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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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,
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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
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
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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
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
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Anonymous Communications Received . . . . . . . . 59--59
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
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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
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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
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,
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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
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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
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
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Anonymous The Corundum Mines of North Carolina . . 113--113
Anonymous Why the Thunderer's Gun Burst . . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Artificial Ice Skating Rink, New
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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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
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Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 9--10
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Invention . . . . . . . . . 299--299
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 299--300
Anonymous Electrical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 300--300
Anonymous Metallurgical Invention . . . . . . . . 300--300
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 26--28
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 28--28
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Anonymous Earth Connections for Telegraph Wires
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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
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Anonymous Improved T-Square . . . . . . . . . . . 23--23
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous The Use of Ammonia in Baking Powders and
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 337--337
Anonymous Metallurgical Invention . . . . . . . . 337--337
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364--366
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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
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Anonymous Temperature of Steam and Water as
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Anonymous Method or Stopping Crevasses . . . . . . 366--366
F. G. Blinn A Simple Way to Convert a Pillar and
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 400--400
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 400--401
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 401--402
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 402--402
Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403--404
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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
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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
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
Anonymous Inventions: Recent Inventions . . . . . 50--51
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52--53
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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
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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
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Anonymous Horizontal Steam Engine with Automatic
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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
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Anonymous Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 59--59
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,
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Anonymous Communication Received . . . . . . . . . 75--75
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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
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Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 83--83
Anonymous A New Electric Motor and Its
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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
Anonymous Inventions: Recent Inventions . . . . . 102--102
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 107--108
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Anonymous Another Case of Expanded Reissue . . . . 96--96
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Anonymous The Relation of the Government to
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Anonymous Comet Seeking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
Anonymous Steam Boiler Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
Anonymous Ten Years' Progress in Iron and Steel
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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
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
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Anonymous The Park Row Fire . . . . . . . . . . . 112--113
Anonymous Aspects of the Planets for March . . . . 113--113
Anonymous Apparatus for Extracting Ammonia from
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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Anonymous The White-Footed Mouse, or Deer Mouse 167--167
Anonymous The Photographing of Motion . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents, Trade
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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
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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213--213
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 218--218
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 219--220
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Anonymous The New Princeton Telescope . . . . . . 207--207
Anonymous Comets D and E 1882 . . . . . . . . . . 208--208
Anonymous Improved Transportation of Beef and Beef
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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
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
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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,
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276--276
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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
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Anonymous The Past Year's Work in the Patent
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 281--281
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
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
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Anonymous Automatic Boiler Feeder . . . . . . . . 22--22
Anonymous Press for the Manufacture of Oils . . . 22--22
Anonymous Electricity as a Motor for Aerial
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 330--330
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
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Anonymous Electrical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 58--58
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
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Anonymous Why Beef is Dear . . . . . . . . . . . . 81--81
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
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Anonymous Rochester Water Works . . . . . . . . . 95--95
Anonymous Manual Dexterity . . . . . . . . . . . . 96--96
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Anonymous Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
Anonymous Spring Steam Hammers . . . . . . . . . . 118--118
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Anonymous Improvement in Bed-Pans . . . . . . . . 132--132
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Anonymous Compressed Bran. --- One Thousand
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
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Anonymous The De Bergen Rail Lifter . . . . . . . 162--162
Anonymous The Manufacture of Engines, Saw Mills,
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Anonymous Improved Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . 164--164
Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 165--165
Leon Warnerke A New Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
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Anonymous A New Deep Sea Fish. --- (\em
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Anonymous Early Steam Engines and Boilers . . . . 177--177
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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
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Anonymous Education for Mechanics . . . . . . . . 192--192
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Anonymous Some Answers to Correspondents . . . . . 193--194
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Anonymous New Pile for Galvano Cautery . . . . . . 194--194
Anonymous Buggy Bow Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
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Anonymous The Nordenfelt Gun . . . . . . . . . . . 198--198
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
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Anonymous The Great Russian Telescope . . . . . . 207--208
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Anonymous English Nail Makers and their
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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
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Anonymous Transmission of Power by Means of
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Anonymous Peter Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224--224
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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
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Anonymous Progress of Archeological Discovery in
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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
