and Its
                                  Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Multiple Pressure Sugar Mill . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Press for the Manufacture of Belts . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The Cork Oak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 88--90

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 7, February 18, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   New Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 108--108
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 82 . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   Another Case of Expanded Reissue . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Scientific Results of the Jeannette
                                  Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Relation of the Government to
                                  Patentees  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Comet Seeking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Ten Years' Progress in Iron and Steel
                                  Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--98
                      Anonymous   Ader's Magnifying Telephone  . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Supplying Steam Boilers with Water . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 100--101
                      Anonymous   Improved Portable Engine . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Grebes and Their Nests . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   The Symbolical Signs of the Planets  . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 104--106
                      Anonymous   Engineering Intentions . . . . . . . . . 106--106

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 8, February 25, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Invention . . . . . . 115--117
                      Anonymous   Inventions: New Inventions . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 124--124
                      Anonymous   Frager's Water Meter . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   The Wilson Cooked Meat Patents . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Railroad Collisions and Their
                                  Preventives --- Room for Invention . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   The Park Row Fire  . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for March . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Extracting Ammonia from
                                  Gas Liquors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Revolving Fire Arms . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Testing Machine . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Wringers  . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus    118--118
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Revolving Telegraph Table  . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Novel Passenger Head Rest  . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   The Force of a Crocodile's Jaw . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Improved Carpet Stretcher  . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   How Dwelling Houses are Poisoned . . . . 120--121

Scientific American
Volume 46, Number 9, March 4, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   The ``New York World'' Newspaper. --- A
                                  Remarkable Establishment . . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Forty Years in the Patent Office . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Profits of Silk Culture  . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Needs of the Patent Office . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Safety Shield for Circular Saws  . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Electro-Magnetic Brake . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 134--135
                      Anonymous   The Hercules Beetle  . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 136--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 1, July 1, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   The Great Bell for St. Paul's  . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for July  . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Is There Water on the Moon?  . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   New Quick Adjusting Vise . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Novel Carpet Stretcher and Carpet
                                  Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
                      Anonymous   New Baling Press . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   New Mill Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Invention  . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Invention  . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Recent Discoveries in the Planet Mars    7--7
                      Anonymous   New Nut Tapping Machine  . . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   The Pygmy Hog of Nepaul  . . . . . . . . 9--9

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 10, September 2, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 156--156
                      Anonymous   The Montreal Scientific Meetings . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   The Keely Motor Deception  . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for September . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Lyall's Positive Motion Loom . . . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   Break in the Hudson River Tunnel . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   Geared Pendulum Air Pump . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Improved Iron Planer . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   The Jabiru of Senegal  . . . . . . . . . 151--151
                      Anonymous   The Daet Snake, or Milk Snake  . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Trout with Elastic Band  . . . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   London Fire Service  . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Electrical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 11, September 9, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 172--172
                      Anonymous   An Electrical Yarn . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   American Inventions in the Egyptian War  160--160
                      Anonymous   Duty of the Locomotive Engineer  . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Idlers as Inventors  . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Car Couplings in England --- A Chance
                                  for American Inventors . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Improved Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Vernier and Micrometer Calipers  . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   New Railroad Signaling Apparatus . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The History of a Great Invention --- the
                                  Giffard Injector . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 84 . . . . . 165--166
                      Anonymous   Experiment with an Air Locomotive on the
                                  Elevated Railroad  . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The White-Footed Mouse, or Deer Mouse    167--167
                      Anonymous   The Photographing of Motion  . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Electrical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 12, September 16, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 188--188
                      Anonymous   Improved Boat-Lowering Apparatus . . . . 175--176
                      Anonymous   One Has-Done-It Better Than Three
                                  Can't-Do-Its . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Mica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   General Incandescent Electric Lighting
                                  in New York  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   New Combination Clutch . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Hodson's High Speed Rotary Engine  . . . 178--179
                      Anonymous   Paper-Bag Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Razors  . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   New Cotton Seed Huller . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                    H. C. Hovet   The American Association for the
                                  Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 180--181
                      Anonymous   Improved Agricultural Engine . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Ferments and Diseases  . . . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 184--184
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Textile Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Invention  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 13, September 23, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 204--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 205--205
                      Anonymous   Rosaline Color Patent, 250,247 . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   The Egyptian Campaign Ended  . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   A Telephonic Hoax  . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Steam for Heating Greenhouses  . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   The American Institute Fair  . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Postage Stamp Frauds . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Pliocene Man in Nevada . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   The British Association  . . . . . . . . 193--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Washing Machine . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Corn Crusher  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Bloomsdale Seed Farm . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Etc . . . 196--197
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Steam Boilers . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Spinning Frame  . . . . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   The Natural Reddening of Water . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Textile Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Invention  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 14, September 30, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 220--220
                      Anonymous   The New Princeton Telescope  . . . . . . 207--207
                      Anonymous   Comets D and E 1882  . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Improved Transportation of Beef and Beef
                                  Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   National Telephone Association . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Dairy Interests of Italy . . . . . . . . 209--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Plow Colter . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Combined Drier and Cooler  . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Drop Press Belt Protector  . . . . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   Portable Roof for Hay and Grain Ricks    211--211
                      Anonymous   Baling Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   New Millstone Paint Staff  . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Check Rein Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Improved Squaring Shear  . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Clamond's Incandescent Gas Lamp  . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Galvani  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Regnard's Temperature Regulator  . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   The Steam Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                    H. C. Hovey   The Ausable Chasm  . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Invention  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 15, October 7, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 236--236
                      Anonymous   The Italian Ironclad Dandolo . . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Blue Fire as an Explosive  . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Common Mushroom and Its Poison . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Modification of the Trade Mark Law . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Mr. Golding's Theory of Mississippi
                                  Floods and their Prevention  . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Tile Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   New Old Fashioned Houses . . . . . . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   New Alarm Register . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Portable Water Closet . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for October . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Chronogbaph for Engineering Purposes,
                                  with the Hipp Escapement . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   The \em Heloderma Horridum . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   New Key Ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Metallurgical Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Textile Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 16, October 14, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 252--252
                       G. Lentz   Fireless Locomotives for Tramways  . . . 239--240
                      Anonymous   The Jeannette Expedition --- Lieutenant
                                  Danenhower's Lecture . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Accident with Electric Light Wires . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Fireproof Upper Works for Steamers . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   The Great Comet of 1882  . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   The Great Comet in the East  . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Storm, Flood, and Frost Signals by
                                  Telegraph and Cannon . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Tardily Recognized Genius  . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Improved Ore Separator . . . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   Steam Hammers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 244--245
                      Anonymous   The Great Comet of 1882  . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Improved Stationary Engine . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   The New Food Fish --- (\em Sebastes
                                  Dactyloptera)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
                   William Jago   Crystals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Textile Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 17, October 21, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 266--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 268--268
                      Anonymous   Projected American Line of Fast Ocean
                                  Steamships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--256
                      Anonymous   A Dubious Amendment of the Copyright Law 256--256
                      Anonymous   New Antiseptics for Surgical Use . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   Sewing Machines in Germany . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   A New Smelting Furnace . . . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Improved Circular Saw Mill . . . . . . . 259--261
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Changing Car Trucks  . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Improved Three-Cylinder Engine . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   New Four-Sided Moulder . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   The Prospects of Silk Culture in the
                                  United States  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Textile Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 18, October 28, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 284--284
                      Anonymous   Machine for Fixing the Threads of
                                  Fabrics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271--272
                      Anonymous   The Past Year's Work in the Patent
                                  Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Garfield Monument Exhibition . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Queer Doings in Oil  . . . . . . . . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   Speed in War Vessels . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   More Railroad Inventions Wanted  . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   The Educational Want of the South  . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Cheaper Meat for New York  . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Plane Guide  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Hot Air Engine  . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   New Box Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An English Fourteen-Story House  . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for November  . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Jacquet's Water Meter  . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   A Fuel That Produces Electricity . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Meeting of the French Association for
                                  the Advancement of Science at La
                                  Rochelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 281--281

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 19, November 4, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 300--300
                      Anonymous   The Transfer of Gold Coin in New York,
                                  Progress of Telegraphy, and More . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   Twenty-Ton Portable Steam Crane  . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   Well Water in New York City  . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Fire Without Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Annular Eclipse of the Sun . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Corpulence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Wool Shearing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Chatel's Direct Acting Steam Cock  . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Perreaux's Steam Tricycle  . . . . . . . 291--293
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Determining the Degree of
                                  Moistuer of Steam  . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Sanitary Arrangements in the Residence
                                  of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt  . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   Tricycle Roller Skate  . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                   C. F. Holder   Giant Herrings and Herring Pikes . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 2, July 8, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   The Slaughter of Railway Men . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Employment for the Idle  . . . . . . . . 16--18
                      Anonymous   The Binary Injector  . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Raffard's Transmission Dynamometer . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   John Roach, of New York  . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   A Simple Form of Storage or Secondary
                                  Battery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--21
                      Anonymous   Automatic Boiler Feeder  . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Press for the Manufacture of Oils  . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Electricity as a Motor for Aerial
                                  Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 20, November 11, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 316--316
                      Anonymous   Machine for Drawing and Glossing Silk in
                                  Skeins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--304
                      Anonymous   An Important Decision by the
                                  Commissioner of Patents  . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   The November Meteors . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Magneso-Calcite for Safe Linings . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Charles Desnos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Evaporation of Liquids. --- Wahl's
                                  Improved Vacuum Pan  . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
                      Anonymous   Naval Search Electric Light  . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 309--310
                      Anonymous   New Boat Propelled by Electricity  . . . 310--310
                   C. F. Holder   The Peripatus and Its Remarkable Method
                                  of Capturing Prey  . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   The Dove Flower  . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 313--313

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 21, November 18, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--325
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 332--332
                      Anonymous   A New Era of Alloys  . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   Crane for Transferring Cars  . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   The Transit of Venus . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Rural Views of Patents and Patent Rights 320--321
                    H. C. Hovey   Recent Progress in Oyster Farming  . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   New Stop-Valve for Locomotive Steam
                                  Pipes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Machine for Making Spikes  . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Siemens' Unipolar Machine  . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Garden Destroyers. --- Gall Flies of the
                                  Oak --- ``Cynipidæ''  . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Theater Fires --- Fireproof Fittings
                                  Demanded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 22, November 25, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   Transits of Venus  . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Shipwrecks on the British Coasts . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Rabbit Plague in Australia. --- A
                                  Big Chance for a Paying Invention  . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for December  . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Improved Straw Cutter  . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Electrical Apparatus for Stopping Steam
                                  Engines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Car . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Multiple-Spindle Slot Drill  . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Novelties at the New England Institute
                                  Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 340--342
                      Anonymous   Self-Registering Ship's Compass  . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Diaphragm Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Jablochkoff's New Electric Motor, the
                                  ``Ecliptic'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   The Sea Cucumber's Tenant  . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Improved Can Opener  . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 23, December 2, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 364--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 364--364
                      Anonymous   Explosives from Coal Tar . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   Improved Floating Elevator . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   Henry Draper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   National and International Exhibitions
                                  in 1883  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Romance and Reality of Animal Motion . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Testing Pressure Gauges    355--355
                      Anonymous   Catapult for Throwing Life Lines . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   New Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   New Wood-Working Machine . . . . . . . . 358--358
                John R. Coryell   The Great Tumble Weed of the Prairies    359--360
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 364--364

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 24, December 9, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 380--380
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Street Steam Supply in
                                  New York City  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   General and Local Weather Service  . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Convention of Street Railway Officials   368--368
                      Anonymous   How Our Farmers are Helped by the Patent
                                  System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   Serious Hurts that Fail to Kill  . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Alcohol Sugar and Paper Pulp from Wood   369--369
              Alexander Mueller   Condensed Whey. --- A New Industry and a
                                  New Food Product . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--370
                      Anonymous   Whitcomb's Fishing Apparatus . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Hirsch's Continuous Furnace for
                                  Flattening Window Glass  . . . . . . . . 370--371
                      Anonymous   Gabert's Universal Excavator . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Improved Piston Valve  . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Notable Exhibits at the New England Fair 372--372
                      Anonymous   Machine for Breaking Fabrics . . . . . . 374--374
                 Victor Smedley   How to Make a Crab-Apple Bow . . . . . . 375--375
                   C. F. Holder   The Economic Value of Sharks . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 25, December 16, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   The Transit of Venus . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Great Statue of Liberty  . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Proposed Cotton Centennial . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   The Transit of Venus as Seen at the
                                  Seagrave Observatory . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   A Possible Field for Railway Enterprise  385--385
                      Anonymous   Invention as a Means of Education  . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Tempering Steel  . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Ice Making and Refrigeration. --- the
                                  Pictet Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--387
                      Anonymous   Novel Road Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Oberstadt's Melting Furnace with Drying
                                  Chamber  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   The First Electric Boat  . . . . . . . . 388--389
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Watch Hands . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Improved Saw Mill  . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   The Great Harlequin Beetle of Cayenne    391--391
                   C. F. Holder   Care of Offspring in Animals . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 396--396

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 26, December 23, 1882

                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 410--411
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 411--411
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 412--412
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Street Car  . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   National Exposition of Railway
                                  Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Proposed Patent Laws for Japan . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   The Structure of the Cascade Mountains   400--400
                      Anonymous   Winter Work for Inventors  . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   The Steam Street Supply in New York  . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Ancient Counterparts to Modern
                                  Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   Portable Hay and Moss Press  . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Improved Vehicle Axle  . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   The Projecting Praxinoscope  . . . . . . 406--407
                      Anonymous   Meteorological Apparatus at the Comptoir
                                  D'Escompte, Paris  . . . . . . . . . . . 407--408
                      Anonymous   Jumping Seeds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 410--410

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 3, July 15, 1882

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Books: 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   Innocent Purchasers in the Senate  . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Markings on the Planet Mars  . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   American Crocodiles  . . . . . . . . . . 33--34
                      Anonymous   New Fertilizer Distributer . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Novel Boot Supporter . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Gas Exhauster  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Moore County Grit Mill Stones  . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   The Eclipse as Seen on the Nile  . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Hudson River Tunnel  . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Drawing Board Paper Holder . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 4, July 22, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 61--61
                      Anonymous   New Ice Cutting Machine  . . . . . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   The Bombardment of Alexandria  . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The City of Alexandria . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Firing Alleged to be Heard 1,000 Miles   48--48
                      Anonymous   Remarkable Developments in Oil . . . . . 48--50
                      Anonymous   The Telephonic Systems of Dr. Herz . . . 50--52
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Bourry's Dynamometric Governor . . . . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   Bass-Reliefs by Photography  . . . . . . 55--55
                   C. F. Holder   A Luminous Shark . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Mining Invention . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Textile Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 5, July 29, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   A New and Important Field for Research   64--64
                      Anonymous   The Hektograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for August  . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Opium . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Cutting Drains by Machinery  . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Cutter Bar for Reapers and
                                  Mowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Novel Attachment to Fountains and Bottle
                                  Stoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Pulverizer  . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   John Scott Russell . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
                 Ephraim Cutter   Microscopical Examination of Ice . . . . 71--73
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 6, August 5, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   The Decline of Schooling . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   More Innocent Buyers Needing Protection  80--80
                      Anonymous   A Labor Storm-Center . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Fire Risks with Electric Lamps . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   The Absorption of Metallic Oxides by
                                  Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Accuracy in Telegraphing . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Why Beef is Dear . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   A New Sun Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Detachable Umbrella and Parasol Covers   82--82
                      Anonymous   Transmission of Motive Power by Rarefied
                                  Air  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Progress of the East River Bridge  . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Henri Giffard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Rules in the Cutting of Uppers . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   The Steamship Austral  . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The Direct Transfusion of Blood  . . . . 86--87
                   C. F. Holder   The American Tunny . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   New Form of Bridge Supports  . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Textile Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 7, August 12, 1882

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 108--108
                      Anonymous   Rochester Water Works  . . . . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   Manual Dexterity . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Early History of Gas Lighting  . . . . . 96--98
                      Anonymous   Blasting With Lime . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   New Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   New Ventilator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   French and English War Ships Compared    99--99
                      Anonymous   Machine for Coloring and Grounding Paper
                                  for Paper Hangings etc . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   A Cheap Cottage  . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--101
                      Anonymous   Contractors' Plant . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   A New Species of Zebra . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Recent Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   English Patents Issued to Americans  . . 108--108

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 8, August 19, 1882

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 124--124
                      Anonymous   The Levitt--Muller Electric Lighting
                                  System and Multiple Circuit Dynamo . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   The War in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   A Recent Aurora  . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Freight Car Couplers . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Novel Door Securer . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Freight Car . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Frey's Plumber's Coupling  . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Spring Steam Hammers . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                Daniel C. Beard   Compound Nest of the \em C. Palustris
                                  and the \em A. Phoeniceus  . . . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 47, Number 9, August 26, 1882

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 141--141
                      Anonymous   The Edison Electric Lighting Station . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Postage Stamp Losses . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Denver Mining Exposition . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Prison Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Pictet's Small Ice-Machine . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Punching Machine . . . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Bed-Pans  . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   The Electric Railway at West End, Near
                                  Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Ancient Breech-Loader  . . . . . . . . . 135--135
                      Anonymous   The Herring King . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   The Wells Comet, as Seen in Sydney . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 140--140


Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 1, January 6, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   Gordon's Dynamo Electric Machine . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   The Death and Burial of Woehler  . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Railway Transportation . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Dangerous Funeral Appliances . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Machinery and Labor  . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                    C. V. Riley   Emulsions of Petroleum as Insecticides   3--3
                      Anonymous   Rotary Mould for Casting Pipes . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Ice Machine . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Galvanic Battery  . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Saw Filing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Wheel Tire  . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Allen's Apparatus for Feeding Blast and
                                  Other Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   New Traction Engine  . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Duck With Three Legs . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   The Elephant by Instantaneous
                                  Photography  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 10, March 10, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
                      Anonymous   Recent Invention . . . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Paint for Floors, A Good Old Miller  . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Propulsion of Balloons by Electricity    143--147
                      Anonymous   Compressed Bran. --- One Thousand
                                  Dollars Reward for a New Invention . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Schooled But not Educated  . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Silk and How It Is Dyed  . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Thomson's Air Extractor  . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Foundry Cupola  . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   The Isometric Governor . . . . . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   The ``Peerless'' Engine  . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Toy Money Safe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Side Show Science  . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 11, March 17, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Sale of Patented Machines by Sheriff . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Expert Testimony . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   The Red Spot on Jupiter  . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Safety at Sea in a Fog . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Is Glucose Wholesome?  . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Cheap Postage at Last, and Postal Notes
                                  in Addition  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Long Distance Telephoning  . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Curiosities of the Railway Census  . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Improved Refrigerator  . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The De Bergen Rail Lifter  . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Engines, Saw Mills,
                                  and Grain Separators . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                  Leon Warnerke   A New Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Post Hole Boring Machine . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   A New Deep Sea Fish. --- (\em
                                  Eurypharyna Pelecanoides)  . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 12, March 24, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 87  . . . . 175--176
                      Anonymous   Six Hundred and Fifty Miles by Telephone 176--177
                      Anonymous   Early Steam Engines and Boilers  . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   The Leffel Turbine . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Sanitary Precautions After Floods  . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Elevator  . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   New Feed Water Heater and Lime Extractor 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Fence Post  . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Abacus Attachment for School Slates  . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Improved Vertical Engine . . . . . . . . 182--183
                      Anonymous   Improved Railroad Crane  . . . . . . . . 183--184
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 13, March 31, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--198
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 206--207
                      Anonymous   Improved Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . 191--196
                      Anonymous   Education for Mechanics  . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Analysis of Water  . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Sites for Water Supplies . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for April . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Some Answers to Correspondents . . . . . 193--194
                      Anonymous   New Fanning Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   New Pile for Galvano Cautery . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Buggy Bow Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Hat Holder  . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The Nordenfelt Gun . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The Archer Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 14, April 7, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   The Great Russian Telescope  . . . . . . 207--208
                      Anonymous   The Total Solar Eclipse of May 6 . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   English Nail Makers and their
                                  Wretchedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Hot Air for Boiler Furnaces  . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Swearing by Telephone  . . . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Side Show Science  . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Ornamental Entrance Gate . . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   A New Tool Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Huttinger's Stovepipe Fastener . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Testing Breadstuffs  . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   The Masdevallia Chimera  . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 15, April 14, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Transmission of Power by Means of
                                  Electricity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Peter Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Mosquitoes vs. Malaria . . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   The Extermination of Venomous Serpents   225--226
                      Anonymous   Machine for Examining Goods  . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Robert's Automatic Rain Water Separator  226--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Tricycles . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
                    C. V. Riley   Jumping Seeds and Galls  . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Dowson's Gas Producer  . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Combined Gas Motor and Refrigerator  . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   The Electric Light in Surgical Diagnosis 231--231
                      Anonymous   The Paradise Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 16, April 21, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   The Lepanto  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   Progress of Archeological Discovery in
                                  Central America  . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Bursting of Armatures  . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Clock of Strassburg  . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Insects and Plants . . . . . . . . . . . 241--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Sawing Machine  . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   New Lamp Extinguisher  . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Boats in Collision . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Chenot's Atmospheric Rock Drill  . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   The First Telephone, as Described by the
                                  Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   Machine for Measuring Textile Fabrics    246--246
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Electro Pulverizer and Amalgamator . . . 246--247
                      Anonymous   A Hairy Child  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 249--249

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 17, April 28, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 268--268
                      Anonymous   The Ottawa River Dam . . . . . . . . . . 255--256
                      Anonymous   Does Good Work Pay?  . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The Great Bridge Almost Completed  . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Relative Costs of Street Lighting by
                                  Electricity and Gas in New York  . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Making a Drill Chuck . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for May . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   An Artificial Aurora Borealis  . . . . . 257--257
                    H. C. Hovey   Seals in Long Island Sound . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Bulkheads for Steamships . . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Piefke's Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   The Hudson River Tunnel  . . . . . . . . 260--261
                      Anonymous   Mice-Girdled Trees . . . . . . . . . . . 261--262
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Tunnel and House Building 262--262
                      Anonymous   Automatic Four-Roller Mill . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Charcoal  . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Physics Without Apparatus  . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 2, January 13, 1883

                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   The Great Dry Docks at the Erie Basin    15--15
                      Anonymous   Perils From Suspended Electric Wires . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Testing and Improving Cast Iron  . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   More Work for Inventors  . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Sawing Hard Steel With Sand  . . . . . . 17--18
                      Anonymous   New Hose Coupling  . . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Log Setting Apparatus for Sawmills . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Improved Vise  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   New Potato Digger  . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Laboratory Apparatus for Heating Water   22--23
                      Anonymous   An Ornamental Water Jar and Basin  . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   What Is a Pike? --- What Is a Pickerel?  24--25
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 21, May 26, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 332--332
                      Anonymous   Opening of the Great Bridge  . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Placing the Statue of Liberty  . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Drive Well Patent  . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Uses of Paper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Belt Widths  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Goodridge's Plan for the Erection of
                                  Bartholdi's Statue . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   De Labastide's Pocket Mitrailleuse . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   The New York and Brooklyn Bridge . . . . 324--326
                      Anonymous   Machine for Branding Cores and Stoppers  326--326
                      Anonymous   The Pouched Gopher . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 329--329

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 22, June 2, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   The Bridge Opened  . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Death of William Mason . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Consideration for Old Employes . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Wind Storm  . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   The Athenian Trireme . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Regulating the Pressure in
                                  Water Conduits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   New Exercising Apparatus . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Engine and Boiler Rooms of the Great
                                  Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
                      Anonymous   The Great War Ship Lepanto . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Punching and Shearing Machine  . . . . . 342--342
                John R. Coryell   Gulling the Pelican  . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 23, June 9, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 364--364
                      Anonymous   Drop Forging of Tool Steel . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   An Accident on the Great Bridge  . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Pianets for June  . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   A Novel Air Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Water Heater  . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Atmospheric Dust and Germs . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Fire and Burglar Proof Safes . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 356--357
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting on the Arizona . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   The Helmet Cassowary . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 361--361

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 24, June 16, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Improved Caloric Engine  . . . . . . . . 367--368
                      Anonymous   The Rebacking of Paintings . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   ``Mind Your Business'' . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Overthrow of the Barb Fence Patents  . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Induced Current  . . . . . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   American Astronomical Society  . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   The French Physical Laboratories . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Round Noses vs. Diamond Shape  . . . . . 369--370
                      Anonymous   The Columbia Tricycle  . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Mixer for Carbonic Gas and Water . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   The Influence of Storms upon Water Traps 371--371
                      Anonymous   Portable Meat Safe . . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Making the Deaf to Hear  . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   A Quadricycle for Land and Water . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Pressure Gauge Testing Apparatus . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   The Giant Locust . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
                      Anonymous   Farm Hand Carts  . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Electrical Railway Signaling . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 25, June 23, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   The National Exposition of Railway
                                  Appliances at Chicago  . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Marinoni's Rotary Printing Press . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   Rainfall on the Isthmus of Panama  . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Molecular Vibrations . . . . . . . . . . 385--386
                      Anonymous   The Chicago Railway Exposition . . . . . 386--387
                      Anonymous   New Fuel Economizer  . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Improved Nut Arbor . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   New Apparatus for Stirring, Mixing, and
                                  Melting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   A New Constant Current Pile  . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   Garden Destroyers. --- the Oak Leaf
                                  Roller Moth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Rail Chair  . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 26, June 30, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Electric Lamps  . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   An Interesting Patent Office Question    400--400
                      Anonymous   Calipers and Fixed Gauges  . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   High Buildings and Fires . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Reports of the Recent Solar Eclipse  . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for July  . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Raising of the Austral . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   The Steamer Pilgrim  . . . . . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   A Railway Bracket Girder . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Improved Wall for Jails and Treasure
                                  Vaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Two Wheeled Portable Engine  . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 404--406
                      Anonymous   Improved Cotton Press  . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Lanterns  . . . . . . . . 406--407
                      Anonymous   The Shoebill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   The College of New Jersey  . . . . . . . 408--408

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 3, January 20, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Steel and Cast Steel . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Finical Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   One of the First Ice Machines  . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   New Apparatus for Feeding Shavings to
                                  Furnaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Novel Hose Nozzle  . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Guard for Fireplaces  . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No.86  . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   The American Paper Pulley  . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Improved Vertical Engine . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   A Glass Blowing Machine  . . . . . . . . 39--41
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 4, January 27, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Perreaux's Micrometer Machine  . . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   Giffard's Ice and Cold Air Machine . . . 47--48
                      Anonymous   Fever Caused by Lemonade . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Shellac for Imitations of Horn, Ivory,
                                  Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for February  . . 49--49
                    C. T. Riley   Utilization of Ants in Horticulture  . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Cut or Uncut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49--50
                      Anonymous   New Bagholder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   New Fireproof Floor and Ceiling  . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Novel Tellurian  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Wrench  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Parasols and Umbrellas    51--51
                   August Vogel   Vegetable Coloring Matters . . . . . . . 52--53
                      Anonymous   Machine for Sharpening Twist Drills  . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   The Jardin Des Plantes Reproduced by
                                  Photography  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
                      Anonymous   American Civil Engineers . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 5, February 3, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   Clothes Pins, A Famous Yacht Builder . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   Taylor Manufacturing Co's Patent Saw
                                  Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   An American Astronomical Society . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   A Cure for Seasickness at Last . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Adirondack Wilderness  . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Starlit Sky in February  . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   The Harding Process of Embossing on
                                  Walls  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Iron Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Cotton Planter  . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 68--69
                      Anonymous   Carrier for Coal, Hay, Etc.  . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   New Postal Coin Scale  . . . . . . . . . 71--71
                      Anonymous   A New and Interesting Electrical Machine 71--72
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 76--76

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 6, February 10, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   Artillery Experiments at Spezia  . . . . 79--79
                      Anonymous   The Care of the Insane . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Progress in Medical Ethics . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   A Snake Trap Wanted  . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   How Steam Engine Valves are Finished . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   The Lambertville Iron Works Automatic
                                  Cut-Off Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Band Saw  . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Improved Cotton Chopper  . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Removing Grease, Air, and
                                  Impurities from Feed Water . . . . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   Aerial Navigation  . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 7, February 17, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--102
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 108--108
                      Anonymous   Vienna International Electric Exhibition 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Problem of the Telephone . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   A Four-Mile Deposit of Iron Ore  . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   What is an Artist? . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Star of Bethlehem  . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The Past Year in the Patent Office . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   An Ammonia Still for Small Gas Works . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Electric Motors with Inductors
                                  Containing no Iron . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Sponge Filters  . . . . . . . . 98--99
                      Anonymous   Teera Cotta Lumber . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Flexible Self-Gauging Faucet . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   The New Otto One-Horse Power Silent Gas
                                  Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   A Glass Globe from Which Three Hundred
                                  Watch Crystals Were Cut  . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   The Automaton Chess Player . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 8, February 24, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 124--124
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Coaling Ships  . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   Machine for Excavating the Channel
                                  Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   Projects for Increasing the Water Supply
                                  of New York City . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Torsion Tests of Cast Steel  . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Progress of Music in Japan . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Shall Failure to Develop Forfeit Patent
                                  Rights?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                G. A. Stockwell   The Zebra Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   New Key Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Thill Coupling  . . . . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Seed Sower  . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Lantern Illumination . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   New Bag and Twine Holder . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   The Æeolian Harp  . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 48, Number 9, March 3, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   Monster Dredge for the Panama Canal  . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Curiosities of the Railway Census  . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Wringer Before Congress  . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Florida Exploration  . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for March . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Resharpening Files . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Improved Windmill  . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Fireproof Floor and Ceiling  . . . . . . 130--131
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Cutter Heads  . . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Improved Method of Raising Cream from
                                  Milk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Upright Drill Press Used as a Boring
                                  Lathe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Underground Electric Wires . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Truck . . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   The Reis--Thompson Telephone Receiver    136--136
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 1, July 7, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 12--12
                      Anonymous   The Rondout Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2
                      Anonymous   The Total Solar Eclipse of the 6th of
                                  May  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   How Screws are Threaded  . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   D'arrest's Comet . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--4
                      Anonymous   Chemical Vaporizer and Deodorizer  . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Hop Press . . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
                     L. Hervier   Radial Tubular Boiler  . . . . . . . . . 5--6
                      Anonymous   A Beaver Colony  . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 10, September 8, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 157--157
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Criticisms, Barbs in Beef,
                                  and More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Motors for Small Power . . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Boring Deep Wells by Water Pressure  . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   The Potato Rot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Chemistry for Digestion  . . . . . . . . 144--145
                    H. C. Hovey   The American Association for the
                                  Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Automatic Water Still  . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Rotary Plow . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Tree Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   Luminous Attachment for Harness  . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Circular Saw for Hot Iron  . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Ear Trumpet and Cane Handle  . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   The University of Strasbourg . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   ``Storing Wind Power'' Revised and
                                  Corrected  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   The First Electric Motor . . . . . . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   Hammer-Headed Shark  . . . . . . . . . . 151--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 11, September 15, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 172--172
                      Anonymous   Blake's Compound Steam Pumps . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   The Observatory of the International
                                  Bureau of Weights and Measures . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Petroleum for Light  . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Exports of Manufactures  . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Economy of Steam . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Passage of the New British Patent Law    161--161
                      Anonymous   Scientific Shows --- Sword Swallowers    162--163
                      Anonymous   Rocker Seat Worker . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Device for Protecting Oil Tanks from
                                  Lightning  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Frying Pan  . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Force Feed Lubricator  . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   New Umbrella Support . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Disintegrating Vegetable
                                  Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Improved Platform Gear for Wagons  . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   New Balanced Slide Valve . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The Demoiselle and Peacock Crane . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 169--169

