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20179 1860 Grand Trunk RR Bridge/Architect Drawings $24.00
This is the June, 1860 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 40 pages. It has 1 large architectural print and a related article about The Victoria Bridge of the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada located 1/2 mile West of Montreal before Lachine Rapids. Also, there is a print and related article about the Church of St. John in England. The prints are:
This is the May, 1853 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 40 pages. It has 4 engineering prints suitable for framing - there is also a related report abut the item depicted in the print. The prints are:
This is a 9-1/2" by 13-1/2" illustration titled "The Springfield Steam Road Roller - The O. S. Kelly Co. , Springfield, OH". This is an engineering drawing showing the detailed design dimensions of the steam roller. There is a related article in the magazine. The print was a supplement in the November 21, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with illustration - magazine is from a bound volume - no covers). Illustration is printed on 1 side only and is - suitable for framing - very good condition - not brittle - no tears. It has a light stain in right margin.
This is a 13-1/2" by 21-1/2" illustration titled "The New Drainage Works of the City of Mexico". This is an engineering drawing showing the tiles, pipes, drains, etc. used in the Mexico City drainage system. There is a related article in the magazine. The print was a supplement in the December 5, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with illustration - magazine is from a bound volume - no covers). Illustration is printed on 1 side only and is - suitable for framing - very good condition - not brittle - no tears. The print is marked "Supplement to Engineering News - December 5, 1891" in upper left margin.
This is the November 6, 1852 issue of the Scientific American Supplement The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has a very brief but interesting front page article about he Mormons erecting a grist mill and getting a foothold in San Bernardino, California. This is a very, very brief article - only about 6 lines in length. The magazine is in very good condition - no stains or no tears - from a bound volume.
This is the May 19, 1838 issue of The New Yorker, a weekly newspaper published by Horace Greeley. The paper measures 9-1/4" by 12" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a 1-1/3 page article titled "Magnetic Discoveries" that describes Henry Hall Sherwood's discoveries in determining Latitude and longitude by his magnetic Geometer. The article describes the device and describes his plea to Congress for a patent as well as listing his discoveries in relation to the use of the magnet to dertime longitude and latitude. The article lists 16 discoveries he has made and includes a long letter from Sherwood. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - some light foxing.
This is the May, 1852 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 7 page article titled "On the Present State of Meteorological Science in England" by John Drew, Ph. D., FRAS, Member of the Council of the British Meteorological Society. The article describes many of the then current meteorological devices and includes a full page engraving of the devices. Engraving is on heavy paper, printed on 1 side only and suitable for framing. It has illustrations of:
This is a 13-1/2" by 21-1/2" print titled "Cable Railway for Third Avenue, New York City, Track Details". This is an engineering drawing showing design views of the cable railway. The illustrations are titled:
This is the March 20, 1852 issue of the Farmer and Mechanic magazine (small newspaper format magazine) published in New York City by O. F. Parker and O. B. Bidwell. The magazine focuses on new inventions and scientific and mechanical progress. It measures 9" by 11" and contains 16 pages. The front page article and illustration are titled "E. Goddard's Bank Lock" that describes the operation of the newly designed lock that has a key with 36 bits of different length giving an almost limitless number of configurations of the key and lock that could be programmed (or changed) by the operator. The article describes the operation of the lock and key. Magazine is in very good condition - not brittle - very clean. From a bound volume.
This is the May, 1860 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 1/2 column report titled "Magneto-Electric Light For Lighthouses". The report describes the new means of illuminating lighthouse beacons as described by Professor Faraday. Magazine also has 2 full page architectural prints on heavy paper, printed 1 side only and suitable for framing (not related to lighthouse report). Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the August, 1854 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a long report titled "American River and Canal Navigation" that is mostly about the design of steamboats used on the Hudson River. The article has an illustration of a steamboat by the name of "Iron Which" and an illustration of its hull and paddle wheel. Magazine also has 2 full page and 1 large foldout architectural prints on heavy paper, printed 1 side only and suitable for framing - one of the full page prints has some staining (prints are not related to Steam Boat report) and a full page engineering print of a new water meter. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the February 3, 1883 issue of the Wellsville Daily Reporter newspaper published in Wellsville, New York. It has an intersting 2/3 column, front page report, titled "A New Electric Machine" that is about Elmer Sperry of Cortland, New York inventing a new electric lighting machine (probably a generator - article isn't specific about the generator. He was ultimately offered a $1,000,000 for the patent. He was only 23 years old in 1883 and went on to become a noted inventor. Paper is in good condition. It measures 12-1/2" by 17" and contains 4 pages (2 sheets) - from a bound volume - some small binding chips at spine.
This is the January 31, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has an inside page article titled "Charles Goodyear". The article is most of a page in length and describes his life and career - it also has a small inset illustration of him. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the April 11, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The front page illustrations and article are about pyrogravure, a new process for engraving on wood. The article describes the process and has two illustrations titled "Pyro-Engraving Apparatus" and "Mode of Using the Apparatus".
This is a lot of 2 engravings of Geodesic Survey instruments. They are:
This is the November, 1880 issue of The American Journal of Science magazine published in New Haven, CT. It contains a 11" by 15" supplment color map titled "Limestone Areas of Westchester County" New York. The map shows town borders, railroads, the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, rivers, streams, etc. as well as the limestone deposits. The map is in very good condition. It is printed on 1 side only and could easily be removed from magazine to be framed. There is also an 18 page article about the limestone belt in Westchester County, NY. Magazine measures 5-3/4" by 9" and contains 84 pages. Original covers - never bound - good conditon.
This is the April, 1854 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a brief but interesting notice of a new American patent for daguerreotype apparatus. The patent notice is shown in its entirety in the images below. The notice is of an invention by J. Brown of employing a diaphragm with an ornamental border which results in a decorative border around the photographic image. Magazine also has 1full page architectural prints and 1 large fold out architectural print (not related to Capitol building report). Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the April 27, 1833 issue of the National Gazette newspaper published in Philadelphia. It has a page 3, 1/4 column report titled "Rolling Helix Lever Watch" that describes a new watch design by Mr. McCouall of England. The article describes the design and operation and advantages of the new type of watch. The paper measures 14" by 20" and contains 4 pages - good condition - from a bound volume - not brittle.
This is the November, 1861 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 1 column article about W. C. Siemens Electric Resistance Thermometer with Balancing Coil used for determining the interior mass temperature of telegraph cables. The article describes the operation of the device. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the May 18, 1889 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine. It has a full page article with 3 illustrations about the Loomis system of Incandescent Electric Lighting. The article describes the Loomis system and has illustrations of the Dynamo, the Bulb and a Double Pole Switch. The magazine is from a bound volume and has no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the November, 1858 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 1-1/2 page report with 5 illustrations titled "On The Construction of Fixed and Floating Batteries For Coast Defences" by George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S.. The 5 illustrations are titled :
This is the July, 1852 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 3/4 page report about the boilers of the USS Fulton that describes their performance and gives a comparison between it and a boiler designed by Professor Walter R. Johnson at the Washington Navy Yard. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is a 13-1/2" by 21" print of the Plate Girder Highway Bridge at Breookline, Massachusetts. The print shows engineering design views of the bridge. The print is from the September 19, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with map - magaine is from a bound volume and has no covers). Map is printed on 1 side only and is suitable for framing - good condition - not brittle - some light staining in margin.,. The print is marked "Supplement to Engineering News - September 19 , 1891 in upper left margin .
This is the October 22, 1887 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It contains a 1/2 page illustration of the Appomattox High Bridge showing trusses being changed. There is a related report on the same page. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the November 16, 1889 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1/2 page print of the plan of the Chicago and Northwestern Shops at West Chicago. The illustration has a legend identifying all the buildings at the facility. The illustration also shows the round house. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the December 7, 1889 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a fold out 13" by 20" print of the Oriskany Railroad Bridge in Oriskany New York. This is an engineering drawing showing 4 views of segments of the bridge. The print is printed on 1 side only - suitable for framing. It can be easily removed from the magazine. The magazine has a brief related article about the bridge. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the August 25, 1888 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It contains a long report titled "The California Mummies" by Winslow Anderson, MD that describes a family of Mummies discovered in a sealed cave in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico and brought to California. The mummies consited over a man and women and two children. The article gives a fairly in depth description of the mummies. Magazine is in very good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume.
This is the July 21, 1888 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The entire front page and part of page 2 is an article about Saint Catherine's lighthouse on the Isle of Wight. The article is titled "The Most Powerful Electric Light in the World" and has a large front page illustration of the lighthouse. Magazine is in very good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume.
This is the May 9, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long illustrated article titled "The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania" that describes the 1888 archaeological expedition of students and professors from the University of Pennsylvania to Babylon. The article includes 5 illustrations. They are:
This is the March 4, 1899 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has an illustrated article titled "The Toy Industry of Nuremburg" that describes the toy manufacturers of Nuremburg, Germany. The article has 8 illustrations. They are:
This is the May 13, 1899 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has an illustrated article titled "The Alkalai Soils of the Yellowstone Valley" based on a pamphlet by Milton Whitney and Thomas H. Means that described the studies of the Alkalai Soils in the Yellowstone Valley done by them. The article has 3 photos. They are:
This is the August 14, 1865 issue of The Circular published by the Perfectionist communities of Wallingford, CT and Oneida, NY. The paper has an interesting eyewitness report of a successful early flight attempt near Minneapolis, MN. The attempt was by a David K. Smith. He constructed a set of wings (attached toi his body) and a special inflatable flying suit. He was then towed on a large kite (towed by a wagon) to the height of 1200 to 1500 feet. He then released from the kite and through the use of his artificial wings, glided safely to the ground. The article appears to be true. It is concluded by stating that inquiries to the character of Mr. Smith could be gained by contacting Hon. C. E. Vanderburgh, Judge of the District Court or by contacting the author at No. 26, Larmon Block, PO Box 6026, Chicago (his name was Walter V. Collins). Other people involved in the flight (wagon drivers, etc.) were James McLennan, Capt. Cobb, Patrick Riley and Andrew Ward. The paper is in good condition - not brittle.
This is the August 9, 1849 issue of the Farmer and Mechanic magazine (small newspaper) published in New York City by O. F. Parker and O. B. Bidwell. The magazine focuses on new inventions and scientific and mechanical progress. It measures 9" by 11" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1 column article titled "Paine's Electric Light" that describes Henry M. Paine's experiments with extracting hydrogen from water by the use of electricity to produce heat and light. The article describes his successes with the process. . The magazine has a small puncture tape repair on page 2 (with acid free conservator's tape). Magazine is in good condition - very clean - from a bound volume.