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Anonymous Improved Fire Escape . . . . . . . . . . 246--246
Anonymous Electro Pulverizer and Amalgamator . . . 246--247
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Anonymous Does Good Work Pay? . . . . . . . . . . 256--256
Anonymous The Great Bridge Almost Completed . . . 256--256
Anonymous Relative Costs of Street Lighting by
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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
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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
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 330--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
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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
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341--341
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 346--346
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 346--346
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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
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Anonymous New Exercising Apparatus . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Engine and Boiler Rooms of the Great
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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
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
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Anonymous The French Physical Laboratories . . . . 369--369
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Anonymous The Columbia Tricycle . . . . . . . . . 370--370
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Anonymous The Influence of Storms upon Water Traps 371--371
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 378--378
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 378--378
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Anonymous Index of inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
Anonymous The National Exposition of Railway
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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
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Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 389--389
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Anonymous A New Constant Current Pile . . . . . . 391--391
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Anonymous Improved Railway Rail Chair . . . . . . 391--392
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 394--394
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Anonymous Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--412
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Anonymous Improvement in Lanterns . . . . . . . . 406--407
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Anonymous Adjustable Guard for Fireplaces . . . . 35--35
Anonymous American Industries --- No.86 . . . . . 36--36
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Anonymous Improved Vertical Engine . . . . . . . . 38--38
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Anonymous Natural History Notes . . . . . . . . . 41--41
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 42--42
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Anonymous Novel Tellurian . . . . . . . . . . . . 51--51
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 58--58
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
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Anonymous A Cure for Seasickness at Last . . . . . 64--64
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Anonymous The Starlit Sky in February . . . . . . 64--65
Anonymous The Harding Process of Embossing on
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Anonymous New York Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 68--69
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Anonymous A New and Interesting Electrical Machine 71--72
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 74--74
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Anonymous Progress in Medical Ethics . . . . . . . 80--80
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Anonymous How Steam Engine Valves are Finished . . 81--81
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 90--90
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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
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Anonymous Improved Sponge Filters . . . . . . . . 98--99
Anonymous Teera Cotta Lumber . . . . . . . . . . . 100--100
Anonymous Flexible Self-Gauging Faucet . . . . . . 102--102
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Anonymous The Automaton Chess Player . . . . . . . 103--104
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
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Anonymous Progress of Music in Japan . . . . . . . 112--112
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Anonymous Improved Thill Coupling . . . . . . . . 114--115
Anonymous Improved Seed Sower . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
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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
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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
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Anonymous Upright Drill Press Used as a Boring
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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
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Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 12--12
Anonymous The Rondout Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . 1--2
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Anonymous Chemical Vaporizer and Deodorizer . . . 4--4
Anonymous Improved Hop Press . . . . . . . . . . . 4--5
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Anonymous A Beaver Colony . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 9--9
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 155--156
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 157--157
Anonymous Mechanical Criticisms, Barbs in Beef,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Improved Frying Pan . . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous Force Feed Lubricator . . . . . . . . . 163--163
Anonymous New Umbrella Support . . . . . . . . . . 166--166
Anonymous Apparatus for Disintegrating Vegetable
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--182
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 202--202
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. &
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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
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
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Anonymous Deep Rock Cuts Near New York . . . . . . 227--227
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 234--234
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 234--234
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Colonial Exhibition at Amsterdam . . . . 247--247
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Anonymous Improved Sand Guard for Railways . . . . 259--260
Anonymous An Improved Hand Air Condenser . . . . . 260--260
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 266--266
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 266--266
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 283--284
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Anonymous The Barney Automatic Dumping Boat . . . 271--271
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Anonymous Making Wind Power Auxiliary . . . . . . 272--273
Anonymous Aspects of the Planets for November . . 273--274
Anonymous Plow Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--274
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Anonymous Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274--275
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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
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
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Anonymous Substitution of Steel for Iron . . . . . 288--288
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Anonymous Ostrich Farming in This Country . . . . 289--289
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Anonymous Electric Fire Alarm . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous Churn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous The Electro Dynamic Motor . . . . . . . 291--292
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Anonymous Hydraulic Pile Driver . . . . . . . . . 294--294
Anonymous A Novel Russian Boat . . . . . . . . . . 294--295
Anonymous Ringed Adders Creeping out from the
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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
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Anonymous Cloth Drying and Tentering Machine . . . 19--19
Anonymous Fire Escape Cable . . . . . . . . . . . 19--20
Anonymous Fern Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20--20
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Anonymous A Remarkable Shark . . . . . . . . . . . 23--24
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 26--26
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 26--26
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 315--316
Anonymous United States Screw Steam Cruiser
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Anonymous A Centennial Cotton Exhibition . . . . . 304--304
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Anonymous Present Steam Engine Practice . . . . . 304--304
Anonymous Some Curiosities of Steel . . . . . . . 304--305
Anonymous A New Treatment for the Dead . . . . . . 305--305
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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
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Anonymous Manufacturing Notes . . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325--326
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 331--331
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 331--332
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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
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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
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Anonymous The Use of Argol in Dyeing . . . . . . . 336--336
Anonymous Aspects of the Planets for December . . 337--337
Anonymous Bacterial Disease of the Imported
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85--85
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 90--90