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 12, September 22, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 188--188
                      Anonymous   The Storage of Wind Power  . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The Great Bridge as a Spectacle  . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The Foreman  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Machine Shop Management  . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   A Sham Boiler Inspection . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   The Mildew of the Grape  . . . . . . . . 177--178
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Heating Grates  . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Textile Filter  . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Billiard Cushion  . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   A Convenient Lever Hand Cart . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Feeder for Cotton Gins  . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Novel Candlestick, Broiler, Etc. . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   New Bridge at Pittsburg, PA  . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   New Hand Power Rock Drill  . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Metamorphosis of the Deer's Antlers  . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   Completion of the Great Northern Pacific
                                  Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
                      Anonymous   The Patent Office Report for 1883  . . . 184--184
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 13, September 29, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 204--204
                      Anonymous   Excavating and Dredging Apparatus  . . . 191--192
                      Anonymous   ``Labor and Education''  . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Automatic Safety Appliances  . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for October . . . 193--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Plow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   The Western Union Underground Systems    194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Sash Balance  . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   New Spanish War Steamers . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Improved Safety Valve  . . . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   Sad-Iron Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Dust-Pans . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   \em Pyrethrum, or \em Chrysanthemum
                                  Corymbosum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 14, October 6, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Invention . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 220--220
                      Anonymous   Improved Depositing Dry Dock . . . . . . 207--207
                      Anonymous   Forging by Pressure  . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   The Green Mountain Railway . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Self-Imposed Risks . . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Carbonic Acid in the Air . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   The Oscillations of the Sea  . . . . . . 209--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Quilting Frame  . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Surveyor's Leveling Rod  . . . . . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   Car Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Safety Stop for Elevators  . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Life Boat  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   New York Terminus of the N.Y., W.S. &
                                  B.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Sketches at the Fisheries Exhibition . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   The Lancelet Fish  . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   The Star Nosed Mole  . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Improved Cultivator  . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 15, October 13, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 236--236
                      Anonymous   Edison Dynamo Electric Light Machine . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Obach's Galvanometers  . . . . . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Natural History in Public Schools  . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Making of Steel Pens . . . . . . . . 224--224
                    H. C. Hovey   Marengo Cavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Petroleum for Heat . . . . . . . . . . . 225--226
                      Anonymous   Automatic Circuit Closer . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Counterbalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Novel Sewing Machine Shuttle . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Fire Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Deep Rock Cuts Near New York . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Wagon Tongue Support . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   The Cable Cars of the Brooklyn Bridge    230--230
                      Anonymous   The Crowned Pigeon . . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   The Champion Steam Trap  . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Pole and Shaft for Vehicles  . . . . . . 232--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 16, October 20, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 252--252
                      Anonymous   A New York Office Building . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Raising Bread  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Steel Castings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Miner's Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Station Indicator . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   Automatic Freight Car Brake  . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Lifting Bridge for Double Track Railway  244--244
                      Anonymous   Science in Antiquity. --- Curio's
                                  Pivoted Theaters . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--247
                      Anonymous   Javanese Boats at the International
                                  Colonial Exhibition at Amsterdam . . . . 247--247
                      Anonymous   Caliper Gauge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Pipe Grapple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Combined Whip and Rein Holder  . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Pipe and Hose Coupling . . . . . . . . . 248--249
                      Anonymous   Evaporator for Registers . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 17, October 27, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--262
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 269--269
                      Anonymous   A New Band Sawmill . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   Successful Treatment of Cholera  . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Fusible Safety Boiler Plugs  . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Preparing for the Ice Crop . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Wages in France and Germany  . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Petroleum Geologically Considered  . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Tonkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257--258
                      Anonymous   Bed Bottom Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Mail Bag Catcher . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Fire Extinguishing Apparatus . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   New Turret Ship Conqueror  . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Improved Sand Guard for Railways . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hand Air Condenser . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   New Gas Engine Pump  . . . . . . . . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   Sacred Egyptian Scarabæus . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 263--264
                      Anonymous   Improved Tricycle  . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Folding Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 18, November 3, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 284--284
                      Anonymous   Three Wheeled Inspection Car . . . . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   The Barney Automatic Dumping Boat  . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   A Convention of Inventors  . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Oil Stone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Making Wind Power Auxiliary  . . . . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for November  . . 273--274
                      Anonymous   Plow Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Sheep Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Fence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--275
                      Anonymous   Slide Valve  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Balanced Slide Valve . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Coasting Without Snow  . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   An Australian Steam Ferry Boat . . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   Krakatoa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   The Bottle-Nosed Whale . . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Artesian Wells, Australia  . . . . . . . 279--281
                      Anonymous   Calipers and Dividers  . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Intentions  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 19, November 10, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--294
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 297--299
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 300--300
                      Anonymous   The Traveling Electric Light . . . . . . 287--288
                      Anonymous   Substitution of Steel for Iron . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   November Meteors . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Ostrich Farming in This Country  . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Tobacco in France  . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 289--290
                      Anonymous   Butter Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Electric Fire Alarm  . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   The Electro Dynamic Motor  . . . . . . . 291--292
                   G. D. Hiscox   The Re-Enforcement of Deficient Water
                                  Supply in Wells  . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Pile Driver  . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   A Novel Russian Boat . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Ringed Adders Creeping out from the
                                  Eggs, in the Berlin Aquarium . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Patent Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 2, July 14, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--22
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   A Modern Steam Engine  . . . . . . . . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   Asquith's Brake Lathe  . . . . . . . . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   The Workingman's School  . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Loss by Lack of System . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Science on Sorghum . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   The Storage of Wind Power  . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   The Aurania's Broken Engines . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   The Fisheries Exhibition, London . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Dredge for Shell Fish  . . . . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Cloth Drying and Tentering Machine . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape Cable  . . . . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   Fern Basket  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   New Railroad Signal  . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   Curious Result of an Earthquake  . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Shark . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 20, November 17, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   United States Screw Steam Cruiser
                                  Atlanta  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--308
                      Anonymous   A Centennial Cotton Exhibition . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Adulterations What the Wholesale
                                  Druggists Say  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Bearings and Friction  . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Cotton Seed Oil  . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Present Steam Engine Practice  . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Some Curiosities of Steel  . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   A New Treatment for the Dead . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Osage Orange vs. Mulberry for the
                                  Silkworm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Reappearance of the Comet of 1812  . . . 305--306
                      Anonymous   Oil Extractor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Folding Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Steam Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Compression Cock . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Dust and Cinder Deflector  . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Folding Table  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Clevis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Improved Combined Shears and Punch . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Bread Making at Home . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Stock Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Felloe and Spoke Tightener . . . . . . . 312--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Insurance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Financial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Manufacturing Notes  . . . . . . . . . . 314--314

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 21, November 24, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   The Coal Bunkers at New Tacoma, W.T. . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   Trial of the Haskell Multicharge Gun . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Repairing Suspension Bridge Cables . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The American Institute Fair  . . . . . . 321--322
                      Anonymous   Cross Cut Saw Frame  . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Hollow Auger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Vise  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Grain Elevator  . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Telephone Receiver  . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   The Electro-Magnetophone . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Tissandier's Electric Balloon  . . . . . 326--328
                      Anonymous   Hame Tug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Trace Buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Hame Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Insurance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Financial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Manufacturing Notes  . . . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 22, December 1, 1883

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   The Great Cantilever Bridge Over Niagara
                                  River  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--342
                      Anonymous   The Use of Argol in Dyeing . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for December  . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Bacterial Disease of the Imported
                                  Cabbage Worm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--338
                      Anonymous   Cultivator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Box Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Barrel Pump  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Slotting Shears  . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   A New Disk Fan or Exhauster  . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Locomotive Electric Lights . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   The Canadian Porcupine . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Young Marmosets  . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Carpet Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Insurance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Financial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Manufacturing Notes  . . . . . . . . . . 345--345

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 23, December 8, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   The New York, West Shore, and Buffalo
                                  Railway Terminus . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Exactness . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Storing Wind Power for Small Motors  . . 353--354
                      Anonymous   Corrugated Boiler Furnaces . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   A Novel Force Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 354--355
                      Anonymous   Door Securer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Emery Wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Hand Rail for Stairways  . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Hemens' Bell for the Transmission of
                                  Signals on Railroads . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   Useful Furniture by Sheraton . . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   Paper Weight, Calendar, and Pen Back . . 360--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 24, December 15, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   The Equatorial of the Paris Observatory  367--372
                      Anonymous   The Edison Electric Light Co . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Injury by Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Life of Stones . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Cholera in Egypt . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Argols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Machine for Trimming Paper on Four Sides 370--370
                      Anonymous   Spark Arrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--371
                      Anonymous   Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Simple Garden Improvement for Promoting
                                  Winter Growth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   A Massive Scaffolding  . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Engraved Eggs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--375
                      Anonymous   The Giant Heron  . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Belt Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Gold Separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--377
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Intentions  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 25, December 22, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   The New United States Cruisers . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   Irrigation in California . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Imitations of Costly Leather . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Chinch-Bug in New York . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Adulterations of Foods --- Glucose in
                                  Sugar and in Sirups  . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   ``Fish Culture for Profit''  . . . . . . 385--385
                    C. V. Riley   Dipterous Larvæ in the Human Body . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Impoverishment of Land . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   The ``Hercules'' Bone Mill . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Socket for Harrow Teeth  . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Wagon Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Improved Ruelle Furnace for Revivifying
                                  Bone Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Improved Air Compressor  . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   The Bernissart Iguanodons  . . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Foot Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 393--393

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 26, December 29, 1883

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 413--413
                      Anonymous   The Marent Gulch Trestle . . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   Pink Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Light Iron Castings  . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Toothing a Nicking Saw . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   The Bottlers' Exhibition . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Need of a Manufacturing Reform . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for January . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Miner's Candlestick  . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Electric Alarm for Steam Boilers, Etc.   402--402
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Telephone . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   The Magnetic Station at the Saint Maur
                                  Park Observatory . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--405
                      Anonymous   Window Sash Adjuster . . . . . . . . . . 405--406
                      Anonymous   Fog Signal Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   The Needle Fish, Sea Horses, and Rag
                                  Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 408--408

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 3, July 21, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Poisoned by Handling Hides . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Spontaneous Combustion . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Science in Coloring  . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   The Lathe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Storing the Power of the Wind  . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Improved Fruit Evaporator  . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Herrington's System of Transportation
                                  and Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--35
                      Anonymous   New Cigarette Machine  . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   A New Crutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Proposed New Bridge, London  . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Pocket Knives . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   An Aerial Turbine Wheel  . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Device for Fitting Stove Pipes . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   Silkworms and Moths  . . . . . . . . . . 39--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 4, July 28, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 60--60
                      Anonymous   Process and Apparatus for the
                                  Manufacture of Grape Sugar . . . . . . . 47--48
                      Anonymous   Lock-Out of Cigar Makers . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Telegraphers' Strike . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Examination of Bridges . . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Heating and Hardening of Steel . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for August  . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Storing the Power of the Wind  . . . . . 49--50
                      Anonymous   Simple Can Opener  . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Steam Oven for Cloth Plates  . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Gear Cutting Attachment for Lathes . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   New Car Coupler  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                    H. C. Hovey   The Sturgeon Fishery . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Improvement in the Manufacture of
                                  Illuminating Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   The Argus Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 5, August 4, 1883

                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Electrical Conductors 63--63
                      Anonymous   A Brave Life Gone Out  . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Completion of the Great Lyman--Haskell
                                  Gun  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Telephone Interference Case Decided  64--64
                      Anonymous   Old Building Material  . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Relations of Patent Experts to the
                                  Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   The Caterpillar and Its Enemy  . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Sketching for Mechanics  . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Picker Fires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   The Telescope at the Trocadero
                                  Observatory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Parallels for Balancing Pulleys, Etc.    67--70
                      Anonymous   Improved Reversing Rail Mill Engines . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   The Turbot, Goldbutt, and Sole . . . . . 71--71
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 6, August 11, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   The Telephone Central Office System of
                                  Paris  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--80
                      Anonymous   The Revival of Cherry  . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Effect of Alcohol upon Digestion . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Aerial Navigation  . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   Cholera  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   China as a Market  . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   The Detection of Gas Leakages  . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   New Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Combined Tag and Envelope  . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   The Brush Electric Light Works,
                                  Rochester, N.Y.  . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Tunnel Boring Machine  . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Great Loss in the Diamond Fields . . . . 87--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 7, August 18, 1883

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 109--109
                      Anonymous   The Sugar Canes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Increased Speed between New York and
                                  Liverpool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   New Forms for Boats  . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Faith Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Solar Machinery  . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire-Hose Nozzle  . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Sleigh  . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Tea Kettles . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Chair Seating Needle . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Headless Shell Extractor . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
                                  Insurance Company  . . . . . . . . . . . 100--101
                      Anonymous   Improved Adding Machine  . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   New Dynamo Electric Machine  . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   Gas Heated Laundry Iron  . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   The Apteryx, or Kiwi . . . . . . . . . . 103--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 8, August 25, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   Hooping Barrels by Machinery . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   Water Supply for New York City . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   The Carson Footprints  . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Hard Wood Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   How Granite Columns are Polished . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Palestine as a Route for a New Ship
                                  Canal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                John R. Coryell   The Chinese Junk . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--114
                      Anonymous   New Lighthouse at Tampico  . . . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Spring Wheel for Traction Engines  . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Method of Preserving Ensilage in Silos   115--116
                      Anonymous   From Paris to Rio Janeiro in 42 Minutes
                                  and 11 Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   New Combination Lock . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   New Expansion Trap . . . . . . . . . . . 118--119
                      Anonymous   A Jardiniere, Bird Cage, and Aquarium
                                  Combined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Lightning Prints on the Human Body . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 49, Number 9, September 1, 1883

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--134
                      Anonymous   Inventions: Recent Inventions  . . . . . 136--137
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   Gerard's Alternating Current Machine . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Sugar and Fodder, in One . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Petroleum --- the Old in the New . . . . 128--129
                    H. C. Hovey   The American Association for the
                                  Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 129--130
                      Anonymous   New Boring Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Velocipede Sleigh  . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Combined Trunk and Wardrobe  . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Wire Rope Towage . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for September . . 132--133
                      Anonymous   Compound Double Acting Horizontal Engine 134--134
                      Anonymous   Ephemera, or Day Flies . . . . . . . . . 135--135
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 1, January 5, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 13--13
                      Anonymous   New Lighthouse, Hudson River . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   Converting Iron Articles into Steel  . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Heavy work with the Diamond Drill  . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Does not Want to be Grammared out of his
                                  Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Robert Macfarlane  . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Propulsion of Vessels  . . . . 3--4
                      Anonymous   Shovel Plow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Device for Fastening Saw-Clamps, Etc, to
                                  Work-Benches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Field Drag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Cooking Steamer  . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Regulator and Condenser for Steam Pumps  5--6
                      Anonymous   Game Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Railway Riveting Machine . . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 10, March 8, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--150
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 157--157
                      Anonymous   Gigantic Lifting Wheels for the Copper
                                  Mines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143--144
                      Anonymous   Present Steam Engine Practice  . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Forming Spiral Springs . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Hostile Patent bills now Before Congress 145--145
                      Anonymous   The Nile and the Soudan  . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Uniformity of Shop Heat  . . . . . . . . 145--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Cooker  . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Trunk Life Preserver . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Hose Coupling . . . . . . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   Improved Nut Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Boring, Drilling, and Surfacing Machine  147--148
                      Anonymous   Dredger on the Tancarville Canal . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   A Novel Velocipede . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Max Von Pettenkofer  . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   A Recent Boiler Explosion at Cincinnati,
                                  Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 11, March 15, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 173--173
                    H. C. Hovey   The Viaduct at the Falls of St. Anthony  159--160
                      Anonymous   America a Huge ``Jelly Fish''  . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Value of Inventions to the World . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Progress in Exactness  . . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Prospects of the Patent Bills  . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Patents and Politics . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   The Triple Thermic Motor . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Improved Knife Scourer . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The Remington Horse Power Fire Engine    162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Lock and Latch  . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The Electric Diadems of the New Ballet
                                  ``La Farandole'' . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Dujour and Bianchi's Single Axle
                                  Windlass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Petroleum at Baku  . . . . . . . . . . . 166--167
                 L. P. Gbatacap   The Ornithorhynchus  . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Improved Rotating Sample Stand . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Improved Pail  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Improved Music Leaf Turner . . . . . . . 168--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 12, March 22, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 189--189
                      Anonymous   The New Electric Light at Hell Gate
                                  Lighthouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   The Plot Against Patents . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Cable Railways for New York City . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Malarial Fevers  . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   The Hostile Patent Bills . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Water Line Defense and Gun Shields for
                                  Cruisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Metallic Railroad Tie  . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Acoustic Telephone  . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improvement in the Leclanche Battery . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand Truck  . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Another Curious Case of Freezing . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Oil on Troubled Waters . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   The Twelve Thread Plume Bird . . . . . . 183--185
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 13, March 29, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 201--202
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 205--205
                      Anonymous   Traction Engine with Spring Wheels . . . 191--192
                      Anonymous   The Patent Bills Before Congress . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Items Concerning the Patent Bills  . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Finishing by Pressure  . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   A Long Straight edge . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Sash-Cord Fastener and Window Sash . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Ratchet Drill . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Truck for Sugar Refineries  . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Science in Antiquity . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for April . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electric Railway Signal  . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   A New Wind Engine  . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   A Combination Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . 199--199
                      Anonymous   The Boat Bill Heron  . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--201

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 14, April 5, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 217--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 221--221
                      Anonymous   Movable Theater Stages . . . . . . . . . 207--208
                      Anonymous   Probable Defeat of the Bad Patent Bills  208--209
                      Anonymous   Extracts from the Letter of the Hon.
                                  Benjamin Butterworth, Commissioner of
                                  Patents, to the Cincinnati Convention of
                                  Inventors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Refrigerator  . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   The International Electrical Exhibition  210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Ship Cleaner  . . . . . . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   The Remington Drop Hammer  . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Engine  . . . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Improved Steel Horse Collar  . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   The New Dynamite Gun . . . . . . . . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   Jade and Jade Objects from Central
                                  America  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 217--217

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 15, April 12, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 233--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 237--237
                      Anonymous   Increasing the Bridge facilities . . . . 223--224
                      Anonymous   Patents in Congress  . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Malarial Fevers  . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   New \booktitleScientific American
                                  Offices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Uneven Shrinking . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Removable Bottle Trap  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Corn Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Fence Post  . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   Panolastite  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   Improved Warping Machine . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   Central France under the Clouds  . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   An Improved Crutch . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Window Bead Fastener . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Ripping attachment for Scissors  . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 16, April 19, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 249--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 253--253
                      Anonymous   Dr. Le Plongeon's Latest and most
                                  Important Discoveries among the Ruined
                                  Cities of Yucatan  . . . . . . . . . . . 239--240
                      Anonymous   Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon's Latest and
                                  most Remarkable Discoveries in Yucatan   240--240
                      Anonymous   Protests from Manufacturers  . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Improvements in Men and Machines . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   American Standard for Boilers  . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Suggestions for Inventors  . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   The Cheapness of Cost  . . . . . . . . . 241--242
                      Anonymous   New Lathe Chuck  . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Torpedo Boat  . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Memorandum Book and Pad  . . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   The Atmospheric Turbine  . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Saw Tooth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--245
                      Anonymous   The Sectional Steamer Le Stanley . . . . 246--248
                      Anonymous   Animal Trap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 249--249

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 17, April 26, 1884

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 269--269
                      Anonymous   The Bridge Over Catskill Creek . . . . . 255--256
                      Anonymous   Separation of Oil from Iron Chips  . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Progress in Iron Founding  . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Saving by Co-Operation . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   A New Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Hose Coupling . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Binding Post for Electric Conductors . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   New Reclining Chair  . . . . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Musical Wagon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Oil Gas Plant for Ailsa Craig Lighthouse 259--262
                      Anonymous   Dr. Le Plongeon's Latest and Most
                                  Important Discoveries Among the Ruined
                                  Cities of Yucatan  . . . . . . . . . . . 262--264
                      Anonymous   Butter Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Billiard Cue Tip . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   New Game Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 18, May 3, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--279
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 285--285
                      Anonymous   Plan to Increase the Water Supply of New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   The International Patent Union . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Status of the Congressional Patent Bills 272--272
                      Anonymous   Hints to Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for May . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   A New Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Guide Bar oiler  . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Head for Barrels, Casks, Etc.  . . . . . 274--275
                      Anonymous   Taking a Photograph by the Magnesium
                                  Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Drying Fruit . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Enlarging Microscopic
                                  Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   An Industrial City --- Pullman, Ill  . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   New Ore Elevator . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   To the Rescue of Lieut Greely  . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 19, May 10, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--294
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 297--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 301--301
                      Anonymous   Patents to Foreigners --- Government
                                  Purchase of Patents  . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   A Suggestion as to Overhead Wires  . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   The Maximum of Sun Spots . . . . . . . . 288--290
                      Anonymous   Improved Breast Drill  . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Novel Door Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Folding Step Ladder  . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tool Handle  . . . . . . . . 290--291
                      Anonymous   Improved Furnace Grate . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   New Buildings of Prominence in New York
                                  City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   Dr. Le Plongeon's Latest and most
                                  Important Discoveries among the Ruined
                                  Cities of Yucatan  . . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Dynamite Thrown from Cannon by Powder    295--295
                      Anonymous   The Bursting of Gun Barrels  . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Improved Permutation Lock  . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fence Post . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 2, January 12, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--22
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Quantity of Water Per Horse Power  . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Alcohol from Bread . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   The Demand for Skill . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   The Pons--Brooks Comet . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Drilling and Boring Gun Barrels  . . . . 17--18
                      Anonymous   Grinding Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Elevator Bucket  . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Book Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Locomotive Cow Catcher . . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 88 . . . . . 20--21
                      Anonymous   Wire Tram Across the Teremakau, N.Z. . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   The Thibet Dog . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--25
                      Anonymous   Buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Locking Nut  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--26
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 20, May 17, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 317--317
                      Anonymous   Elevated City Railways Cause Eye
                                  Troubles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Little Shop  . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Collecting and Removing Waste from
                                  Spinning Machines  . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Wrench  . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Car Truck  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   A New Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
                      Anonymous   Bench Plane  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   A Photographic Revolver for Amateurs . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 89 . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Tombstone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
                      Anonymous   Ericsson's Sun Motor . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   A Beautiful House Plant  . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Dr. Le Plongeon's Latest and Most
                                  Important Discoveries among the Ruined
                                  Cities of Yucatan  . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Fountain Attachment for Marking Brushes  312--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 21, May 24, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   A New Cable Railway System . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   Steam at a Thousand Pounds Pressure  . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Elasticity of Leather Belts  . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Nails  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating To Patents  . . . . . 321--322
                      Anonymous   Gravimotor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Folding Staircase  . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Lifting Jack  . . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   Zschiesche's Hydraulic Motor . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Design for a Parlor Organ  . . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty  . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   The Doctrine of Evolution, An Antique
                                  Roman Mosaic from Carthage . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Thompson's Bleaching Process . . . . . . 326--327
                      Anonymous   Dr. Le Plongeon's Latest and Most
                                  Important Discoveries Among the Ruined
                                  Cities of Yucatan  . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Boiler Flue Cleaner  . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Improved Form of Bell  . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   A New Ship Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 328--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 22, May 31, 1884

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 349--349
                      Anonymous   American Chains  . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for June  . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Chest of Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Desk  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Car Starter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Stump Puller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Horse Cleaner  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   American Industries. --- No. 90  . . . . 339--341
                      Anonymous   Dolman's Fire Dampers  . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Improved Sewer Pipe Trap . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Freight Car Door Locks . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Petroleum Industry of Baku . . . . . . . 342--343
                      Anonymous   Dr. Le Plongeon and His Party  . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Feed Guide for Printing Presses  . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Wagon Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Water Closet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 345--345

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 23, June 7, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 365--365
                      Anonymous   Wrought Iron Tube for Cable Railways . . 351--352
                      Anonymous   The State of Manufacturing . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Porcelain Headed Nails . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Softening and Hardening Cast Iron  . . . 352--354
                      Anonymous   Folding Egg Case . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Stove Pipe Connection  . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Electric Door Keepers  . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Canal Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Device for Holding and Guiding the
                                  Fingers in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Photographing a Flash of Lightning . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Cut-Off Valve Gear . . . . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Hammer  . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   The Isatis, or Arctic Fox  . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   A Whalebone Arch . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   Cuff Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   Watch Maker's Hand Vise and Ring Bender  360--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 24, June 14, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   The Brown Stone Quarries of Connecticut  368--368
                      Anonymous   Gauges for Mechanical Work . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Our new Supplement Catalogue . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   A Suggested Lathe Improvement  . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Straight Edge . . . . . . . 368--370
                      Anonymous   Machine for Working Butter . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Saw Arbor . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Car Track Cleaner  . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   The Allen Dense Air Ice Machine  . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Sail Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 91 . . . . . 372--373
                      Anonymous   Portable Electric testing apparatus  . . 374--375
                      Anonymous   Natural History notes  . . . . . . . . . 375--375
                      Anonymous   The Tiger by Instantaneous Photography   375--376
                      Anonymous   An Old Universal Tool  . . . . . . . . . 376--377
                      Anonymous   Improved Claw Bar  . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Water Cooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 25, June 21, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 397--397
                      Anonymous   Curiosities of Screw Cutting . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Chewing the Cud  . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 92 . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Lubricator and Measure . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Car Axle Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Marine Engine Governor . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Wire Wrapping or Covering Machine  . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Liquid Carbonic Acid --- Its Industrial
                                  Production and Uses  . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Deep Sea Fishes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Clothes Horse  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Improved Fan Attachment  . . . . . . . . 392--393
                      Anonymous   The Steamer America  . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 26, June 28, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--412
                      Anonymous   Conditions of Life in the Depths of the
                                  Sea  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   From Broadway to the Ferries . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for July  . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   How Pile Buttons are made  . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   New Spring Gearing for Vehicles  . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Wagon Running Gear . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Hub attaching Device . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Shaft Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Foot Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Improved Journal Bearing . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Combined Plow and Harrow . . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Trace Buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Umbrella and Parasol Frame . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   A Novel Toy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   The Panama Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   The Gorilla at the Paris Museum of
                                  Natural History  . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Street Elevator at Stockholm . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 408--408

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 3, January 19, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 45--45
                      Anonymous   Application of Electricity to Tunneling  31--32
                      Anonymous   The Nullification of the Patent Laws . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Magnetism in Cities  . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   A Blow at the Industries of Indiana  . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Working Cold Wrought Iron  . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Restoration of American Shipbuilding . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Process of and Apparatus for Blocking
                                  Ice  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Blotter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Double Mould Board Plow . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Hose Reel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Engine Lubricator  . . . . . . . . . . . 35--37
                      Anonymous   The Strength of Lead Pipes . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Soemmering's Electric Telegraph  . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   The Chimpanzee and Koolokamba  . . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Insurance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 4, January 26, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 61--61
                      Anonymous   Railroad Building on the Bank of the
                                  Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--48
                      Anonymous   Bills for the Nullification of Patents   48--48
                      Anonymous   Annealing and Case Hardening . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Proposed Amendment of the Copyright Law  48--48
                      Anonymous   Is our Water Power Failing?  . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Brass Finishing by Acids . . . . . . . . 49--50
                      Anonymous   Metallic Plastering Surface  . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Show Box Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Milk Cooler  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Sliding Window Shutter . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Laporte's Hydraulic Hay Press  . . . . . 51--53
                      Anonymous   Bradford Technical School  . . . . . . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   The Diamond Pheasant . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Car Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--58
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 5, February 2, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 77--77
                      Anonymous   Improved Crank Shaft Lathe . . . . . . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   The Earthquake Recorder  . . . . . . . . 63--64
                      Anonymous   Nullification of the Patent Laws . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Another Movement for a Swiss Patent Law  64--65
                      Anonymous   Boracic Acid; Its Sources  . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Proportions for Vessels of Light Draught 65--65
                      Anonymous   Care of Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Locking Latch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Automatic Machine for Cutting Paper and
                                  Cardboard  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
               C. Marion Dodson   The Propeller, Bone --- a Contribution
                                  to Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Combined Knife Brick Box and Grinder . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for February  . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Bee Farming in New South Wales . . . . . 70--71
                      Anonymous   Electric Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Scratch Gauge  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   Pipe Tongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 6, February 9, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 93--93
                      Anonymous   An Inquiry into the Origin of Invention  80--80
                      Anonymous   The Standard Screw Threads . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   To Drill Holes in Line . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Silver Spoons . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Setting-Up With the Wrench . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Trichinosis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   The Patent Committee's Error . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Modern and Ancient Rainfall  . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Improved Dam for Irrigating-Ditches  . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Single Rail Elevated Railway and Train   82--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   Constructing, Ventilating, and Cooling
                                  Cellars  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Crank Pin for Steam Engines  . . . . . . 83--84
                 Victor Smedley   The Automatic Flute and How to Make it   84--85
                      Anonymous   Simple Photo-Enlarging Apparatus . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Isolating Pavilions for Contagious
                                  Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   Ice Yachting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Improved Burial Windlass . . . . . . . . 88--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 7, February 16, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--102
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 109--109
                      Anonymous   The Position of Inventors  . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Pons--Brooks Comet . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Peculiar Wood Working  . . . . . . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   A Menace to Prosperity . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   The February Floods  . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Phenomenon Seen at Sulphur
                                  Springs, Ohio  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Patent Office Work of 1883 . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Device for Lubricating Wheels and
                                  Pulleys  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   A Canadian Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Movement  . . . . . . . . . . 98--99
                      Anonymous   ``Percentograph''  . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   The Floating Steam Fire Engines of New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Terry's Aquatic Tricycle . . . . . . . . 102--103
                      Anonymous   Periophthalmus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   A Curious Case of Freezing . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   Side Spring for Vehicles . . . . . . . . 104--104
                   G. D. Hiscox   Filtering Cisterns . . . . . . . . . . . 104--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 8, February 23, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--118
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   It was the Pons--Brooks Comet  . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Relief Expeditions for the American
                                  Colony at Lady Franklin Bay  . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Steam Log Setting Apparatus for Saw
                                  Mills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Feed Water Regulator and Alarm . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Speaking Tube Mouth Piece  . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   End of the Jeannette Expedition  . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   The Duplex Tide Wheel  . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   The Exploration of the Atmosphere  . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   Improved Draught Equalizer . . . . . . . 120--120
                      Anonymous   Improved Truss . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 50, Number 9, March 1, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--134
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 141--141
                      Anonymous   The Hyatt Filters --- Manufactured by
                                  the Newark Filtering Co., Newark, N.J.   127--127
                      Anonymous   Robbery as a Basis of Property Right . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Loose Pulleys, or Idlers . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   How Knurls are Made  . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Tetanus-Lock Jaw . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Patent Bills in Congress . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Fire Damp Explosions . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   First Steam Fire Engine  . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Bee Culture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Improved Revolving Harrow  . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Improved Safety Switch Guard . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Improved Foot Power Hammer . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for March . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Improved Rapid Dumping Cart  . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   The Pons--Brooks Comet . . . . . . . . . 134--135
                      Anonymous   Young Panthers in the Zoological Garden
                                  at Dusseldorf, Germany . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   A New Attachment for Vises . . . . . . . 136--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139


Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 1, July 5, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   The Gaskill Steam Pumping Engines  . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   A Mechanical Dictionary Needed . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Union of Iron and Steel  . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Natural Gas as an Industrial Factor  . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   How Globes are Built . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Equitable Rights of Inventors Before
                                  Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Hand Corn Planter  . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Steam Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Rain Water Trap  . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Well Bucket Windlass . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
                      Anonymous   Feeder for Mills, Purifiers, Etc . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Shell Extractor for Fire Arms  . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Miter Box  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Propeller Wheel . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Cailletet's Apparatus for the
                                  Liquefaction of Gases  . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Novel Arrangement of Water-Tight
                                  Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   The Mexican Axolotl  . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 10, September 6, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 157--157
                      Anonymous   Ragona's Portable Astronomical,
                                  Magnetic, and Meteorological Observatory 143--144
                      Anonymous   Rufus Porter, Founder of the
                                  \booktitleScientific American  . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Mechanics in Education . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   The Problematic Planet Neith . . . . . . 145--146
                      Anonymous   Grain Crusher and Disintegrator  . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Self-Oiling Loose Pulley . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Door and Gate Latch  . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Tinsmith's Roller  . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Safety Catch for Elevators . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Heater  . . . . . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   The Cholera in 1884  . . . . . . . . . . 150--152
                      Anonymous   An English Wolf  . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   Fumigating Passengers for Cholera  . . . 152--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 11, September 13, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 169--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 173--173
                      Anonymous   The Shipman Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   The International Electrical Exposition  160--160
                      Anonymous   Emery Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   White Pine Ornamentation . . . . . . . . 160--162
                      Anonymous   Driving Mechanism for Velocipedes  . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Tightening Device for Trunk Straps . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Sulky Cornstalk Cutter . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Hydrating Lime . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Combined Calendar, Paper Weight, Etc . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Radiators for Heating Buildings  . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   A Home-Made Turntable  . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   The Victorian Gunboats . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Phases of Kangaroo Life  . . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 169--169

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 12, September 20, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 189--189
                      Anonymous   More About the A.A.A.S.  . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   For the Advancement of Science . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Magnetization of Pocket Watches at the
                                  Electrical Exhibition  . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   A Double Baking Pan  . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Current Wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Trace Holder and Detacher  . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool for Carpenters  . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Mechanical Movement . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Machine for Tonguing and
                                  Grooving Boards  . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   The Telephone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--181
                      Anonymous   Transmitting Power from a Central
                                  Station  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   The Northeast Coast of New Guinea  . . . 183--184
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
                                  Marks, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--186
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 13, September 27, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   The Siemens Regenerative Gas Lamp  . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   Soldering on Cast Iron . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Raw Hide Wheels  . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   A Watering Device for Stock Car  . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Knob  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Ratchet Tool Handle  . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Horseshoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clock Frame  . . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   Boiler for Heating Buildings . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   A New Steam Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Hotchkiss Rapid Six Pounder Gun 198--199
                      Anonymous   Messrs. Renard and Krebs' Electric
                                  Balloon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 14, October 4, 1884