This is the October 3, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine cover is a large illustration of Germany's Prince William and his 6 year old son. There is a brief related article on page 2. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the March 11, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an article about and a 7" by 8" illustration of the New Jersey State Building at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. The magazine has other Centennial Exhibition related articles. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the May, 1901 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 4 page article titled "The Unexplored Mineral Deposits of the Philippines" that describes the possibilities of unexplored gold, copper and coal deposits in the Philippines. Magazine is in good condition with original paper covers intact. Magazine contains about 180 pages and many illustrations.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the February 25, 1911 and August 3, 1912 issues of the Scientific American magazine. They each contain a short illustrated article about Glenn H. Curtiss's flying boat. The February 25, 1911 article has 3 photos titled:
This is the June 25, 1853 issue of the Daily Evening Transcript newspaper published in Boston by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a 1/3 column, front page report about Samuel Colt's revolver being exhibited at the Exposition in Dublin, Ireland. The article describes the wide acceptance of the pistol. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the December 11, 1882 issue of The Daily Denver Times newspaper published in Denver, Colorado by The Times Company. It has a front page report titled "The Branch To The Springs" that is about the opening of the Denver and New Orleans railroad to Colorado Springs. The article describes the first trip from Denver to Colorado Springs. The paper has some short edge tears and a very small ad clipped from the front sheet and two small ads clipped from rear sheet.
This is the March, 1851 issue of "The Architect and Building Gazette - The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has 2, 11" by 17" architectural prints of a lunatic assylum in Dublin, Ireland. The prints are printed on 1 side only and are dated 1850 under title. They are of the building and of the floor plan of the building. Magazine has several other architectural and engineering related illustrations. Magazine is in very good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the February, 1902 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 10 page article titled "Opportunities For Improvement In Mica Mining" by George W. Colles that gives a description of how mica is formed and how it is found, a description of the main mica producers in the US - The Ruggles Mine in New Hampshire and Mount Mitchel NC area and Mitchel & Yancy Counties in NC. It also mentions that NC & NH had had a monopoly on mica production until recently when mica was being mined in the Black Hills of SD and near Cribbensville, NM as well as Ottawa County in Quebec. The article then discusses how it would be beneficial to apply modern mining techniques to mica mining as the industry has never updated to modern technology. Magazine is in good condition with original paper covers intact. Magazine contains about 180 pages and many illustrations. Some of the other content is:
This is the October 31, 1891 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1/2 page article titled "The Pullman Center Vestibule Double Deck Electric Car". The article describes the car and it has a 4" by 6" engraving of the car. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise very good condition.
This is the October 20, 1888 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1-1/2 page article with 5 illustrations of the Walnut Grove Dam about 30 miles South of Prescott, Arizona. The 5 illustrations are titled:
This is the April 22, 1911 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a full page article with 5 photos and illustrations about Louis Breguet's multi-passenger airplane. He had just completed a successful 3 mile flight carrying 11 passengers. The article describes the machine and includes 3 illustrations of parts of the plane and two photos of the plane. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - never bound.
This is the March 6, 1852 issue of the Farmer and Mechanic magazine (small newspaper) published in New York City by O. F. Parker and O. B. Bidwell. The magazine focuses on new inventions and scientific and mechanical progress. It measures 9" by 11" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has two front page illustrations and an article about O'Brien's machine for rolling candy designed by Bartholomew O'Brien of Rochester, NY. Magazine is in good condition - very clean - some short edge tears. From a bound volume.
This is the December 14, 1912 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a 2/3 page article with 2 photos titled "A Notable Great Lake Passenger Steamer" that describes the new side wheel steamship City Of Detroit III. The article includes a photo of the ship and a photo of its high and low pressure cylinders. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - never bound.
This is the February 4, 1888 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 page article about the history of sundials that includes 4 illustrations. They are:
This is the May 12, 1910 issue of Engineering News magazine, "A Journal of Civil, Mechanical, Mining and Electrical Engineering", published in New York. It has a 2 -1/2 page illustrated article titled "The New Timber Treating Plant of the Eppinger & Russell Co. At Jacksonville Florida". The article describes the operation and layout of the facility. The article starts on the front page and has a front page illustration titled "Cylinder House and Tanks of the New Timber Treatment Plant". The other illustrations are titled:
This is the August 13, 1887 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a brief article with 4 illustrations titled "Stone Arch Bridges of the Pennsylvania Railroad". The article has illustrations of 4 bridges. They are:
This is the April 11, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The front page illustrations and article are about pyrogravure, a new process for engraving on wood. The article describes the process and has two illustrations titled "Pyro-Engraving Apparatus" and "Mode of Using the Apparatus".
This is the April 29, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1 page article with a large illustration about the life of Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, the French literary and art critic, philosopher, and historian. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the March 7, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an interesting 1/2 column report titled "The Music of Niagara" that describes the natural musical tones that emanate from the Niagara Falls. Organist Eugene Thayer offers his analysis of the tones and represents them in musical notation. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the June, 1898 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 17 page illustrated article titled "The Improvement of the Mississippi River by Dredging " by H. St. L. Coppee. The article contains 9 photos and illustrations. The photos and illustrations are:
This is the March, 1895 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 16 page illustrated article titled "Causes of Floods in Western Rivers" by Charles B. Going that is a discussions of floods of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers and what causes them. The article contains 13 photos. The photos are:
This is the September 10, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a large front page illustration of German statesman Otto Von Bismark. there is a related article on page 2 describing how popular he is in Germany as well as around the world. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the May 16, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 1-2/3 column report titled "An Incandescent Lamp Factory In the Northwest" that is a description of the Standard Lamp Company of Appleton, Wisconsin. The report describes the operations of the factory. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the August 1, 1811 issue of United States Gazette newspaper published in Philadelphia. It has a 1/3 column article titled "Curious Discovery" that is about the discovery of elephant bones on the shore of the York River 6 miles below Williamsburg, Virginia. The bones were found near the home of Mr. Gowin Corbin. The tusks were said to be about 6 feet long and about 2 feet in circumference at the large end. Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle. The paper measures 12-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages.
This is the April 11, 1812 issue of the Columbian Centinel newspaper published in Boston by Benjamin Russell. The paper has a large front page chart titled "Abstract of the Bill Of Mortality for the Toen of Boston" that gives the number of deaths by month in Boston from Oct. 1810 through Dec. 1811 and the causes of the deaths. This front page chart measures 5" by 10" - it is printed vertically on the page. Paper is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the March 25, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an interesting report about selling popcorn at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The supplier to the shops at the exhibition was monopolized by popcorn wholesaler Edward Houston of Philadelphia. The article describes how he made the popcorn made coated popcorn and popcorn balls. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the January 11, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an illustrated report titled "The Blake Electric Rifle" that describes the new rifle developed by J. F. Blake of New Haven, Connecticut that used a battery to ignite the gunpowder of the rifle. The article includes a sketch of the rifle. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 29, 1911issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an interesting article titled "Alexander Graham Bell's Ice Stove" that describes and has an illustration of how Bell cooled his office which was located in an empty indoor swimming pool. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the May 25, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column article titled "Zenobe Gramme" that describes the accomplishments of Zenobe Theophile Gramme, the Belgian electrical engineer who invented the DC Generator. The article includes a 6" by 6" illustration of Gramme. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the June 17, 1828 issue of the National Gazette newspaper published in Philadelphia. It has a brief ad announcing the invention of a horizontal windmill by Jonathan Lyon of Brooklyn, New York. The ads also mentions that John S. Wood of Salem New Jersey has had one built and it is in operation. The paper measures 14" by 20" and contains 4 pages - good condition - from a bound volume - not brittle.
This is the June 14, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The cover illustration and the following 3-1/2 pages are a long address by Henry Stanley about his explorations in Africa. The cover illustration is titled "Mr. Stanley Lecturing Before the Royal Geographical Society at the Albert Hall in London. Some of the sections in the article are:
This is the February 9, 1907 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a 1-11/3 page illustrated article titled "The Installation and Adjustment of a 100 Mile Wireless Telegraph Set". The article includes 4 illustrations titled:
This is the July 1, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an illustrated report about the Gould Steam Fire Engine that was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The report describes the fire engine that was manufactured by B. S. Nichols Co. of Burlington, Vermont. The article describes the fire engine and has 6 illustrations (1 of the entire fire engine and 5 smaller illustrations of pieces of the fire engine. Magazine is in good condition - quite clean - some small edge chips and short edge tears.
This is a lot of 3, of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. They measure 11" by 15-1/2" and contain 16 pages each. Each has reports and illustrations about the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA (all have front page reports and inside page reports) . The magazines are dated August 26, October 14, and November 4, 1876. The reports include many large illustrations of the buildings, facilities, and exhibits. Some of the content is:
This is the January 12, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a two, 2 column articles (4 columns total) , one with 3 illustrations, about the eruption of Mt. Bandai, a volcano in North Central Honshu Province in Japan. The 3 illustrations are titled :
This is the May 28, 1910 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a 3/4 column article titled "ILO: A Third Universal Language - An Improvement On Esperanto". The article describes the new language "Ilo" also known as "Linguo Internaciona di la Delegitaro. Magazine is in fairly good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume - bottom 1/3 of rear page is missing.
This is the March 4, 1905 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a 2-2/3 page report titled "Lhasa and Central Tibet" that includes 4 photos . The article describes Central Tibet and the 4 photos are titled:
This is the December 27, 1834 issue of Niles' Weekly Register, a small, 6" by 9-1/2", 16 page, weekly newspaper published in Baltimore, MD by H. Niles. It has a very brief report (shown in its entirety below) about a new microscope being exhibited in New York City called a "Hydro-Oxygen Microscope" that allegedly could magnify items 2-1/2 million times. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume .
This is the January, 1862 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. The magazine has a full page in mourning rules and a long article about the death of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the September 24, 1887 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 2 page article that describes the tests on the new strong locomotive. The article describes how the tests were conducted and includes a chart that compares the Strong Engine #444 to Engine #3383 and to Engine #327, the American . The article also has an illustration titled "The Adamson Joint of the Strong Locomotive" and a series of 6 illustrations titled "Indicator Cards From Strong Locomotives". Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is a 13-1/2" by 19-1/2" print titled "High Service Engine No. 5 - St. Louis Water Works". It was a supplement print in the August 7, 1886 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It shows the engine (apparently a steam driven water pump) designed by Thomas J. Whitman, M.A. Soc. C.E., Water Commissioner , St. Louis, MO and built by the Fulton Iron Works St. Louis, MO. The print is in good condition on fairly heavy paper and is printed on 1 side only - Suitable for framing - it is dated in upper right margin "Engineering News - August 7th, 1886". I have included a couple pages from the magazine that are related to the engraving.