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 91--91
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Anonymous Improved Foot Power Hammer . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Aspects of the Planets for March . . . . 132--132
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
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Anonymous Self-Oiling Loose Pulley . . . . . . . . 146--146
Anonymous Door and Gate Latch . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
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Anonymous An English Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . 152--152
Anonymous Fumigating Passengers for Cholera . . . 152--153
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Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
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Anonymous Folding Fireplace Fender . . . . . . . . 67--68
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Anonymous Stove Implement . . . . . . . . . . . . 146--146
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Anonymous Interesting Electrical Experiments . . . 150--151
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Anonymous Light-Ships across the Atlantic . . . . 160--160
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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
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Anonymous Automatic Cut-Off for Cisterns . . . . . 180--183
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Anonymous Practical Studies of Man's Locomotion 183--185
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 186--186
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Anonymous Improved Barbed Wire Fence . . . . . . . 194--194
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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
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Anonymous Car Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
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Anonymous Improved Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous A Steam Wheel, or Rotary Engine . . . . 211--211
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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
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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
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Anonymous Recent Experiments in Vivisection . . . 224--224
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Anonymous Improved Dividers and Calipers . . . . . 226--226
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Anonymous Back For Piano Stools . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous Wire Flower Pot Holder . . . . . . . . . 228--228
Anonymous The ``Sun'' Column, Designed for
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 233--233
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 233--233
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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
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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
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Anonymous Casting a Statue of Heroic Size . . . . 255--255
Anonymous Changes in the Patent Office . . . . . . 256--256
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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
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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
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 281--281
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 281--281
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 282--284
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 286--286
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Anonymous Trade Marks and Label Registration . . . 272--272
Anonymous Rust Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272--272
Anonymous Views of the District of Columbia Judges
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Anonymous Hand Power Apparatus for Hoisting and
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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
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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
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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Mechanical Inventions . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 297--297
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 362--362
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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,
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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
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
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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
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
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Anonymous Cast Iron Malleable . . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous A New Remedy for the Imported Cabbage
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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Anonymous Curious Features of the Electric
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 377--377
Anonymous Special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377--377
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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Anonymous Reclining Rocking Chair . . . . . . . . 242--242
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Anonymous A Singular Effect of the Action of Frost 310--310
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Anonymous Who Invented the Ratchet Brace? . . . . 312--312
Anonymous Argus Peacocks in the Berlin Zoological
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Anonymous Progress of Industrial Electricity . . . 320--321
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Anonymous Combined Newspaper Stand and File . . . 338--339
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Anonymous Improved Air Engine . . . . . . . . . . 342--343
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Anonymous New Power Punching Presses . . . . . . . 403--403
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Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 409--409
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Anonymous An Improved Middlings Purifier . . . . . 34--35
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Anonymous Sixty Ton Crane . . . . . . . . . . . . 39--41
Anonymous Burmah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41--42
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--54
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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
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Anonymous Removal of Snow from Streets by Steam 48--48
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 49--49
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Anonymous Automatic Switch for Dovetailing
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Anonymous Movable Dressing Closet for Sleeping
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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
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
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Anonymous Sibley College Lectures, Cornell
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous A Simple Traveling Top . . . . . . . . . 83--84
Anonymous Saucepan and Cover . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Improvement in Stone and Marble Sawing
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Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous Improved Fish Hook . . . . . . . . . . . 84--84
Anonymous The Big Bend Tunnel in Butte County,
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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
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
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Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 97--97
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Anonymous Ironing Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98--98
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Anonymous The Principle of the Loom . . . . . . . 99--99
Anonymous Brickwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99--99
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 123--125
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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
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Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 138--138
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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
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 11--12
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 14--14
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Anonymous The Illuminating Gas Industry . . . . . 2--2
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Anonymous Compressed Air for Life Boats . . . . . 3--3
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Anonymous Improved Car Seat . . . . . . . . . . . 4--4
Anonymous Automatic Stop for Engines . . . . . . . 5--5
Anonymous Improved Woodworking Machine . . . . . . 5--5
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Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 7--7
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Anonymous Triple Calla Lily . . . . . . . . . . . 9--9
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 10--10
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
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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
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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
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Anonymous French Naval Maneuvers off the Coast of
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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
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
Anonymous Patents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174--174
Anonymous Macadamsfins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159--159
Anonymous Practical Application of Leidenfrost's
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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
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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.