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Band Saw Mills for Logs  . . . . . . . . 207--208
                      Anonymous   The Great Telephone Suit . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Grinding Materials . . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for October . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   An Improved Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Faucet  . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Dumping Car  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Seat and Foot Board for Row Boats  . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Improved ``Rapid'' Cupola  . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Self-Acting Speing Leg Brace . . . . . . 212--213
                      Anonymous   The Metropolitan Railway of Paris  . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Paraffine Brush  . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   The Edible Crab  . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Saddle Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   The Ocarina  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 15, October 11, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Leveling and Lining Shafts . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Turning Metals to Patterns . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Rein Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Paper File or Holder . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Tree Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Car Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   The Electric Railway at Frankfort,
                                  Germany  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Wagon Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                  J. E. Richter   The Fish River Caves, Near Sydney,
                                  Australia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   The Keely Motor Deception  . . . . . . . 230--231
                    H. C. Hovey   The Ant Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   Gas Pressure Moderator . . . . . . . . . 232--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 16, October 11, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   The Edison Exhibit at the Philadelphia
                                  Electrical Exhibition  . . . . . . . . . 239--246
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions of the Commissioner of
                                  Patents Concerning Trade Marks and
                                  Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Shop Savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   A Project for the Reorganization of the
                                  Army . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Shafts and Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Poisoning from Galvanized Iron . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Setting Diamonds in Tools  . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Life Raft  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   The Industrial Production of Oxygen and
                                  Nitrogen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   The United States Electric Light Co.'s
                                  Exhibit at the Philadelphia Electrical
                                  Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   Botanizing Upon a Coin . . . . . . . . . 247--247
                      Anonymous   Young Chimpanzees  . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Improved Vise  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Combined Paper Weight and Pencil
                                  Sharpener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 248--249
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 17, October 25, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 268--268
                      Anonymous   The Thomson--Houston Exhibit at the
                                  International Electrical Exposition,
                                  Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--256
                      Anonymous   A Prize for Inventors. --- Need of
                                  Passenger and Freight Car Brakes . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Heavy Gun Question . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Two Remarkable Meteors . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screw Cutting Lathe  . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Mail Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Joint for Electric Conductors  . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Electric Mouth Lamp and Laryngoscope . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Hoisting Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   Treatment of Deformities of the Nose . . 260--261
                      Anonymous   Making Gas from Crude Petroleum  . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Glass Rolling Table  . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Ancient Hydraulic Clocks . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Reversible Wall Scraper  . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Lunar Chart  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 18, November 1, 1884

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 285--285
                      Anonymous   The Exhibit of the Brush Electric
                                  Company at the International Electrical
                                  Exposition Philadelphia  . . . . . . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   Changeable Speeds  . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Automatic Torpedoes  . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Baldness --- Its Prevention and Cure . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Upsetting of Iron  . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets in November . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Low Pressure Boiler  . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Shade Roller Hanger  . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Explosive Shell . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Street Car Driver's Change Box . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Colter Hanger . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Coal Crane  . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gun Sight  . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Steam Catamaran  . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Twelve-Wheel Freight Locomotive  . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   The Living Organisms of the Atmosphere   279--282
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 19, November 8, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 301--301
                      Anonymous   The Edward Weston Exhibit at the
                                  International Electrical Exposition,
                                  Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--288
                      Anonymous   Composite Steel and Iron . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Uses of Gas Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Drilling and Boring Wood . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Employer and Employed  . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Cast Iron Cutlery  . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Retenoning Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Loop for Hanging Garments  . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Charger for Loading Revolvers  . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Wire Measuring Device  . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Reversing Rail Mill Engines  . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   Clothes Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Shade Hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   A New Vacuum Pump, and Its Application
                                  in the Manufacture of Ice  . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Louis Pasteur  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                John R. Coryell   A Sheep Destroyer  . . . . . . . . . . . 296--297
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 2, July 12, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--22
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Lift Bridge  . . . . . . . . . 15--16
                      Anonymous   Contraction of Steel . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Cutting Leading Screws . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Balanced Slide Valve . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Thill Coupling  . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Device for Transmitting Motion . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Device for Securing Box Covers . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   The Harden Hand-Grenade Fire
                                  Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Index for Journals, Letter Files, Etc    19--20
                      Anonymous   Shaft Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents Trade
                                  Marks Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Machine for Grinding Indigo and
                                  Ultramarine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   New Automatic Cut-Off Agricultural
                                  Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
            C. B. Brown-Sequard   Attitudes After Death  . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Telephone Support  . . . . . . . . . . . 24--25
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 20, November 15, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--313
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 317--317
                      Anonymous   American Steam Yachts  . . . . . . . . . 303--304
                      Anonymous   The Return Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Ancient Interior African Sea . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Horseradish  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   An Electric Hair and Flesh Brush . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Measuring Canister  . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Vehicle Top . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Cane Planting Machine  . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Imperial Dom Pedro II. Bridge  . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   Packing Box for Bottles  . . . . . . . . 308--309
                      Anonymous   An Electric Torchlight Procession  . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   Two New Optical Illusions  . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 21, November 22, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 329--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 332--332
                      Anonymous   The Chilian War Ship Esmeralda . . . . . 319--320
                      Anonymous   Grinding Reamers . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   What the Doctors Say about Bicycle
                                  Riding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Eads Ship Railway  . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Improved Bench Stop  . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Folding Top Crib . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Axle Lubricator  . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Road Vehicle  . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Water Softening Apparatus . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Capsule Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Improved Auger Bit . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Telescopic Views of Venus and Jupiter    325--325
                      Anonymous   Otto Gas Engines at the Philadelphia
                                  Electrical Exhibition  . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   New Grip System for Electric Railroads   326--327
                      Anonymous   \em Cholera Morbus . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   The Harden Hand Grenade Fire
                                  Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 22, November 29, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 349--349
                      Anonymous   Property in Patents  . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Wire Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for December  . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   New System of Ventilating Vessels  . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Hand Power for Sewing Machines . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Cellar Drain and Ventilator  . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool Holder  . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Jacquelin and Chevre's Steam Excavator   339--340
                      Anonymous   The ``Champion'' Six-Lever Rim Night
                                  Latch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Wheel . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                   Victor Tatin   Aerial Navigation  . . . . . . . . . . . 342--343
                      Anonymous   Dinosaurs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Improved Stove and Other Pipes . . . . . 344--345
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 23, December 6, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   An Immense Vacuum Pan for Sugar Making   351--351
                      Anonymous   Specially for our Readers  . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   The Efficiency of Fluid in Vapor Engines 352--352
                      Anonymous   Steel Uniformity . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Methods of Estimating Distances  . . . . 353--354
                      Anonymous   Claw Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Feed Mechanism for Roller Mills  . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Rope Serving Machine . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Improvements in Upright Pianos . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   A Novel Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   A New Elevated Tramway Without Rails . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   The Carbon Blast . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   The Colladon Fountain  . . . . . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   Dr. Otto Gmelin's Cupola . . . . . . . . 360--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   \booktitleScientific American Catalogue  363--386
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American
                                  Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 24, December 13, 1884

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 402--404
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   The Maxim Machine Gun  . . . . . . . . . 391--398
                      Anonymous   Belt Material  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Gold Leaf  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Criminal Ignorance . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Pulleys and Gears  . . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
                      Anonymous   A Basic Metal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Experiments on Superheating as a Cause
                                  of Boiler Explosion  . . . . . . . . . . 394--397
                      Anonymous   The Pneumatic Telegraph Line at Paris    395--395
                      Anonymous   Improved Refrigerating Cars  . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   Composite Mica Sheet . . . . . . . . . . 396--396
                      Anonymous   Some Specimens of Fine Cattle  . . . . . 399--401
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 402--402

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 25, December 20, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413--413
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 418--419
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 419--419
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 419--420
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 420--420
                      Anonymous   The Decision in the Bell--Drawbaugh
                                  Telephone Suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Hints to Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   The Delay of Business in the Patent
                                  Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Automatic Game Counter . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   A Novel Table  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Automatic Alarm for Bearings . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Casing for Pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . 410--411
                      Anonymous   Double Steam Hammer  . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
                      Anonymous   Frankel's Registering Dynamometer  . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   The New Orleans Exposition . . . . . . . 412--412
                      Anonymous   A New Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   Improved Silo Press  . . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   The Camel Corps of the British Army  . . 415--416
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 417--417
                      Anonymous   An Improved Speed Indicator  . . . . . . 417--417
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 418--418
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 418--418
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 418--418
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418--418
                      Anonymous   Foreign Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . 421--421

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 26, December 27, 1884

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 432--432
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 432--433
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 433--434
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 434--434
                      Anonymous   How is Business? . . . . . . . . . . . . 424--424
                      Anonymous   Improved Workmanship . . . . . . . . . . 424--424
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for January . . . 425--425
                      Anonymous   A New Safety Regulator for Elevators . . 426--426
                      Anonymous   Novel Method of Propelling Vessels . . . 426--426
                      Anonymous   A Crow Hut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426--426
                      Anonymous   Watch Regulator  . . . . . . . . . . . . 426--426
                      Anonymous   Balancing Device for Vessels . . . . . . 426--426
                      Anonymous   The Interoceanic Ship Railway  . . . . . 428--431
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 432--432
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 432--432
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 432--432

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 3, July 19, 1884

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 41--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Improved Upright Drying Machine  . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Scraping Surfaces to Fit . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Handles for Cold Chisels . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   Well Pipe Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Sail Clamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Wagon End Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Double Acting Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Phantom Curve. --- Denver and Rio Grande
                                  Railway  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Extraordinary Boiler Explosion at
                                  Orléans, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
                      Anonymous   Safety Catch for Elevators . . . . . . . 36--37
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Wireworms and Skipjacks  . . . . . . . . 37--38
                      Anonymous   Shanks' Compound Engine for Small
                                  Vessels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   Electricity Without Apparatus  . . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   The Tarantula of Southern California . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Improved Thill Coupling  . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 41--41

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 4, July 26, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 57--58
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 61--61
                      Anonymous   Casting a Huge Cannon  . . . . . . . . . 47--48
                      Anonymous   Congress and the Patent Office . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Driving by Friction  . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Variations of Speed  . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   The Greely Expedition  . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Labels and Trademarks  . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Horse Power  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Oil Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Compound and Self-Acting Plug Valve for
                                  Wash Basins  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Metallurgic Furnace  . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Elevator  . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Bending Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   Screw Tap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Well Bucket  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Conical Press for Treating Beet Pulp . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   A Practical Method of Estimating
                                  Distances  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Automatic Wave Lubricating Life Buoy . . 56--56
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 57--57

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 5, August 2, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 73--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 77--77
                      Anonymous   A New Steam Catamaran  . . . . . . . . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   Finishing by Pressure  . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The Barff Process for Preserving Iron    64--64
                      Anonymous   Portable Machine Tools . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Poisonous Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Poisonous Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Weather Strip  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Revolving Book Stand . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Hay Carrier  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Side Hill Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Shade and Curtain Fixture  . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Combination Cellar Grate . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Folding Fireplace Fender . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   Insertible Saw Tooth . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Improved Oar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 69--70
                      Anonymous   Rock Cutting Machine . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Drawbridge Signal  . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   The Sun Lamp Applied to Photography  . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 73--73

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 6, August 9, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 92--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 93--93
                      Anonymous   Labels as Subjects of Copyright  . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Now Is the Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Anomalies of the Sewing-Machine Business 80--81
                      Anonymous   Lathe Feeds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Muscular Contraction after Death . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Forms of Cold Chisels  . . . . . . . . . 81--82
                      Anonymous   Check Row Corn Planter . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Slide Trombone Valve for Cornets, Etc    82--82
                      Anonymous   Drag Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   Combined Curbstone and Telegraph Wire
                                  Conduit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Manure Loader  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Trace Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   The New York Fire Department . . . . . . 85--86
                      Anonymous   Improved Friction Screw Press  . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The New Stern-Wheel Gunboats of the
                                  French Navy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 7, August 16, 1884

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 109--109
                    H. C. Hovey   The American Watch Works . . . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   The Greely Explorers at Home . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Screw Bolt Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Straightening Shafts . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Steel Tests  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--98
                      Anonymous   Portable Barn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Spring Seat for Wagons . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Lumber Grader's Combination Tool . . . . 98--99
                      Anonymous   Means for Transmitting Motion  . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Hot Air Furnace  . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   Dredging at Oakland, Cal . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Electro-Pneumatic Valve  . . . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   How Our Carp are Destroyed . . . . . . . 105--106
                      Anonymous   A Russian Flower Basket  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Fire Extinguisher . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Cuspidor Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 8, August 23, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   Work on the Corinth Canal  . . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   The Earthquake of August 10  . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Smelting and Casting of Iron . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Cooling by Evaporation . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   The Effect of Hardening on Steel . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Back Band Buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Semicircular Pointed Pens  . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Geographical Puzzles and Games . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Pole Ladder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Locomotive . . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   The Greindl Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   A Novel Sled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Improved Buck Saw  . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Fifty Horse Power Engine and Boiler  . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   A Nurse That Will Never be Careless  . . 120--120
                      Anonymous   Post Mortem Attitudes  . . . . . . . . . 120--121
                      Anonymous   Chemical Obstructions in Iron Water
                                  Pipes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   A Novel Toy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 51, Number 9, August 30, 1884

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 141--141
                      Anonymous   Fourteen Ton Locomotive Crane  . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Balancing Wheels and Cylinders . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets in September  . . 129--130
                      Anonymous   Cotton Baling Press  . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Paper and Card Cutter  . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Aerial Propeller  . . . . . . . . . . 130--131
                      Anonymous   Paper or Letter Box  . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Bag and Twine Holder . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Stamp and Envelope Moistener . . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Delta Metal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Couvreux's Excavator With Pivoting
                                  Bucket Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 1, January 3, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 13--13
                      Anonymous   The New Orleans Exposition, the Panama
                                  Canal and Its Climatic Results, and More 2--3
                      Anonymous   A Flexible Ladder Fire Escape  . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Leveling Instrument  . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Gravity Friction Clutch  . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Dust Cover for Drawers . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   A ``Workingman's'' College, Melbourne    5--5
                      Anonymous   American Industries --- No. 93 . . . . . 6--7
                      Anonymous   The Superga Wire Rope Railway Near Turin 8--8
            Daniel Carter Beard   Architecture of the American
                                  White-Footed Mouse (Deer Mouse)  . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 10, March 7, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 153--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 157--157
                      Anonymous   El Mahdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   The Mechanic's Capital . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Webbed Pulleys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   A Thrifty Life Insurance Company . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Completion of Washington's Monument  . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   The Alaska's Rudder  . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Improved Shaft Tugs  . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Frying Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Support for Buggy Tops . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Stove Implement  . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Bridge over the Dnieper  . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   The Rudder of a Great Steamship  . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Extinguisher for Lamps . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   A Great Electric Machine . . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Interesting Electrical Experiments . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   Æchmeas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 153--153

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 11, March 14, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 173--173
                      Anonymous   A Novel Arrangement of Cog Wheels  . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Light-Ships across the Atlantic  . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Making a Tube  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Horace Lord  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   How Shall the Erie Canal be Improved?    160--161
                      Anonymous   Doctor Dowling on Pneumonia  . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw Swage  . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Scroll Saw  . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Sectional Tile Fence Post  . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Lath  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Refrigerator and Air Pressure
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   The Pneumatic Pulverizer . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   A Double Automatic Car Coupler . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   A Suction Fitting for Steam Heating
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Explosion of a Lard Boiler . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Experiments with the Siphon  . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Four-Coupled Bogie Engine, Midland
                                  Railway  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--167
                      Anonymous   The Egyptian Camel Service . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 12, March 21, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 189--189
                      Anonymous   Engines of the Italian Ram Etna  . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   Personal Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Comets and Asteroids of 1884 . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Steering the Alaska  . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   A New Safety Coupler . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Friction Clutch  . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Safety Gas Burner  . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   The Illustrator's Microscope . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Photographing the Larynx . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cuff Fastener  . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Improved Sleeve or Collar Button . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Running-Part of Baby
                                  Carriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns . . . . . 180--183
                      Anonymous   A Boiler Explosion at Cincinnati, Ohio   183--183
                      Anonymous   Practical Studies of Man's Locomotion    183--185
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 13, March 28, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   A New Commissioner of Patents  . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Patent Office Examinations of Novelty of
                                  Inventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   The Working Power of Man . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for April . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Steam Engine Governor  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Barbed Wire Fence . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Tire Tightener  . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Friction Roller Bearing  . . . . . . . . 194--195
                      Anonymous   Artificial Ear Drum  . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Tchebichef's Walking Machine . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   The New York Trade Schools . . . . . . . 196--197
                      Anonymous   Hand Propeller for Boats . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Machine for Sewing Linings in Hat Bodies 198--198
                      Anonymous   Improved Hydraulic Shearing Machine  . . 198--199
                   C. Few Seiss   Migration of Blowing Vipers  . . . . . . 199--199
                      Anonymous   Mother-Of-Pearl  . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   The Columbia Two Track Tricycle  . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   The Rudder of the Alaska . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 14, April 4, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   The Forth Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 207--208
                      Anonymous   Concerning Telescopes  . . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Progress of Pneumatic Postal Tubes . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Testing Sealed Cans  . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Seal Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   A Steam Wheel, or Rotary Engine  . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Safety Gas Burner  . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Combined Grain Drier and Cooler  . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   The Sinking of Shafts by Freezing  . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Automatic Loose Pulley Oiler . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Cover for Cooking Utensils . . . . . . . 212--213
                      Anonymous   Imitation of Electro-Physiological
                                  Apparatus and Electric Tuning-Forks by
                                  Hydrodynamic Tuning-Forks  . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   The Improved Hand Loom Eugenie . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   The Improved Hand Loom Penelope  . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   The Rudder of the Alaska . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   The Victoria Regia . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Foreign Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . 221--221

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 15, April 11, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   The New Orleans Exposition . . . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Improved Loose Pulleys . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Recent Experiments in Vivisection  . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Artistic Mechanics . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Jack of All Trades . . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Water Gas Ruled out of Massachusetts . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Protector for Water Pipes Against
                                  Freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Thill Holder  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Dividers and Calipers . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Reversing Valve for Hoists, Elevators,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   The Hat as a Camera Obscura  . . . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   Back For Piano Stools  . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Wire Flower Pot Holder . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   The ``Sun'' Column, Designed for
                                  Lighting Entire Paris  . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   A Cheap Battery  . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Improved Construction of Vessels . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   Jersey Cow Mollie Garfield . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   A Fight for Life . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   The Rudder of the Alaska . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 233--233

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 16, April 18, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   The New Orleans Exposition . . . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   War Between England and Russia . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Lathe Fits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Metallic Railway Tie . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   A Novel Anchor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Fowl Coop  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   Self-Feeding Rip Saw Table . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Evaporator for Drying Fruit, Etc . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   Combined Cigar-Cutter and Match Box  . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Compound Optometer for Correcting Errors
                                  of Refraction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--247
                      Anonymous   Planchette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--247
                      Anonymous   The Bird Spider  . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   New Top for Cooking Stoves and Ranges    248--248
                      Anonymous   Improved Stove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 17, April 25, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Casting a Statue of Heroic Size  . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   Changes in the Patent Office . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Herat  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Do We Work Too Much? . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Window Bead Fastener  . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Double Bolt Sash Lock  . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Sled  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Mine Railway  . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Double-Acting Water Wheel  . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Rowing Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Cold Iron Punch  . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Electrical Standard for Measuring
                                  Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--262
                   C. P. Holder   Monumental Nests . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Dr. Ochorowicz's Loud-Speaking Telephone 263--263
                      Anonymous   Pruning Ornamental Trees . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 265--265

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 18, May 2, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 282--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   Exhibition of Pumping Engines By C. H.
                                  De Lamater & Co. at the New Orleans
                                  Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   Trade Marks and Label Registration . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Rust Cement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Views of the District of Columbia Judges
                                  on Trademark and Label Registration  . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Automatic Oiler for Crank Pins . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Hand Power Apparatus for Hoisting and
                                  Conveying Broken Ice, Etc  . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Combined Potato and Tree Planter . . . . 274--275
                      Anonymous   The ``Vulcan'' Cushioned Power Hammer    275--275
                      Anonymous   Double Plunger Geared Pump . . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   Combined Detachable Pocket and Cap . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Heat Distributer for Oil Stoves  . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   The Great Drilling Machines of the Forth
                                  Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for May . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 19, May 9, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   Improved Cotton Picker . . . . . . . . . 287--288
                      Anonymous   Square Cotter Pins . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Spring Gauges  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Cut Nails and Wire Nails . . . . . . . . 288--289
              E. Dwight Kendall   Dirt, Disease and Disinfection . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   How much shall the Doctor be Paid? . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Improved Anemometer  . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Folding Chair  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Disinfecter . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Fish Trap and Bucket . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   A New Aerial Machine . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Trunk Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   A Novel Toy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Hobby Horse  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Cleaning Oils  . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   A Portable Photographic Camera . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   The New Paleontological Gallery of the
                                  Paris Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 2, January 10, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24--26
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 28--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 29--29
                      Anonymous   The Young Mechanics Capital --- How to
                                  Increase It  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Cut-Off for Cisterns . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Draw Bar for Freight Cars  . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Safety Valve  . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Freight Car Skid . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Henry Morton Stanley . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Strengthening the Abutment of a Great
                                  Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--22
                      Anonymous   Goupil's Aeroplane . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   A One Thousand Foot Tower  . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   Machine for Making Compressed Yeast  . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 20, May 16, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   Standard Passenger Locomotive  . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Swimmers --- Old and New . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Relative Measurements  . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Elecampane as an Antiseptic  . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Facts about Cholera  . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Sash Cord Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Carpet Stretcher . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Cable Railway Grip . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Wire Fence Tool  . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Course Reading Attachments for Transits  307--307
                      Anonymous   Triple Effect Apparatus  . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Railroad Signaling Apparatus . . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   The Cyclostyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--310
                      Anonymous   The New Cunard Steamship Etruria . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gas Engine . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Whale Fishery off the Coast of Norway    311--312
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 313--313

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 21, May 23, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   Compressed Air for Small Motors  . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Grain in Cast Iron . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Teeth of Mills . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Expected Advent of the Locust  . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Automatic Fan  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Automatic Drawbridge Gate  . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Metallic Railroad Tie  . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   A Novel Soap Holder  . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Hammer  . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   A Mammoth Steam Snow Shovel  . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Pendulum Escapement  . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Unexplored Branch of the Fire Escape
                                  Problem  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Belt Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Labor-Saving Machines for Restaurants    326--326
                      Anonymous   Boiler Explosion at Franklin, Ind  . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Tarpon Fishing with Rod and Reel . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   A New Bag Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 329--329

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 22, May 30, 1885

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Proposed Bridge over the St. Lawrence
                                  River  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   The Higher Organization of Manufactories 336--336
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for June  . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   A New and Improved Filter  . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Baling Press  . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Wire Carrier and Stretcher . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Electric High and Low Water Detecter . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   The Taylor New Automatic Stationary
                                  Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Improved Plow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Door Check or Holder . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Glove or Shoe Fastener . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Mather's Portable Engine . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Boiler Cleaner and Water
                                  Purifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   The Art of Leaping . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 345--345

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 23, June 6, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   New War Ships of the British Navy  . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   Are Costly Ships and Forts Necessary to
                                  an Effective Defense?  . . . . . . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   The Niagara Falls Park . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Comets Due in 1885 . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   The Practical Mechanic . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Metallic Railway Tie . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cornice Gutter . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--355
                      Anonymous   Machine for Shelling Peas  . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Combined Bee Swarmer and Hiver . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Rack for Exhibiting Notions  . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Cox's Improved Table Knives  . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Button Hook Holder for Shoes . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Improved Ice Creepers  . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Protector for Water Conductors . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 357--358
                      Anonymous   Power Shears for Cutting Sheet Metal . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   The White-Nosed Monkey at the Berlin
                                  Aquarium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 25, June 20, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--390
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   The Fastest River Steamer Beaten by a
                                  Steam Yacht  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383--384
                      Anonymous   The English Cutter Genesta . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The New U.S. Cruiser Dolphin . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   Improved Double Fireplace  . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Attachment for Gas Cocks . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved Brake Shoe  . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   The Laws of Vision and the Harmony of
                                  Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   The ``Unique'' Single Tube Injector  . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Improved Traction Engine . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Safety Valve and Alarm for Steam Boilers 390--390
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments with Soap Bubbles and Films  391--392
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 393--393

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 26, June 27, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   The Thermo Phote, or Self-Registering
                                  Photometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   Arrival of the Statue of Liberty . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Japan at the New Orleans Exposition  . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   Pitman Attachment for Sewing Machines    402--402
                      Anonymous   An Electric ``Front-Sight'' for Firearms 402--402
                      Anonymous   School Desk and Seat . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Railway Tamping Machine  . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Improvements in Upright Grand Pianos . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Simple Push Button for Electric Bells    404--405
                      Anonymous   The Engine and Boiler of the Stiletto    406--406
                      Anonymous   The Needle and Thread Plant  . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 408--408

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 3, January 17, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 45--45
                      Anonymous   Oil of Turpentine and Resin  . . . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Improved Tool Grinder and Press  . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Success of the Mississippi Jetties . . . 32--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Door Spring  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   A Novel Rail Fastening . . . . . . . . . 34--35
                      Anonymous   Ice Planing and Ridging Machine  . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Vehicle Brake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Back Band  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   New Roadway Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Steam Bell for Locomotives . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   A Study of the Navies of Antiquity . . . 39--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 4, January 24, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 61--61
                      Anonymous   Bridge with Movable Floor System . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   The New Orleans Exposition . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Taper Fit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Wood Carving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Making Cherries  . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for February  . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Improved Seat Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Design for Spring Clip or Tongs  . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Check Billiard Marker  . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Egg Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Automatic Signal for Railroad Crossings  51--51
                      Anonymous   A Novel Horseshoe  . . . . . . . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   Hat Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Improved Dredger . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Magical Apparition of a Drawing on White
                                  Paper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                   F. von Mwell   Rhododendron Toverenæ . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Machine for Framing Timber . . . . . . . 56--57
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 5, January 31, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--70
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 73--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 77--77
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Agglomerated Fuel . . 63--64
                      Anonymous   Improved Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Dropping and Striking Up . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Butter Tub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Belt Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Shutter Worker  . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Burglar Alarm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Spirit Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Quadruple Pump  . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Combined Guard and Weeder  . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   Detachable Shirt Bosom . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   A Simple Mode of Ascertaining the
                                  Revolutions of a Shaft . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Weight Power Machine . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   The Mason Wasp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 73--73

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 6, February 7, 1885

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 89--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 93--93
                      Anonymous   The Attock Bridge  . . . . . . . . . . . 79--80
                      Anonymous   Encke's Comet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   Shop Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Asbestos in Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Binding Eyelet for Papers, Magazines,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Anchor Stake for Check Row Wires . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Post Hole Auger  . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   A New Electro Magnet . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Automatic Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Aztec Warrior . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Shaft Support . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Automatic Double-Pointed Pen Holder  . . 84--85
                      Anonymous   Registering Thermometers and Pressure
                                  Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Accumulators for Loading and
                                  Unloading Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--88
                      Anonymous   The Hypnoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 89--89

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 7, February 14, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--102
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 109--109
                      Anonymous   Shop Remedies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Cast Iron Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Inside Calipering  . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Treatment of Steel . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   Invention as an Art  . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Has Electric Light Any Effect on the
                                  Growth of Plants?  . . . . . . . . . . . 97--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Tricycle  . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Spirit Level  . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Harrow  . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Navigable Trains of Air Ships  . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Fungoid Growth  . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   The Pneumatic System of the Western
                                  Union  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Improved Rail Mill Engines . . . . . . . 102--103
                      Anonymous   An Aquatic Velocipede  . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 104--106
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 8, February 21, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 125--125
                      Anonymous   The Motive Power of the Philadelphia
                                  Cable Railway  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   Cast Iron Malleable  . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   A New Remedy for the Imported Cabbage
                                  Worm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
              E. Dwight Kendall   The Chemical Nature of Cotton  . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Improved Miter Box . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Regenerator for Compound Engines . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls    114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Printer's Chase . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Safety Engine  . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Trace or Hame Tug Buckle . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Single-Bell Chime Whistle . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Plant Protector  . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Recent Progress in Electricity --- the
                                  Phelps System of Telegraphing from a
                                  Railway Train While in Motion  . . . . . 118--120
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 121--121

Scientific American
Volume 52, Number 9, February 28, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 141--141
                      Anonymous   Improved Locomotive Steam Crane  . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   The Commissionership of Patents  . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Built-Up Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   A Trade as a Refuge  . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for March . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Railroad Ticket Holder . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Car Replacer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Keel for Submarine Boats . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Nut Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Shipping Case . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Back-Washing Machine  . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Unloading and Elevating Apparatus  . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Fare Box  . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Torpedoes of the Austrian Navy . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   An Early Electro-Magnetic Locomotive . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Fishways on the River Sire . . . . . . . 135--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 1, July 4, 1885

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                      Anonymous   The Great French Gun . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   An Electric Gun  . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Shall Water Pipes and Gas Pipes be
                                  Connected with Lightning Rods? . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for July  . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Replacer  . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Detachable Handle for Valises  . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Spring Frame for Beds  . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Rolling Mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Telegraph Key and Sounder  . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Shaping Machine . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Object Lens for Telescopes and Cameras   5--5
                      Anonymous   Machine for Forming Heels for Ladies'
                                  Shoes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--7
                      Anonymous   Photographic Camera for Instantaneous
                                  Views  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Hoffmann's New Plan for a Cemetery . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Thoroughbred Cattle  . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 10, September 5, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   Optical Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   The Metropolitan Water Company's
                                  Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Speed on the Ocean . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   A. S. Lyman  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lever Wrench . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Performance Sheets and Recording Work
                                  Done by Locomotives  . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   A Car Wheel and Axle . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cover for Large Books  . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   A Sod Cutter and Pulverizer  . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   A Moist Air Injector for Furnaces and
                                  Forges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hand Snow Plow . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   A Vibrating Cylinder Steam Valve . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Improved Button or Stud  . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Improved Traction Engine and Crane . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   Composite Portraits of Members of the
                                  National Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   How to Make a Magic Three-Sided Fan  . . 152--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 11, September 12, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   The International Yacht Race . . . . . . 159--160
                      Anonymous   New York Cable Road  . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Submarine Warfare  . . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   A Heavy Gun that Will not Burst  . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   The Decline of the Sailor  . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Drenching Bit  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Upright Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tunnel Strainer  . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Extensible Ladder . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Independent Air and Circulating Pumping
                                  Engine for the United States Cruiser
                                  Chicago  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   New Method of Gripping and Crossing
                                  Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Flower Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--166
                      Anonymous   The Improved Gatling Gun . . . . . . . . 166--169
                      Anonymous   Greenhouses and Conservatories . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 12, September 19, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   Spontaneous Combustion . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   The Great Tangent Galvanometer of the
                                  Cornell University . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   Cylindrical Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Railway Improvements Needed  . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   As to the Sinking of the Wires . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Shop Independence  . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   Death Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Improved Boiler Feeder . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   A Photo-Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Boiler  . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Safety Check for Musical Boxes . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Petroleum and its Application to the
                                  Running of Locomotives . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   The Wonderful New Star in Andromeda  . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Improved Blooming Mill . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                   C. F. Holder   Salt in Ornamentation  . . . . . . . . . 183--185
                Geo. M. Hopkins   The Microscope in the Mechanic Arts  . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 13, September 26, 1885

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   Valves and Hydrants  . . . . . . . . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   The Berdan Twin Torpedo  . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   America to Keep the Cup  . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Examinations of Beer . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   An Improved Skate  . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Railroad Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Horseshoe . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Vehicle Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Upright Cushioned Helve Hammer . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Window Screen and Ventilator . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   A New Torpedo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Combined Milk Pan and Cheese Mould . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   A Few New Microscope Accessories . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Improved Steering Apparatus for
                                  Rudderless Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   A Novel Clock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   An Improved Grain Drier  . . . . . . . . 199--199
                      Anonymous   Electric Light Adapted for use of
                                  Naturalists, Chemists, Etc.  . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   Electric Apparatus for Submarine
                                  Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--201
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting of the Grevin Museum   201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 14, October 3, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   Floating Depositing Dock and Hydraulic
                                  Grid Dock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207--208
                      Anonymous   A New Phase in the Telephone Litigations 208--208
                      Anonymous   Stiletto and Atalanta  . . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Pneumonia and Ozone  . . . . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for October . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Tricycle Hobby Horse . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Automatic Lamp Extinguisher  . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Grate Bars  . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Spring Friction Mirror Pivot . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Stop Attachment for Roller Skates  . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Supporting and End Thrust Anti-Friction
                                  Pads for Shafts  . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Improved Apparatus for Training Horses   211--212
                      Anonymous   The Utilization of Solar Heat for the
                                  Elevation of Water . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Fifteen Ton Steam Forge Cranes . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   New Applications of Electricity  . . . . 215--215
                   C. F. Holder   Constructive Ability of Fishes . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 217--217