This is the October 13, 1888 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1/2 page illustrated article about the Petaluma Drawbridge located on the Petaluma River in California. The article describes special piers that were designed to support the bridge due to the deep mud in the Petaluma River. The article has 3 illustrations titled:
This is the May 2, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a 3/4 page report with 3 illustrations titled "Perilous Ascent Of Mount Cristallo in the Dolomites". The article describes the dangerous ascent in winter of Mount Cristallo. The three illustrations are titled:
This is the July 23, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column report titled "A Lake of Ink" that describes the lake of black water in the Cocopah volcanic region of Arizona. The article describes the region and the Lake of Ink that is next to Lake Pasqualitas. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the August 6, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long 2+ page report titled "The Cyanide Process For Working Gold and Silver Ores Without Amalgamation". The report describes a new process of refining gold ore by the use of cyanide that was patented by the MacArthur-Forrest Co. The report describes plants at Shasta County, Needles, and Calumet, California and it describes the process in detail. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 22, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a large front page illustration of Professor Friedrich Max Muller and an inside page article that gives a summary of his career. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the August 15, 1889 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1 column report titled "The Brown Sequard Sensation" that tells of Dr. Brown-Sequard's experiments on animals and on himself to find a cure for BSS. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 14, 1859 issue of The Homestead magazine published in Hartford, CT by George D. Rand. The magazine has a report titled "The Balloon Voyage" that is a description by American aeronaut John LaMountain of sunrise during his balloon voyage (this was most likely the balloon voyage from St. Louis, MO to Henderson, New York that occurred on July 2 and covered 809 miles, a world record for the longest flight that would stand until 1910). Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the May 9, 1853 issue of the Daily Evening Transcript newspaper published in Boston by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a front page ad titled "Arrival Of Dr. C. W. Horack At Boston" who billed himself as the seventh son of a seventh son and as a professor of astrology, astronomy, phrenology, and Geomancy. He goes on to list all the services he could provide. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the September 29, 1859 issue of the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper published by Daniel N. Haskell. It has a report about a balloon ascension from Boston Common by the balloon "Washington". The aeronaut was Francis Copia, a Frenchman and he had two passengers, Mr. Seaver and Mr. Starkweather. The report describes the ascension that first landed at Winthrop to let off one of the passengers as the balloon could not gain enough altitude with three people on board. The journey continued until they landed at "Little Nahant" or Lynnn Beach. The paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 7, 1859 issue of the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper published by Daniel N. Haskell. It has a long letter by John A. Haddock, who accompanied John La Mountain on the famous balloon voyage from Watertown NY that took them to the wilderness near Ottawa Canada. The article describes the voyage and their experiences of travelling 4 days in the wilderness to reach civilization. The paper is in fair condition - from a bound volume - it has several acid free tape repairs - mostly at the horizontal and vertical folds.
This is the May 13, 1893 issue of the Scientific American magazine. It has a 2 page illustrated article about the construction of the Mississippi Bridge from Memphis, Tennessee to Arkansas. The article has 3 illustrations and it gives statistics on the bridge and tells how it was being constructed. It was the 3rd longest of its type in the world when it was built. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - no stains, no tears. The illustrations are titled:
This is the November 12, 1845 issue of The Vermont Chronicle newspaper published in Windsor, Vermont by Bishop & Tracy. It has a report about the formation of "The National Society Of Inventors" in New York City. The article includes 8 points that were agreed upon by the new society. The paper measures 18" by 26" and contains 4 pages. It is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the December 24, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a long 3 column (most of a page) article titled "Pratt Institute" that describes Pratt Institute located in Brooklyn, New York and founded by Charles Pratt a Brooklyn philanthropist. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the November 19, 1816 issue of the National Intelligencer newspaper published in Washington, DC by Gales and Seaton. It has a long, 4/5 column front page report about the invention of the steam boat by James Rumsey. The report is from Kentucky and is a result of the author knowing the daughter and brother of James Rumsey who both now reside in Kentucky. The report gives information attributing the invention of the steam boat to James Rumsey. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the April 18, 1891 issue of Scientific American magazine. It has a long illustrated report about the Weems High Speed Electric Railroad being developed in Laurel, Maryland. The article describes the experiments being conducted and include a large chart of the results of some of the speed trials, and 5 illustrations. The article is 3 pages in length and is quite detailed. The 5 illustrations are titled:
This is the June 6, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page article and illustration about the recently launched USS Monterey, a double turret armored coast defense cruiser built at the San Francisco Iron Works. The article has an illustration of the ship. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the October 8, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 2 page report titled "Darjeeling" by C. Jacobus, MD that describes the summer resort located in the foothills of the Himalayas. The report describes the village the local roads, the transportation, etc. of the Darjeeling area. . Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the November 13, 1909 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a 1 column article titled "The Record Flights Of Count De Lambert and Henry Farman" that has 1 photo of Count De Lambert flying near the Eiffel Tower in a Wright Bi-Plane. The article describes Lambert & Farman's record breaking flights. Magazine is in good condition with small binding holes at spine- from a bound volume.
This is the March, 1897 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 11 page article with 10 illustrations titled "The Gold Fields of the Porce River " of Columbia by J. D. Garrison that describes the Columbian Gold fields. The article contains 9 photos and illustrations. The photos and illustrations are:
This is the January 26, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long, 1-1/2 column report titled "Exposure of M. Pasteur's Methods" that is a report from France where Dr. Lutaud of France had proven Louis Pasteur and is methods to be a fraud. The report tells how Pasteur's claims to have cured the silk worm disease in France were fraudulent and about other areas that Pasteur's work had been proven to be invalid. Magazine is in very good condition - never bound.
This is the May 18, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a 2/3 column article titled "Submarine Excavations In Sand" that tells of the Dutch efforts to recover the treasure of the ship Lutine that was sunk in 1799. The article describes the new method of extracting sand from the sea bed that was invented by Dutch Engineer W. H. Ter Meulen. The article has an illustration of an undersea diver operating the sand extractor. Magazine is in very good condition - never bound.
This is the July 5, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column illustrated article titled "Detective Photography" that is about using rigging a camera to take a photograph of an intruder at night. The article describes how to rig the shutter and a flashlight and a trip mechanism to photograph an intruder. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the October 12, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a report titled "Baldwin Locomotive No. 10,000" that gives the details and specifications of the 10,000th locomotive completed at the Baldwin Locomotive works. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 2, 1904 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long 2 column (2/3 page) report titled "The Shrinkage Of Great Salt Lake" by Charles Alma Byers. The article tells of dramatic reductions in the level of the Great Salt Lake in recent years and offers some explanations for them. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the December 9, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 2-1/2 page illustrated report about the Volute Spring Motor and other spring motors of the period. The article has 8 large illustrations and has the following reports:
This is the May 2, 1885 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page illustrated article about the new dry docks at Baltimore, MD and Brooklyn, NY. The article describes the use of timber to construct dry docks and has illustrations of the Timber Dry Dock at Baltimore, Maryland and the timber dry dock at Brooklyn, New York. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 1901 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 10 page illustrated article with 17 photos titled The Copper Mines Of Ashio, Japan by Edwin G. Adams. The photos are titled :
This is the July 8, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2/3 column article titled "Sulphur Beds Of Washoe County, Nevada". The article describes the recently discovered sulphur beds near Steamboat Springs in Washoe County, Nevada. The sulphur beds were discovered by prospectors Thomas Wheeler and Isaac Spencer of Reno, NV. Wheeler and Spencer claimed the find and leased it to James Duffy and Thomas Smith of Carson City. The operation was put under the management of Joseph Scott a noted local prospector who opened the Rabbit Hole Mine I Humboldt County. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the September 16, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page report with one illustration titled "Theorell's Printing Meteorograph" that describes a weather recording device on display at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia from Sweden that could record time, wind velocity, wind direction, Temperature, humidity and barometric pressure. The article describes the operation of the device and includes an illustration of the device. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 28, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1/3 column report titled "Traces Of Man In The Robin Hood's Cave" that is about finding the remains of Paleolithic Man in Robin Hood's Cave in England. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the June 17, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2/3 column article titled "The Wonderful Salt Mines Of Virgin River, Nevada" that describes the salt formations of miles of solid salt discovered near the Virgin River in Southwestern Nevada. Some of the places mentioned in the article are:
This is the November 19, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 2-2/3 page report about the tools used to make glassware. The article has 42 illustrations of the tools used in glass making. The article takes up all of the front page, all of page 2 and much of page 3. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the June 3, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1-1/2 column report with 3 illustrations titled "Photogravure By The Talbot-Klic Process" that describes the process in quite a bit of detail, including the chemicals used and the construction of a dust box. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 30, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long, 1 page lecture delivered by Commandant Renard (Charles Renard) before the Society of Physics on heavier than air flight. The article includes several formulas and illustrations demonstrating the principles of heavier than air flight. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 1, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a front page article and 2 illustrations of new discoveries at the ruins in Pompeii. The two front page illustrations are:
This is the October 30, 1897 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long 1 page article titled "The Island Of Sakhalin" that describes the Russian Island located in Asia in the North Pacific just above Japan. The article is by Harry de Windt, the noted writer, explorer, and adventurer. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 6, 1912 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a full page article with 16 photos titled "The Failures of the Aviettes" that is about a contest and prizes established by Peugeot Freres for the best human powered flight. The contest was held in Paris and there were no successful entrants. The photos show some of the machines that were entered in the contest. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 28, 1900 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2 column report titled "An International Exhibition and Race Meet At Chicago". The article describes the show and race meet that was sponsored by the Inter-Ocean Publishing Company. The article gives a schedule of the events that included a test of manipulation and hill climbing for the autos, 20 mile races for steam, electric and gasoline vehicles, a 40 mile free for all race, a 200 mile free for all race, a 10 mile rough road race and a 500 mile smooth track race. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - small binding holes at spine.