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Anonymous Mummy of Rameses II . . . . . . . . . . 169--169
Anonymous Proposed Fire Engine Elevators for use
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Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
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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
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
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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
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
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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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
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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
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Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 229--229
M. Hopkins A Scientific Top . . . . . . . . . . . . 230--231
Anonymous The Transmission of Power by Electricity
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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
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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
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Anonymous The ``Fere'' Monster Mortar . . . . . . 240--240
Anonymous Photographic Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 241--241
Anonymous Instrument for Obtaining Lengths and
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7--7
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 11--11
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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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Mechanical Invention . . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165--165
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 171--172
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Anonymous New Naval and Military Industries . . . 160--160
Anonymous War and Invention . . . . . . . . . . . 160--160
Anonymous Celebration of the Centennial of the
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Anonymous Derailing and Replacing Attachment for
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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 ---
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Anonymous Sectional Steel Boat for Mr. Stanley . . 166--166
Anonymous Convertible Anchor and Freight Hoisting
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Anonymous Ernst Werner Siemens . . . . . . . . . . 167--167
Anonymous Mechanical Dyeing . . . . . . . . . . . 167--168
Anonymous The Epiornis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168--168
Anonymous New Torpedo Boat for the Spanish
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Anonymous Engineering Invention . . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 170--170
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181--181
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197--197
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 203--204
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Anonymous The Submarine Boat Nautilus . . . . . . 191--192
Anonymous The Defense of New York Harbor Within
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Anonymous Sea Telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192--193
Anonymous The \booktitleScientific American ---
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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
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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
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Anonymous Wash Boiler Fountain . . . . . . . . . . 211--211
Anonymous Decisions Relating to Patents . . . . . 212--212
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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
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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
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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
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
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Anonymous The New 110-Ton Gun . . . . . . . . . . 245--245
Anonymous Combination Tool for Squaring, Leveling,
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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
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
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
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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
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Anonymous Elevated Cable Road with Suspended Car 281--281
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 282--282
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283--283
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
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
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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
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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
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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 314--314
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315--315
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
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
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Anonymous Present Condition of Shipping and
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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
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T. O'conor Sloane The Momentum of Liquids . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Water Motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339--339
Anonymous Attraction Produced by Jets of Steam or
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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
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
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Anonymous New York Water Supply . . . . . . . . . 351--351
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Anonymous Device for Lowering Caskets . . . . . . 354--354
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Anonymous A Frost Proof Steam Trap for Car Heating 354--354
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Anonymous Improved Curtain Fixture . . . . . . . . 355--355
Anonymous Improved Sash Fastener . . . . . . . . . 355--356
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 362--362
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Anonymous Fruit Gatherer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370--370
Anonymous Improved Door Securer . . . . . . . . . 370--370
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Invention . . . . . . . . . 379--379
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 379--379
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 395--396
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Anonymous Combined Range and Heater . . . . . . . 386--386
Anonymous Improved Means of Furling Topsails . . . 386--386
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Anonymous A Secure and Non-Rattling Thill Coupling 386--386
Anonymous A Timber Bunk for Sleigh or Other
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 394--394
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Anonymous Investigating Spiritualism . . . . . . . 400--401
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Anonymous A Device to Facilitate the Heating of
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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,
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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
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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
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Anonymous Folding Step Ladder . . . . . . . . . . 35--35
Anonymous Improved Oil Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . 35--36
Anonymous Comfort and Style Too . . . . . . . . . 36--36
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Anonymous Photography of a Moving Pendulum . . . . 38--39
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Anonymous Joseph Echteler's Design for a Grant
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 74--74
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Anonymous Device for Trimming the Ends of Tubes 82--83
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Anonymous Balanced Cooking Stove For Ships . . . . 83--83
Anonymous The Ingersoll Duplex Rock Drilling
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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
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Anonymous Prospectus of the \booktitleScientific
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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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
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Anonymous The Bell Telephone before the Supreme
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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
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Anonymous Garment and Hose Supporter . . . . . . . 116--116
