[N.Y. Riverside Park--Grant's Tomb] Scientific American. A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry And Manufactures. Vol. LIII No. 6. New Series. August 8, 1885. (Single issue)

by Munn, O.D and Beach, A.E. (Editors)

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Book desription: N.Y., , 1885. . Self-wrprs. Some minor tears at inside margin, minor soiling. Gd. Folio. 11 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. Prntd. in 3 columns. Numerous large & small text illustrations, several pages of very, very, many small ads, most illustrated. Front pg. w/ 6 vignette views of Riverside Park, NYC, place of burial of General Grant. Plus over 1 column desctrip. of the park & area. Issue also w/ stories on charts for Great Circle sailing, fish & oyster hatching, ship linings, Weber's Electic Siren, (iillustr.), also illustrs. of device for handling stamps, an atomizer, an improved door bolt, Davenport's Magic Lantern, text & no illustrs. of perfumes, an accelerating firearm, repairing tin roofs, an improved ladder ( illustr.), a locomotive museum, experiments on light & heat, over 2 columns on the planets, also light house construction, oxidation & bronzing of metals, 1/2 pg. descrip. of & illustr. of surgery for piano-forte players, 1/2 pg. of illustrs. of a 50 horse-power horizontal condensing engine, over 1 pg. desciption of North Atlantic whales w/ lg. illustr., text on the iron business, engineering as a profession, the new Expositon at New Orleans, much more incl. many descrips. of new inventions & patents. Plus 2 1/2pp. illustr. ads for improved machines, nickel plating, gas engines, drill chucks, bicycles, air moisterer, rock breakers, shafting & pulleys, injectors, ice machines, pyrometers, water heater, iron blower, oil cups, thermometers, cushioned hammer, water wheels, how to get patents for inventions, the advert. of American Bell Co. patent for telephone & warning to others, much more.

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