This is the March 6, 1888 issue of The Journal Of Gas Lighting, Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement magazine. It measures 6-1/2" by 13" and contains about 42 pages. It has a few pages of illustrated ads at the beginning and end of the magazine. It has many articles and reports on gas lighting, and water & sanitary systems. Published in London, England. It is from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine, otherwise very good condition.
This is the April 22, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page report and illustration about the Gramme magneto electric machine. The article describes tests of the new Gramme magneto electric machine to illuminate a lamp and gives specifications of the machine and data derived from the tests. There is also a front page illustration of the machine. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the December 14, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a report about the death of Dr. James Prescott Joule that gives a brief outline of his career and includes and illustration of Dr. Joule. Dr. Houle was a physicist who worked in the area of thermodynamics - the unit of energy, "Joule", is named for him. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - some light stains in margins.
This is the August 1, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16pages. The magazine has a 2 page article with 4 illustrations titled "The Davis Island Dam on the Ohio River, Pittsburgh, PA". The article takes up all of the front page and page 2. The cover illustration is titled "The Movable Dam on the Ohio River, at Davis Island, Pittsburgh, PA". The other 3 illustrations on page 2 are titled:
This is the June 5, 1888 issue of The Journal Of Gas Lighting, Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement magazine. It measures 6-1/2" by 13" and contains about 42 pages. It has a few pages of illustrated ads at the beginning and end of the magazine. It has many articles and reports on gas lighting, and water & sanitary systems. Published in London, England. It is from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine, otherwise very good condition.
This is the November 8, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has an illustrated article titled "Restoration of the Pompeian House of Pansa". The article is 3-1/2 pages in length and contains 3 illustrations, 2 photos of interior views of the house and one layout of the floor plan. The article describes the construction and furnishing of the house based on houses unearthed in the ruins of Pompeii. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 23, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column report titled "A Lake of Ink" that describes the lake of black water in the Cocopah volcanic region of Arizona. The article describes the region and the Lake of Ink that is next to Lake Pasqualitas. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 17, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16pages. The magazine has a 3 page article with 2 illustrations (illustrations are on front page) about rain making in the United States and India. The front page illustrations are titled: "Rain Makers in the United States" and "Rain Makers in India". The article describes the current craze and schemes of Rainmaking in the US and in India. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - one short margin tear on front page.
This is the May 31, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The cover article is titled "The Yangtsze Kiang at Hankow". The illustration is titled "The New Chinese Railway From Pekin to Hankow - View of the Yangtsze at Hankow". The article describes the new railway. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean.
This is the July 11, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 3/4 page article with 3 illustrations titled "Sun Dials". The article describes 2 sundials. The first is an 18th century traveler's sun dial (see 3rd image below) and a 17th century "Mandolin Sun Dial" constructed to look like a mandolin. There are two illustrations of the mandolin sun dial - one showing the sun dial (see 4th image below) and the other is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the mandolin sun dial. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean.
This is the April 12, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The cover article is titled "The Steinbach Cave Newar Sulzbach". The article describes the cave. The cover illustration is titled "Der Wasserfall (The Waterfall)". There is a similar inside page illustration of stalactites titled "Der Reichspalast (The Imperial Palace)". Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean. Magazine measures 11" by 16" anfd contains 16 pages.
This is the October 18, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1-1/2 page illustrated article titled "The New York Telephone Service" by Herbert Laws Webb that describes the Cortlandt Street Exchange switchboard that was the largest in the world at the time. The article includes 2 illustrations. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the August 9, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine published in New York. It has a long report with one illustration titled "Louis Pasteur". The article describes Pasteur's career and has a large illustration (8" by 9") of Louis Pasteur in his study. The article describes his work in finding a cure for rabies. The magazine is from an 1890 bound volume and is in very good condition - no stains, no tears.
This is the May 18, 1901 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a 1-1/2 page report tiled "The Tobacco Industry" that is about growing tobacco in America. The article gives abrief history of the tobacco industry in America and has 5 photos of various parts of the business. The top photo is of a tobacco warehouse in Richmond, VA. The other 4 photos are titled:
This is the July 15, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a front page article titled "The Coast Survey Exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition" (Philadelphia). The article is continued on page 2 for another column. It has 2 front page illustrations. They are titled:
20179 1860 Grand Trunk RR Bridge/Architect Drawings $24.00
This is the June, 1860 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 40 pages. It has 1 large architectural print and a related article about The Victoria Bridge of the Grand Trunk Railway in Canada located 1/2 mile West of Montreal before Lachine Rapids. Also, there is a print and related article about the Church of St. John in England. The prints are:
- 8" by 22" print of supports and frame of Victoria Bridge
- 8-1/2" by 11" print of New Church of St. John, Newport, Monmouthshire, England
This is the May, 1853 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 40 pages. It has 4 engineering prints suitable for framing - there is also a related report abut the item depicted in the print. The prints are:
- 8-1/2" by 11" - Westrups Patent Conical Flour Mill
- 8-1/2" by 11" - Clarke and Gilbert's Patent Water Supply
- Pirsson's Condenser - USS Alleghany
- 8-1/2" by 11" - Royal Panopticon (floor plan of new scientific showroom in London
This is a 9-1/2" by 13-1/2" illustration titled "The Springfield Steam Road Roller - The O. S. Kelly Co. , Springfield, OH". This is an engineering drawing showing the detailed design dimensions of the steam roller. There is a related article in the magazine. The print was a supplement in the November 21, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with illustration - magazine is from a bound volume - no covers). Illustration is printed on 1 side only and is - suitable for framing - very good condition - not brittle - no tears. It has a light stain in right margin.
This is a 13-1/2" by 21-1/2" illustration titled "The New Drainage Works of the City of Mexico". This is an engineering drawing showing the tiles, pipes, drains, etc. used in the Mexico City drainage system. There is a related article in the magazine. The print was a supplement in the December 5, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with illustration - magazine is from a bound volume - no covers). Illustration is printed on 1 side only and is - suitable for framing - very good condition - not brittle - no tears. The print is marked "Supplement to Engineering News - December 5, 1891" in upper left margin.
This is the November 6, 1852 issue of the Scientific American Supplement The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has a very brief but interesting front page article about he Mormons erecting a grist mill and getting a foothold in San Bernardino, California. This is a very, very brief article - only about 6 lines in length. The magazine is in very good condition - no stains or no tears - from a bound volume.
This is the May 19, 1838 issue of The New Yorker, a weekly newspaper published by Horace Greeley. The paper measures 9-1/4" by 12" and contains 16 pages. The paper has a 1-1/3 page article titled "Magnetic Discoveries" that describes Henry Hall Sherwood's discoveries in determining Latitude and longitude by his magnetic Geometer. The article describes the device and describes his plea to Congress for a patent as well as listing his discoveries in relation to the use of the magnet to dertime longitude and latitude. The article lists 16 discoveries he has made and includes a long letter from Sherwood. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - some light foxing.
This is the May, 1852 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 7 page article titled "On the Present State of Meteorological Science in England" by John Drew, Ph. D., FRAS, Member of the Council of the British Meteorological Society. The article describes many of the then current meteorological devices and includes a full page engraving of the devices. Engraving is on heavy paper, printed on 1 side only and suitable for framing. It has illustrations of:
- Photographic Registration of the Declination and Horizontal Force Magnets
- The Barometer
- Interior of the Electrical Observatory at Kew
- Osler's Anemometer and Pluviometer
- Clocks & Chronometers (2 small illustrations)
- New System of Electro-Telegraphy
- Firearms and Projectiles
- Stewarts Hospital - Edinburgh (with large fold out engraving)
- Medieval Art and Artists
- Many others . . .
This is a 13-1/2" by 21-1/2" print titled "Cable Railway for Third Avenue, New York City, Track Details". This is an engineering drawing showing design views of the cable railway. The illustrations are titled:
- Section Between Yokes
- Longitudianl Section of Track
- Carrying Pulley Vaults , Manhole Pit
- Vertical Section of Wheel Vault Through Arch
- Plan of Terminal Loop at Post Office
This is the March 20, 1852 issue of the Farmer and Mechanic magazine (small newspaper format magazine) published in New York City by O. F. Parker and O. B. Bidwell. The magazine focuses on new inventions and scientific and mechanical progress. It measures 9" by 11" and contains 16 pages. The front page article and illustration are titled "E. Goddard's Bank Lock" that describes the operation of the newly designed lock that has a key with 36 bits of different length giving an almost limitless number of configurations of the key and lock that could be programmed (or changed) by the operator. The article describes the operation of the lock and key. Magazine is in very good condition - not brittle - very clean. From a bound volume.
This is the May, 1860 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 1/2 column report titled "Magneto-Electric Light For Lighthouses". The report describes the new means of illuminating lighthouse beacons as described by Professor Faraday. Magazine also has 2 full page architectural prints on heavy paper, printed 1 side only and suitable for framing (not related to lighthouse report). Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the August, 1854 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a long report titled "American River and Canal Navigation" that is mostly about the design of steamboats used on the Hudson River. The article has an illustration of a steamboat by the name of "Iron Which" and an illustration of its hull and paddle wheel. Magazine also has 2 full page and 1 large foldout architectural prints on heavy paper, printed 1 side only and suitable for framing - one of the full page prints has some staining (prints are not related to Steam Boat report) and a full page engineering print of a new water meter. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the February 3, 1883 issue of the Wellsville Daily Reporter newspaper published in Wellsville, New York. It has an intersting 2/3 column, front page report, titled "A New Electric Machine" that is about Elmer Sperry of Cortland, New York inventing a new electric lighting machine (probably a generator - article isn't specific about the generator. He was ultimately offered a $1,000,000 for the patent. He was only 23 years old in 1883 and went on to become a noted inventor. Paper is in good condition. It measures 12-1/2" by 17" and contains 4 pages (2 sheets) - from a bound volume - some small binding chips at spine.
This is the January 31, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has an inside page article titled "Charles Goodyear". The article is most of a page in length and describes his life and career - it also has a small inset illustration of him. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the April 11, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The front page illustrations and article are about pyrogravure, a new process for engraving on wood. The article describes the process and has two illustrations titled "Pyro-Engraving Apparatus" and "Mode of Using the Apparatus".