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 15, October 10, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   The Pennsylvania Aerolite  . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Graphical Comparison of Perforation
                                  Formulæ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Curious Features of the Electric
                                  Lighting Business  . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Student Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
             Richard A. Proctor   A New Star within a Star Cloud . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Wagon Brake . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Snow Plow  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Horseshoe  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Blowing up Flood Rock, Hell Gate . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Small Gas Engines . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Chair Elevator for Use at Fires  . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   The Car Coupler Trials at Buffalo, N.Y.  232--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Communications Received  . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 16, October 17, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   Mississippi River Improvements . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   A Necklace of Mummy Eyes . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   A Hand-Protecting Sad Iron Holder  . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Ore Separating Machine . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Combined Caliper, Protractor, and Bevel  242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hame Fastener  . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Flood Rock Blown Up  . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   Improved Expansion Bolt  . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   A Substitute for Glass in Photography    246--247
                      Anonymous   Sibley College, Cornell University . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Machines for Bakeries  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 17, October 24, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Effects of the Flood Rock Explosion  . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   A New Dynamite Gun . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Bending Cast Iron  . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Microscopical Examination of the
                                  Phenomenon of Colors of Thin Plates  . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Corn Planter  . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Flour Bolt  . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Gas Detecter for Mines . . . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Oiler for Eccentrics, Cranks, Etc. . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Repeating Firearm  . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Improved Engine Governor . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Railway Water Tank . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   Fireplace Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Tire Tightener . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Hook Buckle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Improved Saw Set . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   The New Tower Bridge London  . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Aillot's Brick Machine . . . . . . . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   Locks of the Manchester Ship Canal . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   A New Steamboat  . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Keeping Track of Locomotives . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   The Great ``Boa'' of the Paris Museum    265--265
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 18, October 31, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   The Pneumatic Dynamite Gun . . . . . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   Decline of American Seamanship . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Instinctive Claim to Property  . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for November  . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fence  . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Electric Laryngoscope . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Stamp Moistener  . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Steam Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Seed Planter  . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Water Wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Combined Shafts and Pole for Vehicles    276--276
                      Anonymous   Improved Pumping Engine  . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Flanging Machine . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Steam Catamaran  . . . . . . . . . . . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   A New Individual Telephone Call  . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Can the Temperature of the Atlantic
                                  States be Changed? . . . . . . . . . . . 280--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 19, November 7, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   Government Investigation of the Bell
                                  Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   ``The Dollar Medical Shop''  . . . . . . 288--289
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- October and November . . . 289--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Keyhole Guard  . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Carpet Stretcher . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Egg Register and Tester  . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Bag Holder for Trucks  . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Some Old Warwick Houses  . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   The Relation of Domestic Chimneys to the
                                  Construction of Roofs  . . . . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   Improved Chimney Cap . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   The New Croton Aqueduct  . . . . . . . . 293--294
                      Anonymous   A New Link Movement for Reversible
                                  Engines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   The Nordenfelt Submarine Boat  . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 2, July 11, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   The Colossal Elephant of Coney Island    15--15
                      Anonymous   Cotton Ginning Improvements Needed . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Edging by Forging  . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Professor Fleeming Jenkin, LL.D., F.R.S  16--17
                      Anonymous   Life-Saving Fire Appliances in New York  17--17
                      Anonymous   An Accelerating Cartridge  . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   Railroad Spike . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Lifting Jack  . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Railroad Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Balanced Slide Valve . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   The Exposition at Budapesth  . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   Pie and Cake Rack  . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Improved Snap Hook . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Chimney Cowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   H.M.S. Benbow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Sail Rigged Merry-Go-Round . . . . . . . 22--22
                   C. F. Holder   The Paradise Fish and Its Nest . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 25--25

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 20, November 14, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   The Waste of Whistling . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Improved Oil Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Portable Wire Reel . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Amalgamator . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Label Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   A Fence Post of Artificial Stone and
                                  Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Book and Copy Holder . . . . . . . . . . 306--307
                      Anonymous   Improved Plate Rolling Machine . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Improved Railroad Spike  . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Bicycle Saddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   A Wrist-Held Memorandum Pad  . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Sail Skating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Improved Pocket for Billiard and Pool
                                  Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   White Bronze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for the Recovery of Tar and
                                  Ammonia from Blast Furnaces  . . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   Improved Drilling Machine  . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   How to Pack a Mule. --- the Diamond
                                  Hitch  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   The Pendulum Titan Shown at the
                                  Inventions Exhibition, London  . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   The Prehensile Tailed Coendou  . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 21, November 21, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   Electric Motor on the New York Elevated
                                  Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   The National Academy of Sciences . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Purifying and Separating Middlings . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Cotton Chopper Attachment for
                                  Cultivators  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Cutting Nippers  . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Revolving Cultivator . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupler . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Railroad Rail Joint  . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Dumping Car  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   The ``Monarch'' Churn  . . . . . . . . . 323--324
              George M. Hopkins   Microscopic Examination of Ciliated
                                  Organisms by Intermittent Light  . . . . 324--324
                  F. De Lalande   A New Apparatus for Measuring Electric
                                  Currents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Opening of a Telpher Line  . . . . . . . 326--327
                      Anonymous   Hub-Boxing Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Improved Split Link  . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Buttonhole Cutter  . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Hair Cutting Machine . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Captive Balloons for Army Use  . . . . . 328--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 22, November 28, 1885

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   The Original Reis Telephone  . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Telephone Litigation . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Is the Panama Route Practicable? . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Sugar Cane Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Shell Fisheries of Connecticut . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   White Bronze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Improved Sample Box  . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Washing Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Cutting Apparatus for Mowers and Reapers 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Two Wheeled Vehicle . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   The St. John Steel Cantilever Bridge . . 339--341
                      Anonymous   Donald and Waddell's Dry Dock  . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Improved Grinding Machine  . . . . . . . 343--344
                   H. B. Battle   An Improved Wash-Bottle for Chemical
                                  Laboratories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   A Convenient Article for Hospitals and
                                  Sick Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   Improved ``Noble'' Wool Comber . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 23, December 5, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 361--362
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   The Greyhounds of the Atlantic . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   M. Pasteur's Researches in the Treatment
                                  of Hydrophobia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   War Balloons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- November and December  . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Improved Method of Burning Limestone . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Machine for Beveling Angle Bars, Etc.    355--355
                      Anonymous   The Sleeper's Guard  . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Turning Lathe  . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Boiler Flue Cleaner  . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Clamp for Roof Scaffolds, Etc. . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Portable Sash Securer  . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   An Easily Operated Washing Machine . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Repairing the Cooper Institute . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   The Preservation of the Obelisk  . . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   Moncrieff Gun Carriages for Russian Iron
                                  Clads  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   The Silver King in Northern Waters . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 24, December 12, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   How to Make Winter Evenings Profitable   368--368
                      Anonymous   The November Meteoric Showers  . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for December  . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Grading and Ditching Machine . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Metal Tongs . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Gate for Waterwheels . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Smoke Consuming Furnace  . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   The Contractor's Crane . . . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   An Improved Horseshoe  . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Improved Mail Bag and Lock . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Stock and Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Door Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   The Knickerbocker Avenue Extension
                                  Sewer, Brooklyn, N.Y.  . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Improved Cork Attachment . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Balanced Water Motor . . . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   A New Domestic Motor . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                   C. F. Holder   Candelabra Cactus and California
                                  Woodpecker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--375
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 25, December 19, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   The St. Mary's Falls Canal . . . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   Revival of the Nicaragua Canal Project   384--384
                      Anonymous   The Power Required to Operate the Ship
                                  Railway  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Pruning and House Shears . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Improved Fish Hook . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Luscher's Ice Machine  . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Tobacco Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Paper Bag Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Button Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Improved Sand Blast Machine  . . . . . . 390--390
                     M. Hopkins   The Cycloidotrope  . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   M. Pasteur's American Patients . . . . . 391--393
                      Anonymous   Blake's ``Improved 1884'' Pipe Hanger    393--393
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 3, July 18, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   The Latest British War Ships . . . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Another Telephone Decision . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   House Knowledge for Boys . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   The Normal Concert Pitch . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Single Lipped Drills . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   Automatic Rocking Cradle . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Device for Feeding Air to Furnaces . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Funnel  . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Cable Grip  . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   The Liquefaction of Oxygen . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Telephone Apparatus for Military
                                  Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Loose Pulley Lubricator  . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Fastening for Freight Car Doors  . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   The Smallest Firing Revolver . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Towel Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--37
                      Anonymous   Electric Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
                      Anonymous   The Great Blowers of the Denain and
                                  Anzin Forges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Gigantic Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 41--41

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 4, July 25, 1885

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   The Lead Bath  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Lippmann's Apparatus for Electric
                                  Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Liming Vat  . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Rail Chair  . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Boiler Cleanser . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Lubricator  . . . . . . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   Rein Holder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   Final Operations for the Removal of
                                  Flood Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
                     M. Hopkins   The Microscope in the Mechanic Arts  . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   A Portable Covered Hammock . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Baudre's Silex Piano . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                Daniel C. Ebard   The Iguana and How it is Caught  . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 5, August 1, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   Plans of the Suburban Rapid Transit Co   63--64
                      Anonymous   General Grant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Peter H. Watson  . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Panama vs Tehuantepec  . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Pressure at Great Sea Depths . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   The Legal Ohm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Lawn Tennis Post  . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Egg Beater  . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Caisson . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Bundle Dropper for Harvesters  . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Rotary Steam Valve . . . . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   Pump for Oil Wells . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Check for Blind Slats  . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   A Button Hole Attachment for Sewing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   Baillehache's Printing Telegraph . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Maclaine's Twin Screw Propellers . . . . 71--71
                      Anonymous   The American Dicentras . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   The Houses of Parliament . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 6, August 8, 1885

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   Riverside Park --- the Burial Place of
                                  Gen Grant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Charts for Great Circle Sailing  . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Bronze Frames  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   A Curious Optical Illusion . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Weber's Electric Siren . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Device for Handling Stamps . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Burgess' Improved Atomizer . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Magic Lantern  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Ladder  . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for August  . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Surgery for Piano-Forte Players  . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   Fifty Horse Horizontal Engine  . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The Right Whale of the North Atlantic    87--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 7, August 15, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   The Great American Dredges on the Panama
                                  Canal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   Natural Gas Wells in Ohio  . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Shall Our Canals be Maintained?  . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   Wedge Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Adjustable Harrow . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Machine for Cutting Scrub, Cane, Etc . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   End Gate Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Sand Feeder for Locomotives  . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mechanical Movement  . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Hot Air Furnace  . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   Improved Fence Post For Wire Fences  . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   A Guard for Bedsteads  . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   A Muzzle for Cattle  . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   The French Dispatch Torpedo Boat La
                                  Bombe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   An English Military Railway  . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 8, August 22, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--126
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   The Panama Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . 111--112
                      Anonymous   Manufacturing Prospects  . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   The Triangulation and Hydrography of the
                                  Coast  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   The Reis Telephones  . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Window Sash and Frame  . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   The Skiagraph  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Smoke-Consuming Furnace  . . . . . . . . 114--115
                      Anonymous   Combined Bag Holder and Truck  . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Harness Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Steam Actuated Valve . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Egg Beater  . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Improved Knockdown Furniture . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Improved Nut Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   ``Trains'' of Vessels on the Suez Canal  118--118
                      Anonymous   New Chemical Laboratory, Cambridge
                                  University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--121
                      Anonymous   A Belgian Horse  . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122

Scientific American
Volume 53, Number 9, August 29, 1885

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   The Autographic Telegraph  . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Meeting of the National Electric Light
                                  Association  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Car Seats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Aspects of the Planets for September . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Compound Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Hose Tower and Fire Escape . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Rocking Chair  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Wheel or Pulley . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A Hand Power Sawing Machine  . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A Car Brake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Adding Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Burying Telephone Wires in the Sewers of
                                  Paris  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--136
                      Anonymous   Combined Plow and Seeder . . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   A New Washing Machine  . . . . . . . . . 136--136
                   C. F. Holder   Some Wonderful Fliers  . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 1, January 2, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--13
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                      Anonymous   Improve the Channelways  . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Bell Telephone Case  . . . . . . . . 2--2
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- December and January . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Square  . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Farm Fence Post  . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   A Separator to Remove Impurities from
                                  Wheat  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Automatic Discharger for Evaporating
                                  Pans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   The Jarman Ice Machine . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Grinding Mill . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Machinery for Operating a
                                  Drawbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Vertical Flour Mill Engines  . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Electricity at the Salpetriere . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 10, March 6, 1886

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   The Proposed Harlem River Bridge . . . . 143--144
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Snow Flow . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Paint, Finish, and Polish  . . . . . . . 144--145
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- February and March . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Improved Counting-House Stamp  . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Attachment for Poles of Two-Horse
                                  Wagons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   A Novel Device for Milking Cows  . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Sanitary Valve for Wash Basins, Etc. . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Davis' Quilting Frame  . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   The Helicoidal or Wire Stone Saw . . . . 147--149
                      Anonymous   Thurston's Standard Railroad Oil Testing
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Caligraph Writing Machines . . . . . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   Palmers' Steam Carriage  . . . . . . . . 151--151
                   C. Few Seiss   The Oyster Crab  . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Tree Houses in New Guinea  . . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Insurance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 11, March 13, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   The Mersey Tunnel  . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Unsuccessful Inventors . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Hardening Cast Steel . . . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Improved Desk  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Hop Press  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Cuff Adjuster . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Parasol Holder for Children's Carriages  162--162
                      Anonymous   Brushing Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Jar Cover  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Glass Cutting Gauge  . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An English Stern Wheel Steamer for the
                                  Nile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Ten Inch Breech Loading Naval Gun  . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The Cathedral of Granada . . . . . . . . 166--167
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 169--169

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 12, March 20, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Window Glass with
                                  Natural Gas  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   Too Much Idle Capital  . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Proposed American Exhibition in 1889 . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Saw Tooth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Handle for Cans  . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Automatic Water Works  . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Pruning Implement  . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Testing Bayonets and Cavalry Swords  . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Screw Cutting and Self-Acting Sliding
                                  Gap Lathe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                 Geo.M. Hopkins   Microscopic Observation of Vibrating
                                  Rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   The Diamond Learner's Telegraph
                                  Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Design for a Summer Garden House . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Bollee's Steam Carriage  . . . . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 13, March 27, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   The Clapp--Griffiths Steel Process . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   Loss of the Cunard steamer Oregon  . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   As to the Sinking of the Oregon  . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Practical Directions for Lightning Rods  193--193
                      Anonymous   Waterproof Writing Ink and Paper . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Photographic notes . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Washing Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Smoke Conductor  . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved ``Venetian'' Blind . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   A Mechanical Counter . . . . . . . . . . 195--197
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Engine . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Pipe Cutting Lathe . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The Edinburgh International Exhibition   199--200
                      Anonymous   A Novel Ellipsograph . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   Armor for Vessels, Forts, Etc  . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 14, April 3, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--214
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   The Davis Island Dam on the Ohio River   207--207
                      Anonymous   The Patent Bills before Congress . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Roots' Blowing and Pumping Machinery . . 208--209
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- March and April  . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Ironing Table  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Impromptu Hen Coop  . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Sad Iron  . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Hill Marking Attachment for Corn
                                  Planters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   A Compact Boat Boiler  . . . . . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Artistic Architectural Designs . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Roots' Improvements in Blowers and Pumps 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 15, April 10, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   The Driven Well System of the Brooklyn
                                  Water Works  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   The Tehuantepec Ship Railway . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Licenses for Small Steamboats  . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Shop Common Sense  . . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Mixing and Vaporizing Device for
                                  Inhalers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Gasometer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Time Calculator  . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Combined Spring Bed and Fire Escape  . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   A Novel Barrel Head  . . . . . . . . . . 226--227
                      Anonymous   Steam Disinfecter for Use in Hospitals   227--227
                      Anonymous   The ``Champion'' Keyless Locks . . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   Astronomical Photography . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   A Railway Safety Switch  . . . . . . . . 231--233
                      Anonymous   A Natural Gab Well . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 16, April 17, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                 L. P. Gratacap   The Geological Hall of the American
                                  Museum of Natural History  . . . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   The Coast Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Railways in China  . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Mechanics' Keying Clamp  . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Reclining Rocking Chair  . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Convertible Keg  . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   End Gate for Wagons  . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Heating Stove . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Engine and Boiler for Good Service    243--243
                      Anonymous   A Positive Cyclometer  . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   Automatic Clothes Drier  . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   Leather-Link Machinery Belt  . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   Furniture and Decorations of a Library   246--246
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Gelatino--Bromide Dry
                                  Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Pygmy Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250--250

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 17, April 24, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   A Novel Feature in Mining  . . . . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   Smoke Condensed by Means of Electricity  255--255
                      Anonymous   The Sinking of the Steamer Oregon  . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Inter-State Commerce . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Signals at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Clapp--Griffiths Steel Process . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Improved Oil Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Sash Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Base for Posts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Spring Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Bevel Wheel Shaping and Dividing Machine 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Adjustable Crib and Bedstead  . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Spiked Skid  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   Combined Truss and Supporter . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Screw Forging Machine  . . . . . . . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   An Italian Artist's Residence ---
                                  Sixteenth Century  . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   Art in the Garden  . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   A Window Grille of the Seventeenth
                                  Century  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--263
                   C. Few Seiss   Tree Toads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 18, May 1, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   The New French Atlantic Steamship La
                                  Bourgogne  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271--271
                      Anonymous   Inventions Wanted in India . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The American Museum of Natural History   272--272
                      Anonymous   National Academy of Sciences --- Annual
                                  Meeting at Washington  . . . . . . . . . 272--273
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- April and May  . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   A Crate for Shipping Fruits, Vegetables,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Twick's Combined Land Roller and Clod
                                  Crusher  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A Spring for Lumber Wagons . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Adjustable Automatic Oil Cup  . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A Simple Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Boiler  . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   A Double-Link, Automatic Car Coupling    275--275
                      Anonymous   Construction of Torpedo Boats  . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   Simple Match Trick . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   A Home-Made Printing Press . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   A Detachable Billiard Cue Tip  . . . . . 277--278
                      Anonymous   Improved Concrete Making Machine . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   A Small Condensing Engine and Boiler . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Othniel Charles Marsh  . . . . . . . . . 279--281
                      Anonymous   Novel Mode of Feeding Lambs  . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 19, May 8, 1886

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 297--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Deepest Foundation in the World  . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   Opposition to Notable Inventions . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Condition of the Panama Canal  . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Mineral Waters of the United States  . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Comets Fabry and Barnard . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   The Remington Type Writer  . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Wagon Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Leveling Apparatus for Steam Boilers . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Copying Press  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Perforating Type and Overlay . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pulverizer . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Cut-Out and Lightning
                                  Arrester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Improved Rotary Ventilator . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Lightning Arrester and Automatic Cut-Out 291--292
                      Anonymous   Bale and Box Hook  . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Device for Separating Teeth  . . . . . . 293--294
                      Anonymous   A Combined Crusher and Stamp Mill  . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   New Club Mouse of the St. Louis Jockey
                                  Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 2, January 9, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--29
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   The New Tay Viaduct  . . . . . . . . . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   Electric Light on Captive Balloons . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 17--18
                      Anonymous   Vehicle Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Plow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Drier for Damp Grain, Glucose,
                                  Starch, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Vehicle Wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Automatic and Non-Freezing Stock
                                  Watering Trough  . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--19
                      Anonymous   Insect Destroyer . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dumping Wagon  . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Hammer for Welding Locomotive Frames . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Packing for Steam Pipe Joint . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   Improved Plate Bending Machine . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   A New Steam Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   The Layton Art Gallery, Milwaukee,
                                  Wisconsin  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
                   J. B. Holder   Whales and Whaling . . . . . . . . . . . 24--24
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 25--25

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 20, May 15, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--310
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                    H. C. Hovey   The Brush Electric Works at Cleveland,
                                  Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   State Interference with Patents  . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Proposed Extension of Patents  . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Discovery of Two New Comets  . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   The Aladdin Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Combined Chimney and Ventilator  . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   White Rubber Back Square Piston Packing  306--306
                      Anonymous   A Compound Lever Pinch Bar for Moving
                                  Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Listed Corn Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 306--307
                      Anonymous   Powerful Automatic Car Coupler . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   A Novel Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Centrifugal Speed Indicator  . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   A Singular Effect of the Action of Frost 310--310
                Edward Atkinson   The Aladdin Cooker . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
              T. O'conor Sloane   How to Carry Water in a Sieve  . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Who Invented the Ratchet Brace?  . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Argus Peacocks in the Berlin Zoological
                                  Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 21, May 22, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   The New Racing Sloop Yacht Atlantic  . . 319--320
                      Anonymous   An Underground Railway for New York City 320--320
                      Anonymous   Progress of Industrial Electricity . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Improved Tube Cutter . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Hay Stacker  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Ice Cutting Machine  . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Plumber's Furnace  . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Feed Mechanism for Shingle Machines  . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Window Sash . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Simple Means of Fastening Wagon Tires    323--323
                      Anonymous   Hay and Cotton Press . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   A Smoke Consuming Furnace  . . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Triple Expansion Engines . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Carriage Makers' Work in the Last
                                  Century  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                       M. Meigs   A Scythian Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Concrete Construction  . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   The Laying Out of Garden Paths . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 22, May 29, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Early Telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--336
                      Anonymous   Official Report on the Panama Canal  . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Galveston Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Deep Water Canal Transportation  . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   The Oregon Disaster  . . . . . . . . . . 337--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reciprocating Hand Tool  . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Farm Gate . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Stop Motion for Doubling Machines  . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Combined Newspaper Stand and File  . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   Improved Horse Power . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Stove Grate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Improved Tympan  . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Loom Shuttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Dust Pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   An Improved Life Preserver . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Improved Air Engine  . . . . . . . . . . 342--343
                      Anonymous   The Lemurs in the Berlin Zoological
                                  Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Dilatancy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 23, June 5, 1886

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   Stone Steps at High Bridge, New York
                                  City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   Another Patent Nullification Bill  . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Gloucester Fishers . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- May and June . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   Improved Planing Machine . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Freight Car Door Lock . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Circular Saw Mill  . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Hay Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Extensible Cane, Etc . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Furnace for Burning Fine Coal  . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Horse Detacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Improved Pneumatic Action for Organs . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   The Fluttering Fly . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 357--358
                      Anonymous   Eruption of Mount Etna . . . . . . . . . 358--359
                      Anonymous   The Egyptian Sphinx  . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
              Ogden N. Rood and   
                   Thomas Ewing   Color Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Chemical Vegetation  . . . . . . . . . . 361--362
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 25, June 19, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   Universal Aiming Stand . . . . . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   The Duguesclin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   The New Orleans Telephone Decision . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Death of Col Richard M. Hoe  . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Plug for Stationary Wash Basins, Etc.    386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved Flooring Clamp  . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved Water Elevator  . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Governor Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Track Clearer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Shingling Bracket  . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Vehicle Platform Gear  . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Vertical Chucking Machine  . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Horse Detacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Central Power Locomotive . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Safety Bulkhead Doors  . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   New Dyeing Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Improved Sewer Tunneling Machine . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   The Workshop of James Watt . . . . . . . 391--391
                      Anonymous   Recent Decisions Relating to Patents . . 392--392
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments with \em Lycopodium  . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Birds' Nests in Japanese Houses  . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 26, June 26, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   Ducker's Portable Barrack and Field
                                  Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   The Benefits of the Patent Laws  . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Car Builders Perplexed About Car
                                  Couplers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   A Transcontinental Balloon Voyage  . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting as an Investment . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 401--402
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand Truck  . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Improved Tool Grinder  . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   A New Hand Truck . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Muffler for Steam Valves . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Feeding Stand for Poultry  . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   New Power Punching Presses . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Boiler Feeder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
              T. O'conor Sloane   The Spheroidal State of Water  . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Wood Wool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   Prismatic Gunpowder  . . . . . . . . . . 406--407
                      Anonymous   The Water Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   A Hairy Elephant . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 3, January 16, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--38
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--45
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Railroad Accident . . . . . 31--32
                      Anonymous   Mind Cures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   The Fish Torpedo and Its Enemy . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Fire from Steam Pipes  . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Improved Automatic Gas Burner  . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Wrench  . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Running Gear for Vehicles  . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Middlings Purifier . . . . . 34--35
                      Anonymous   Aerated Water Machinery and Auxiliary
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--37
                      Anonymous   A Novel Clock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   Sixty Ton Crane  . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--41
                      Anonymous   Burmah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--42
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 4, January 23, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   Indicating Fire Damp in Coal Mines . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   A New Invention to Secure Safety in Coal
                                  Mines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Is Nerve Force an Agent in Coloration    48--48
                      Anonymous   Removal of Snow from Streets by Steam    48--48
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Improved Packing Box . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Automatic Switch for Dovetailing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Fastening for Tied Packages  . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Metallic Piston Packing  . . . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   Movable Dressing Closet for Sleeping
                                  Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Siemens and Halske's Soot Indicator  . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Milling Machine . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   The Empire Steam Pump  . . . . . . . . . 54--55
                      Anonymous   A Curious Ice Formation  . . . . . . . . 55--55
                John R. Coryell   The California Roadrunner  . . . . . . . 55--57
                      Anonymous   Parenty's Smoking Machine  . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 5, January 30, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   The New York Cable Railway . . . . . . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   The Interior Department Favors a Suit
                                  against the Bell Telephone Patent  . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Sibley College Lectures, Cornell
                                  University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Steam Heat for Melting Snow in Streets   64--64
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 65--66
                      Anonymous   Feeding Coal to Furnaces . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   The Micro-Audiphone  . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Apparatus For Making Illuminating Gas    66--66
                      Anonymous   Combined Milling and Slotting Machine    67--68
                      Anonymous   Making Steam by Friction . . . . . . . . 70--71
                      Anonymous   The \em Termes Flavipes  . . . . . . . . 71--71
                      Anonymous   Feathered Butchers . . . . . . . . . . . 71--73
                      Anonymous   Whittled Fans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 6, February 6, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   Stoppage of the Cleveland Water Tunnel
                                  by Ice Spicules  . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   American Precious Stones . . . . . . . . 80--81
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- January and February . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Honey Extractor  . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Expanding Pulley . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Spring Trap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Strainer and Cut-Off . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Machine for Carding Buttons by
                                  Electricity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   A Simple Traveling Top . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Saucepan and Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Stone and Marble Sawing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Fish Hook . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   The Big Bend Tunnel in Butte County,
                                  California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Condensing Engine, Antwerp Exhibition    86--87
                      Anonymous   Design for an Observatory Tower  . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   A New Mass of Meteoric Iron  . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 7, February 13, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 109--109
                      Anonymous   The Marvin Safe  . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   Is our Average Rainfall Diminishing? . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Carbonic Acid as a Fire Extinguisher at
                                  Sea  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Ironing Board  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Bellows . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Clothes Drier  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   The Principle of the Loom  . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Brickwork  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Improvements in Electro Magnets  . . . . 102--102
                   C. Few Seiss   The Bullfrog (\em Rana Catesbiana, Shaw) 103--103
                      Anonymous   Old Organs and Pianofortes . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Cowen Steam Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Improved Treadle for Bicycles  . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 8, February 20, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 121--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--125
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   The Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway . . . 111--112
                      Anonymous   Seat and Origin of Pain  . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   The Exhaustion of the Public Domain  . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Aluminum Iron and Steel  . . . . . . . . 113--113
                    H. C. Hovey   The Ice Palace at St. Paul . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Lumber Drier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Combined Plow, Cultivator, and Harrow    114--114
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Double Bedstead . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Trellis for Garden Crops . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Stone Channeling Machine  . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   An Improved Farm Locomotive  . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Frame Plate Planing Machine  . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   The Edison System of Railway Telegraphy  119--120
                      Anonymous   Bicycle Leg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--120
                      Anonymous   Improved Bottle and Stopper  . . . . . . 120--120
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 121--121

Scientific American
Volume 54, Number 9, February 27, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   The Use of Natural Gas at Pittsburg  . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   The La Guayra and Caracas Railway. --- A
                                  Reclamation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Telephone Controversy  . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Wood Sawing Machine  . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Bed  . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bob-Sleigh . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Buggy Top Support  . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   A Nitro-Glycerine Shell  . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Distribution of Energy by Transformers   131--132
                      Anonymous   The Clyde Locomotive Works . . . . . . . 134--136
                      Anonymous   Automatic Damper Regulator . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw  . . . . . . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   A New Screw Propeller  . . . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 1, July 3, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Polarized Light    1--1
                      Anonymous   The Illuminating Gas Industry  . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Compressed Air for Life Boats  . . . . . 3--3
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- June and July  . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Music Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Liquid Emptier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Sad Iron  . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Scraping Knife for Painters  . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Seat  . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Automatic Stop for Engines . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Woodworking Machine . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Steel Wire Door Mat  . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Improved Boring and Facing Machine . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Triple Calla Lily  . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
             T. O'Connor Sloane   Experiments in Atmospheric Pressure and
                                  Condensation of Steam  . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 10, September 4, 1886

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   The Water Supply of New York City  . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Scoring of Grindstones . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Birmingham Corporation Gas Holders . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   A Milk Cooler that Excludes the Air  . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Oil Can with Wick Tube Besides a
                                  Nozzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   A Traveling Post and Pile Driver . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Automatic Guard and Platform Doors for
                                  Railway Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   A Fruit Jar Cover Fitted with Air Pump   148--148
                      Anonymous   Surface Condenser  . . . . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Worrell's ``Hercules'' Drier . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Method of Setting Wagon Tires without
                                  Heating  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   French Naval Maneuvers off the Coast of
                                  Corsica  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--151
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Experiments in Sound. --- Chladni's
                                  Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151--151
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   Temporary Steering Gear  . . . . . . . . 152--153
                      Anonymous   A Walking Stick Gun  . . . . . . . . . . 153--154
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 11, September 11, 1886

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   Macadamsfins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Practical Application of Leidenfrost's
                                  Drops  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Out of Work  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- August and September . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   Sash Fastener  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Wrench  . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   File Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Drawing Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The Water Works of Paris . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Improved Dumping Cart  . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Curtain Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   The Star Blacksmith's Hand Blower  . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The ``Quaker City'' Grinding Mills for
                                  Corn and Cobs, Grain, Bones, Etc . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Improved Gas Stove . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The Shadow Bird and Its Nest . . . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Improved Post Driver . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Lifting Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                 Henry Chadwick   Baseball --- Scientific Batting --- No.
                                  2  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Mummy of Rameses II  . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Proposed Fire Engine Elevators for use
                                  in the New York Engine Houses  . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 12, September 18, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   The Great Earthquake . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Rare Monkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   Spring Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Locomotive Boiler Check Valve  . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Horse Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Steam Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Insulator for Electric Wires . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Michel Eugene Chevreul . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Stopper Fastener . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Improved Shovel  . . . . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   The Galatea and Mayflower  . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   The Acme Automatic Safety Engine . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   A New Long Distance Telephone System . . 183--184
                Geo. M. Hopkins   An Inexpensive Air Pump  . . . . . . . . 185--186
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 13, September 25, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201--202
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   The New York Water Supply  . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Arrangement of Wires in Cities . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate Hinge  . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Filling Fork for Loom Stop Motions . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Churn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Force Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Fruit Picker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Garden Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Ship Model Shaping Machine . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   Improved Buckle  . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Wardrobe Attachment and Garment Hanger   196--196
                      Anonymous   Bouquet Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Making Mammoth Guns  . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   New German-Built Steamers  . . . . . . . 198--198
                Geo. M. Hopkins   A Few Experiments with the Simple Air
                                  Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                   C. Few Seiss   The Mink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   A New Experiment in Static Electricity   202--202
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 14, October 2, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                     M. Hopkins   The Demagnetization of Watches . . . . . 207--207
                      Anonymous   Long Distance Telephony  . . . . . . . . 208--208
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- September and October  . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   Eaves-Trough Hanger  . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Drag Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Starter . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Pendulum Hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   The Allard Spiral Screw Driver . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Cutting Apparatus for Mowers and Reapers 211--211
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   New Orleans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Experiments in Pneumatics with a Steam
                                  Vacuum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   The Hamburg Electric Tramway . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Decision Relating to Patents . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   Trade Mark Decision  . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   A Tropical Stag Beetle . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 15, October 9, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   The Electric Subway Conduit in New York  223--223
                      Anonymous   ``The Remedies of Nature'' . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Signal  . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Emery Grinder . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Carillon  . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments in Pneumatics with a Steam
                                  Vacuum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                     M. Hopkins   A Scientific Top . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   The Transmission of Power by Electricity
                                  between Creil and Paris  . . . . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   A Ball of Birds  . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--234
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 16, October 16, 1886