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Anonymous Londe's Method of Timing Photographic
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Anonymous Science in Toys . . . . . . . . . . . . 120--121
Anonymous Devon Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121--121
Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 122--122
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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
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Anonymous Combined Bench and Ironing Board . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Improved Blind Stop . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous A Simple Device for Crimping Boots or
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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
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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
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Anonymous Corsets and Consumption . . . . . . . . 2--2
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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
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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
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Anonymous Improved Filter Press Pump . . . . . . . 8--8
Anonymous Dutch Belted Cattle . . . . . . . . . . 8--8
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 10--10
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Anonymous Duplication of Government Scientific
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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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 154--154
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 154--154
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Anonymous The Barrett System of Lighting Railroad
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 410--410
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411--411
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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
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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
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Anonymous Notes and Queries . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 59--60
Anonymous Patent Notes: Patents . . . . . . . . . 62--62
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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,
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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,
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Revival of Patent Extensions . . . . . . 113--114
Anonymous Improved Mechanism for Reciprocating
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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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Millot's Hydraulic Wheel . . . . . . . . 134--134
B. Baker The Firth of Forth Bridge . . . . . . . 134--135
Anonymous Bruijn's Echidna (\em Proechidna
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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
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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
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Anonymous Friction Driving Gear for Dynamos . . . 8--8
Anonymous Improved Attachment for Mortising
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 11--11
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11--11
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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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Anonymous An Improved Air Pump Governor . . . . . 233--233
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Anonymous An Improved Suspender Buckle . . . . . . 290--290
Anonymous An Improved Paddle-Belt . . . . . . . . 291--291
Anonymous An Improved Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . 291--291
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Anonymous An Improved Counter Scale . . . . . . . 307--307
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Anonymous An Improved Powder and Shot Cabinet . . 339--340
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Anonymous 2,500 H.P. Corliss Engine . . . . . . . 342--342
Anonymous George H. Corliss . . . . . . . . . . . 343--344
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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
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Anonymous A Remarkable Escape from Lightning . . . 358--358
Anonymous James Curtis Booth . . . . . . . . . . . 359--359
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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
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Anonymous An Improved Hoof Expander . . . . . . . 372--372
Anonymous An Improved Window Ventilator . . . . . 372--372
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Anonymous Agricultural Invention . . . . . . . . . 378--378
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Anonymous An Implement for Transplanting Plants 387--387
Anonymous An Improved Bell Collar for Cattle . . . 387--388
Anonymous An Improved Animal Trap . . . . . . . . 388--389
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Anonymous An Improved Folding Cot . . . . . . . . 403--404
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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
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Anonymous Road Locomotive for Postal Service . . . 38--39
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Anonymous Electric Lighting of the Steamships
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
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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
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Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 58--58
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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
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Anonymous Mathew, the Cuban Monkey . . . . . . . . 71--72
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Anonymous A Ship Railway to Assist the Panama
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous Fitting Together Parts of Stoves . . . . 102--102
Anonymous A Steam Tricycle . . . . . . . . . . . . 102--102
C. Few Seiss The Copperhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103--103
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 107--107
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
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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
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Anonymous A Chair for Out-Door Use . . . . . . . . 116--116
Anonymous An Improved Car Replacer and Portable
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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
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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 138--138
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 138--138
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
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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
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 362--362
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 362--362
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 363--364
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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,
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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
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M. Hopkins Simple Experiments in Physics . . . . . 359--360
Anonymous The Rock Hopper Penguin . . . . . . . . 361--361
Anonymous Running Elevated Railroad Trains by
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363--363
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376--376
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
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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
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
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
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Anonymous Gigantic Fossil Mammals . . . . . . . . 407--407
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
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
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Anonymous Salida Springs and Mines, Zirconia
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Anonymous Hiram Sibley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33--33
Anonymous The Projected Tunnel between France and
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Invention . . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 42--42
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
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
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69--69
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 74--74
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 74--74
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous Engineering Inventions . . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Agricultural Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous Miscellaneous Inventions . . . . . . . . 106--106