The magazine also has a 2-3/4 page article with 14 illustrations titled "Nickel In The Slot Machines". The article describes the operation of the newly developed coin operated vending machines and has many illustrations describing the mechanisms. The article describes machines for dipensing coffe, tea, cocoa, beverages, etc. Most of the illustrations show the inner workings of the machines - a couple show external views. Magazine is in good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is a lot of 2 engravings of Geodesic Survey instruments. They are:
- 8-1/2" by 11" Geodesic Leveling Instrument engraving
- 11" by 13" Target and Leveling Rod For Geodesic Leveling Instrument
This is the November, 1880 issue of The American Journal of Science magazine published in New Haven, CT. It contains a 11" by 15" supplment color map titled "Limestone Areas of Westchester County" New York. The map shows town borders, railroads, the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, rivers, streams, etc. as well as the limestone deposits. The map is in very good condition. It is printed on 1 side only and could easily be removed from magazine to be framed. There is also an 18 page article about the limestone belt in Westchester County, NY. Magazine measures 5-3/4" by 9" and contains 84 pages. Original covers - never bound - good conditon.
This is the April, 1854 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a brief but interesting notice of a new American patent for daguerreotype apparatus. The patent notice is shown in its entirety in the images below. The notice is of an invention by J. Brown of employing a diaphragm with an ornamental border which results in a decorative border around the photographic image. Magazine also has 1full page architectural prints and 1 large fold out architectural print (not related to Capitol building report). Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the April 27, 1833 issue of the National Gazette newspaper published in Philadelphia. It has a page 3, 1/4 column report titled "Rolling Helix Lever Watch" that describes a new watch design by Mr. McCouall of England. The article describes the design and operation and advantages of the new type of watch. The paper measures 14" by 20" and contains 4 pages - good condition - from a bound volume - not brittle.
This is the November, 1861 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 1 column article about W. C. Siemens Electric Resistance Thermometer with Balancing Coil used for determining the interior mass temperature of telegraph cables. The article describes the operation of the device. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the May 18, 1889 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine. It has a full page article with 3 illustrations about the Loomis system of Incandescent Electric Lighting. The article describes the Loomis system and has illustrations of the Dynamo, the Bulb and a Double Pole Switch. The magazine is from a bound volume and has no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the November, 1858 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 1-1/2 page report with 5 illustrations titled "On The Construction of Fixed and Floating Batteries For Coast Defences" by George Rennie, C.E., F.R.S.. The 5 illustrations are titled :
- Land Battery With Its Ditch and Glacis
- Iron Plated Floating Battery With Straightly Inclined Sides
- Iron Plated Floating Battery With Curved Sides
- Iron Plated Vessel of War Viewed Crossways
- Iron Plated Vessel of War With Two Screws , One on Each Quarter
This is the July, 1852 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. It has a 3/4 page report about the boilers of the USS Fulton that describes their performance and gives a comparison between it and a boiler designed by Professor Walter R. Johnson at the Washington Navy Yard. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is a 13-1/2" by 21" print of the Plate Girder Highway Bridge at Breookline, Massachusetts. The print shows engineering design views of the bridge. The print is from the September 19, 1891 issue of "Engineering News and American Railway Journal" magazine (magazine is included with map - magaine is from a bound volume and has no covers). Map is printed on 1 side only and is suitable for framing - good condition - not brittle - some light staining in margin.,. The print is marked "Supplement to Engineering News - September 19 , 1891 in upper left margin .
This is the October 22, 1887 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It contains a 1/2 page illustration of the Appomattox High Bridge showing trusses being changed. There is a related report on the same page. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the November 16, 1889 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1/2 page print of the plan of the Chicago and Northwestern Shops at West Chicago. The illustration has a legend identifying all the buildings at the facility. The illustration also shows the round house. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the December 7, 1889 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a fold out 13" by 20" print of the Oriskany Railroad Bridge in Oriskany New York. This is an engineering drawing showing 4 views of segments of the bridge. The print is printed on 1 side only - suitable for framing. It can be easily removed from the magazine. The magazine has a brief related article about the bridge. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is the August 25, 1888 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It contains a long report titled "The California Mummies" by Winslow Anderson, MD that describes a family of Mummies discovered in a sealed cave in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico and brought to California. The mummies consited over a man and women and two children. The article gives a fairly in depth description of the mummies. Magazine is in very good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume.
This is the July 21, 1888 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The entire front page and part of page 2 is an article about Saint Catherine's lighthouse on the Isle of Wight. The article is titled "The Most Powerful Electric Light in the World" and has a large front page illustration of the lighthouse. Magazine is in very good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume.
This is the May 9, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long illustrated article titled "The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania" that describes the 1888 archaeological expedition of students and professors from the University of Pennsylvania to Babylon. The article includes 5 illustrations. They are:
- Clay Figures and Glass Vessels From Old Nuffar
- Three Stories of the Temple of Belus With Rooms in the Foreground
- The Oldest Semitic Inscription
- Enameled Sarcophagus
- Bronze Ornaments From the Grave
This is the March 4, 1899 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has an illustrated article titled "The Toy Industry of Nuremburg" that describes the toy manufacturers of Nuremburg, Germany. The article has 8 illustrations. They are:
- Drawing, Stamping and Annealing the Toys
- Turning the Cylinders
- Shearing the Metal
- Assembling the Parts of the Toys
- Testing a Locomotive
- Shaping the Toys
- Varnishing Room and Drying Ovens
- Exhibition of Completed Wares
This is the May 13, 1899 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has an illustrated article titled "The Alkalai Soils of the Yellowstone Valley" based on a pamphlet by Milton Whitney and Thomas H. Means that described the studies of the Alkalai Soils in the Yellowstone Valley done by them. The article has 3 photos. They are:
- Field Apparatus Used in Field Determinations
- A Near View of the Sandstone Bluff on North Side of Yellowstone Valley
- One of the Important Industries of the Yellowstone Valley - Feeding of Sheep and Range Cattle During the Winter Season
This is the August 14, 1865 issue of The Circular published by the Perfectionist communities of Wallingford, CT and Oneida, NY. The paper has an interesting eyewitness report of a successful early flight attempt near Minneapolis, MN. The attempt was by a David K. Smith. He constructed a set of wings (attached toi his body) and a special inflatable flying suit. He was then towed on a large kite (towed by a wagon) to the height of 1200 to 1500 feet. He then released from the kite and through the use of his artificial wings, glided safely to the ground. The article appears to be true. It is concluded by stating that inquiries to the character of Mr. Smith could be gained by contacting Hon. C. E. Vanderburgh, Judge of the District Court or by contacting the author at No. 26, Larmon Block, PO Box 6026, Chicago (his name was Walter V. Collins). Other people involved in the flight (wagon drivers, etc.) were James McLennan, Capt. Cobb, Patrick Riley and Andrew Ward. The paper is in good condition - not brittle.
This is the August 9, 1849 issue of the Farmer and Mechanic magazine (small newspaper) published in New York City by O. F. Parker and O. B. Bidwell. The magazine focuses on new inventions and scientific and mechanical progress. It measures 9" by 11" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1 column article titled "Paine's Electric Light" that describes Henry M. Paine's experiments with extracting hydrogen from water by the use of electricity to produce heat and light. The article describes his successes with the process. . The magazine has a small puncture tape repair on page 2 (with acid free conservator's tape). Magazine is in good condition - very clean - from a bound volume.
This is the October 3, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine cover is a large illustration of Germany's Prince William and his 6 year old son. There is a brief related article on page 2. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the March 11, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an article about and a 7" by 8" illustration of the New Jersey State Building at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia. The magazine has other Centennial Exhibition related articles. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the May, 1901 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 4 page article titled "The Unexplored Mineral Deposits of the Philippines" that describes the possibilities of unexplored gold, copper and coal deposits in the Philippines. Magazine is in good condition with original paper covers intact. Magazine contains about 180 pages and many illustrations.
This is a lot of 2 items. They are the February 25, 1911 and August 3, 1912 issues of the Scientific American magazine. They each contain a short illustrated article about Glenn H. Curtiss's flying boat. The February 25, 1911 article has 3 photos titled:
- Skimming the Surface at 40 Miles Per Hour Before Taking Off
- Side View of Aeroplane Showing Single Pontoon
- Curtiss In Flight After Rising From the Water
- The Passenger Lies Well to the Rear
- The New Curtiss Hydroaeroplane In Flight
This is the June 25, 1853 issue of the Daily Evening Transcript newspaper published in Boston by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a 1/3 column, front page report about Samuel Colt's revolver being exhibited at the Exposition in Dublin, Ireland. The article describes the wide acceptance of the pistol. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the December 11, 1882 issue of The Daily Denver Times newspaper published in Denver, Colorado by The Times Company. It has a front page report titled "The Branch To The Springs" that is about the opening of the Denver and New Orleans railroad to Colorado Springs. The article describes the first trip from Denver to Colorado Springs. The paper has some short edge tears and a very small ad clipped from the front sheet and two small ads clipped from rear sheet.
This is the March, 1851 issue of "The Architect and Building Gazette - The Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains 16 pages. It has 2, 11" by 17" architectural prints of a lunatic assylum in Dublin, Ireland. The prints are printed on 1 side only and are dated 1850 under title. They are of the building and of the floor plan of the building. Magazine has several other architectural and engineering related illustrations. Magazine is in very good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the February, 1902 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 10 page article titled "Opportunities For Improvement In Mica Mining" by George W. Colles that gives a description of how mica is formed and how it is found, a description of the main mica producers in the US - The Ruggles Mine in New Hampshire and Mount Mitchel NC area and Mitchel & Yancy Counties in NC. It also mentions that NC & NH had had a monopoly on mica production until recently when mica was being mined in the Black Hills of SD and near Cribbensville, NM as well as Ottawa County in Quebec. The article then discusses how it would be beneficial to apply modern mining techniques to mica mining as the industry has never updated to modern technology. Magazine is in good condition with original paper covers intact. Magazine contains about 180 pages and many illustrations. Some of the other content is:
- Commerical Management of Engineering Works
- Constructive Work in Reinforced Concrete
- Electrical Appliances In Ship Building Yard
- Economy of Isolated Electric Plants
- others . . .
This is the October 31, 1891 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1/2 page article titled "The Pullman Center Vestibule Double Deck Electric Car". The article describes the car and it has a 4" by 6" engraving of the car. Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise very good condition.
This is the October 20, 1888 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1-1/2 page article with 5 illustrations of the Walnut Grove Dam about 30 miles South of Prescott, Arizona. The 5 illustrations are titled:
- Front Elevation Walnut Grove Dam
- View Across Walnut Grove Dam
- Flume - Walnut Grove Dam
- Vertical Longitudianl Section Through Center
- Verticla Cross Section
This is the April 22, 1911 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a full page article with 5 photos and illustrations about Louis Breguet's multi-passenger airplane. He had just completed a successful 3 mile flight carrying 11 passengers. The article describes the machine and includes 3 illustrations of parts of the plane and two photos of the plane. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - never bound.