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                     M. Hopkins   Experiments with the Scientific Top  . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   The ``Fere'' Monster Mortar  . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Instrument for Obtaining Lengths and
                                  Bevels of Rafters  . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Ore Concentrator . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Railway Track System . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Riveting Tool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Toboggan  . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Game Carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Engines of the Paddle Steamer Ozone  . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   A Stop Motion for Looms  . . . . . . . . 244--245
                      Anonymous   A Cheap Type Writer  . . . . . . . . . . 246--247
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments in Pneumatics with a Steam
                                  Vacuum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   The ``Saddle Sulky'' . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Improved Vibrating Stethoscope . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   A Balloon Trip from Cherbourg to London  249--250
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 17, October 23, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Hilgard's Design for a Steel Arch Bridge
                                  at Minneapolis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--256
                      Anonymous   Twine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Seal Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Metallic Spring for Suspenders . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Pail Ear  . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Soldering Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--259
                      Anonymous   Floods in India  . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Tunneling by Freezing  . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                     M. Hopkins   Polarized Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                 L. P. Gratacap   The Quadrumana . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--264
                      Anonymous   The Water Tower at Victoria, Texas . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Decision Relating to Patents . . . . . . 264--264
               T O'conor Sloane   Torricelli's Principle and Mercury
                                  Fountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 18, October 30, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--278
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   H.M.S. Benbow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271--272
                      Anonymous   The Statue of Liberty Finishes . . . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   Barrel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Construction Cars for Track Laying . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Cotton Planter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Egg Beater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Washing Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Carrying Vessels over
                                  Obstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Swinging Centreboard for vessels . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   A Simple Method of Insulating
                                  Underground and Other Wires  . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Mushrooms on Shelves . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
                    E. O. Hovey   A Unique System of Water Works . . . . . 276--276
                     Ed Harding   Double Parabolic Bridge, Submitted in
                                  Competition, for Crossing the Harlem
                                  River at 18lst Street, City of New York  278--278
                      Anonymous   Heating Water Rapidly  . . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   Egyptian Petroleum Wells . . . . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   A Boiler Explosion at Charlotte, N.C.    279--279
                      Anonymous   The Aquatic Arena at Paris . . . . . . . 280--280
              T. O'conor Sloane   Capillary Vacua  . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 19, November 6, 1886

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Inauguration of the Statue of
                                  Liberty  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   The Science of Drinking  . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Decision Relating to Patents . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Drawbridge Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Scraping Tool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Steam Traveling Crane  . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Furnace for Steam Boilers  . . . . . . . 290--291
                      Anonymous   New French Cruiser Tonnant . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Heating Boiler  . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   On the Airing and Lighting of Houses . . 292--294
                      Anonymous   Double Dredger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--294
                      Anonymous   The Tarsiers and Lorises of the Malay
                                  Archipelago  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   The Cyclorama  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296--296
              T. O'conor Sloane   Capillarity and Hydrostatics . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Engineering inventions . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 2, July 10, 1886

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   The Fastest Steam Launch . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   The Pneumatic Dynamite Gun . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 17--18
                      Anonymous   Fruit Pulper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Operating Mechanism for Railway Signals  18--18
                      Anonymous   Adding Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Boiler Sweeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Pumping Apparatus . . . . . . . 18--19
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Polarized Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Automatic Grain Weighing and Registering
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition    20--20
                      Anonymous   The Meigs Elevated Railway . . . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   New York Harbor  . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--23
                      Anonymous   The Hall Type Writer . . . . . . . . . . 24--25
                      Anonymous   Mennig's Steam Engine  . . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 20, November 13, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--317
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   Royal E. House's Telephone of 1868 . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   The Bell Telephone Patent Probably
                                  Broken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Recent Boiler Explosion at
                                  Charlotte, N.C.  . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Railway Accident  . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   The New Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                    Wm. H. Hale   The Dynamo Colossus at Work  . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   Frogless Switch  . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Cylinder Cock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Ore Separator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Railroad Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Cutting Apparatus for Mowers and Reapers 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Sleigh  . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Flour Chest and Sifter . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Improved Propeller . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Revolving Target . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Electric Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Measuring Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
                     Blodgett J   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   A Gigantic Kite  . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   The New Tunnel, Königstrasse, Berlin  . . 310--311
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Experiments in Equilibrium of Fluids . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Rock Borers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   A Sumptuous Mantel . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Natural History Notes  . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314--314

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 21, November 20, 1886

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   The Government Suit for the Cancellation
                                  of the Bell Telephone Patents  . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Statue of Liberty, New York  . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Effect of the Use of White Paper upon
                                  the Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The New North  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   The Abendroth & Root Safety Boiler  . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Car Brake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Closing Apertures in the
                                  Hulls of Vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Steam Generator  . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Centerboard for Vessels  . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   A Medicine Chest with Many Conveniences  324--324
                      Anonymous   Umbrella Support . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Fly Catcher  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--325
                      Anonymous   Handling the Water for a Great City  . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Effect of the Earthquake on the South
                                  Carolina Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Automatic Attachment for Locomotives . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Gauge Attachment for Printing Presses    328--328
              T. O'Conor Sloane   The Cycloid  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Improved Jacquard Machine  . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   Fishes of the Malay Archipelago  . . . . 329--330
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 22, November 27, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350--350
              George M. Hopkins   The Gyroscope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   The Dynamite Cruiser . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Torpedoes Vs. Rams . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Work and Habits  . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Improved Balanced Steam Engine . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Wheel Hub . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Vehicle Seat  . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Draught Equalizer  . . . . . . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   The African Diamond Industry . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   A Novel Flower Pot . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   Brick Making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   The South Kensington Museum  . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   The Repairing of Tanks and Reservoirs    344--345
              T. O'Conor Sloane   The Capillary Siphon . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 23, December 4, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   The Great Gas Meter of the Consolidated
                                  Gas Company of New York  . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   The Navy's Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Incidents in Bird Life at the Park . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   The Submarine Monitor Peacemaker . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Skeg Attachment for Vessels  . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Improved Grain Conveyer  . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Safety Fastening for Lace Pins, Etc. . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Sandpapering and Polishing Machine . . . 355--355
              T. O'conor Sloane   The Capillary Siphon --- Hero's Engine   356--356
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 357--357
                     M. Hopkins   Deprez's Galvanometer  . . . . . . . . . 358--359
                      Anonymous   The New Spanish War Steamer Reina
                                  Regente  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   Some Ancient Inventions  . . . . . . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   Expulsion of Unburned Gunpowder from
                                  Cannons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 24, December 11, 1886

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   Torpedoes Eighty Years Ago . . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   A Convenient and Certain Mode for
                                  Tempering Steel  . . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                   C. Few Seiss   The Snapping Turtle  . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Weighing a Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Fence Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Water Gauge for Steam Generators . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Revolving Shot Case  . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Sheep Shearing Table . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Feed Water Regulator . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Improved Saw Swage . . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Clock Movement Frame . . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Automatic Danger Signal  . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Improved Lock for Firearms . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   The Miller Manual Labor School of
                                  Albemarle, Va  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Improved Wheel Boring and Facing Machine 374--374
                      Anonymous   A New System of Manufacturing Metal
                                  Tubes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Collision between the Netherland Steamer
                                  Waesland and a Large Whale . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Improved Automatic Cable Grip  . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Lathe for Turning Spirals  . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   The Colossal Statues of Bamian . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 25, December 18, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   The First Type Writing Machine . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   The President's Message and the Patent
                                  Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Progress of Cornell University . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Will the Brooklyn Wires be Buried? . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Watch Pendant Key and Safety Attachment
                                  for Watches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Safety Stirrup . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Hotel Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved Furnace Grate . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   A Novel Form of Vessel . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Vehicle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   New Torpedo Boats  . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Time Register  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   Petroleum as a Fuel for Steam Tricycles  390--390
                      Anonymous   A Novel Clock  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   The \em Gymnotus Electricus, or Electric
                                  Eel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Centrifugal Top  . . . . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   A Grizzly Bear and Its Cubs. --- ``The
                                  Bath'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--394
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 26, December 25, 1886

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   Removal of Snow from Streets . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   A Good Rule --- Doubt Must be Resolved
                                  in Favor of the Inventor . . . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   The Atmosphere of Caves  . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Direct use of Steam as Motive Power of
                                  Aerostats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Propulsion for Ocean Steamers by the
                                  Steam Jet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   Improved Harrow  . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Improved Harrow  . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   The Glycerine Barometer  . . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   Combined Hook and Buckle . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Cotton Chopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Telephone Transmitter  . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Improved Sugar Machinery . . . . . . . . 404--404
              T. O'conor Sloane   Mercury Bubbles  . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--405
                      Anonymous   Fall of a Great Water Tower  . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Recent Types of the Gatling Gun  . . . . 406--406
                    W. O. Ayres   \em Trichechus Americanus --- Manatee    407--407
                      Anonymous   The Fishing Frog . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 3, July 17, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   Transformation of Physical Forces  . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Estrade's High Speed Locomotive  . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Recently Proposed Patent Legislation . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Progress of Silk Culture in this Country 32--32
                      Anonymous   Prof Pickering's Early Experiments in
                                  Telegraphing Sound . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   The Nation's Great Problem, How to Cool
                                  a Cellar, and more . . . . . . . . . . . 32--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Hinge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Door Securer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Shaving Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Pressure Relief Governor . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Water level Indicator  . . . . . . . . . 35--36
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Collision Balls and Harmonic Impact  . . 38--38
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Polarized Light. --- Norremberg Doubler
                                  and the Study of Thin Films  . . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   Winding Engine for Australia . . . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   Thermometer with Electric Alarm  . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Drain Tile Protector . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Railway Cross Ties . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Child's Carriage . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--41
                      Anonymous   Rare Specimens of Marmosets  . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 4, July 24, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   Propulsion of the Secor Yacht Eureka by
                                  the Explosion of Petroleum Vapor . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Boats in the Gale  . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Basic Steel Process  . . . . . . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Efficiency of Small Water Motors . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Improved Windmill  . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Whiffletree . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Desk Attachment . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Wire Painting Machine  . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Railway Track  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Making Fine Guns for Sporting Purposes   51--51
                      Anonymous   Anti-Friction Bearing  . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Banjo Frame  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   The Petroleum Oil wells of Baku  . . . . 54--54
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Polarized light  . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 56--56
                      Anonymous   Volcanic Eruptions in New Zealand  . . . 57--57
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Wedge Paradox and Falling and Projected
                                  Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57--58
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 5, July 31, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   New York Electrical Subways  . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Ship Transit Across the Isthmus  . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Discharge Pipe for Vaults  . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Check Row Corn Planter . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Watchcase Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Measuring Wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Drawer Check and Support . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Clip Coupling for Vehicles . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Fence Wire Tightener . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Lamp Filling Attachment for Oil Cans . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Quilting Frame  . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   Fireworks with Dramatic Accessories  . . 69--69
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Polarized Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                 Henry Chadwick   The Art of Pitching in Baseball  . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Driving Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Hornbills  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 6, August 7, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   The American Association for the
                                  Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Transmission of Power by Electricity . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   The Character of the New Cruisers  . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Our Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--81
             Richard A. Proctor   Night Sky --- July and August  . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Lamp Bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Sash Fastener . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Snap Hook . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   A Horseshoe to Fit the Natural Foot of a
                                  Horse  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Improved Churn . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   Curious Accretion of Emery Wheel Dust    83--83
                      Anonymous   New Electric Organ Movement  . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Pipe Wrench . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   Morningside Park, New York City  . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Six Cylinder Quadruple Expansion Engines 86--87
                      Anonymous   A New Submarine Torpedo Boat . . . . . . 88--88
              T. O'conor Sloane   Centrifugal Force  . . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   To Inventor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 7, August 14, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   Production of Iron and Steel in America  96--96
                      Anonymous   Heavy Ordnance for Coast Defense . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Disease Germs in Milk  . . . . . . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   Improved Cultivator  . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Rubbing Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Platform Spring for Vehicles . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Rotary Engine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Switch Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Heater  . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Levesque's Diplograph  . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Cracker Box Cover  . . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   The Statue of Liberty Nearing Completion 100--101
                    H. C. Hovey   The Great Log Jam in the St. Croix River 101--102
                Geo. M. Hopkins   The Formation and Fixation of Magnetic
                                  Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   The Occurrence and Fabrication of Rock
                                  Crystal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   A Wrench with Lift Cams  . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   A Hammerless Breech-Loading Gun  . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Device for Controlling Locks on Railway
                                  Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Rain Water Filter  . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments in Sound . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Disintegration of Cast Iron by Coal Gas
                                  Flame  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 8, August 21, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   How Deep wells are made  . . . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   The Channelways of New York  . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Lee Board for Small Vessels  . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Device for Opening Window Sashes . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Plant Protector  . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Window Blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Sash Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Rotary Brush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Derrick . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Improved Vulcanizer  . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Refrigerator Storehouse for Fruits, Etc  115--115
                      Anonymous   Detachable Milk Can Refrigerator . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Writing Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Protective Garment . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Drawer Check and Support . . . . . . . . 118--119
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments in Sound . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Chicago  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
                John R. Coryell   The Zarabatana of the Macoushies . . . . 121--122
                      ?. La Rue   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 55, Number 9, August 28, 1886

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--142
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                    H. C. Hovey   Brush's Colossal Dynamo  . . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   The Effect of Patents in the Development
                                  of the Gas Industry  . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Tilden Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   The Art of Pitching in Baseball  . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Good and Bad Taxi Dermal Art . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Carriage Screen  . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Single Spring for Vehicle . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Sheet Metal Picket Fence . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Coal Receptacle  . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Ash Sifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Head Rest for Chairs . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Chimney Cowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Adhesive Address Tag for Travelers . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   The Star Portable Forges . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Disinfecting Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 134--135
                      Anonymous   Estrade's Railway Cars . . . . . . . . . 135--135
                      Anonymous   The Value of a Desert Tree . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   A Home-Made Humming Top  . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Boiler Drilling Machine  . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 1, January 1, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   A Novel form of Aerial Vessel  . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   Hiring Ships to Carry the Flag . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Direct Steam Propulsion  . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Snow Melting and Underground Conduits    4--4
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Convertible Wire Basket  . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Tape Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Outlining Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--6
                      Anonymous   Pendant Stem for Watches . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Flexible Scraper . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Improved Cultivator  . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   The Leikoes Breakwater, Portugal . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Rolling Platforms and Armor-Clad
                                  Batteries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   Curious Growth of Tree . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   The Great Eastern  . . . . . . . . . . . 9--10
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 10, March 5, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--157
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   Latest Type of the Maxim Machine Gun . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Coast Defenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   A New Laboratory Tromp . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   Rein Protector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Rafting Boom Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Binding File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   Child's Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   Piston Head for Steam Engines  . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   The Earthquake in Europe . . . . . . . . 150--151
                      Anonymous   Some Fine Old Carriages  . . . . . . . . 151--152
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
                Daniel C. Beard   A Florida ``Mule Killer'' (\em
                                  Thelyphonus Giganteus) . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   A Cheese Box Toboggan  . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 11, March 12, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   New Naval and Military Industries  . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   War and Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Celebration of the Centennial of the
                                  Enactment of the Patent Laws . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Derailing and Replacing Attachment for
                                  Street Cars  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Damper for Stove Pipes, Chimneys, Etc    162--162
                      Anonymous   Automatic Fire Extinguisher  . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Coal or Rock Drill  . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Improved Bevel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Eye Glasses . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Plumber's Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Cask or Tub . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Vehicle Pole  . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Covering for Traction Cables . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Decision Relating to Patents . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate Latch  . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   The College of the City of New York ---
                                  the Technical Course . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Sectional Steel Boat for Mr. Stanley . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Convertible Anchor and Freight Hoisting
                                  Apparatus for Vessels  . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   Ernst Werner Siemens . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Dyeing  . . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   The Epiornis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   New Torpedo Boat for the Spanish
                                  Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 12, March 19, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   A Snow Yacht on a Dakota Prairie . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   The Sale of the British Admiralty Plans  176--176
                      Anonymous   James Buchanan Eads, C.E.  . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The State Tax on Commercial Travelers
                                  Unconstitutional . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Henry Ward Beecher . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   Astronomical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   The Morgue at Paris  . . . . . . . . . . 178--179
                      Anonymous   Electrical Gas Alarm . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Attachment for Cooking Stoves  . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Feed Water Heater  . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Device for Placing Fusible Plugs in
                                  Boilers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Roburite --- A New Explosive . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   The German Army Magazine Gun . . . . . . 182--183
                      Anonymous   Suburban House of a New York Artist  . . 183--184
                      Anonymous   Self-Extinguishing Stove for Railway
                                  Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--185
                      Anonymous   Improved Label Holder  . . . . . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   The Multum-In-Parvo Iron . . . . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Improved Plow  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--186
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Patents in Brazil and Mexico . . . . . . 189--189
                      Anonymous   Foreign Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . 189--189

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 13, March 26, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Cruiser Armed with Pneumatic Dynamite
                                  Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   The Submarine Boat Nautilus  . . . . . . 191--192
                      Anonymous   The Defense of New York Harbor Within
                                  Thirty Days  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Sea Telephony  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American ---
                                  Architects' and Builders' Edition  . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   Safety Platform for Cars . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Symington's Early Road Locomotives . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Clothes Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Stuffing Box  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Harrow  . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Improved Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Improved Corn Planter  . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Milking Stool  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   Heels for Boots and Shoes  . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Notebook Holder and Indicator  . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Improved Grate-Fire Blower . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   Rougerie's Anemogene . . . . . . . . . . 200--201
                      Anonymous   The Principle of Inertia . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Earthquake on the Riviera  . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 14, April 2, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   Sham Fighting Shams  . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   The New Guns for the Navy  . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Improved Account Register  . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Number and Letter Plate . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Extension Table for Railway Cars . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Hair Spring Collet . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Bottle Attachment  . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Improved Stove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Station Indicator for Cars . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Boiler Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Wash Boiler Fountain . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Improved Shaft Holder  . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Improved Boring Machine  . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   Yacht Race Across the Atlantic . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   The Jensen Electric Bells  . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Moulding an Old Fashioned Knob . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Plague of Locusts in Australia . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Three Related Breeds of Dogs . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Boiler Feed Regulator  . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                      Anonymous   The Panama Canal Works . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Hot Air Furnace  . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 15, April 9, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   H.M.S. Mersey  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223--223
                      Anonymous   Car Lighting by Electricity  . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Heating of Railway Cars by Steam . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   Improved Cake Mixer  . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Swivel Bogie Locomotive  . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Spool Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Improved Flood Fence . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Combined Collar and Necktie  . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Crosshead Pushing Device . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Dumping Cart  . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Hat Holder for Travelers . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   A Novel Weather Vane . . . . . . . . . . 228--229
                      Anonymous   Gold Stamper Battery . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   Novel Method of Protecting Vessels
                                  Against Torpedo Attacks  . . . . . . . . 231--231
                      Anonymous   Self-Heating Reversible Sad Iron . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   A Flying Batrachian of Malaisia  . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 16, April 16, 1887

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   The New Commissioner of Patents  . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Judge Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--240
                    H. C. Hovey   Natural Gas in Indiana . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Warner's Improved Dry Plate Holder . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Conduit for Underground Conductors . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Feed Water Regulator . . . . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   A Novel Picture Exhibitor  . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Take-Up and Let-off Mechanism for Looms  243--243
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Improved Saddletree and Check-Hook . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Sinking the Foundation for the New
                                  Harlem River Bridge  . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   The New 110-Ton Gun  . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool for Squaring, Leveling,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   A Novel Game Board . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 246--248
                      Anonymous   The Decoration of a Home . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   Braun's Electro-Dynamic Air Ship . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 17, April 23, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                     M. Hopkins   Eight Light Dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   New, Process for the Protection of Iron  256--256
                      Anonymous   Sea Lions in Central Park  . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Daniel Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Designs for U.S. War Vessels . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Improved Wagon Rack  . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Stove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Pan Lifter  . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Improved Pen Holder Tip  . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Combined Tablet, Paper Weight, and
                                  Blotter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Connection Hanger for Electrotyping
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Improved Cash Carrier  . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Lewis Tent Pole and Ventilator . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Double Air Chamber Furring Tile  . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Safety Set Screw for Collars and Pulleys 259--260
                      Anonymous   James Buchanan Eads  . . . . . . . . . . 263--264
                      Anonymous   Improved Compound Steam Engine . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Improved Iron Planer . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 18, April 30, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   The First American Type Writer . . . . . 271--276
                      Anonymous   The United States Joins the Industrial
                                  Union  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Ant-Eater and Penguin  . . . . . . . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   Improved Cutter Bar for Mowers and
                                  Reapers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Condenser for Wool, Cotton,
                                  Cotton Waste, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   The Keystone Automatic Car Coupler . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Combined Latch and Lock  . . . . . . . . 274--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Firearm . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Device for Securing Envelopes, Etc . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Stove Pipe Collar . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Butter Jar  . . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Combined Cigarette and Match Box . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Ore Crusher and Amalgamator . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Improved Peach Stoner  . . . . . . . . . 276--276
              George M. Hopkins   Eight Light Dynamo . . . . . . . . . . . 278--279
                      Anonymous   Exercises in Prestidigitation  . . . . . 279--279
                      Anonymous   The Polar Bear and Seals . . . . . . . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   Conduit for Underground Conductors . . . 280--280
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Apparatus for Determining the Specific
                                  Gravity of Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Elevated Cable Road with Suspended Car   281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 19, May 7, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Julien System of Lighting Railroad
                                  Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   French Export Wine . . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Panama Canal Difficulties  . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Improved Drag Saw  . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Lovell's Nail Making Machine . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Improved Vehicle Brake . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Improved Coffee Pot  . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Improved Oiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Friction Clutch Pulley . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   A Simple Floor Clamp . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Lambrequin, Curtain, and
                                  Shade Support  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   A Convenient Escritoire  . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Small Dynamo Electric Machine  . . . . . 292--292
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Apparatus for Illustrating the Law of
                                  the Reflection of Light  . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   New Bench Drill  . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
              George M. Hopkins   Microscopic Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   A Novel Electrical Experiment  . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   How to Make Statuary in Paper  . . . . . 297--298
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 2, January 8, 1887

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   The Annual Attack Upon Our Patent Laws   16--16
                      Anonymous   The Multicharge Cannon . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Revival of Patent Nullification  . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Our Building Stone Supply  . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Dynamo Electric Igniting Machine . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Improved Hopper Dredger  . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Waves Utilized to Pump Water . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Safety Loop for Harness Checks . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Fertilizer Distributer . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Ax with Detachable Blade . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Repairing Rails  . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   New Steam Fire Engine  . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   The Gibbon in the Berlin Zoological
                                  Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   New Processes in the Manufacture of Beet
                                  Sugar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 20, May 14, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   Colossus, of the British Navy  . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   Electric Accumulators  . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Headway of Great Ships . . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Vegetable Grater . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Device for Operating Awnings . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Harrow and Pulverizer . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Horizontal Stationary Engine    306--306
                      Anonymous   Watch for the Blind  . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Lamp Post . . . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Folding and Pasting Machines . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Clearing Attachment for Grain Drills . . 307--309
                      Anonymous   A Perpetual Motion Machine --- Will It
                                  Work?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Violin Tuning Peg  . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Steno-Telegraphy . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   The Porcupine in the Berlin Zoological
                                  Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   A Simple Galvanometer  . . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   Experiment in Magnetism  . . . . . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   The Mechanical Working of Ballast
                                  Quarries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 21, May 21, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   The Magazine Gun as a Military Arm . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Steam Cruiser Atlanta, U.S.N.  . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Improved Shuttle Cushioner for Power
                                  Looks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Beet Sugar Manufacturing Processes . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Device for Detaching Houses from
                                  Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   A Night Sight for Ordnance . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Camera Shutter  . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Carrier for Ash Pans . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   The Hudson River Tunnel  . . . . . . . . 324--325
                      Anonymous   New Armored Cruiser for the Spanish Navy 325--325
                      Anonymous   A Self-Cleaning Metal Valve  . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   A Large Casting  . . . . . . . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   The Berdan Torpedo Boat  . . . . . . . . 326--326
                Marcus Benjamin   James Dwight Dana  . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 328--328
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Polarized Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 22, May 28, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Newark Bay Draw Bridge . . . . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   The Protection of Shade Trees Against
                                  Insects  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Present Condition of Shipping and
                                  Sailors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Improved Oar Lock  . . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Printer's Chase . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Improved Combination Lock  . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   Rounding Jack for Hat Brims  . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   Animal Poke  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Combined Fertilizer Dropper and Hill
                                  Former for Tobacco Plants  . . . . . . . 339--339
              T. O'conor Sloane   The Momentum of Liquids  . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Water Motor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Attraction Produced by Jets of Steam or
                                  Air  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Road Roller . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   The Two Headed Cow . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Autographs of the Electric Spark . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 23, June 4, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   New York Water Supply  . . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   The Driven Well Patent Sustained . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   Improved Gate  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Device for Lowering Caskets  . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Portable Switch Table and Car Replacer   354--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Hay Rake  . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   A Frost Proof Steam Trap for Car Heating 354--354
                      Anonymous   Alphabet Case  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Dental Apparatus . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Coupling  . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Stock or Hay Frame . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Improved Curtain Fixture . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   Improved Sash Fastener . . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Hand Ironing Machine . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Double-Acting Pump . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Improved Wrench  . . . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   The Pitcher Plant  . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                   C. Few Seiss   The Pine Snake --- So-Called Horn Snake  359--360
                      Anonymous   Collision Between the Celtic and
                                  Britannic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Intention . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 24, June 11, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   Search Light on the U.S. Cruiser Atlanta 367--372
                      Anonymous   Celebration of the Anniversary of
                                  Natural Gas in Findlay, O  . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Defense of the Harbor of New York    368--368
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Smoking Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Standard Daniell's Battery . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Fruit Gatherer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Securer  . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Camera Clamp and Tripod Head    371--371
                      Anonymous   The New Military Multicycle  . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   A Novel Trunk  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   How to Graft Old Trees . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Inexpensive Arc Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Amateur Mechanics  . . . . . . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   A Pair of Live Salamanders . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   The Paris International Exhibition . . . 377--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 379--379
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 25, June 18, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                Marcus Benjamin   Alexander Agassiz  . . . . . . . . . . . 383--389
                      Anonymous   Coffee and Tea Adulteration  . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Combined Range and Heater  . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved Means of Furling Topsails . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   A Combined Uniform and Civilian's Button 386--386
                      Anonymous   A Secure and Non-Rattling Thill Coupling 386--386
                      Anonymous   A Timber Bunk for Sleigh or Other
                                  Vehicle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Improved Package for Carrying Eggs . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sliding Gate . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Improved Backus Furnaces . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clothes Washer . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ditch Making Machine . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   An Improved Portable Bed . . . . . . . . 388--388
                      Anonymous   A Weather Strip for the Bottoms of Doors 388--388
                      Anonymous   The Nordenfelt Submarine Boat at
                                  Constantinople . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   The Royal Palm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   The Crown Jewels . . . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 26, June 25, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   Compound Mill Engine . . . . . . . . . . 399--399
                      Anonymous   Investigating Spiritualism . . . . . . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   A New Way to Hang Vehicles . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Corn and Sugar Cane Cutter . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   A Device to Facilitate the Heating of
                                  Sad Irons  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ironing Board  . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Improved Fly Net for Horses  . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   A Clevis to Relieve Horses from Strain   403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cotton Picker  . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw Filing Machine . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   A Seed Sowing Device . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ventilator . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   The Rudge Bicyclette . . . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   The Total Solar Eclipse of August 19,
                                  1887 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404--405
                      Anonymous   An Unsinkable, Self-Righting Lifeboat    406--406
                      Anonymous   The Twelve-Wired Bird of Paradise  . . . 407--407
                   John Michels   Condition of the Crown Prince of Germany 407--408
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 3, January 15, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   Improved One Hundred Ton Floating Crane  31--31
                      Anonymous   War and Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Promotion by Seniority . . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   Man and the Wild Animal  . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Boiler  . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Large Punching and Shearing Machine  . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Water Gauge for Steam Boiler . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Picture Frame Attachment . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Combined Pulvebizer and Plow . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Improved Spring and Dust Guard for Watch
                                  Cases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Folding Step Ladder  . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Improved Oil Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
                      Anonymous   Comfort and Style Too  . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   A Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
              T. O'conor Sloane   Miking of Fluids --- Expansion by Heat   38--38
                      Anonymous   Photography of a Moving Pendulum . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   The Porcupine Ant Eater  . . . . . . . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 40--40
                      Anonymous   Incandescent Burner of Dr. Auer  . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Joseph Echteler's Design for a Grant
                                  Monument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineer Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 4, January 22, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Reminiscences of Daguerreotypy . . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   John Roach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Inventor's Work in Agriculture . . . 48--49
                      Anonymous   Improved Metallic Printing Block . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Gas Engine  . . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Attachment . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Automatic Step Ladder . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Door Check  . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Wheel Cultivator  . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Cheese Cutter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Compressed Air Grease Cup  . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Illuminated Clock  . . . . . . . . . . . 52--52
                      Anonymous   The Saint Malo Rolling Bridge  . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   Steam Carriages  . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   The St. Paul Ice Palace  . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Sir Isaac Newton's Steam Carriage  . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 56--56
                      Anonymous   Improved Wire Netting Machine  . . . . . 57--58
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 5, January 29, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   The Water Wheels of Hamath . . . . . . . 63--64
                      Anonymous   Defeat of the Ornoxious Patent Bill  . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Two Useful Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Car Brake Attachment . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Extracting Oil from Seeds  66--66
                      Anonymous   Car Starter and Brake  . . . . . . . . . 66--67
                      Anonymous   Combination Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool Wrench  . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Cultivator Beam and Point  . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Tobacco Planter . . . . . . . . 67--69
                      Anonymous   Lathe Center Grinding Machine  . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Electrical Transmission of Power to a
                                  Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70--71
              T. O'conor Sloane   Expansion of Solids, Liquids, and Gases  71--72
                      Anonymous   The Rhinoceros in the Park . . . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   Inverted Cylinder Mill Engines . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 6, February 5, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--86
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   Bridging the Hudson at Poughkeepsie  . . 79--79
                      Anonymous   The Bell Telephone Suits . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Sir Joseph Whitworth . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   The Pet Ambition of John Roach . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   Lathe for Amateurs and Light Shop Work   82--82
                      Anonymous   An Electrical Music Baton  . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   Device for Trimming the Ends of Tubes    82--83
                      Anonymous   Back Band for Harness  . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Balanced Cooking Stove For Ships . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   The Ingersoll Duplex Rock Drilling
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Gas Pliers  . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Lead Pipe Reel  . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   Improved Spring Wheel Traction Engine    86--86
                   C. F. Holder   Some New Fishes  . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   Swing Bicycle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   Improved Car Brake . . . . . . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Rail Joint  . . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--90
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Foreign Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . 93--93
                      Anonymous   Prospectus of the \booktitleScientific
                                  American for 1887  . . . . . . . . . . . 94--94

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 7, February 12, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--102
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   City Water Supply from Driven Wells  . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   The Coast Defenses of the United States  96--96
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   Improved Cattle Stanchion  . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Exhaust Mechanism for Locomotives  . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Railroad Signal . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Trousers Stretcher . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Experiment with Paper Rings  . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   A New Method of Constructing Propeller
                                  Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                    W. Matthews   How the Navajo Indians Make Blankets . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   Improved Steam Digger  . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                 T. Berry Smith   How Large Does it Appear?  . . . . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   The Australian Bustard . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   The Built up File  . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Improved Tether  . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--106
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Foreign Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . 109--109

