Item #1130 Scientific American, New York, July 27, 1895., Volume LXXII,, No. 4.
Scientific American, New York, July 27, 1895., Volume LXXII,, No. 4.

Scientific American, New York, July 27, 1895., Volume LXXII,, No. 4.

New York: Munn & Co., No. 361 Broadway, 1895. Ephemera no binding. Folio (16 ¼” x 11 ¼”); pp50-64; illustrated wrapper; 3” split at tail of wrapper fold, small closed tears and chipping to wrapper edges, hand-soiling and shelf-wear to wrapper; very good minus. Very good. Item #1130

Advertised as a Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures. Contents include: The Lake Steamer North Land; Prevention of Electrolytic Action Upon Water and Gas Mains; Wire Rope 1900 Years Old; Terrestrial Helium; Bicycle an Aid to Science and Art; Electrical Items Worth Remembering; How Electricity Sets Fires; Cycle Notes; Holcomb’s Banjo or Guitar; High Speed Navigation; the Wheel Versus the Pedestrian; Barathon’s Propeller Life Buoy; Eastman’s Bob Sled; Aerial Navigation [Caballero’s Air Vessel]; the International Exposition at Atlanta with a Map: Plan of Piedmont Park; Paper Sails; Do Gulls Follow Ships; To Prevent Drifting Sands; Remarkable Lakes in British Columbia; Experiment on Thermo-Electric Currents; the Cornell Crew in England; Bicycle Insurance Risks; Corrosion of Aluminum; a Sectional Side Launch Dock; Razor Sharpener; Mount Ranier, Washington; the New Torpedo Boats; a Novelty in Optical Lanterns; Photographing Oil Paintings; Retouching Surfaces; the Paradise Birds Recently Discovered in New Guinea; and Index of Inventions.

Price: $35.00

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