This is the March 6, 1852 issue of the Farmer and Mechanic magazine (small newspaper) published in New York City by O. F. Parker and O. B. Bidwell. The magazine focuses on new inventions and scientific and mechanical progress. It measures 9" by 11" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has two front page illustrations and an article about O'Brien's machine for rolling candy designed by Bartholomew O'Brien of Rochester, NY. Magazine is in good condition - very clean - some short edge tears. From a bound volume.
This is the December 14, 1912 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a 2/3 page article with 2 photos titled "A Notable Great Lake Passenger Steamer" that describes the new side wheel steamship City Of Detroit III. The article includes a photo of the ship and a photo of its high and low pressure cylinders. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - never bound.
This is the February 4, 1888 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 page article about the history of sundials that includes 4 illustrations. They are:
- Sun Dial of the Seventeenth Century
- Pocket Sun Dial
- Method Of Making a Sun Dial
- Universal Sun Dial
- Universal Solar Clock
This is the May 12, 1910 issue of Engineering News magazine, "A Journal of Civil, Mechanical, Mining and Electrical Engineering", published in New York. It has a 2 -1/2 page illustrated article titled "The New Timber Treating Plant of the Eppinger & Russell Co. At Jacksonville Florida". The article describes the operation and layout of the facility. The article starts on the front page and has a front page illustration titled "Cylinder House and Tanks of the New Timber Treatment Plant". The other illustrations are titled:
- Tie and Timber Treating Plant of the Eppinger and Russell Co. at Jacksonville, FL (physical layout of plant)
- Locomotive and Bumber Car For Handling the Tram Cars
- Transfer Car For Connecting Cylinder Track With Yard Track
- Gage Board For Tank Dials and Recording Gages
This is the August 13, 1887 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a brief article with 4 illustrations titled "Stone Arch Bridges of the Pennsylvania Railroad". The article has illustrations of 4 bridges. They are:
- Bridge Over the Pequa Creek
- Big Chiques Bridge
- Conemaugh Bridge
- Little Juniata Bridge
This is the April 11, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The front page illustrations and article are about pyrogravure, a new process for engraving on wood. The article describes the process and has two illustrations titled "Pyro-Engraving Apparatus" and "Mode of Using the Apparatus".
The magazine also has a 2-3/4 page article with 14 illustrations titled "Nickel In The Slot Machines". The article describes the operation of the newly developed coin operated vending machines and has many illustrations describing the mechanisms. The article describes machines for dipensing coffe, tea, cocoa, beverages, etc. Most of the illustrations show the inner workings of the machines - a couple show external views. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume - small binding holes at spine.
This is the April 29, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a 1 page article with a large illustration about the life of Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, the French literary and art critic, philosopher, and historian. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the March 7, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an interesting 1/2 column report titled "The Music of Niagara" that describes the natural musical tones that emanate from the Niagara Falls. Organist Eugene Thayer offers his analysis of the tones and represents them in musical notation. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the June, 1898 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 17 page illustrated article titled "The Improvement of the Mississippi River by Dredging " by H. St. L. Coppee. The article contains 9 photos and illustrations. The photos and illustrations are:
- A Clam Shell Dredge in Operation
- A Dipper Dredge At Work
- Plan and Section of a Jet Dredge For the Mississippi River Improvement
- Simple Form of Hydraulic Dredge
- U. S.Dredge "Alpha" at Work on Osceola Bar
- U.S.Drege "Beta" Before Her Official Tests
- U. S. Dredge "Delta"
- U. S. Dredge "Gamma" Undergoing Efficiency Tests
- The Immediate Result of Dredging at Island 34
- Future Industrial Opportunities in Cuba
- Mechanical Operations in the Manufacture of a Great Naval Gun
- The Development of Railways in Canada
- Milling the Gold Ores of the Rand
- Utilization of Blast Furnace Gases For the Production of Power
- Heating Buildings by the Warm Air System
- Unprofitable Engineering Projects in Western America
- The Ground Current of Electric Railways
- others . . .
This is the March, 1895 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 16 page illustrated article titled "Causes of Floods in Western Rivers" by Charles B. Going that is a discussions of floods of the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers and what causes them. The article contains 13 photos. The photos are:
- Western Flood Scene
- Flood Scene
- In The Backwater (has steamboat named "Lighthouse District U. S.Lily"
- Low Water
- Medium Low Water
- The Cincinnati Merchant Has the Flood Delivered On His Warehouse Floor
- February Finds the River Rioting In the Streets
- Flooded Tracks
- Traffic Impeded
- Annual Incident of the Coal Business
- Havoc in the Lumber Yards
- The Business Outlook Cheerless
- The Gas Works Flooded
- Relations of the Railway to its Employees
- Relations of the Employees to the Railroad
- Recent Architecture in France
- Electric Wiring and the Fire Hazard
- Mine Management and Superintendence
- The Conquest of Steel Over Cast Iron
- Electric Power in Southern Cotton Mills
- others . . .
This is the September 10, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a large front page illustration of German statesman Otto Von Bismark. there is a related article on page 2 describing how popular he is in Germany as well as around the world. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the May 16, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 1-2/3 column report titled "An Incandescent Lamp Factory In the Northwest" that is a description of the Standard Lamp Company of Appleton, Wisconsin. The report describes the operations of the factory. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the August 1, 1811 issue of United States Gazette newspaper published in Philadelphia. It has a 1/3 column article titled "Curious Discovery" that is about the discovery of elephant bones on the shore of the York River 6 miles below Williamsburg, Virginia. The bones were found near the home of Mr. Gowin Corbin. The tusks were said to be about 6 feet long and about 2 feet in circumference at the large end. Paper is in good condition - very clean - not brittle. The paper measures 12-1/2" by 20" and contains 4 pages.
This is the April 11, 1812 issue of the Columbian Centinel newspaper published in Boston by Benjamin Russell. The paper has a large front page chart titled "Abstract of the Bill Of Mortality for the Toen of Boston" that gives the number of deaths by month in Boston from Oct. 1810 through Dec. 1811 and the causes of the deaths. This front page chart measures 5" by 10" - it is printed vertically on the page. Paper is in very good condition - very clean - not brittle.
This is the March 25, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an interesting report about selling popcorn at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The supplier to the shops at the exhibition was monopolized by popcorn wholesaler Edward Houston of Philadelphia. The article describes how he made the popcorn made coated popcorn and popcorn balls. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the January 11, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an illustrated report titled "The Blake Electric Rifle" that describes the new rifle developed by J. F. Blake of New Haven, Connecticut that used a battery to ignite the gunpowder of the rifle. The article includes a sketch of the rifle. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 29, 1911issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an interesting article titled "Alexander Graham Bell's Ice Stove" that describes and has an illustration of how Bell cooled his office which was located in an empty indoor swimming pool. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the May 25, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column article titled "Zenobe Gramme" that describes the accomplishments of Zenobe Theophile Gramme, the Belgian electrical engineer who invented the DC Generator. The article includes a 6" by 6" illustration of Gramme. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the June 17, 1828 issue of the National Gazette newspaper published in Philadelphia. It has a brief ad announcing the invention of a horizontal windmill by Jonathan Lyon of Brooklyn, New York. The ads also mentions that John S. Wood of Salem New Jersey has had one built and it is in operation. The paper measures 14" by 20" and contains 4 pages - good condition - from a bound volume - not brittle.
This is the June 14, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The cover illustration and the following 3-1/2 pages are a long address by Henry Stanley about his explorations in Africa. The cover illustration is titled "Mr. Stanley Lecturing Before the Royal Geographical Society at the Albert Hall in London. Some of the sections in the article are:
- The Forest
- The Pygmies
- The Pastoral Land and Its Tribes
- The Semliki Valley
- The Mountains of the Moon
- Lake Albert Edward
- The Advantages of the Expedition
This is the February 9, 1907 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a 1-11/3 page illustrated article titled "The Installation and Adjustment of a 100 Mile Wireless Telegraph Set". The article includes 4 illustrations titled:
- Plan View Of Instrument Bench Showing Disposition of Apparatus
- Side Elevation of Independent Interrupter
- How the Hot Wire is Inserted In the Aerial Wire
- Hot Wire Ammeter
This is the July 1, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has an illustrated report about the Gould Steam Fire Engine that was displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The report describes the fire engine that was manufactured by B. S. Nichols Co. of Burlington, Vermont. The article describes the fire engine and has 6 illustrations (1 of the entire fire engine and 5 smaller illustrations of pieces of the fire engine. Magazine is in good condition - quite clean - some small edge chips and short edge tears.
This is a lot of 3, of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. They measure 11" by 15-1/2" and contain 16 pages each. Each has reports and illustrations about the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA (all have front page reports and inside page reports) . The magazines are dated August 26, October 14, and November 4, 1876. The reports include many large illustrations of the buildings, facilities, and exhibits. Some of the content is:
- Steam Boiler Exhibits At The Exhibition
- The Sickels Cutoff
- Exhibit of the Stevens Institute Of Technology
- The Morse Alphabet For Naval Signaling
- Notes Of Steam Engines in the United States About the Year 1801
- Copying Inks
- Aniline Black Inks
- First Railway In China
- Exhibit of the Hartford Steam Boiler and Insurance Company
- The Manufacture of Sewing Machine Needles at the Centennial
- Power Presses at the Centennial
- Locomotives at the Exhibition
- Guattari's Pneumatic Telegraph
- Injectors At the Centennial
- The Navy Department at the Exhibition
- The Russian Machinery Exhibit (has a short puncture tear that affects article (no text missing - has a tear toward the center of page)
- The Southern Pacific Railroad
- others . . .
This is the January 12, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a two, 2 column articles (4 columns total) , one with 3 illustrations, about the eruption of Mt. Bandai, a volcano in North Central Honshu Province in Japan. The 3 illustrations are titled :
- Eruption of Steam From the Crater in Mt. Bandai
- Piles of Debris In the Valley Near Mt. Bandai
- Section of Mt. Bandai
This is the May 28, 1910 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a 3/4 column article titled "ILO: A Third Universal Language - An Improvement On Esperanto". The article describes the new language "Ilo" also known as "Linguo Internaciona di la Delegitaro. Magazine is in fairly good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume - bottom 1/3 of rear page is missing.