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 8, February 19, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Collision . . . . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   Great War Ships and Forts  . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Electro-Motor Vs. Cable Traction . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   The Bell Telephone before the Supreme
                                  Court  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Double-Deck Stock Car  . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Letter Box  . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Wagon Stake . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Transom Lifter  . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Combination Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   The Lartigue Railway . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   The Alva --- Vanderbilt's New Yacht  . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   Improved Tent  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Improved Sheep Shearing Table  . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Garment and Hose Supporter . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   A Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--118
                      Anonymous   Londe's Method of Timing Photographic
                                  Exposures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                      Anonymous   Multiple Drilling Machine  . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
                      Anonymous   Devon Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 56, Number 9, February 26, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   Improved Caloric Engine  . . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   New Amendment of the Design Patent Law   128--128
                      Anonymous   Are Steel Guns Really Superior?  . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Cocaine Habit  . . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Emery Wheels for Gumming Saws  . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   The Frilled Shark --- the Oldest Living
                                  Type of Vertebrates  . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Combined Bench and Ironing Board . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Improved Blind Stop  . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A Simple Device for Crimping Boots or
                                  Shoes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Plasterer's Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Adjustable Wood Measuring Rack . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   Penberthy Injector . . . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Protector for Ladies' Hats . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Improved Stump Puller  . . . . . . . . . 132--132
                      Anonymous   Combined Brush and Comb Cleaner  . . . . 132--132
                B. M. Hasbrouck   Our Winter Birds . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Thermoscopic Balance . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   Improved Marine Dredger  . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   The Northern Lights  . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   Effect of a Torpedo on an Ironclad . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Boat Armed with Pneumatic
                                  Dynamite Guns  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
              T. O'conor Sloane   Chevreul's Black . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 1, July 2, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                      Anonymous   Corsets and Consumption  . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Our Slow New Navy  . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pitman or Pump Rod . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Universal Pantograph . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   A Revolving Self-Ventilating Churn . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   A Combined Carpet and Weather Strip  . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Easily Adjusted Awning for Doors or
                                  Windows  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Feeder for Stoves  . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Large Guns  . . . . . . . 5--6
                      Anonymous   The New British Racing Yacht Thistle . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   A Water Cooled Refrigerator  . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Improved Filter Press Pump . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Dutch Belted Cattle  . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Flying Foxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 10, September 3, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   A Great Bronze Casting . . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Isthmian Ship Transit  . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Duplication of Government Scientific
                                  Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   A Convenient Device in Sharpening Saws   146--146
                      Anonymous   Improved Mortar Attachments  . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   A Folding Center Board for Small Boats   146--146
                      Anonymous   A Simple and Inexpensive Hat Hook  . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Canopy-Supporting Frame  . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Finder for Photographic
                                  Cameras  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Adjustable Book Holder . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Axle Gauge . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mop Attachment . . . . . . . 147--147
              T. O'conor Sloane   The Floating Balance . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   The Fire Apparatus of Paris  . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   An Alleged Perpetual Motion  . . . . . . 151--151
                Marous Benjamin   Spencer Fullerton Baird  . . . . . . . . 151--152
                   C. Few Seiss   The Shake Lizard, Glass Snake, or Joint
                                  Snake  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
                     M. Hopkins   Composition of Vibrations  . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 11, September 10, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   The Barrett System of Lighting Railroad
                                  Cars by Electricity  . . . . . . . . . . 159--160
                      Anonymous   Restricted Immigration . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   British Naval Maneuvers  . . . . . . . . 160--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Overhead Twine Holder  . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   The Brush Turkey (\em Talegallus
                                  Lathami) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Device for Heating a Jet of Air  . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Spring Holder for Securing Vines . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Straw Burning Stove  . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Starter  . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Machine for Coloring Paper   163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Nail Set . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Locomotive Journal Box
                                  Lubricator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Process of Engraving Glass and
                                  Metals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The Yacht Thistle  . . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
              T. O'conor Sloane   Apparatus for Illustrating the Specific
                                  Gravity of Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . 167--169
               Thomas A. Edison   On a Magnetic Bridge or Balance for
                                  Measuring Magnetic Conductivity  . . . . 169--170
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 12, September 17, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   Electro-Motor Batteries  . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Railway Crossing Gate . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dumping Car  . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Elevated Railway Gate  . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Shaft Coupling . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   A Pattern Tracing and Cutting Device . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pipe Tongs or Wrench . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bell Cord Coupling . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw Filing Machine . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Attachment for Blinding Horses  179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bit for Horses . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   Our New Navy --- the Cruiser Chicago . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   The Olbers--Brooks Comet . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Fireless Mining Locomotive . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Light Draught Steam Launches . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   A Singhalese Yacht . . . . . . . . . . . 183--184
                      Anonymous   An Inexpensive Index Plate . . . . . . . 184--185
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 13, September 24, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   The Return of Olbers' Comet of 1815  . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   For Star Gazers  . . . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   A Low Pressure Boiler for Steam Heating  194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pulverizing Attachment for
                                  Seeders  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Adjustable School Seat . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   A Convenient Holder for Ribbons,
                                  Edgings, Etc.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   A Ready-Reckoning Coin Package . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Splendid Work done by Rubber Belts . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   The Alvan Clark Establishment  . . . . . 198--200
                      Anonymous   Triple Expansion Engines . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 14, October 1, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   The Centennial of the Signing of the
                                  Constitution of the United States  . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Positions of the Planets in October  . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   An Improved Potato Digger  . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   Vertical Plate Bending Rolls . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oil Can Holder . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Seal Lock  . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Metallic Shingle . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Glove Fastener . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   A Device to Retain Keys in Locks . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Practical Trial of the Pneumatic
                                  Dynamite Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Birds of Paradise  . . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   Krupp's Great Gun for the Italian Navy   216--217
                      Anonymous   Fine Belgian Metal Work  . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Artistic Work in Silver and Bronze . . . 217--218
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 15, October 8, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   The Total Eclipse of August 19 . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Improved Lamp and Incombustible Burner   226--226
                      Anonymous   A Device to Keep Vise Jaws Parallel  . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   A Safety Package for Money . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Belt Shifting Device . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   The Race for the America's Cup . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   A Self-Registering Measure for Lumber    228--228
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Experiments on the Effects of Detonating
                                  Gun Cotton at the U.S. Torpedo Station,
                                  Newport, R.I.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
                      Anonymous   George Frederic Barker . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   The Staircase of a Great House . . . . . 233--233
                      G. Forbes   A New Electric Current Meter . . . . . . 233--234
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 16, October 15, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   Harvard Observatory and the Henry Draper
                                  Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   Railroad Men's Building  . . . . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Exhibition of Train Telegraphy . . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   Magazine Rifles  . . . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   Valve Gear for Oscillating Engines . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Adjustable Pitch Screw Propeller  . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Household Ash Sifter . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Signaling Apparatus  . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cutter Head  . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fifth Wheel  . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   International Exhibition at Glasgow  . . 244--245
                      Anonymous   Machines for Making Packing Boxes  . . . 246--246
                      Anonymous   The Regal Walnut Moth  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 17, October 22, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--262
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   A Torpedo Boat Flotilla Attack the
                                  Atlanta  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   New Knowledge about Car Couplers . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The American Institute Exhibition  . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   H.M.S. Trafalgar . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   A Watch Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   Engines of the Dogali  . . . . . . . . . 262--265
                      Anonymous   Chevreul at 101 Years  . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 18, October 29, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   Hastening the Military Pioneer . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Crowned Crane  . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Positions of the Planets in November . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   A Spoon Holder Attachment for Bottles,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Manhole Cover for Sewers,
                                  Street Vaults, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A Method of Running Street Cars  . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Brake and Starter  . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A Display Case for Window Shades, Etc    274--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Adjustable Tongs  . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   A Switch Operated by the Locomotive  . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Corn Planter . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   New All-Around Crane . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   Harvard Observatory and the Henry Draper
                                  Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--280
                      Anonymous   The New Chinese Naval Squadron . . . . . 281--282
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 19, November 5, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Research Laboratory of Mr. Edward
                                  Weston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   Distillation of Wood . . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Coaling at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   An Adjustable Support for a Receiving
                                  Telephone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Life Preserver . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   A Fire Extinguisher for Car Stoves . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway Plow and Excavator   291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Portable Railway Switch  . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cotton Planter . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Car Coupler  . . . 292--294
                      Anonymous   Raising Liquids by Compressed Air  . . . 294--294
                   J. B. Holder   The American Mammoth (\em Elephas
                                  Primigenius) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experimental Illustration of the
                                  Injector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Talcott's Combination Belt Hooks . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   The Statue of Christopher Columbus at
                                  Barcelona, Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 2, July 9, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   Raising a Sunken Steamship . . . . . . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   Accession of the United States to the
                                  Industrial Union . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Use of the Siren in Marine Signaling . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   The Economical Disposition of Primary
                                  Batteries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   A Mill to Free Rice from its Hulls . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   A Steam Heated Ironing Machine . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Wood Turning Lathe  . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   A Miner's Tool to Cut Fuses, Set Caps,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   A Device to Feed the Seed in Cotton
                                  Planting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   The Premium Folding Stool and Chair  . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   A Pen for Double and Single Line Ruling  19--19
                      Anonymous   A Dustless Carpet Sweeper  . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   A Wall Protecting Attachment for
                                  Furniture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Key Hole Guide and
                                  Escutcheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Water Gauge Float  . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   A New Style of Thermometer . . . . . . . 20--20
             James F. M'dougall   Larvæ of Bot Fly in Horse's Stomach . . . 20--21
                      Anonymous   New French Armorclad Cruiser Le Terrible 22--22
                      Anonymous   Improved Automatic Cut off Engine  . . . 24--24
                      Anonymous   Simple Photographic and
                                  Photo-Micrographic Apparatus . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 20, November 12, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   The Weiss System of Street Car Motors    303--303
                      Anonymous   The Rich Coal Fields of Colorado . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Books for the Insane in Asylums  . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The American Institute Exhibition  . . . 304--305
                   H. J. Holden   Interesting Experiments with Simple
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Latch and Lock  . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cloth Measuring Device . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drill for Renewing Worn Out
                                  Valves and Valve Seats . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Telescoping Stovepipe Joint  307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway Tie  . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 308--309
                      Anonymous   How to Make a Camera Bellows . . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   Sargent's Palm. (\em ChamæPhenix
                                  Sargentii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   Improved Hotchkiss and Mountain Guns . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 21, November 19, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   International Union for the Protection
                                  of Industrial Property . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Geneva Non-Magnetic Watch  . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Improved Construction of Grain Elevators 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ore Jigger . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Violin Tuning Peg  . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vermin Exterminator  . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Shoemaker's Pegging Jack . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Compressed Air Locomotive for
                                  Underground Haulage  . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railroad Signal  . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Our New Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   The New Jersey Ballot Box  . . . . . . . 326--326
              T. O'conor Sloane   Otto Von Guericke's Vacuum Gun . . . . . 326--327
                      Anonymous   New Isochronal Clock . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   The Volcano of Kluchi or Kluchefskaya,
                                  Kamschatka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Speed Indicator  . . . . . . . 329--330
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 22, November 26, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Electric Welding . . . . . . . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   The Siemens Regenerative Furnace Patent
                                  in the Supreme Court . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The Driven Well Patent Invalid . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Roadside Planting  . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                       J. Asher   New Thermometer Scale  . . . . . . . . . 337--338
                      Anonymous   The ``Robinson'' Victoria Hansom . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clothes Back . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hay Cocking Machine  . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Trunk Handle . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   A Safety Attachment for Stem Winding
                                  Watches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Improved Cutter Grinder  . . . . . . . . 342--342
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Irradiation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   Aquariums for Amateurs . . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   The L. W. Pond Iron Planing Machine  . . 345--346
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 23, December 3, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   The Boston Sewer System and Main
                                  Drainage Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   The Decision in the Driven Well Suit . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   War Ships that are Weak and Slow . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in December  . . 352--354
                      Anonymous   Apparatus of the Paris Fire Department   354--354
                      Anonymous   A Convenient Sketching Board or Book
                                  Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cotton Stalk Cutter  . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Combination Tool . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Anti-Clogging Boiler Flue Plug  . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   Improved Construction of Buildings . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   Madagascar Geese . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Jay Gould's Tomb . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 24, December 10, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   Lifting Bridge at Tarante  . . . . . . . 367--367
                      Anonymous   The Illuminating Power of Arc Lamps  . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   A Newly Patented Mode of Preserving Live
                                  Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Survey of the Route for the Nicaragua
                                  Canal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   An Improved Anchor for Posts . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Separable Button or Stud . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   A Simple Cover Fastening for Jars  . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Toaster  . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   A Protector for Trunk Corners  . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Body Support . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Discount Measuring Glass and
                                  Bank Note Examiner . . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Carpet Stretcher . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   Securing Pictures to Tombstones  . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fence Post . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   A Heater for Giant Powder and other
                                  Explosives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cotton Planter . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Separating the Manila Fiber  . . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   French Disinfecting Apparatus  . . . . . 374--374
                      Anonymous   Birds in the Zoological Garden at Berlin 375--376
                          M. B.   Josiah Parsons Cooke . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 25, December 17, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   Artesian Well Engineering  . . . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   One Effect of Sham Battles . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The Change in the Panama Canal . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Cooperage . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Metallic Railroad Tie  . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   A Combined Level and Rule  . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Brake  . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sash Holder  . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hinge  . . . . . . . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   A Cultivator, Duster, and Digger . . . . 388--388
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Single Fluid Battery . . . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   The Brussels International Exhibition,
                                  1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390--391
                      Anonymous   An Automatically Working Railroad Gate   391--391
                      Anonymous   The Distillation of Fruits and
                                  Manufacture of Brandy  . . . . . . . . . 391--393
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 26, December 24, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 410--411
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   The Watertown Arsenal Testing Machine    399--408
                      Anonymous   The Eads Ship Railroad . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   A Great Raft of Lumber . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Patent ``Innocents'' Again in Congress   400--401
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dump Cart  . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   The Transportation of War Vessels by
                                  Railway  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Jib Hank . . . . . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Safety Car Heater  . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improvement in Attaching Ax Helves    403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Bolt  . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   A Machine for Forming Boot or Shoe Heels 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fireproof Car Heater . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   A Lamp for Christmas Trees . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Automatic Safety Elevator  . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Improved Rocker for Ordinary Chairs  . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Centrifugal Dyeing and Bleaching
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--407
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Scientific Experiments with Simple
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 410--410
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 3, July 16, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   Work on the Panama Canal Likely to Stop  32--32
                      Anonymous   How was the Unebi'kan Lost?  . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Infection from Dairy Products  . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   A Mowing Machine Attachment  . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Boiler for Steam Heaters . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Adjustable Trammel . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Device for Operating Sewing Machines by
                                  Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   A Quick Steam Making Boiler for Fire
                                  Engines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Ironing Table  . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Egg Carrier  . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   A Roller Toboggan Slide  . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Filter . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   A Recording Compass and Marine Indicator 35--36
                      Anonymous   Our New Navy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Science in Toys  . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Beetling Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
                Marcus Benjamin   Charles Frederick Chandler . . . . . . . 39--41
                      Anonymous   The Racquet Tailed Kingfisher  . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Inventions  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 4, July 23, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   Improved Type Composing and Distributing
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   Alfred Krupp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   New Fast Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fastening for Ice Plow Teeth 50--50
                      Anonymous   A Stand Adjustable for Many Uses . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   A Self-Loading Dirt Cart . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   A Folding Back for Solar Printing Frames 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Lubricator . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lubricating Wagon Axle . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pad for Horse Collars  . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   A Nutshell Cutter for Confectioners,
                                  Bakers, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Calf Weaner  . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   The Railroad on Mt. Pilatus  . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Novel Lantern Slide  . . . . . . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   Suspension Foot Bridge . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   The Dinoceras, An Extinct Mammal . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 5, July 30, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   The International Yacht Race . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Positions of the Planets in August . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ventilating Fan  . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wear Plate for Vehicles  . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Portable Forges . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pipe for Tobacco Smokers . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Plate and Bell Pull . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Car Brake  . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   A Combined Feed Cooker and Scalder . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   The New Headquarters of the Fire
                                  Department of the City of New York . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   A Perpetual Motion Machine . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Boiler Explosion  . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   Holstein Cattle  . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--71
                      Anonymous   The Two Gray Seals in the Zoological
                                  Garden in Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Bicycle Ambulance  . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   The New Nordenfelt Submarine Boat  . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 6, August 6, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   The Electric Lighting Convention . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   The Recent Remarkable Rainfall . . . . . 81--81
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lubricator for Crank Pins,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Trap . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reversible Screw Driver  . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Perforator for Printing
                                  Presses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gas Burner . . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ironing Board  . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Device for Closing Gates . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   A Floor Cramp for Carpenters, Joiners,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Surgical Instrument Holder   83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Method of Raising Bread, Etc 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Scaffold Bracket . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rope Ladder  . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Grenade . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Latch and Handle  . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Letter and Bill File . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   The Armament of the Atlanta  . . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Electric Light Engines at the Manchester
                                  Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   A Malaisian Spider . . . . . . . . . . . 87--87
                      Anonymous   Disinfection and Disinfectants . . . . . 88--88
                      Anonymous   Improved Ice Making Machinery  . . . . . 89--90
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 7, August 13, 1887

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   Meeting of the American Association for
                                  the Advancement of Science, New York,
                                  1887 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   Improved Bolt Lock for Piston Heads  . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Insulator for Electric Wires 98--98
                      Anonymous   A Device for Catching Animals  . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   A Simple and Efficient Washing Machine   98--98
                      Anonymous   Improved Cutter Bar for Mowers and
                                  Reapers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rock Washing Apparatus . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ox Bow . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Ripening of Liquors by Ozone . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   The Bonta Telephone  . . . . . . . . . . 102--103
                Marcus Benjamin   Edward Sylvester Morse . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                   C. Few Seiss   The Fish Killer  . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   The House of Adelantado Montejo  . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 8, August 20, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Gun Carriage at Sandy Hook . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   The American Association for the
                                  Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Revival of Patent Extensions . . . . . . 113--114
                      Anonymous   Improved Mechanism for Reciprocating
                                  Plungers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cistern Device . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reversing Gear for Engines   114--114
                      Anonymous   A Safety Appliance for Railroad Cars . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wardrobe Hook and Shade
                                  Fixture  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Governor . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gearing for Transmitting
                                  Power  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   A Sack-Filling Spout for Flour Packers   115--115
                      Anonymous   Attachment for Top Rail of Vehicle Seat  115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bit Brace  . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Simple Plunge Battery  . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Improvement in Manufacturing Plated Ware 116--116
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire-Place Protector . . . . 116--117
                      Anonymous   H.M.S. Orlando . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                Marcus Benjamin   Samuel Pierpont Langley  . . . . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   Experiments with the ``Scientific Top''  121--121
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 57, Number 9, August 27, 1887

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   Positions of the Planets in September    129--129
                      Anonymous   The Blot upon Our Statute Books  . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Locomotive Attachment for Removing
                                  Obstructions from Railroad Tracks  . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupler  . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Foot Rest  . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   A Sewing Machine Cover and Stool . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . 130--131
                      Anonymous   Combined Measuring Jackets and Patterns  131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Horse Collar . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Odometer . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A Machine for Forming Square Tin Cans    131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--132
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electrical Car Brake . . . . 132--132
               Thomas A. Edison   On the Pyromagnetic Dynamo --- A Machine
                                  for Producing Electricity Directly from
                                  Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Millot's Hydraulic Wheel . . . . . . . . 134--134
                       B. Baker   The Firth of Forth Bridge  . . . . . . . 134--135
                      Anonymous   Bruijn's Echidna (\em Proechidna
                                  Bruijni), New Guinea Ant Eater . . . . . 135--135
                      Anonymous   A Tattooed Whale . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--137
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Musical Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--138
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 1, January 7, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                      Anonymous   Works of the Holly Manufacturing Co., at
                                  Lockport, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1--1
                      Anonymous   Patents by Joint Inventors . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Boats in a Gale  . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   Patent Maple Sugar . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   A Scientific Toy . . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Removable Barrel Head  . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   An Improved Air Ship . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sleeve Holder  . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hydraulic Elevator . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   A Method and Apparatus for Heating Cars  6--6
                      Anonymous   Wedge Ferrule for Fishing-Rod Reels  . . 6--7
                      Anonymous   Improved Fire Extinguisher for Car
                                  Heaters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Friction Driving Gear for Dynamos  . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Improved Attachment for Mortising
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                          M. B.   Ferdinand Vanderveer Hayden  . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 10, March 10, 1888

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   Minor Phenomena of the Incandescent
                                  Electric Lamp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Tests for Modern War Ships . . . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   The Kerosene Emulsion for Scale Insects  144--146
                      Anonymous   Engines of the Steamship Courier . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   A Defective Ceiling in the Capitol
                                  Building, Albany, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . 148--149
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   An Improved Weighing Scale . . . . . . . 149--150
                      Anonymous   The French Exhibition of 1889  . . . . . 150--153
                      Anonymous   Pallas' Northern Sea Eagle . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 11, March 17, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   The Lick Observatory of the University
                                  of California  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
              T. O'conor Sloane   Cohesion of Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   A Device for Unloading and Stacking Hay  164--164
                      Anonymous   An Improved Collar or Cuff Button  . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate Spring  . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   An Improved Brake Block for Vehicles . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   An Improved Stand for Displaying Goods   164--164
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Electric Motor  . . . . . . . . . 165--166
                      Anonymous   The Locks of the Panama Canal  . . . . . 166--167
                      Anonymous   A Device to Facilitate Blasting Stumps,
                                  Logs, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
                      Anonymous   A Machine for Truing Valve Plugs, Etc    168--168
                      Anonymous   The Horned Lizard  . . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 12, March 24, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   Henry Bergh  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Rotary Steam Shovels . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Car Stoves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   The Lesson of an Emergency . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   The Great Storm in New York and Vicinity 178--180
                      Anonymous   Edison's New System of Telegraphy  . . . 180--181
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bridle Bit . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   An Improved Quilter  . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   A Railroad for Common Carriages or
                                  Wagons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Improved Paint Mill  . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   Heating Bodies to a High Temperature in
                                  a Compressed Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   Chinese Kites  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 13, March 31, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   Repairing a Foundation . . . . . . . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   The Bell Telephone Cases Decided --- the
                                  Patent Sustained . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Chief Justice Waits  . . . . . . . . . . 193--193
                      Anonymous   An Improved Knapsack . . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railroad Switch  . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Extension Gauge  . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   New Sixteen Inch Swing Engine Lathe  . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Metallic Railway Tie . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   A Boiler for Steaming and Cooking Feed   195--195
                      Anonymous   A Fire Alarm for Large Buildings . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   An Improved Horse Detacher . . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ventilator for Railway Cars  196--196
                      Anonymous   A Fender Spar for Vessels  . . . . . . . 196--197
                      Anonymous   Improved Stub Holder for Check Books,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Belt Stretching and Testing Machine  . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   The Young Tapir in the Zoological Garden
                                  at Cologne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   Magnesium Flash Lamps  . . . . . . . . . 199--200
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Tent of Lodge  . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   Farwell's Saw Table Adjuster . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   Building Fronts on Diagonal Streets  . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   A Novelty in Tooth Brushes . . . . . . . 200--200
                      Anonymous   An Improved Grubber  . . . . . . . . . . 200--201
                      Anonymous   Scientific Amusements  . . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 14, April 7, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   Trees and Flowers in the Central Park    208--208
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for April  . . . 209--210
                      Anonymous   Hawley's Improved Railway Tie  . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   A Safety Attachment for Anchors  . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Stacker  . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lawn Mower . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Step Ladder  . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draught Equalizer  . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Trap . . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pocket Weighing Scale  . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sleeve Stay  . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Closer  . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   The Reed & Carnrick Food Laboratory . . . 213--213
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Some Experiments with an Electro-Magnet  214--214
                      Anonymous   Spontaneous Combustion . . . . . . . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   An Australian Chlamydosaurus . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pruning Implement  . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   A Device for Operating Throttle Valves   217--217
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Grain Weigher . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 15, April 14, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   A Venetian Ship Railway  . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   A Bale Ejecting Attachment for Presses   226--226
                      Anonymous   The City of New York . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   A Device for Quieting Waves in Storms    226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Belt Tightener . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Balance Piston Ring Packing  227--227
                      Anonymous   A Clamp or Bridle for Paint Brushes  . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draft Attachment for Plows   227--227
                      Anonymous   A Combination Lock and Alarm . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   Improved Spring for Side Bar Vehicles    228--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tension Device for Looms . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sleigh Knee  . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Device for Renovating
                                  Garments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Moving the Brighton Beach Hotel  . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   The Roman Aqueduct at N\^\imes . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   The Waltham Non-Magnetic Watch . . . . . 232--232
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Experiments Illustrating the Principle
                                  of the Dynamo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   An Improved Air Pump Governor  . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 16, April 21, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   Central Park Vegetation  . . . . . . . . 240--242
                      Anonymous   A Ticket and Check Holder for Railroad
                                  Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Neck Yoke Fastening  . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hand Drill for Miners  . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Cap Protector for Cartridges    243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fastening for Lacing Cords   243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Butter Tub . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Fastener  . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   A Combination Tool for Loading
                                  Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   The Volney W. Mason Hoisting Machinery
                                  at the Great Hay Depot of the New York
                                  Central Railway, New York City . . . . . 244--244
                     M. Hopkins   Experiments Illustrating the Principle
                                  of the Dynamo  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   Modern Military Appliances . . . . . . . 246--247
                      Anonymous   A Simple and Powerful Stump Puller . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Explosion of an Ostrich Egg  . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 17, April 28, 1888

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Thomas Silver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for May  . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Scientific Apparatus  258--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Horseshoe  . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electrical Speed Indicator   259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Spark Arrester . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   Improved Drilling Machine  . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   A Device for Protecting Garments . . . . 260--261
                      Anonymous   English Railway Couplings  . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   A Newly Discovered Wild Goat (\em Capra
                                  Dorcas)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--265
                      Anonymous   A Suburban Residence . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 18, May 5, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   Patent Tricks --- Old and New  . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   The Board of Health and Private Stables  272--273
                      Anonymous   A New System of Teaching Geography . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A Combined Rain Water Cut-Off and Filter 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bag Holder . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Twelve Ton Hydraulic Wharf Crane . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clasp  . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Improved Hand Turning Tools  . . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   The Rotary Steam Snow Shovel . . . . . . 277--277
                J. H. Creighton   Daniel McCartney --- the Great Prodigy
                                  of Memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   The Superb Bird of Paradise  . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   The German Corvette Cruises Irene  . . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   An Improved Passenger Railway Car  . . . 281--281
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Experiments Illustrating Physical and
                                  Chemical Change  . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car-Heater . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   The Caligraph Drop Cabinet Desk  . . . . 374--274

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 19, May 12, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--294
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   Launch of the York-Town and Vesuvius . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   A Patent Law for Switzerland . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Successful Moving of a Great Hotel . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Proposed Reorganization of Public Works  288--288
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rotary Engine  . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Stock Tether . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bag Holder . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Suspender Buckle . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Paddle-Belt  . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Apparatus for Examining Ores 291--291
                      Anonymous   A Combined Tie, Chair, and Fish Plate    291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fruit Jar  . . . . . . . . . 291--292
                      Anonymous   An Improved Self-Inking Printing Press   292--292
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Improved Plate Straightening Machine . . 294--294
              T. O'Conor Sloane   The Decomposition of Water and
                                  Absorption of Carbon Dioxide by Caustic
                                  Soda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   Virot's Steam Carriage . . . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Sectional Model of Steam Engine  . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Preparation of Butter-Flies for the
                                  Cabinet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 2, January 14, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   Major King's Great Magnet  . . . . . . . 15--16
                      Anonymous   The Barbed Wire Patent Declared Invalid  16--16
                      Anonymous   The Destruction of the Great Lumber Raft 16--17
                      Anonymous   Discovery of Platinum in the Sun's
                                  Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17--17
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bell Cord Coupling . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Furnace Grate  . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   The Siphon Water Meter . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ferrule  . . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Method of Bookbinding  . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Arrangement of Movable Shelves  19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gas Pipe Wrench  . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Farm and Road Wagon  . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Twenty-Five Ton Crane  . . . . . . . . . 19--21
                      Anonymous   Snakes in India  . . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Improved Rail Loading Machine  . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   Novel Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Apparatus for the Electrolysis of Water  23--24
                      Anonymous   Group of Gas Wells at Fort Scott, Kansas 25--25
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 20, May 19, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   Novel Type of High Span Bridge . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   The New Copyright Bill Now Before
                                  Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   Passage of the Copyright Bill in the
                                  Senate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   City Flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   The British African Expedition . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   The Crosby Invalid Bed . . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hot Air Register . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cloth Cutter . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Counter Scale  . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Circular Saw Holder  . . . . 307--308
             Elmer E. E. Emmons   Experiments in Static Electricity with
                                  the Incandescent Lamp  . . . . . . . . . 308--309
                      Anonymous   Waddington's Electric Submarine Torpedo
                                  Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   Thomas Silver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--312
                      Anonymous   The Engines of the Vesuvius and Yorktown 313--313
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 21, May 26, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   The Italia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   Important Decision in the Edison
                                  Electric Light Suits . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   The Underground Pipes of Large Cities    320--320
                      Anonymous   The Carnegie Savings Bank  . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Electric Light Fires . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Progress of the Phonograph . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Military Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 321--321
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cable Grip . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Collision of Locomotives --- Beatrice,
                                  Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railroad Switch  . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Feed Mechanism for Sawing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Music Chart  . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Improved Check-Row Attachment for
                                  Planters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Windmill Motor . . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lasting Tool . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Improved Utensil for Extracting Grape
                                  Seeds  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Endless Rope Hauling Machine . . . . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Indian Magic --- the Celebrated Mango
                                  Tree Trick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--327
                      Anonymous   Prize Field Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . 327--328
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steering Gear  . . . . . . . 328--328
                      Anonymous   An Improved Toilet Stand . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Spontaneous Motions of Bodies on the
                                  Surface of Liquids . . . . . . . . . . . 329--330
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 22, June 2, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in June  . . . . 336--338
                      Anonymous   Russian Mountains at Paris . . . . . . . 338--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Block Signal . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clamp  . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Powder and Shot Cabinet  . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway Rail Pad . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   An Improved Life-Preserving Chair  . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hinge  . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   Improved Receiving-Table for Printing
                                  Presses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   The Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co.'s
                                  Hoisting Engines and Boilers --- the
                                  Gorton Heater  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--342
                      Anonymous   2,500 H.P. Corliss Engine  . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   George H. Corliss  . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiment in Capillary Attraction . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   An Improved Night Lamp . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Intentions . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 23, June 9, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 365--365
                      Anonymous   The Cod have ``Struck in'' . . . . . . . 352--354
                      Anonymous   The Artesian Well in the Place Hébert,
                                  Paris  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw Gummer . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cartridge Loader . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   An Improved Canopy Device for Chairs . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oar and Oar Lock . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   An Improved Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . 356--356
                      Anonymous   An Improved Adjustable Chair and Swing   356--356
                      Anonymous   The U.S. Armored Battle Ship Texas . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Escape from Lightning . . . 358--358
                      Anonymous   James Curtis Booth . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
                      Anonymous   The Pearl Mucilage Bottle  . . . . . . . 360--361
                      Anonymous   Restoration of Roman Ruin at Reims,
                                  France . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 24, June 16, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   Water Gas in Massachusetts, Devastation
                                  by Crickets, and more  . . . . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   An Improved Chimney Cowl and Ventilator  370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Shingling Gauge  . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   A Device for Locking Steering Gear . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Binns' Patent Banding Spindles . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fence and Fence Post . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Switch Stand and Signal 370--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Twine Holder . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   The White Mountain Hammock Chair . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hoof Expander  . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window Ventilator  . . . . . 372--372
                James E. Keeler   The Thirty-Six Inch Equatorial Telescope
                                  of the Lick Observatory  . . . . . . . . 373--374
                      Anonymous   Spectroscope for the Lick Observatory    374--374
                      Anonymous   A Dwarf Armadillo  . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Spirally Welded Tubing . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 25, June 23, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   Inside and Outside of a Torpedo Vessel
                                  --- H.M.S. Rattlesnake . . . . . . . . . 383--383
                      Anonymous   The Emperor of Germany . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The International Congress of
                                  Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Apparatus for Cooling Air in Theaters    384--384
                      Anonymous   ``Are Fast or Slow Steamers the
                                  Safest?''  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Notes  . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Burning Natural Gas  . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Catching Bait in Calais Harbor . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Coupling for Cars  . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Copy Holder  . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fan for Cars . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Implement for Transplanting Plants    387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bell Collar for Cattle . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   An Improved Animal Trap  . . . . . . . . 388--389
              T. O'conor Sloane   Portable Magic Lantern . . . . . . . . . 391--393
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 26, June 30, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   The Arthur Kill Bridge . . . . . . . . . 399--400
                      Anonymous   Naval Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Master Car Builders in Convention  . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   The Mason & Hamlin Pianos and Organs  . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wheel Fender for Carriages   403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway Crossing Alarm
                                  Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Cot  . . . . . . . . 403--404
                    H. C. Hovey   Beetle Photography . . . . . . . . . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   Calming the Sea with Oil . . . . . . . . 406--407
                      Anonymous   Execution by Electricity . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 3, January 21, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 44--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   Bridge Building on the Pennsylvania
                                  Railway without Interrupting Traffic . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   The Indiana Patent Bill  . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Electric Energy from Carbon without Heat 32--32
                      Anonymous   Success of the Million-Dollar Telescope  32--33
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Music Chart  . . . . . . . . 34--34
                     M. Hopkins   Self-Luminous Buoy . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Alarm Attachment for Clocks . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Weather Strip  . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Improved Apparatus for Handling Brick    35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car-Axle Box . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sheet Metal Mantel . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   The Abbe Forging Machines  . . . . . . . 38--38
                      Anonymous   Road Locomotive for Postal Service . . . 38--39
                   J. B. Holder   The \em Mastodon Giganteus (Cuvier)  . . 39--40
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting of the Steamships
                                  Victoria and Britannia . . . . . . . . . 41--42
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 4, January 28, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   Iron Works of the Syracuse Malleable
                                  Iron Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   The Copyright Question . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in February  . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   A Guard Rail for Vehicle Wheels  . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   A Combined Railway Rail Chair and Tie    51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mason's Float Handle . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Faucet . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Apparatus for Testing Seeds . . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ratchet and Lever Mechanism  52--52
                      Anonymous   The Morris Type Writer . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                      Anonymous   African Sheep in the Berlin Zoological
                                  Gardens  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55--57
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 5, February 4, 1888