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107--107
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
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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
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
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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,
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Anonymous The Spiral Screw Driver . . . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous An Improved Cable Car Clutch . . . . . . 133--133
Anonymous Economical Triple Compound Semi-Portable
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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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43--43
Anonymous Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53--53
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 57--57
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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
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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
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Anonymous Improved Mill for Crushing Sugar Cane 83--83
Anonymous An Improved Life-Saving Net . . . . . . 83--84
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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
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
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Anonymous An Improved Railway . . . . . . . . . . 115--115
Anonymous An Improved Plow Clevis . . . . . . . . 115--115
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Anonymous Test of the Cast Steel Breech Loading
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Anonymous An Improved Window Ventilator . . . . . 147--147
Anonymous An Improved Astronomical Mirror . . . . 147--147
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155--155
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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
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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
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Anonymous Launch of the Philadelphia . . . . . . . 164--164
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171--171
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Anonymous An Improved Fruit Picker . . . . . . . . 178--178
Anonymous An Improved Valve Head for Blowing
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Anonymous An Improved Steam Boiler . . . . . . . . 178--178
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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
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187--187
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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
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Anonymous An Improved Key-Hole Guard . . . . . . . 195--195
Anonymous An Improved Undulating Furnace Hearth 195--197
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Anonymous Types of the French Navy --- the Condor 199--201
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203--203
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Anonymous The Professional and Practical Engineer 208--208
Anonymous The Nickel and Copper Mines at Sudbury,
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Anonymous Damage by Water in Peru . . . . . . . . 209--209
Anonymous A Hand Exerciser for Pianists . . . . . 210--210
Anonymous An Improved Ash Sifter . . . . . . . . . 210--210
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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
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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
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Anonymous An Improved Sketching Tripod, or
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Anonymous An Attachment for Scissors . . . . . . . 226--226
Anonymous An Improved Swinging Window Sash . . . . 226--226
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235--235
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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
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Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 266--266
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 267--268
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Anonymous Departure of the American Astronomical
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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
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Anonymous George Hammell Cook . . . . . . . . . . 265--265
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267--267
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Anonymous The International Marine Conference . . 272--273
Anonymous Mr. Hopkins' New Book, ``Experimental
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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
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Business and Personal . . . . . . . . . 297--297
Anonymous Books: New Books and Publications . . . 297--298
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Anonymous Index of Inventions . . . . . . . . . . 299--300
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Anonymous The American Institute Fair . . . . . . 288--289
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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
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
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
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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
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,
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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
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
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Anonymous The Military Bicycle . . . . . . . . . . 343--343
Nicolas Pike The Hoof Snake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344--344
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347--347
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
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
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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
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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
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Anonymous Lewis Morris Rutherfurd . . . . . . . . 375--376
Anonymous The Luminous Fountains at the French
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378--378
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
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409--409
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
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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
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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
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
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Anonymous The Paris Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . 57--57
Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59--59
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
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Anonymous An Improved Baling Press . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Cultivator . . . . . . . . . 67--67
Anonymous An Improved Seed Planter and Fertilizer
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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,
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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
Anonymous Correspondence: correspondence . . . . . 85--86
Anonymous Recently Patented Inventions: Recently
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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
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Anonymous To Inventors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91--91
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
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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
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Anonymous Robert's New Process of Converting Crude
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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
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
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Anonymous The American Association for the
Advancement of Science . . . . . . . . . 112--112
Anonymous Report on Explosions in the Electric
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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
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
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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
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Anonymous An Improved Siphon . . . . . . . . . . . 131--131
Anonymous Astigmatic Eyepiece for Optical
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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