This is the March 4, 1905 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a 2-2/3 page report titled "Lhasa and Central Tibet" that includes 4 photos . The article describes Central Tibet and the 4 photos are titled:
- The Palace of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa
- Another View of the Palace of the Dalai Lama
- A View of the Palace of the Dalai Lama From the West
- A Street Scene in Lhasa
This is the December 27, 1834 issue of Niles' Weekly Register, a small, 6" by 9-1/2", 16 page, weekly newspaper published in Baltimore, MD by H. Niles. It has a very brief report (shown in its entirety below) about a new microscope being exhibited in New York City called a "Hydro-Oxygen Microscope" that allegedly could magnify items 2-1/2 million times. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume .
This is the January, 1862 issue of "The Civil Engineer and Architects Journal" published in London. It measures 9" by 11-3/4" and contains about 36 pages. The magazine has a full page in mourning rules and a long article about the death of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Magazine is in good condition - original covers - never bound.
This is the September 24, 1887 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 2 page article that describes the tests on the new strong locomotive. The article describes how the tests were conducted and includes a chart that compares the Strong Engine #444 to Engine #3383 and to Engine #327, the American . The article also has an illustration titled "The Adamson Joint of the Strong Locomotive" and a series of 6 illustrations titled "Indicator Cards From Strong Locomotives". Magazine is from a bound volume - no covers - otherwise good condition.
This is a 13-1/2" by 19-1/2" print titled "High Service Engine No. 5 - St. Louis Water Works". It was a supplement print in the August 7, 1886 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It shows the engine (apparently a steam driven water pump) designed by Thomas J. Whitman, M.A. Soc. C.E., Water Commissioner , St. Louis, MO and built by the Fulton Iron Works St. Louis, MO. The print is in good condition on fairly heavy paper and is printed on 1 side only - Suitable for framing - it is dated in upper right margin "Engineering News - August 7th, 1886". I have included a couple pages from the magazine that are related to the engraving.
This is the October 13, 1888 issue of the Engineering News magazine. It has a 1/2 page illustrated article about the Petaluma Drawbridge located on the Petaluma River in California. The article describes special piers that were designed to support the bridge due to the deep mud in the Petaluma River. The article has 3 illustrations titled:
- Petaluma Drawbridge
- Center Pier - Petaluma Drawbridge (side view)
- Center Pier - Petaluma Drawbridge (top view)
This is the May 2, 1896 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a 3/4 page report with 3 illustrations titled "Perilous Ascent Of Mount Cristallo in the Dolomites". The article describes the dangerous ascent in winter of Mount Cristallo. The three illustrations are titled:
- Resting On the Ridge
- On the Cristallo Glacier
- On the Ledge
This is the July 23, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column report titled "A Lake of Ink" that describes the lake of black water in the Cocopah volcanic region of Arizona. The article describes the region and the Lake of Ink that is next to Lake Pasqualitas. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the August 6, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long 2+ page report titled "The Cyanide Process For Working Gold and Silver Ores Without Amalgamation". The report describes a new process of refining gold ore by the use of cyanide that was patented by the MacArthur-Forrest Co. The report describes plants at Shasta County, Needles, and Calumet, California and it describes the process in detail. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 22, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a large front page illustration of Professor Friedrich Max Muller and an inside page article that gives a summary of his career. Paper is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the August 15, 1889 issue of The Independent a 11" by 16", 32 page weekly newspaper published in New York. The paper has a 1 column report titled "The Brown Sequard Sensation" that tells of Dr. Brown-Sequard's experiments on animals and on himself to find a cure for BSS. Good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 14, 1859 issue of The Homestead magazine published in Hartford, CT by George D. Rand. The magazine has a report titled "The Balloon Voyage" that is a description by American aeronaut John LaMountain of sunrise during his balloon voyage (this was most likely the balloon voyage from St. Louis, MO to Henderson, New York that occurred on July 2 and covered 809 miles, a world record for the longest flight that would stand until 1910). Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the May 9, 1853 issue of the Daily Evening Transcript newspaper published in Boston by Dutton and Wentworth. The paper has a front page ad titled "Arrival Of Dr. C. W. Horack At Boston" who billed himself as the seventh son of a seventh son and as a professor of astrology, astronomy, phrenology, and Geomancy. He goes on to list all the services he could provide. Paper is in very good condition - not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the September 29, 1859 issue of the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper published by Daniel N. Haskell. It has a report about a balloon ascension from Boston Common by the balloon "Washington". The aeronaut was Francis Copia, a Frenchman and he had two passengers, Mr. Seaver and Mr. Starkweather. The report describes the ascension that first landed at Winthrop to let off one of the passengers as the balloon could not gain enough altitude with three people on board. The journey continued until they landed at "Little Nahant" or Lynnn Beach. The paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 7, 1859 issue of the Boston Evening Transcript newspaper published by Daniel N. Haskell. It has a long letter by John A. Haddock, who accompanied John La Mountain on the famous balloon voyage from Watertown NY that took them to the wilderness near Ottawa Canada. The article describes the voyage and their experiences of travelling 4 days in the wilderness to reach civilization. The paper is in fair condition - from a bound volume - it has several acid free tape repairs - mostly at the horizontal and vertical folds.
This is the May 13, 1893 issue of the Scientific American magazine. It has a 2 page illustrated article about the construction of the Mississippi Bridge from Memphis, Tennessee to Arkansas. The article has 3 illustrations and it gives statistics on the bridge and tells how it was being constructed. It was the 3rd longest of its type in the world when it was built. Magazine is in very good condition - very clean - no stains, no tears. The illustrations are titled:
- Bridge Over The River Mississippi At Memphis, Tennessee
- Bridge Over The River Mississippi At Memphis Tennessee
- Memphis Bridge
This is the November 12, 1845 issue of The Vermont Chronicle newspaper published in Windsor, Vermont by Bishop & Tracy. It has a report about the formation of "The National Society Of Inventors" in New York City. The article includes 8 points that were agreed upon by the new society. The paper measures 18" by 26" and contains 4 pages. It is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the December 24, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a long 3 column (most of a page) article titled "Pratt Institute" that describes Pratt Institute located in Brooklyn, New York and founded by Charles Pratt a Brooklyn philanthropist. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - from a bound volume. Magazine has several other interesting illustrated articles.
This is the November 19, 1816 issue of the National Intelligencer newspaper published in Washington, DC by Gales and Seaton. It has a long, 4/5 column front page report about the invention of the steam boat by James Rumsey. The report is from Kentucky and is a result of the author knowing the daughter and brother of James Rumsey who both now reside in Kentucky. The report gives information attributing the invention of the steam boat to James Rumsey. Paper is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the April 18, 1891 issue of Scientific American magazine. It has a long illustrated report about the Weems High Speed Electric Railroad being developed in Laurel, Maryland. The article describes the experiments being conducted and include a large chart of the results of some of the speed trials, and 5 illustrations. The article is 3 pages in length and is quite detailed. The 5 illustrations are titled:
- The Weems High Speed Railroad
- The Weems Electric Locomotive - Original Plan
- High Speed Electric Locomotive Half Cross Section
- High Speed Electric Locomotive Brake Mechanism
- High Speed Electric Locomotive - End of Car - Elevation and Plan
This is the June 6, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a front page article and illustration about the recently launched USS Monterey, a double turret armored coast defense cruiser built at the San Francisco Iron Works. The article has an illustration of the ship. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the October 8, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has a long, 2 page report titled "Darjeeling" by C. Jacobus, MD that describes the summer resort located in the foothills of the Himalayas. The report describes the village the local roads, the transportation, etc. of the Darjeeling area. . Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the November 13, 1909 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a 1 column article titled "The Record Flights Of Count De Lambert and Henry Farman" that has 1 photo of Count De Lambert flying near the Eiffel Tower in a Wright Bi-Plane. The article describes Lambert & Farman's record breaking flights. Magazine is in good condition with small binding holes at spine- from a bound volume.
This is the March, 1897 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 11 page article with 10 illustrations titled "The Gold Fields of the Porce River " of Columbia by J. D. Garrison that describes the Columbian Gold fields. The article contains 9 photos and illustrations. The photos and illustrations are:
- Bolivar Park, Medellin, Columbia
- General View of Medellin Situated on the Upper Porce
- The Porce River in the Suburbs of Medellin
- The Porce River Near Medellin
- A Part of the Porce Where Bars are Formed
- The Porce in a Reach Where No Bars have Formed
- "Vereano" Clearing the Ground Preparatory To Building a Caisson
- A Caisson About Completed
- Water Wheel and Pump at one of the Mines
- Pumping Water From the Space Within The Caisson
- Future Industrial Opportunities in Cuba
- Mechanical Operations in the Manufacture of a Great Naval Gun
- The Development of Railways in Canada
- Milling the Gold Ores of the Rand
- Utilization of Blast Furnace Gases For the Production of Power
- Heating Buildings by the Warm Air System
- Unprofitable Engineering Projects in Western America
- The Ground Current of Electric Railways
- others . . .
This is the January 26, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long, 1-1/2 column report titled "Exposure of M. Pasteur's Methods" that is a report from France where Dr. Lutaud of France had proven Louis Pasteur and is methods to be a fraud. The report tells how Pasteur's claims to have cured the silk worm disease in France were fraudulent and about other areas that Pasteur's work had been proven to be invalid. Magazine is in very good condition - never bound.
This is the May 18, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a 2/3 column article titled "Submarine Excavations In Sand" that tells of the Dutch efforts to recover the treasure of the ship Lutine that was sunk in 1799. The article describes the new method of extracting sand from the sea bed that was invented by Dutch Engineer W. H. Ter Meulen. The article has an illustration of an undersea diver operating the sand extractor. Magazine is in very good condition - never bound.