                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   The Book Publishing Trades and
                                  International Copyright  . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 65--65
                      Anonymous   Water Gauge and Water Column Combined    66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Life Boat  . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   A Simple and Efficient Pipe Cutter . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Water Closet Box . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Running Gear for Vehicles . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw Gauge  . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Horseshoe Pad  . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cleat  . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   A Combination Toilet Implement . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   A Combined Whip and Cane . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   Improved Tongs for Handling Nails  . . . 67--69
                      Anonymous   The Poughkeepsie Bridge  . . . . . . . . 70--71
                      Anonymous   Mathew, the Cuban Monkey . . . . . . . . 71--72
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Pascal's Vase  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                     F. Higgins   The Electrical Type Writer . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 6, February 11, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   The Improvement of New York Harbor . . . 79--79
                      Anonymous   A Ship Railway to Assist the Panama
                                  Canal  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 81--82
                      Anonymous   An Electric Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Extinguisher  . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Life Boat  . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Harding's Improved Counter . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Clothes Frame  . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window Sill  . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Two Wheeled Vehicle  . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Hydraulic Elevators  . . . . . . . . . . 86--87
                      Anonymous   Prof. Asa Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Railway Wreck . . . . . . . 88--89
                      Anonymous   A Simple Copying Press . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 89--90
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 7, February 18, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104--104
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   The Annual Report of the Commissioner of
                                  Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   Military Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   A Convertible Ice Creeper and Skate  . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Non-Conducting Pipe Coverings  . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ammunition Case  . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rocking and Dumping Grate    99--99
                      Anonymous   Hand and Power Presses for Industrial
                                  Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Erection of the New Harlem River Bridge
                                  at 181st Street  . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Fitting Together Parts of Stoves . . . . 102--102
                      Anonymous   A Steam Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                   C. Few Seiss   The Copperhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
                     M. Hopkins   Re-Enforcement of Sound  . . . . . . . . 105--106
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 8, February 25, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   Amendment of the Patent Laws . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   American and British ``Pirates'' . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electric Bell  . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting of the Great Eastern   114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electric Circuit Closer  . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   Making Insulated Wires for Electrical
                                  Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--116
                      Anonymous   A Chair for Out-Door Use . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Replacer and Portable
                                  Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   A Pipe Coupling for Kitchen Boilers  . . 116--117
                      Anonymous   The Birthplace of James Watt . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   The Guns of the Benbow . . . . . . . . . 118--119
                       C. H. H.   Lewis Muhlenberg Haupt . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   Umbromania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Special  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 58, Number 9, March 3, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   The Electric Club  . . . . . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in March . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 129--129
                      Anonymous   The P\`ere La Chaise Crematory . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Level and Inclinometer . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A Machine for Grinding Circular Knives   131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A Portable Vapor and Hot Air Bath
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   The Hargreaves Thermo-Motor  . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   A Live Gorilla in London . . . . . . . . 135--136
              T. O'conor Sloane   Apparatus for Illustrating Newton's Laws 137--137
                      Anonymous   A Machine for Weighing, Registering, and
                                  Bagging Grain  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138


Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 1, July 7, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 13--13
                      Anonymous   A Dissolving Island  . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in July  . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   New York Harbor  . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--3
                      Anonymous   An Instantaneous Interest Indicator  . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   Express Engine, Great Northern Railway   4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Block for Guard Rails, Etc   5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Car Brake  . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clutch for Wagon Brakes  . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   The New Aqueduct . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   A Locomotive with Great Steaming
                                  Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   Water Buck and Dwarf Antelope in the
                                  Zoological Garden at Cologne . . . . . . 9--10
                      Anonymous   ``Spiral'' Garden Hose . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 11--11
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 10, September 8, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   Does Excitement Shorten Life?  . . . . . 144--144
                      Anonymous   Electrical Lighting Convention Notes . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   An All-Iron Garden Hose Reel . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved File Case  . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   A Clamp to Facilitate Hanging Wall Paper 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wire Box Strap . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   A Window Stand for Flowers, Etc  . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Weather Strip  . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Porous Cup Battery . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   The Lucigen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   Thompson's Gravity System for Rapid
                                  Transit in Towns and Cities  . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Boulogne-Sur-Mer . . . . . . . . . . . . 150--150
                John R. Coryell   The Termite Pest of the Old World  . . . 151--153
                      Anonymous   Our First Imported Locomotive  . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154--154

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 11, September 15, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--166
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   Instantaneous Photography  . . . . . . . 159--159
                      Anonymous   Telephone Convention Notes . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   The Locomotive Water Scoop . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Ferdinand De Lesseps . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   A Regulator for Steam Radiators  . . . . 162--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Curtain  . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Spindle  . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Feed Trough for Stock  . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ingot Manipulator  . . . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   New Type of Photographic Portraits . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   The Machinery of the Inman Liner City of
                                  New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167--169
                      Anonymous   Inoculating an Elephant  . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 12, September 22, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   Compressed Steel Car Wheels  . . . . . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   What is the Best Insulation? . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Additional Postal Facilities Needed  . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   An Improved Punch for Bank Checks, Etc   179--179
                      Anonymous   Improved Electrical Shoal Water
                                  Indicator  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cartridge Shell Cutter . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Stop and Waste Faucet  . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Coal Chute . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tobacco Pipe . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   An Improved Store Service Apparatus  . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   A Finger Shield for Musicians  . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cut-Off Valve Gear . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   An Improved Letter Box Door Plate  . . . 180--181
                      Anonymous   A Gunboat for the Great French
                                  Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182--183
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pug Mill . . . . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drill Grinder  . . . . . . . 183--183
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rail Punch . . . . . . . . . 183--184
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 184--184
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 13, September 29, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   Proposed Bridge with Movable Floor over
                                  the River Bilboa, Spain  . . . . . . . . 191--191
                      Anonymous   Electric Lighting Information  . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in October . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   An Improved Carpenter's Rule . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draft Equalizer  . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tool Holder for Grindstones  194--194
                      Anonymous   A Safety Shoe for Car Trucks . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reading Desk . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Seal Lock  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improvement in Mantel Construction    195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Filter for Waste Oil . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   A New Method of Boat Propulsion  . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gearing for Transmitting
                                  Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw  . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   An Electrical Gas Lighter and
                                  Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The Waterhouse Instantaneous Regulator   198--198
                      Anonymous   An Improved Charcoal Burner  . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The Glasgow Exhibition . . . . . . . . . 199--201
                      Anonymous   Two Novelties in the Zoological Gardens  201--201
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 14, October 6, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   How Best to Avoid Collision at Sea . . . 208--208
                      Anonymous   Colored Light Trials with the Insane . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y.  . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   A System to Heat Walls of Buildings  . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . 212--213
                      Anonymous   An Electric Carriage . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Simple Attachment for Stoves . . . . . . 216--217
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door or Window Stop  . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   An Improved Windmill . . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fireplace  . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 15, October 13, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   A Letter Envelope Gum Greatly Needed . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   A Proposed Electro-Motor Trial . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The New Philadelphia Subways . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   The Direct Production of Light . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   An Improved Belt Rest  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   The Great Eastern Moving to Her Last
                                  Berth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Gate for Elevators  . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Axle Box . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Check Row Planter  . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   A Seat for Use in Bath Tubs  . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tailor's Square  . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Paper Hanging Machine  . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cuff Holder  . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   A Device for Use in Darning Stockings    228--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bosom Board  . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   The U.S. Cruiser Baltimore . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   The Centrifugal Barrel . . . . . . . . . 230--231
                Geo. M. Hopkins   A Pocket Camera  . . . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                John R. Coryell   The Glyptodon  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Engineering Intentions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Intentions . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 16, October 20, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   American Institute Fair  . . . . . . . . 240--241
                      Anonymous   The Home of the Hop  . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   A Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sled . . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sash Lock  . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screw Propeller  . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fanning Mill . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wagon Body . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   The Howell Torpedo . . . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fly Net  . . . . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clothes Drier  . . . . . . . 244--244
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bridle for Brooms or Brushes 244--244
                      Anonymous   The Great Chimney at the Clark Thread
                                  Works, Kearney, N.J., Height 335 Feet    245--245
                      Anonymous   An Improved Auger  . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Mougin's ``Fort of the Future''  . . . . 246--247
                      Anonymous   A Prehistoric Bear . . . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Pavilion of the Republic of Chili at the
                                  Paris Exposition of 1889 . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 17, October 27, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Bungling Chemists  . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Electric Subway Explosions . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in November  . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   A Simple Household Freezer . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mason's Float  . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Weather Strip  . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railroad Tie . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Binder . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bake Pan . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   The Lebel Gun  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   An Improved Method of Moulding . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   An Improved Artificial Leg . . . . . . . 260--260
                      Anonymous   The New Gas Holder of the Consolidated
                                  Gas Company, of New York . . . . . . . . 261--261
                      Anonymous   An Elevator for Hoisting Carriages . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   The Butting Viper  . . . . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gauge for Woodworkers  . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   Sixteen Horse Power Winding Engine . . . 263--263
                      Anonymous   An Interesting Electrical Experiment . . 264--264
                    Chas Fetzes   Inexpensive Carbon Plates for Grenet
                                  Batteries, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Experiment with Mirrors  . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   Experimental Electric Fuse . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   An Improved Calculating Machine  . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 18, November 3, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--281
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   The Patent Office the Friend of the
                                  Inventor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
                      Anonymous   Launch of a New Type of Ferry Boat . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   The Mackey Automatic Fire Extinguisher   274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mechanical Movement  . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A New Machine for Making Excelsior . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Scaffold Holder  . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Book Holder  . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   The Dynamite Cruiser Vesuvius  . . . . . 277--277
                John R. Coryell   The Florida Manatee  . . . . . . . . . . 278--280
                      Anonymous   Birmingham Cable Railway . . . . . . . . 280--280
                      Anonymous   Microscopical Notes  . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 19, November 10, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293--293
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Nebraska City Pontoon Bridge . . . . 287--288
                      Anonymous   Facts as to Long Life  . . . . . . . . . 288--288
                      Anonymous   Quick Letter Delivery  . . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Unwin's Dabbing Motion for Noble Combs   290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Chair, Fish Plate, and Rail
                                  Coupler  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Wheel and Axle . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Improved Ventilating Man Holes for
                                  Sewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   A Desk Signal for Schools  . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   Microscopical Notes  . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bed Stay . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gig Saddle . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--292
                James E. Keeler   Recent Astronomical Work at the Lick
                                  Observatory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   Centenarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295--295
                      Anonymous   A Connecticut Centenarian  . . . . . . . 295--297
                      Anonymous   An Improved Attachment for Bicycles  . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Cut-Off Sawing Machine . . . . . . . . . 297--298
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 299--299
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 2, July 14, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   Reproduction of Articulate Speech and
                                  Other Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 16--16
                      Anonymous   Military Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ship's Log . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   A Device for Stopping Leaks in Vessels   18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electrical Annunciator . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Can Opener . . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   A Clamp for Holding Covers on Fruit Cans 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   A Device for Holding Bed Clothes in
                                  Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   A Removable Handle for Cross-Cut Saws    19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tobacco Pipe . . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drilling Tool  . . . . . . . 19--19
                      Anonymous   Corea by Native Artists  . . . . . . . . 20--22
                      Anonymous   The Manufacture of Fishing Nets  . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   The National System of Purifying Water
                                  by Filtration, Precipitation, and
                                  Aeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 25--26
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 20, November 17, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exposition of 1889 . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Football Malady  . . . . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   ``Mosquito Defense'' . . . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Curtain Bracket and Sash Lock   306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cleat for Vessels  . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hand Truck . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sled Brake . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   The East Orange Sewage System and Water
                                  Works  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fence  . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   An Improved Needle and Twine Cutter  . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   An Improved Harrow . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   The Baxter Electric Motor  . . . . . . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   An Improvement in Locomotive Boilers . . 310--310
                      Anonymous   Improved Fortable Electric Light
                                  Apparatus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--312
                      Anonymous   An Improved Centering Apparatus  . . . . 312--312
                      Anonymous   The Sing Sing Antelope and the Gorgon
                                  Antelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313--314
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 315--315
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 21, November 24, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Marine Disaster . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   Another Collision between Ocean Steamers 320--320
                      Anonymous   Torpedo and other Fast Ships . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   An Improved Water Heater . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rock Drill . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Trunk Brace  . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Advertising Device . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Paddle Wheel . . . . . . . . 322--322
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   Explosion of a Petroleum Steamer at
                                  Calais, France . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323--324
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
                      Anonymous   Improved Floating Scouring Dam . . . . . 326--328
                      Anonymous   A Urus Skeleton (Bos Primigenius)  . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 22, December 1, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 345--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Tall Chimney Engineering . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Theatrical Emotion . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   New Animals and Birds in the Central
                                  Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Position of the Plants in December . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   An Air Compressor for Variable Pressures 338--338
                      Anonymous   As Improved Car Stop . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Improved Straw Carrier for Thrashing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   A Simple Churn Dash  . . . . . . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   An Improved Smoking Pipe . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   The Monitor Terror . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   The Thorenberg Electric Plant  . . . . . 342--343
                      Anonymous   A Great Stone  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                      Anonymous   Curious Optical Illusion . . . . . . . . 343--344
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 23, December 8, 1888

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   The Screw Ferry Boat Bergen  . . . . . . 351--352
                      Anonymous   Electricity and Plant Life . . . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   ``Scenes From a Silent World'' . . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   A Combined Punching and Shearing Machine 354--354
                      Anonymous   Improved Slotting Machine  . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Insulated Coverings for Pipes, Boilers,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Speed Indicator  . . . . . . 355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Flywheel Clutching Device    355--355
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gas Stove  . . . . . . . . . 355--357
                      Anonymous   The New French System of Movable
                                  Batteries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   The Rock Hopper Penguin  . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Running Elevated Railroad Trains by
                                  Electricity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 24, December 15, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
                                  Patented Intentions  . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   Experiments on Death by Electricity  . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   The Webster--Higgins Patent Suit . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   An Improved Freight Car  . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   A Superficial Heater for Boilers . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Power Treadle Attachment . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Toothed Wheel  . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Brace for Bedsteads  . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   The New Spanish Steamer Alphonso XII . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Scaffold Bracket . . . . . . 371--373
                      Anonymous   Forster's Finger Pen and Pencil Holder   373--373
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fishing Reel . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   The Remington Typewriter . . . . . . . . 374--375
                      Anonymous   A Night Trip in a Balloon without a Car  375--376
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 25, December 22, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   The American Geological Society  . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Madness and Murder . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Milk and Typhoid Fever . . . . . . . . . 384--385
                      Anonymous   The Total Eclipse of January 1, 1889 . . 385--385
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Safe or Vault Door Lock  . . 386--387
                      Anonymous   Homes for the Many . . . . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   Decisions of the United States Courts    388--388
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bottom-Trip Sling  . . . . . 388--389
                      Anonymous   Self-Charging Siphon . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Electrical Aids to the Drama . . . . . . 390--391
                    H. C. Hovey   Royal E. House, the Electrician  . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Diverging Torpedo Guns . . . . . . . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   Experiments on Death by Electricity  . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 26, December 29, 1888

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   New Dynamite Gun . . . . . . . . . . . . 399--400
                      Anonymous   Dogs that Learn Trades . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   ``A Possible Revolution in Medicine''    400--401
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Churn  . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Extension Ladder . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   Offset Mechanism for Sawmill Carriages   403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Steering-Gear  . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   The Garabit Viaduct  . . . . . . . . . . 403--405
                      Anonymous   A Simple Device for Threading Needles    405--405
                      Anonymous   Test of the Cast Steel Breech Loading
                                  Rifle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406--407
                      Anonymous   Gigantic Fossil Mammals  . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 3, July 21, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   Improvements in the Cable Railway of the
                                  New York and Brooklyn Bridge . . . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Salida Springs and Mines, Zirconia
                                  Minerals, and more . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Hiram Sibley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   The Projected Tunnel between France and
                                  England  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   A Safety Seal for Checks, Bonds, Etc . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Nut Lock for Valves  . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drawing Instrument . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   A Waterproof Lining for Cellars  . . . . 35--36
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wrench . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   New Chromatrope  . . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   Temminck's Chelydra  . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Tire Furnace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Simple Apparatus for Illustrating
                                  Newton's Second Law  . . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 4, July 28, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   High Speed in Thick Weather  . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in August  . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Stove  . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   Improved Railway Switch Stand and Signal 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Spirit Level . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Show Case  . . . . . . . . . 50--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Harmonica Holder . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Easel with Adjustable Shelf . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved End Gate for Wagons  . . . . 51--52
                    H. C. Hovey   A Marine Toboggan Slide  . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Improved Rock Drilling Machine . . . . . 54--54
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 55--55
                      Anonymous   The Spectacled Viper . . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   The Swinging of Clubs  . . . . . . . . . 57--58
                      Anonymous   Engineering Invention  . . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 5, August 4, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 76--76
                      Anonymous   The Italian War Ship Italia  . . . . . . 63--63
                      Anonymous   Artesian Wells in Utah . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Salt at Salt Lake, Utah  . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   Military Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   An Improved Boat Detaching Apparatus . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clamp  . . . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Latch . . . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Slaughter House Hoist  . . . 66--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Foot Warmer for Beds . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   A Barrel Stave Hammock . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hoisting Machine . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   An Improved Boiler Feeder  . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   An Efficient and Economical Steam Launch 70--70
                      Anonymous   Vibratory Motions of Rails During the
                                  Running of Trains  . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   The Edison Phonograph in England . . . . 72--73
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 6, August 11, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   The Gate House and Northern Terminus of
                                  the New Aqueduct . . . . . . . . . . . . 79--87
                      Anonymous   Ericsson at 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   ``Injurious Influences of City Life''    80--81
                      Anonymous   Multiple Punching and Forging Press  . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Current Motor  . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Weather Strip  . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Farm Gate  . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mechanical Movement  . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Flue Cleaner . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Truck for Locomotives and
                                  Street Motors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oil Can  . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   A Combined Shingling Hammer and Plane    84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Curry Comb . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Propeller for Pleasure Boats 84--86
                      Anonymous   The Forth Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   Sand Grouse (\em Syrrhaptes Paradoxus)   89--89
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 7, August 18, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   Improved Floating Grain Elevator . . . . 95--96
                      Anonymous   Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Mechanism of the Counter Attack  . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Warfare in Practice and Theory   96--97
                      Anonymous   An Improved Balance Escapement for
                                  Watches  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   The Automatic Rubber Mixer . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wire Fence . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   A Removable Calk for Horseshoes  . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Heating Drum . . . . . . . . 98--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Car Brake  . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Signaling Device for Mines   99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Die and Dice Box . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   An Improved Trunk Strap Coupling . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   An Improved Device for Hiving Bees . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Combined Traction Engine and Crane . . . 102--103
                      Anonymous   \em Macronus Kettlewelli . . . . . . . . 103--103
                      Anonymous   John Wesley Powell . . . . . . . . . . . 103--104
                      Anonymous   Design for a Windmill Tower and Water
                                  Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 8, August 25, 1888

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   The New ``Times'' Building . . . . . . . 111--117
                      Anonymous   Some New French Torpedo Boats  . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Collision Between Ocean Steamers . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Sure Death to Buffalo Moths  . . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 113--113
                      Anonymous   Improved Refrigerating Machine . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lamp Shade . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   A Fumigator and Animal Exterminator  . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   A Dumping Wagon with Adjustable Scraper  115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pallet for Drying Brick  . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway Signal Lantern . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   A Hose Thimble for Walls of Buildings    115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Windmill . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   Wing's High Speed Engines for Fans and
                                  Other Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drain for Stalls . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   Eureka Diamond Reamer  . . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Heating Boiler . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window Shade . . . . . . . . 116--116
                      Anonymous   The New Rouen Bridge . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   The Magic Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   The Magic Rose Bush  . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
                      Anonymous   An Improved Felly-Clip . . . . . . . . . 121--122
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 59, Number 9, September 1, 1888

                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 140--140
                      Anonymous   Improved Means for Buoying up Vessels    127--127
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Raft  . . . . . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   Yellow Fever in Florida  . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Great August Storm . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Electric Lighting Convention . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Meeting of the American Association for
                                  the Advancement of Science . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for September    129--129
                      Anonymous   An Improved Knife Cleaner  . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   Improved Setting of Cultivator Plow
                                  Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Corn Husker  . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Auger  . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Water Trap for Cisterns . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lock-Clamp for Pipes . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screw Tap  . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reservoir for Cooling Ales,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   The Spiral Screw Driver  . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cable Car Clutch . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Economical Triple Compound Semi-Portable
                                  Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   The Plague of Crickets in Algeria  . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   The \em Polyparium Ambulans  . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Agricultural Inventions  . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139


Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 1, January 5, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                      Anonymous   Death by Electricity --- the New Law of
                                  New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in January . . . 2--2
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 3--3
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Brake and Coupler  . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Crutch Attachment  . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tent . . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Head-Rest for Car Seats  . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   The Mannlicher Gun . . . . . . . . . . . 5--6
                      Anonymous   New Railroad Over the Rocky Mountains of
                                  Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   A Suspender Pocket for Pencils, Etc  . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vegetable Knife  . . . . . . 7--7
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   The Lowth Telephone  . . . . . . . . . . 8--9
                      Anonymous   A Gas-Propelled Carriage . . . . . . . . 9--9
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 10, March 9, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149--149
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 153--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   A Machine to Supersede Typesetting . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Meeting of the National Electric
                                  Lighting Association . . . . . . . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in March . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   Proposed Visit of the American
                                  Engineering Societies to Europe  . . . . 145--145
                      Anonymous   The Mason Reducing Valve . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hoisting Machine . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Grate Bar  . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oil Can Nozzle . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   The Sartell Railway Car Heater . . . . . 146--147
                      Anonymous   A Machine to Distribute Poison on Plants 147--147
                      Anonymous   Improved Device to Close a Tent Entrance 147--147
                      Anonymous   The French Exposition of 1889 at the
                                  Esplanade Des Invalides  . . . . . . . . 147--148
                      Anonymous   An Improved Saw Mill Dog . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wood-Sawing Machine  . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Wheel and Bearing  . . . 148--148
                      Anonymous   Improved Plunger Rod for Pumps . . . . . 148--149
                      Anonymous   Automatic Indicator for Magazine Guns    151--152
                     M. Hopkins   Lantern Pantographs  . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   The Top of the Eiffel Tower  . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   An Improved Air Ship . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 11, March 16, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 169--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   The Obstructions in the Delaware . . . . 159--160
                      Anonymous   Naval and Maritime Prospects Under the
                                  New Administration . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   Naval War of the Future  . . . . . . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   Proposed Increase of the British Navy    161--161
                      Anonymous   A Rival for Jute . . . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pipe Coupling  . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Buckle . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lamp Burner  . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Potato Planter . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Barrel . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Music or Book Holder . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   Captain John Ericsson  . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   The Manchester Ship Canal  . . . . . . . 164--165
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Shaft Support  . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   An Improved Road Cart  . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pavement . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   The Charity Institutions of Paris  . . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   A Suggestion in Canal Boat Propulsion    167--167
                     M. Hopkins   Vibrations of Diaphragms . . . . . . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 12, March 23, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 186--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--189
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   The Late Capt. Ericsson and His Work . . 175--175
                      Anonymous   Satisfactory Prospects for the War
                                  Vessels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--176
                      Anonymous   Progress of Electric Illumination  . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   Present Aspect of Invention  . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   The Pratt Institute of Brooklyn  . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   An Improved Routing Machine  . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   Improved Vertical Cylinder Boring
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                     M. Hopkins   Sensitive Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   A Cheap Summer House . . . . . . . . . . 179--180
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 185--185
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 13, March 30, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence: correspondence . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   The Metropolitan Telephone Co.'s New
                                  Central Station and Great Switchboard    191--191
                      Anonymous   The New Commissioner of Patents  . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   War Material of American Designing . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Wanted --- a First Class Gun . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in April . . . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   Improved Handle for Sliding Doors  . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Brake Block  . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Buckboard  . . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Knife Cleaner  . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   Improved Device for Detaching Animals    195--195
                      Anonymous   Improved Hood for Stoves or Ranges . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Insulator for Electrical Conductors   195--195
                      Anonymous   A Novel Nut Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rotary Harrow  . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Plant Nest . . . . . . . . . 195--196
                      Anonymous   Armstrong's Envelope Cutter  . . . . . . 196--196
                      Anonymous   An Improved Photograph Printing Frame    196--196
                      Anonymous   Improved Calipers and Dividers . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   The New Spanish Ship of War Pelayo . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   An Improved Watering Trough  . . . . . . 198--198
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 201--201
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 14, April 6, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                    L. F. Korns   The Artesian Wells of the James River
                                  Valley, Dakota . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207--207
                      Anonymous   Electric Subway Explosions . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Brake  . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fertilizer Distributer . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draught Equalizer  . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Snow Shovel and Scraper  . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Foot Board for Wood Choppers 210--210
                      Anonymous   Chaplin Try and Center Square  . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Book Carriage  . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Device for Poaching Eggs . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   Ostrich Farming in California  . . . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   John H. B. Latrobe . . . . . . . . . . . 214--215
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drainage-Trap  . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   An Improved Inkstand . . . . . . . . . . 215--215
                      Anonymous   An Improved Seal-Press . . . . . . . . . 215--217
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Some Experiments in Sound  . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 15, April 13, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   A New Assistant Commissioner of Patents  224--224
                      Anonymous   Lager Beer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   Improved Tongs for Lamp Chimneys, Etc    226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Basket or Carrier  . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Snow Plow  . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Spout Connection for Cans,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved School Desk and Seat . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Coin Package . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Axle Bearing . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Adjustable Leg for Chairs . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Bath Tub . . . . . . 227--227
                   Nicolas Pike   The Mud Laff --- (\em Synanceia
                                  verrucosa Cuv.)  . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Potato Digger  . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   The Jessup Exercising Club . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   An Improved Device for Suspending
                                  Hammocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228--228
                      Anonymous   Views in Alaska  . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
                      Anonymous   An Improved Centrifugal Governor . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   Large Twin Gas Engine  . . . . . . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cotton Seed Cleaner  . . . . 230--230
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 231--232
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pump and Condenser . . . . . 232--232
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 16, April 20, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   Books: New books and Publications  . . . 249--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   The Electric Subways of the City of New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   Permeability of Cements, the Hastings
                                  Telescope, and more  . . . . . . . . . . 240--241
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Experiments in Magnetism . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   Improved Structure for Use as a Silo . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wire Stretcher . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Book Support . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rocking Chair  . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pocket Knife . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Binder . . . . . . . . . . . 243--243
                      Anonymous   Improved Protector for Dikes or Levees   243--243
                      Anonymous   An Improved Rope Clamp . . . . . . . . . 243--244
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
                      Anonymous   Michel Eugene Chevreul . . . . . . . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   The Rev. J. G. Wood  . . . . . . . . . . 248--248
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 17, April 27, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 265--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Removal of Aerial Electric Wires in New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   A New Suit Under Electric Dynamo
                                  Construction Patents . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Delay in Granting Applications for
                                  Patents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in May . . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The Berrie Paving Block  . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Straub's Plan for a Sub-River Tunnel . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railroad Snow Plow . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oven Thermometer . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bake Pan . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate Fastening . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lightning Conductor for
                                  Fences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Building Block . . . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Roller Stove Foot  . . . . . 259--259
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hydrocarbon Burner . . . . . 260--261
                      Anonymous   Improvement of the River Front of New
                                  York City  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--261
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Experiments in Magnetism . . . . . . . . 262--262
                      Anonymous   Remarkable Locomotive Explosion in
                                  Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262--263
                      Anonymous   The Twin Palms and Ancient Well of Los
                                  Angeles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263--264
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Mercurial Jet Siphon . . . . . . . . . . 264--264
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 18, May 4, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280--281
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 283--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   Opening of a New Dry Dock at Norfolk, Va 272--272
                      Anonymous   Heavy Quick-Firing Batteries . . . . . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hinge  . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oil Can  . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   A Lamp Heater for Vessels  . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Seed Cotton Cleaner  . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Improved Feed or Nose Bag for Horses . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   Envelope Addressing Machine  . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   A Gas Burner for Heating Purposes  . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   The Vyrnwy Lake of the Liverpool Water
                                  Works  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275--276
            George F. W. Holman   The Torpedo Boat Stiletto  . . . . . . . 276--277
                      Anonymous   Lake's Ocean Tricycle at Atlantic City,
                                  N.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   Chinese Alligators in the Aquarium at
                                  Berlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278--278
                     M. Hopkins   Apparatus for Soldering and Melting  . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Clutch and Tension
                                  Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281--281
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 19, May 11, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
                                  Patented Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 298--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Grand Scenery of Oregon  . . . . . . 287--287
                      Anonymous   The Centennial of the Inauguration of
                                  George Washingtion as President of the
                                  United States  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   Floating Wrecks  . . . . . . . . . . . . 289--289
                      Anonymous   Gem Pencil Sharpener . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Trousers Strap . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   A Coupon Ticket Stamp and Punch  . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   Improved Inking Device for Type Writers  290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Step for Vehicles    290--290
                      Anonymous   A Mirror Attachment for Opera Glasses,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                     M. Hopkins   A Magnet for Experimentation . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   A Fountain Brush and Sponge Holder . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Padlock  . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   A Steam-Propelled Sled . . . . . . . . . 292--292
                      Anonymous   Triple Expansion Engine  . . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   The Venomous Serpents or \em
                                  Toxicophidia of the United States  . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   Caudal Appendage in Man  . . . . . . . . 296--296
                      Anonymous   Crude Petroleum for Manufacturing
                                  Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 2, January 12, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 25--26
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   The Strong Locomotive  . . . . . . . . . 15--15
                      Anonymous   The Danger of Electric Distribution  . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   Some Interesting Observations of Jupiter 17--17
                      Anonymous   Improved Kitchen Table and Cabinet . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ditching Machine . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   The New British Armored War Ship
                                  Australia  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   An Improved Latch and Lock . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pen Holder . . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   An Improved Butter Worker  . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 21--21
                      Anonymous   The Barbed Wire Patent . . . . . . . . . 21--22
                      Anonymous   A Hand Cart Steam Fire Engine  . . . . . 22--22
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   The New Dieulafoy Halls at the Louvre    23--24
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 20, May 18, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   The Washington Bridge, New York City . . 303--304
                      Anonymous   A Remarkable Ocean Voyage  . . . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The Marine Conference  . . . . . . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cut-Off Valve Gear . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Radial Tube Boiler . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Truss for Buildings or Bridges  306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Knife for Printers' Use . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Book Case  . . . . . 307--307
                     M. Hopkins   Making Carbon Rods and Plates  . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   Band Cutter Platform for Thrashing
                                  Machines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fish Trap  . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   The Total Eclipse of the Sun at Lick
                                  Observatory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   An Improved Automatic Injector . . . . . 308--309
                      Anonymous   The Otis Elevators at the Paris
                                  Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310--311
                      Anonymous   The Eiffel Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . 311--311
                      Anonymous   The Universal Exposition of 1889 . . . . 311--313
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 21, May 25, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 331--331
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 334--334
             Thornton F. Haines   Dredging and Reclaiming Land in
                                  Glorietta Bay, California  . . . . . . . 319--319
                      Anonymous   The Valkyrie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   W. Irving Bishop, ``Mind Reader''  . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   Automatic Leak Detector for Pipes  . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Hatchway Closing Device . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Electric Striking and Repeating Clock 322--322
                      Anonymous   A Rivet Holding Tool for Boilers . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Drying Attachment for Brick Kilns  . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reinholder . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bundle Carrier . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hammock Support  . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Barrel Cover . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Transplanting Pot  . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gravel Screen  . . . . . . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Improved Hose Coupling for Railway Cars  324--324
                      Anonymous   Improved Truss for Abdominal Ruptures    324--324
                      Anonymous   An Improved Side Curtain for Buggies . . 324--324
                      Anonymous   Air Brake Hose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--325
                      Anonymous   The French War Ship Amiral Baudin  . . . 326--326
                      Anonymous   Frederick A. P. Barnard  . . . . . . . . 327--328
                  N. W. Halcomb   A Curiosity in Plant Life  . . . . . . . 329--329
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Vortex Motion  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 22, June 1, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 350--350
                      Anonymous   Alaska and Its Resources . . . . . . . . 335--335
                      Anonymous   The New Steamship Augusta Victoria . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Talk of Dismantling the Forts  . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in June  . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   An Improved Grip for Tramways, Etc . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Motor for Light Work . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lathe Chuck  . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   The New Syracuse Fan . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   A Collapsible Shipping Cask  . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dinner Pail  . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Hanger  . . . . . . . . 339--339
                    H. C. Hovey   The Jewell Cavern  . . . . . . . . . . . 339--341
              T. O'conor Sloane   A Simple Air Bath for Laboratory Use . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 23, June 8, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
                                  Patented Intentions  . . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   The New London Double Track Railroad
                                  Bridge and Draw Span . . . . . . . . . . 351--351
                      Anonymous   An Expected Revolution in Steam
                                  Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vegetable Cutter . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Guide for Band-Saws  . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sash Fastener  . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pinch Bar  . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam-Actuated Valve . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   Jerboas, Marmots, and Lemmings in the
                                  Zoological Garden of Berlin  . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Step-Ladder  . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   An Improved Air Ship . . . . . . . . . . 358--358
                Geo. M. Hopkins   A Siren for Measuring Velocities . . . . 359--361
              T. O'conor Sloane   A Scientific Will-O'-the-Wisp  . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 24, June 15, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 379--380
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 382--382
                      Anonymous   The Tilly Foster Mine  . . . . . . . . . 367--368
                      Anonymous   An Appalling Disaster  . . . . . . . . . 369--369
                      Anonymous   An Improved Machine for Turning Tenons   370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electric Current Regulator   370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draught Equalizer  . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Cable Propeller for Vessels 370--370
                      Anonymous   A Device for Extinguishing Fires on
                                  Ships  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Seat . . . . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Compound Rail  . . . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cable Car Transfer System    371--371
                      Anonymous   An Improved Extensible Car Step  . . . . 371--372
                      Anonymous   Lynx in the Berlin Zoological Garden . . 375--375
                      Anonymous   The Eiffel Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   Artificial Limbs . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379--379