This is the July 5, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column illustrated article titled "Detective Photography" that is about using rigging a camera to take a photograph of an intruder at night. The article describes how to rig the shutter and a flashlight and a trip mechanism to photograph an intruder. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the October 12, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a report titled "Baldwin Locomotive No. 10,000" that gives the details and specifications of the 10,000th locomotive completed at the Baldwin Locomotive works. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 2, 1904 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long 2 column (2/3 page) report titled "The Shrinkage Of Great Salt Lake" by Charles Alma Byers. The article tells of dramatic reductions in the level of the Great Salt Lake in recent years and offers some explanations for them. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the December 9, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 2-1/2 page illustrated report about the Volute Spring Motor and other spring motors of the period. The article has 8 large illustrations and has the following reports:
- Volute Spring Motor by W. S. Shoemaker , Baltimore, MD
- Spring Motor - by Charles Frahm and William Scharnweber, Chicago, IL
- Improved Spring Motor - by H. W. H. Doubler, Philadelphia, PA
- Torsion Spring Motive Power by Albert M. Bacon of Boston, MA
- Moslein's Plan for Spring Motor - by Valeie Moslein , Waterloo, IL
- Spring Motive Power by John B. Howell, Wilkes Barre, PA
- Spring Motive Power by Lebbeus W. Lathrop, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Volute Spring Motor
- Frahm and Scharnweber Spring Motor
- Doubler's Spring Motor
- Bacon's Torsion Spring Motor
- Moslein's Spring Motor
- Howell's Spring Motor
- Lathrop's Spring Motor
This is the May 2, 1885 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page illustrated article about the new dry docks at Baltimore, MD and Brooklyn, NY. The article describes the use of timber to construct dry docks and has illustrations of the Timber Dry Dock at Baltimore, Maryland and the timber dry dock at Brooklyn, New York. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 1901 issue of The Engineering Magazine published in New York. It has a 10 page illustrated article with 17 photos titled The Copper Mines Of Ashio, Japan by Edwin G. Adams. The photos are titled :
- An Adit (entrance) of the Ashio Mines
- Electric Locomotives With Ore Cars
- Interior of the Power Plant
- Women Sorting Ore
- The Hospital
- The School Room
- Exterior of Casting House - built of slag bricks
- Bessemer Plant for Copper Matte
- Interior of Smelting Plant
- The Roasting Furnaces
- Casting House
- Village of Ashio - Part of Works in Foreground
- General View of the Works
- Protection Work on the Hillside
- General View of the Works
- The Filter Beds
- Tramway
- The Rapid Transit Problem in London
- The Standardization of Electrical Apparatus
- The Proper Distribution of the Factory Expense Burden
- The Development of the by Product of the Coking Industry
- Opportunities For Bettering The Work of the Foundry
- Industrial Applications of Nickel Steel
- The Working Economy of the Steam Boiler Installation
This is the July 8, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2/3 column article titled "Sulphur Beds Of Washoe County, Nevada". The article describes the recently discovered sulphur beds near Steamboat Springs in Washoe County, Nevada. The sulphur beds were discovered by prospectors Thomas Wheeler and Isaac Spencer of Reno, NV. Wheeler and Spencer claimed the find and leased it to James Duffy and Thomas Smith of Carson City. The operation was put under the management of Joseph Scott a noted local prospector who opened the Rabbit Hole Mine I Humboldt County. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the September 16, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page report with one illustration titled "Theorell's Printing Meteorograph" that describes a weather recording device on display at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia from Sweden that could record time, wind velocity, wind direction, Temperature, humidity and barometric pressure. The article describes the operation of the device and includes an illustration of the device. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 28, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1/3 column report titled "Traces Of Man In The Robin Hood's Cave" that is about finding the remains of Paleolithic Man in Robin Hood's Cave in England. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the June 17, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2/3 column article titled "The Wonderful Salt Mines Of Virgin River, Nevada" that describes the salt formations of miles of solid salt discovered near the Virgin River in Southwestern Nevada. Some of the places mentioned in the article are:
- Mineral Park
- Quail Springs Ranch
- Mountain Springs
- Nobmann's
- Sacramento Valley
- Muddy River
- Needles
- Stone's Ferry
- El Dorado Canyon
This is the November 19, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a long, 2-2/3 page report about the tools used to make glassware. The article has 42 illustrations of the tools used in glass making. The article takes up all of the front page, all of page 2 and much of page 3. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - from a bound volume.
This is the June 3, 1893 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1-1/2 column report with 3 illustrations titled "Photogravure By The Talbot-Klic Process" that describes the process in quite a bit of detail, including the chemicals used and the construction of a dust box. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 30, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long, 1 page lecture delivered by Commandant Renard (Charles Renard) before the Society of Physics on heavier than air flight. The article includes several formulas and illustrations demonstrating the principles of heavier than air flight. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the October 1, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-1/2" and contains 16 pages. It contains a front page article and 2 illustrations of new discoveries at the ruins in Pompeii. The two front page illustrations are:
- Peristylium Of A House Recently Discovered at Pompeii
- Bodies Recently Discovered at Pompeii
This is the October 30, 1897 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine has a long 1 page article titled "The Island Of Sakhalin" that describes the Russian Island located in Asia in the North Pacific just above Japan. The article is by Harry de Windt, the noted writer, explorer, and adventurer. Magazine is in very good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 6, 1912 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a full page article with 16 photos titled "The Failures of the Aviettes" that is about a contest and prizes established by Peugeot Freres for the best human powered flight. The contest was held in Paris and there were no successful entrants. The photos show some of the machines that were entered in the contest. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume.
This is the July 28, 1900 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 15-3/4" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 2 column report titled "An International Exhibition and Race Meet At Chicago". The article describes the show and race meet that was sponsored by the Inter-Ocean Publishing Company. The article gives a schedule of the events that included a test of manipulation and hill climbing for the autos, 20 mile races for steam, electric and gasoline vehicles, a 40 mile free for all race, a 200 mile free for all race, a 10 mile rough road race and a 500 mile smooth track race. Magazine is in good condition - from a bound volume - small binding holes at spine.
This is the March 6, 1888 issue of The Journal Of Gas Lighting, Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement magazine. It measures 6-1/2" by 13" and contains about 42 pages. It has a few pages of illustrated ads at the beginning and end of the magazine. It has many articles and reports on gas lighting, and water & sanitary systems. Published in London, England. It is from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine, otherwise very good condition.
This is the April 22, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a front page report and illustration about the Gramme magneto electric machine. The article describes tests of the new Gramme magneto electric machine to illuminate a lamp and gives specifications of the machine and data derived from the tests. There is also a front page illustration of the machine. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the December 14, 1889 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a report about the death of Dr. James Prescott Joule that gives a brief outline of his career and includes and illustration of Dr. Joule. Dr. Houle was a physicist who worked in the area of thermodynamics - the unit of energy, "Joule", is named for him. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle - some light stains in margins.
This is the August 1, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16pages. The magazine has a 2 page article with 4 illustrations titled "The Davis Island Dam on the Ohio River, Pittsburgh, PA". The article takes up all of the front page and page 2. The cover illustration is titled "The Movable Dam on the Ohio River, at Davis Island, Pittsburgh, PA". The other 3 illustrations on page 2 are titled:
- Service Bridge and Piers
- View From Below Showing the Wickets in Different Positions
- Upper Gate and Shore Recess
This is the June 5, 1888 issue of The Journal Of Gas Lighting, Water Supply & Sanitary Improvement magazine. It measures 6-1/2" by 13" and contains about 42 pages. It has a few pages of illustrated ads at the beginning and end of the magazine. It has many articles and reports on gas lighting, and water & sanitary systems. Published in London, England. It is from a bound volume - small binding marks at spine, otherwise very good condition.
This is the November 8, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. It has an illustrated article titled "Restoration of the Pompeian House of Pansa". The article is 3-1/2 pages in length and contains 3 illustrations, 2 photos of interior views of the house and one layout of the floor plan. The article describes the construction and furnishing of the house based on houses unearthed in the ruins of Pompeii. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the July 23, 1892 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1 column report titled "A Lake of Ink" that describes the lake of black water in the Cocopah volcanic region of Arizona. The article describes the region and the Lake of Ink that is next to Lake Pasqualitas. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the October 17, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16pages. The magazine has a 3 page article with 2 illustrations (illustrations are on front page) about rain making in the United States and India. The front page illustrations are titled: "Rain Makers in the United States" and "Rain Makers in India". The article describes the current craze and schemes of Rainmaking in the US and in India. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean - one short margin tear on front page.
This is the May 31, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The cover article is titled "The Yangtsze Kiang at Hankow". The illustration is titled "The New Chinese Railway From Pekin to Hankow - View of the Yangtsze at Hankow". The article describes the new railway. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean.
This is the July 11, 1891 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The magazine measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 3/4 page article with 3 illustrations titled "Sun Dials". The article describes 2 sundials. The first is an 18th century traveler's sun dial (see 3rd image below) and a 17th century "Mandolin Sun Dial" constructed to look like a mandolin. There are two illustrations of the mandolin sun dial - one showing the sun dial (see 4th image below) and the other is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the mandolin sun dial. Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean.
This is the April 12, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. The cover article is titled "The Steinbach Cave Newar Sulzbach". The article describes the cave. The cover illustration is titled "Der Wasserfall (The Waterfall)". There is a similar inside page illustration of stalactites titled "Der Reichspalast (The Imperial Palace)". Magazine is in good condition - not brittle - quite clean. Magazine measures 11" by 16" anfd contains 16 pages.
This is the October 18, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine, published in New York. It measures 11" by 16" and contains 16 pages. The magazine has a 1-1/2 page illustrated article titled "The New York Telephone Service" by Herbert Laws Webb that describes the Cortlandt Street Exchange switchboard that was the largest in the world at the time. The article includes 2 illustrations. Magazine is in very good condition - quite clean, not brittle.
This is the August 9, 1890 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine published in New York. It has a long report with one illustration titled "Louis Pasteur". The article describes Pasteur's career and has a large illustration (8" by 9") of Louis Pasteur in his study. The article describes his work in finding a cure for rabies. The magazine is from an 1890 bound volume and is in very good condition - no stains, no tears.
This is the May 18, 1901 issue of the Scientific American magazine. The magazine has a 1-1/2 page report tiled "The Tobacco Industry" that is about growing tobacco in America. The article gives abrief history of the tobacco industry in America and has 5 photos of various parts of the business. The top photo is of a tobacco warehouse in Richmond, VA. The other 4 photos are titled:
- Cutting Tobacco Leaves
- Drying Tobacco In A Warehouse
- Stripping Tobacco Leaves
- Wrapper Room - Cigar Factory
This is the July 15, 1876 issue of the Scientific American Supplement magazine. It has a front page article titled "The Coast Survey Exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition" (Philadelphia). The article is continued on page 2 for another column. It has 2 front page illustrations. They are titled:
- The International Exhibition of 1876 - Coast Survey Measuring Instruments
- Coast Survey Measuring Instruments