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 25, June 22, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   Collapse of the South Fork Dam and
                                  Destruction of Johnstown . . . . . . . . 383--391
                      Anonymous   American and Italian War Ships . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   The New Mausoleum  . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   Time Signals by the Magnesium Light  . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents  . . . . . 385--385
                      Anonymous   An Improved End Gate for Vehicles  . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bolting Chest  . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   A Boot or Shoe Sole Protector  . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   Electric Lamp Hanger . . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   A ``Fault'' in an Ocean Cable  . . . . . 387--387
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Aspirators for Laboratory Use  . . . . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 392--393
                      Anonymous   Universal Hand Lathe . . . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   New Micro-Surface Gauge  . . . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 26, June 29, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   The Water Supply of New York . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Dynamo and Compass . . . . . . . . . . . 400--400
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in July  . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   An Improved Flooring Jack  . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   Torpedo Boats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drawbridge Signal  . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   A Lock-House for Switch-Stands . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sunshade for Vehicles  . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   A Stovepipe Anchor and Flue Cleaner  . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Animal Catcher . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Spring Back for Stools, Etc  403--403
                      Anonymous   Crystallizing Frames for Monograms,
                                  Designs, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 403--404
                      Anonymous   A Spindle Support for Spinning Machines  404--404
                      Anonymous   Palmer's Improved Carpenter's Chisel . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   Mississippi River Improvements . . . . . 405--405
                      Anonymous   The Johnstown Disaster . . . . . . . . . 406--408

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 3, January 19, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
                                  Patented Intentions  . . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 42--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--44
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                    H. C. Hovey   Test of a New Bridge by means of
                                  Elephants, at Bridgeport, Conn . . . . . 31--31
                      Anonymous   Coupling a Dynamo to a Car-Axle  . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Are Townsmen or Countrymen the
                                  Healthiest?  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Postal Street Cars . . . . . . . . . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   The Deep Wells of Reading, Pa  . . . . . 33--33
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 33--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Lifting Cage for Mines  . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Improved Double-Reciprocating Engine . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   A Foot-Shield for Pianos, Etc  . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screw Driver . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   Improved Pulsatory Wool Washing Machine  35--35
                      Anonymous   A New Screw Cutting Die  . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Road Grader and Ditcher  . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   The Bartlett Project for a Water Supply
                                  for Lower New York . . . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   An Improved Can Opener . . . . . . . . . 36--36
                      Anonymous   A Boy's Invention  . . . . . . . . . . . 37--37
                      Anonymous   The Great Railway Bridge over the Firth
                                  of Forth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--39
                      Anonymous   St. Louis to be a Seaport  . . . . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   Experiments in Capillary Force . . . . . 39--40
                     M. Hopkins   Apparatus for Compounding Rectangular
                                  Vibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--41
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 4, January 26, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 57--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   The Engines of the Steamer Connecticut   47--47
                      Anonymous   An Electrical Course at Columbia . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   A Novel Experiment with Criminals  . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Dangerous Flat Houses  . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   The Use of Radiated Heat . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in February  . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   The Recent Tornado in New York . . . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Revolving Hercules Crane . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Vehicle Spring . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gas Manufacturing Apparatus  51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Safety Caster  . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Improved Wear Iron for Vehicles  . . . . 51--52
                      Anonymous   Mlle Schultze, Doctor of Medicine of the
                                  Faculty of Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--54
                     M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 54--54
                    H. C. Hovey   The Leander McCormick Observatory of the
                                  University of Virginia . . . . . . . . . 55--56
                      Anonymous   Trial Trip of the Vesuvius . . . . . . . 56--56
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 5, February 2, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 73--75
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 75--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--76
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   Complaints Against the Patent Office . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   An Important Supreme Court Decision  . . 64--65
                      Anonymous   Improved Device for Use in Paying Help   66--66
                      Anonymous   Improved Furnace for Destroying Refuse   66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pillow Bolster . . . . . . . 66--66
                      Anonymous   An Improved Folding Car Step . . . . . . 66--68
                 Samuel Sheldon   The Electric Blowpipe  . . . . . . . . . 68--68
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 68--69
                      Anonymous   U.S. Gunboat Yorktown  . . . . . . . . . 69--69
                      Anonymous   Remarkable Explosion of a Locomotive . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   A Continental Villa  . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 6, February 9, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 91--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--92
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   A Rumor About the Compass  . . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   ``Recipes For Making Gout''  . . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Hemp vs. Iron in Ocean Cables  . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Machine Guns in Shore Defense  . . . . . 80--80
                      Anonymous   Naval Wars of the Future . . . . . . . . 80--81
                      Anonymous   An Improved Track Laying Apparatus . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   The Machine Gallery, Paris Exhibition    82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Metallic Railroad Tie  . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   A New Water Power Developing Device  . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window Burglar Guard . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 83--83
                      Anonymous   Improved Mill for Crushing Sugar Cane    83--83
                      Anonymous   An Improved Life-Saving Net  . . . . . . 83--84
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Method of Producing Designs on Wire
                                  Cloth  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tobacco Smoking Pipe . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   The Ball Electric Light System . . . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sewer Ventilator . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The American Patent Pop Safety Valve . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   An Indicator Attachment for Passenger
                                  Elevators  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86--86
                      Anonymous   The Great Rolling Mill of the St.
                                  Jacques Works  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--88
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bicycle  . . . . . . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   Chesley Heal, the Centenarian  . . . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 7, February 16, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   The Nicaragua Ship Canal . . . . . . . . 95--95
                      Anonymous   The Celestial World  . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Progress of New Armaments  . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Meeting of Electric Light Men  . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Electric Wires in Gas Mains  . . . . . . 96--97
                      Anonymous   An Improved Locomotive Boiler  . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Elastic Engine Foundations and
                                  Suspension of Vehicles . . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Weeke's System of Building Dikes . . . . 98--99
                      Anonymous   A Box to Hold Bricks of Ice Cream  . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Exhibitor for Shades, Maps,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Kane's Car Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Ancel's Stove Pipe and Tent Support  . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hose Coupling  . . . . . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sod Cutter and Harrow  . . . 100--100
                      Anonymous   Decisions Relating to Patents and Trade
                                  Marks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                   Hudson Maxim   The Maxim Automatic Machine Gun  . . . . 102--104
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 8, February 23, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 123--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   Report of the Commissioner of Patents
                                  for 1888 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   A Reply to the New York ``World''  . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Official Trial of the Gunboat Yorktown   112--113
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wire Tightener . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   A Device for Piercing Ears and Inserting
                                  Earrings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Brake Shoe for Railroad Cars 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Heater . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   A Device for Sharpening Stone-Cutting
                                  Tools  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Guard for Step Ladders . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway  . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
                      Anonymous   An Improved Plow Clevis  . . . . . . . . 115--115
                    Karl Rohrer   Gun Cotton --- Its History, Manufacture,
                                  Use  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116--117
                      Anonymous   Test of the Cast Steel Breech Loading
                                  Rifle of open Hearth Steel . . . . . . . 118--119
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Terraced Irrigation Process of Sewage
                                  Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--119
                      Anonymous   The Jerboa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119--120
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 121--121
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 60, Number 9, March 2, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   The Improvement of the Railroad
                                  Approaches of New York . . . . . . . . . 127--127
                      Anonymous   The Daft Electric Locomotive . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Germ of Diphtheria . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Strange Incendiarism . . . . . . . . . . 128--129
                      Anonymous   An Improved Universal Milling Machine    130--130
                      Anonymous   An Instrument to test Engine Crank
                                  Shafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   A Luggage Carrier for Bicycles . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car-Starter  . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dyeing Machine . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Velocipede . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   An Improved Signal Bell  . . . . . . . . 131--133
              T. O'Conor Sloane   Melde's Experiment with the Trevelyan
                                  Rocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American Iodide
                                  of Mercury Barometer . . . . . . . . . . 135--136
                      Anonymous   Ten-Ton Locomotive Crane . . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   Improved apparatus for Heating Cars  . . 136--137
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Simple Experiments in Physics  . . . . . 137--137


Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 1, July 6, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Business and personal  . . . . . . . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 10--10
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 10--11
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 14--14
                      Anonymous   Bridal Veil Falls, Snake River . . . . . 1--2
                      Anonymous   To Water Supply for New York City  . . . 2--3
              T. O'conor Sloane   Experiments on the Inexpansibility of
                                  Water and Contraction of Ice . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Clinical Thermometer . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Burglar Alarm  . . . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Piano Lamp Bracket . . . . . 4--4
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Fender for Car Windows  . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   A Spring Cover Oiler . . . . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   An Improved Child's Swing  . . . . . . . 5--5
                      Anonymous   Sieve Attachment for Thrashing Machines  5--5
                      Anonymous   Improved Leather Belting . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   The New Rubber Tip Pearl Mucilage Bottle 6--6
                      Anonymous   An Apparatus for Heating and Steaming
                                  Grain  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6--6
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
                      Anonymous   The Washington Arch of New York  . . . . 8--8
                      Anonymous   The Vari in the Berlin Zoological Garden 9--9
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 10, September 7, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 154--154
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 154--155
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 158--158
                      Anonymous   The Hudson River Tunnel  . . . . . . . . 143--143
                      Anonymous   Government Contracts Undesirable . . . . 144--145
                      Anonymous   Elias Loomis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
                      Anonymous   An Improved Game Apparatus . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Governor . . . . . . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window Ventilator  . . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Improved Astronomical Mirror  . . . . 147--147
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Ash Sifter  . . . . . . . . 147--149
                      Anonymous   The Boynton Bicycle Engine . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   An Improved Elevator Alarm . . . . . . . 150--150
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 153--153
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 11, September 14, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 170--170
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 170--171
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 174--174
                      Anonymous   The New Jet Boat Evolution . . . . . . . 160--160
                      Anonymous   The Scientific Meeting at Toronto  . . . 160--161
                      Anonymous   The Sewage Disposal Problem  . . . . . . 161--161
                      Anonymous   An Improved Road Cart  . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dumping Car  . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drawbridge Gate  . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Blow-Off Cock and Fire
                                  Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162--162
                      Anonymous   An Improved Roofing Tank Apparatus . . . 162--163
                      Anonymous   Rheostat and Resistance Column . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oil Can  . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
                      Anonymous   Improved Lock and Shackle for Railway
                                  Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163--164
                      Anonymous   New Arc Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   Launch of the Philadelphia . . . . . . . 164--164
                      Anonymous   The Harlem River Aqueduct Tunnel and Its
                                  Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
                      Anonymous   With Mr. Edison on the Eiffel Tower  . . 166--166
                      Anonymous   An Attractive Cheap Dwelling House . . . 167--168
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 12, September 21, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 187--188
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 190--190
                      Anonymous   The Recent Meeting of the American
                                  Association for the Advancement of
                                  Science  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176--177
                      Anonymous   Eikonogen --- a New Universal Developer
                                  for Photographic Dry Plates and Bromide
                                  Paper  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177--177
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fruit Picker . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Valve Head for Blowing
                                  Engines  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   A Combined Carpenters Rule, Calipers,
                                  Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lock Joint for Beams . . . . 178--178
                      Anonymous   An Improved Pen Holder . . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Blacking Box . . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Two-Wheeled Vehicle  . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Music Leaf Turner  . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   An Improved Artificial Leg . . . . . . . 179--179
                      Anonymous   The Brooklyn Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . 180--180
                      Anonymous   Tangent Galvanometer . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 182--182
                      Anonymous   The First Gallery of the Eiffel Tower    183--185
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 186--186
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 13, September 28, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 202--203
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 206--206
                      Anonymous   Utilizing Wave Power at the Sea Beach    191--191
                      Anonymous   Successful Trials of the New Cruiser
                                  Baltimore  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--192
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for October  . . 192--193
                      Anonymous   An Improved Governor for Steam Engines   194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Storm Apron  . . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cocoanut Parer . . . . . . . 194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sill Plate for Railway Cars  194--194
                      Anonymous   An Improved Backband Hook  . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   A Railway Car for Carrying Wide Stones   195--195
                      Anonymous   The John Good Force Draught Fuel Gas
                                  Generator and Smoke Consumer for Steam
                                  Boilers  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Key-Hole Guard . . . . . . . 195--195
                      Anonymous   An Improved Undulating Furnace Hearth    195--197
                      Anonymous   The Victor Typewriter  . . . . . . . . . 197--197
                      Anonymous   The Woodcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--199
                      Anonymous   Types of the French Navy --- the Condor  199--201
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 202--202
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 14, October 5, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 218--218
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 218--219
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 222--222
                      Anonymous   The American Public Health Association   208--208
                      Anonymous   The Professional and Practical Engineer  208--208
                      Anonymous   The Nickel and Copper Mines at Sudbury,
                                  Ontario  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208--209
                      Anonymous   Damage by Water in Peru  . . . . . . . . 209--209
                      Anonymous   A Hand Exerciser for Pianists  . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ash Sifter . . . . . . . . . 210--210
                      Anonymous   The Evans System of Frictional Gearing   210--210
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved High and Low Water Alarm . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Price Indicator for Scales   211--211
                      Anonymous   The Remington--Lee Military Magazine
                                  Rifle  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
                      Anonymous   An Improved Band Cutter and Feeder . . . 211--212
                      Anonymous   Building the Armored Cruiser Maine . . . 212--212
                      Anonymous   An Improved Water Wheel  . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   An Improved Shutter Worker . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Electro-Plating Dynamo . . . . . . . . . 213--213
                      Anonymous   Improved Web Printing Machine  . . . . . 214--214
                      Anonymous   Mount Stephen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215--216
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 216--216
                   Nicolas Pike   The Seychelles Islands . . . . . . . . . 217--217
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219--219

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 15, October 12, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--230
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 234--234
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 234--235
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 235--236
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 238--238
                      Anonymous   The Halpin--Savage Torpedo . . . . . . . 223--224
                      Anonymous   1,492 Feet for the Height of the
                                  American Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
                      Anonymous   Meeting of the National Telephone
                                  Association  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--225
                      Anonymous   The International Congress of American
                                  States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225--225
                      Anonymous   An Improved Replacing Frog . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Blast Heater . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sketching Tripod, or
                                  Delineator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Attachment for Scissors . . . . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   An Improved Swinging Window Sash . . . . 226--226
                      Anonymous   Jacob's Ladder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--227
                      Anonymous   An ``Otto'' Gas Engine of One-Third
                                  Horse Power  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227--228
                      Anonymous   Thomas Alva Edison . . . . . . . . . . . 230--232
                      Anonymous   Arrangement of Battery Cells . . . . . . 233--233
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 16, October 19, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245--246
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 250--250
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 250--251
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 251--252
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 254--254
                      Anonymous   The Johnson Pneumatic Tube . . . . . . . 239--239
                      Anonymous   Opening of the New London Bridge . . . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Electric Execution of Criminals  . . 240--240
                      Anonymous   The Incandescent Electric Lamp Patent    240--240
                      Anonymous   The Raisin Industry of California  . . . 241--241
                      Anonymous   An Improved Planter  . . . . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Freight Car Door . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Spindle Wharve . . . . . . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Feathering Paddle Wheel  . . 242--242
                      Anonymous   An Improved Door Bolt  . . . . . . . . . 242--243
                      Anonymous   William B. Dunning . . . . . . . . . . . 243--245
                      Anonymous   Luminous Fountains for Dining Tables . . 246--246
                    H. C. Hovey   The Pits and Domes of Mammoth Cave . . . 247--248
                      Anonymous   Measurement of Resistance  . . . . . . . 249--249
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251--251

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 17, October 26, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261--262
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 266--266
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 270--270
                      Anonymous   Glass Enameled Steel Casks for Brewers,
                                  Sugar Refiners, Glucose Makers, Etc  . . 255--255
                      Anonymous   Departure of the American Astronomical
                                  Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The Phonograph Not Yet Ready . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   New York Navy Yard . . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
                      Anonymous   The International Maritime Conference    256--256
                      Anonymous   A Bridge for the English Channel . . . . 256--257
                      Anonymous   The New Type of War Ship . . . . . . . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for November . . 257--257
                      Anonymous   Pneumatic Conveyers for Use in Mills . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Wolfe's Automatic Railroad Switch  . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Producing Artificial Currents  . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Dix's Floor Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Besemer's Water Motor  . . . . . . . . . 258--258
                      Anonymous   Multipolar Drum Dynamo . . . . . . . . . 259--260
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 262--264
                      Anonymous   Mouth Vacuum Apparatus . . . . . . . . . 264--265
                   C. F. Holder   The Hard-Scaled Bass of the Pacific  . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   George Hammell Cook  . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 18, November 2, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277--277
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 282--282
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 282--283
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 286--286
                      Anonymous   The New York Signal Service Station  . . 271--272
                      Anonymous   The International Marine Conference  . . 272--273
                      Anonymous   Mr. Hopkins' New Book, ``Experimental
                                  Science''  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273--273
                      Anonymous   Incandescent Lighting  . . . . . . . . . 274--274
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screwdriver and Wrench . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lathe Dog  . . . . . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Meat-Carrying Apparatus  . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   Improved Vehicle Running Gear  . . . . . 275--275
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electrical Door Alarm  . . . 275--276
                      Anonymous   Dernell's Clevis Arm for Ice Flows . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cotton Cultivator  . . . . . 276--276
                      Anonymous   Germany's Floating Exposition  . . . . . 278--278
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 279--280
                      Anonymous   Willard Condensing Engine  . . . . . . . 280--281
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 19, November 9, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 297--297
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 297--298
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 298--299
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 302--302
                      Anonymous   The Manchester Ship Canal  . . . . . . . 287--288
                      Anonymous   The American Institute Fair  . . . . . . 288--289
                      Anonymous   An Extinct Bird (\em Fregilupus Varius
                                  Boddaert)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drag Saw . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sawing Machine . . . . . . . 290--290
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Lamp Extinguisher . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Washboard Protector  . . . . 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Scaffold-Supporting Standard 291--291
                      Anonymous   An Improved Exhaust Pipe for Locomotives 291--292
                      Anonymous   The Nampa Image  . . . . . . . . . . . . 292--293
                      Anonymous   Modified Wimshurst Machine . . . . . . . 294--295
                      Anonymous   A California Rabbit Drive  . . . . . . . 295--296
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299--299

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 2, July 13, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 26--26
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 26--27
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 27--28
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 30--30
                      Anonymous   Condition and Needs of the Navy  . . . . 16--17
                      Anonymous   An Improved Grindstone Tool Holder . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   A Chair for Use on the Sea Beach . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sash Holder  . . . . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draught Equalizer  . . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   Improved Foot Best for Radiators . . . . 18--18
                      Anonymous   The New Additions to the Navy  . . . . . 19--20
                      Anonymous   Tare's Improved Wash Boiler  . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   An Improved Oyster Pail  . . . . . . . . 20--20
                      Anonymous   Sims--Edison Torpedo . . . . . . . . . . 21--21
                Geo. M. Hopkins   Secondary Battery  . . . . . . . . . . . 22--22
                      Anonymous   Curiously Worn Gear Wheel  . . . . . . . 22--22
                     M. L. Pike   Maternal Instinct in Spiders . . . . . . 23--23
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steam Engine . . . . . . . . 23--24
                      Anonymous   Accident on the Housatonic Railroad  . . 25--25
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27--27

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 20, November 16, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309--309
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 314--314
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 314--315
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 318--318
                      Anonymous   The Electric Tachyscope  . . . . . . . . 303--303
                      Anonymous   An Important Invention Wanted  . . . . . 304--304
                      Anonymous   The National Maritime Exhibition . . . . 304--305
                      Anonymous   The Purity of the New Water Supply for
                                  New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305--305
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lamp Extinguisher  . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dough Mixer and Kneader  . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Dry Battery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fireplace and Heater . . . . 306--306
                      Anonymous   Improved Shield for Firemen or Stokers   307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Refrigerator . . . . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Watch Case Pendant . . . . . 307--307
                      Anonymous   An Improved Boot or Shoe Heel  . . . . . 307--308
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fire Escape  . . . . . . . . 308--308
                      Anonymous   Ten Ton Traveling Crane  . . . . . . . . 311--313
                      Anonymous   An Improved Road Grader  . . . . . . . . 313--313
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 21, November 23, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329--329
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 330--330
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 332--332
                      Anonymous   The Mount Pilatus Railway  . . . . . . . 319--320
                      Anonymous   The Food and Care of Horses  . . . . . . 320--320
                      Anonymous   Safeguards Against Fires . . . . . . . . 320--321
                      Anonymous   An Improved Sandpapering Machine . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Air Purifier for Sleeping Apartments,
                                  Sick Rooms, Etc  . . . . . . . . . . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   Improved Coal Washer and Separator . . . 322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Locomotive Ash Pan Cleaner   322--322
                      Anonymous   An Improved Bottle Protector . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Biscuit Cutter . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Stamp Mill . . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Drive Chain  . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Razor Strop  . . . . . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screw-Threading Die  . . . . 323--323
                      Anonymous   The Congress of the Three Americas . . . 324--326
                      Anonymous   Girard's Sliding Railway . . . . . . . . 327--329
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 22, November 30, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 345--345
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 346--346
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 347--348
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 348--348
                      Anonymous   The United States of Brazil  . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Stanley's Latest Discoveries . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   Our New Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336--336
                      Anonymous   The American Exhibition of 1892  . . . . 336--337
                      Anonymous   Brewing Chemistry  . . . . . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for December . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Some Thoughts about China  . . . . . . . 337--337
                      Anonymous   Johnston's Patent Side Drum  . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Optical Illusion  . . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dish Drier . . . . . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Violin Tail Piece  . . . . . 338--338
                      Anonymous   An Improved Mechanical Mixer . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Combination Lock . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   Reversing Attachment for Type Writers    339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Organ Pallet . . . . . . . . 339--339
                      Anonymous   An Improved Family Ice Machine . . . . . 339--340
                      Anonymous   Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340--340
                      Anonymous   The New Dry Dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard . . 341--341
                      Anonymous   The Proposed Bridge over the English
                                  Channel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342--342
                      Anonymous   The Military Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
                   Nicolas Pike   The Hoof Snake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 23, December 7, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357--357
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 361--361
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 362--362
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 362--363
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 366--366
                      Anonymous   Shortening the Ocean Trip Half a Day . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   A Plea for the Merchant Fleet  . . . . . 352--352
                      Anonymous   Saccharin, the Sweetest of Sweets  . . . 352--353
                      Anonymous   Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 353--353
                      Anonymous   An Improved Brick Mould  . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Gate Hinge . . . . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lathe Attachment . . . . . . 354--354
                      Anonymous   An Improved Portable Dam . . . . . . . . 354--355
                      Anonymous   New Spanish Guns . . . . . . . . . . . . 355--356
                      Anonymous   The Boston Maritime Exhibition . . . . . 358--359
                      Anonymous   A Mammoth Cactus . . . . . . . . . . . . 359--360
                      Anonymous   The Moving Stone of Buenos Ayres . . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   Molecular Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . 360--360
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 24, December 14, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373--373
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 378--379
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 380--380
                      Anonymous   The New Chicago Water Works --- the Lake
                                  Tunnel Intakes, and Caissons . . . . . . 367--368
                      Anonymous   The \booktitleScientific American ---
                                  Edición Española . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368--368
                      Anonymous   Ericsson's Physical Strength . . . . . . 368--369
                      Anonymous   A Pocket Ticket Case . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Seed Drill and Fertilizer
                                  Distributer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Dumping Device . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   Improved Device for Sanding Railroad
                                  Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   An Unloading Attachment for Cars . . . . 370--370
                      Anonymous   The Beaver (\em Castor Fiber)  . . . . . 371--371
                      Anonymous   A Feat in Photography  . . . . . . . . . 372--372
                      Anonymous   How to Make a Simple Electric Telephone
                                  Requiring no Battery . . . . . . . . . . 374--375
                      Anonymous   Lewis Morris Rutherfurd  . . . . . . . . 375--376
                      Anonymous   The Luminous Fountains at the French
                                  Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--377
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 25, December 21, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 393--393
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publication . . . . 394--394
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 394--395
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 398--398
                      Anonymous   Naval Notes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384--384
                      Anonymous   High Tension Currents in Crowded Centers 384--385
                      Anonymous   Amito's Stair Climber  . . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Dumping Car  . . . . . . . . 386--386
                      Anonymous   An Improved Window Screen  . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Screwdriver  . . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Chimney Cover  . . . . . . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Curtain Ring Attachment  . . 387--387
                      Anonymous   An Improved Device for Felling Trees . . 387--388
                      Anonymous   Passenger Ships of the Transatlantic
                                  Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389--389
                      Anonymous   The Saber-Toothed Tiger  . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Utilization of Poor Fuel . . . . . . . . 390--390
                      Anonymous   Henry M. Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . 391--392
                      Anonymous   Multnomah Falls on Columbia River  . . . 392--392
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395--395

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 26, December 28, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 408--408
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 408--409
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 409--409
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 409--410
                      Anonymous   Index  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 414--414
                      Anonymous   The Electric-Light Troubles in New York  400--400
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for January  . . 400--401
                      Anonymous   Elias Parkman Needham  . . . . . . . . . 401--401
                      Anonymous   An Improved Raw Water Cut-off  . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Air Cooling Apparatus  . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Automatic Paper Carrier for Drying
                                  Rooms  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Electric Railway Signal  . . 402--402
                      Anonymous   An Improved Railway Rail Tie . . . . . . 402--403
                      Anonymous   The Great Traveling Crane at Trubia  . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   An Improved Friction Clutch  . . . . . . 403--403
                      Anonymous   Armor Plate for War Ships  . . . . . . . 404--404
                      Anonymous   A New System of Rapid Telegraphy . . . . 405--405
                   Nicolas Pike   Poisonous Fish of the Indian Ocean . . . 406--406
                      Anonymous   The Nitrate of Soda Works and Fields of
                                  Chile  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407--407
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 3, July 20, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 42--42
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 43--45
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 46--46
                      Anonymous   Novel Torpedo Boat Designing and
                                  Maneuvering  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32--32
                      Anonymous   Pennsylvania Board of Health Notes . . . 32--33
                      Anonymous   A Mechanical Movement  . . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Washing Machine  . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   An Improved Annealing Box  . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Barton's Improved Fence  . . . . . . . . 34--34
                      Anonymous   Gerstle's Hinged Handle for Pans, Etc    34--34
                      Anonymous   Eberhardt's Universal Automatic Gear
                                  Cutting Machine  . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
                      Anonymous   An Improved Magnetic Ore Separator . . . 35--36
                      Anonymous   An Improves Globe Holder . . . . . . . . 36--36
                    F. T. Drake   The New U.S. Cruiser Baltimore . . . . . 36--37
                      Anonymous   Maria Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38--38
                   Nicolas Pike   A Nest-Building Frog . . . . . . . . . . 39--39
                      Anonymous   Improved Bar Channeling Stone Drill  . . 39--41
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 4, July 27, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 58--58
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 58--59
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 59--59
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 59--62
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 62--62
                      Anonymous   Loss of the Campbell Air Ship  . . . . . 47--47
                      Anonymous   A Fast American Steam Line to Europe . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Frederick J. Seymour . . . . . . . . . . 48--48
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets in August  . . . 49--49
                      Anonymous   Hints on Glass Blowing . . . . . . . . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Valve for Steam Engines  . . 50--50
                      Anonymous   An Improved Necktie  . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Electric Propulsion for Common Roads . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   An Improved Harness  . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
                      Anonymous   Electric Lamp Hanger . . . . . . . . . . 51--52
               Edward S. Holden   Recent Discoveries in the Nebulæ by Means
                                  of Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54--56
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 5, August 3, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 73--73
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 74--74
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 74--75
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 75--78
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 78--78
                      Anonymous   Telemeter System . . . . . . . . . . . . 63--64
                      Anonymous   Working for Knowledge  . . . . . . . . . 64--64
                      Anonymous   The New York Water Supply --- How the
                                  People Suffer from Lack of Pressure  . . 64--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Baling Press . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Seed Planter and Fertilizer
                                  Distributer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67--67
                      Anonymous   An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 67--68
                      Anonymous   To Paris Exhibition  . . . . . . . . . . 68--70
                      Anonymous   The Lightning Flash  . . . . . . . . . . 70--70
                      Anonymous   How to Perforate Glass . . . . . . . . . 70--71
                  S. L. Sheldon   The Retsof Salt Mines at Greigsville,
                                  N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71--72
                      Anonymous   Simple Scientific Experiments  . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lifting Jack . . . . . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   An Improved Wall Paper Protector . . . . 72--72
                      Anonymous   An Improved Fence  . . . . . . . . . . . 72--73
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75--75

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 6, August 10, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence: correspondence . . . . . 85--86
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
                                  Patented Invention . . . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 90--90
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 90--91
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 91--93
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 94--94
                      Anonymous   Dr. Brown-Sequard's Recent Experiments   80--80
                      Anonymous   The New German Artillery Tactics . . . . 80--82
                      Anonymous   A Spark Conductor for Locomotives  . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Propeller-Shaft Bearing  . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 82--82
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ash Sifter . . . . . . . . . 82--83
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 83--84
                      Anonymous   An improved Pocket Knife . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Ink Eraser . . . . . . . . . 84--84
                      Anonymous   An Improved Draughtsman's Protractor . . 84--85
                      Anonymous   The New U.S. Cruiser Philadelphia  . . . 85--85
                      Anonymous   Views on Mt. Hood  . . . . . . . . . . . 86--87
                      Anonymous   Gold Beating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87--89
                      Anonymous   An Improved Floor Beam Connection  . . . 89--89
                      Anonymous   An Improved Feed Water Heater and
                                  Condenser  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89--90
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 7, August 17, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101--101
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Books: New Books and Publications  . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 106--106
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 106--107
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 110--110
                      Anonymous   A Recent Search Light Experiment . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   The Inadequate Supply of Water for New
                                  York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Speed Trials of a British Squadron . . . 96--96
                      Anonymous   Construction of New Reservoirs for New
                                  York Water Supply  . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
                      Anonymous   An Improved Umbrella Stand . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Locking Buckle . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   An Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Operative Dentistry-Filling Teeth  . . . 98--98
                      Anonymous   Manufacture of Rolled Bars or Rails
                                  Direct from the Molten Metal . . . . . . 99--99
                      Anonymous   Robert's New Process of Converting Crude
                                  Iron into Malleable Iron or Steel  . . . 99--100
                      Anonymous   Inauguration of the Statue of Leverrier  100--100
                      Anonymous   To Palace of Food Products at the French
                                  Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
                   Harold Brown   Sodom Dam and Reservoir  . . . . . . . . 103--105
               Charles D. Baker   The Coco De Mer --- \em Lodoicea
                                  Seychellarum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105--105
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 8, August 24, 1889

                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 122--122
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 122--123
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 123--124
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 126--126
                      Anonymous   The City of Aberdeen, a Great Lumber
                                  Center, Washington Territory . . . . . . 111--111
                      Anonymous   The American Association for the
                                  Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Report on Explosions in the Electric
                                  Subways  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Progress of Ocean Steam Navigation . . . 112--112
                      Anonymous   Secondary Battery Sub-Stations . . . . . 112--113
                      Anonymous   An Improved Lens . . . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Thill Coupling Jack  . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Safety Harness . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Piston Rod Packing . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   An Improved Hen Coop . . . . . . . . . . 114--114
                      Anonymous   The Scientific Lantern . . . . . . . . . 115--117
                      Anonymous   An Improved Steel Belt Lacing  . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   The White Star Liner Teutonic  . . . . . 117--117
                      Anonymous   An Improved Tile Ditcher . . . . . . . . 118--120
                      Anonymous   The Electric Rolling Bridges of the
                                  Paris Exposition . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123--123

Scientific American
Volume 61, Number 9, August 31, 1889

                      Anonymous   Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133--133
                      Anonymous   Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Business and Personal  . . . . . . . . . 138--138
                      Anonymous   Notes and Queries  . . . . . . . . . . . 138--139
                      Anonymous   Index of Inventions  . . . . . . . . . . 139--140
                      Anonymous   Patent Notes: Patents  . . . . . . . . . 142--142
                      Anonymous   Great War Ships  . . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   The Site for the International
                                  Exposition of 1892 . . . . . . . . . . . 128--128
                      Anonymous   Position of the Planets for September    129--129
                   Nicolas Pike   Spider Web to Cocoon Making  . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Machine for Bending and
                                  Coiling Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130--130
                      Anonymous   An Improved Siphon . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   Astigmatic Eyepiece for Optical
                                  Instruments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
                      Anonymous   A System of Protection from Lightning    131--131
                      Anonymous   An Apparatus for Recording Respirations  131--132
                      Anonymous   An Improved Reversible Safety Stirrup    132--132
                      Anonymous   An Improved Method of Propelling Sleds   132--132
                      Anonymous   The Maccoy Pneumatic Tool  . . . . . . . 134--134
                      Anonymous   A Powerful Battery . . . . . . . . . . . 135--135
                Marcus Benjamin   Thomas Corwin Mendenhall . . . . . . . . 136--136
                      Anonymous   The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 137--137
                      Anonymous   To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139--139