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Text Box: Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 10, 1857, Vol. XII No. 18. New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Corn husking machine featured in this issue--two men using this machine can husk about 400 bushels a day. Railway festival to be held for employees of New York Central in Syracuse. Bessemer's iron proves to be of an inferior iron. Wonderful new war machine story is a hoax. The maker of the story "is perfectly qualified to shoot bullets with a cheese press." 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (4980) $17.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 31, 1857, Vol. XII No. 21 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Foot corn planter by G.A. Meacham of New York City--small planter is buckled on the foot, and corn flows through a tube. Gun cotton and gunpowder. Chloroform in sea sickness. Now experiencing coldest weather in memory of man in U.S. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, foxed, dampstained. Spinefold torn. Good. (5134) $16.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, March 7, 1857, Vol. XII No. 26 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Gas light for villages; Heating railroad cars with steam; The submarine telegraph bill has passed both houses of Congress. Foolish toys--tiny locomotive model that will stand on a ten-cent piece. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained, very good. (4428) $19.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, May 30, 1857, Vol. XII No. 38 New York, NY: Munn & Co. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Stoner's Grappler and Dredger, capable of releasing its grasp, and converting to dredging; Strychnine and whiskey; More American Pearls; Reaping and sowing machine. Paper periodical. Good. (4154) $16.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, June 13, 1857, Vol. XII No. 40 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Humiston's Candle Machine; Brown's Steam Gage; Shaw's Pendulous churn; Sphygmoscope, for indicating the movements of the heart and blood vessels. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained. Good. (4605) $22.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, August 8, 1857, Vol. XII No. 48 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Booth's Incombustible Smut Mill for flour industry. Dr. Taylor's Compressed air bath for pulmonic disease treatment. Plass' compound planer. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold partly torn. Very good. (4429) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, August 15, 1857, Vol. XII No. 49 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Whipple's reciprocating saw mill; Boyd's liquor preserver. Advance wages for seamen--get eaten up by land sharks. The American coal fields. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold partly torn. Very good. (4430) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1858 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, September 11, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 1 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Dewitt's Circular Sawing Machine; Yellow fever in NYC; Great celebration on completion of Atlantic telegraph. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained. Good. (3791) $15.00. Educational/Scientific Woodruff's Railroad Car Seat and Sleeping couch. What Next? Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, October 2, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 4 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Thomas's Paint Mill--a mill for grinding paint with expedition and evenness. Squires's self-discharging horse rake for better hay harvests. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, dampstained. Good. (3794) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, October 9, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 5 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Kingsland's Pulp Engine-- paper making process: Some rags come from tents used in Crimean war. New washing machine. Potato Planter. Comet last year didn't destroy the earth. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3795) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, October 16, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 6 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Evarts' Screw Cutter-- machine on display at Crystal Palace when it was destroyed by fire. Durable wooden water pipes. Shaving soap powder. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3796) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, November 20, 1858, Vol. XIV No. 11 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Winn's Safety Valve and Pressure Gage; New railway car seat for night travelers; Discussion on the air we breathe. The Potato Rot--opinions. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3798) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1859 Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, January 22, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 20 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Miller's Steam boiler alarm and water gage; North Atlantic Steamers--the Atlantic has been fairly conquered by steam. Beardsley's Ship cooking-stove, mounted in gimbals. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, spinefold torn. Good. (3779) $22.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; February 19, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 24 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Feature drawing shows Cottrell's Planing machine; circulation of water in boilers; how coffee came to be used; how to stop locomotives using opposing steam. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3928) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; February 26, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 25 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Physical changes in the body; Evans' Coal-washer, patented Sept. 21, 1858; Evaporation from the ocean; USS Macedonian to the rescue of the Royal Navy; Palmer's Artificial Limbs; Gutta percha and submarine cables. 12 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3929) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; March 12, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 27 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Halderman's new stave-jointer, for making tight barrels, as for flour; Concrete should be poured in cellar floors; use of straw to conduct electricity; Steamboat explodes on Mississippi, 200 dead. Drake's Seed-planter plants seed with great regularity. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3931) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; March 19, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 28 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Horace Arnold has quit rotary engines and has invented a hide shaving machine for leather; New vitrified bricks being made in London; Bartlett's Improved refrigerator. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3932) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; March 26, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 29 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Barker's machine for measuring and bagging grain, patented June 1, 1858. Behavior of bewildered persons. Pittman's spinning machine; Gun-boat propellers. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3933) $18.00. Educational/Scientific. Scientific American; The advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, mechanical and other improvements, April 2, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 30 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Peach tree is a native of Persia; Cameron's self-adjusting belt-saw, great advantage over circular saw; Woodward's Smut Machine, for removing fungus from wheat before it is ground; Scientific American has moved to 37 Park Row. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3934) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; April 16, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 32 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Front page illustration of special issue shows Scientific American office, 37 Park Row; Freeman's Improved Shingle machine; Elderberry wine; Norvell's choking strap for horses. 16 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3936) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; April 23, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 33 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Hancock's Lath-sawing Machine; splendid new steam frigate being built by Americans for Emperor of Russia; McAvoy's Refrigerator. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3937) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; April 30, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 34 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Kessler's Distilling Apparatus; woolen factory in Oregon; Spear's Corn Husker; Testing Belting; Lyons' Seed Planter; Iodine for browning iron. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3938) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; May 7, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 35 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Pefley's Lath Machine, not only cuts laths from the bolt, but also registers number cut; Invention wanted for pump in quartz mines in Australia; The American Pump. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3939) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; May 14, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 36 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Sergeant's Governor for Steam-Engines; Eating sturgeon creates a feeling of courageous spirit; About Poison; Improved center-board for boats; Cure for hydrophobia. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3940) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; May 21, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 37 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Colman's Boiler Water Regulator; Salmon Cultivation; Cutting Sugar Cane--Bagasse Furnaces; Engraving of Hon. W.D. Bishop, new commissioner of Patents; American steamboats in Scotland. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3941) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; June 4, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 39 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Ailen's Knitting Machine, drawings on front and back pages; Baron von Humboldt; Lawrence & Safely's pump; Gould's improved calipers. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3943) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; June 11, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 40 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Jackson's Sleeping Car, changes day seats into sleeping couches and berths; sulphur in coal; Kenny's Lever Power, from Milford, NH--to pull up stumps, press for cider, etc. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3944) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American; June 18, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 41 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. Cope & Hodgson's Governor Valve; fever and ague; Childs' Car Seat; Root's Harrow and Seed-Planter. Iron ships--water-tight compartments. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, very good. (3945) $18.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American; June 25, 1859, Vol. XIV No. 42 New York, NY: Munn & Co., 37 Park Row. White's Rock and Coal Drill, for mining; Sherwood's grain binder; Fawkes' Steam Plow; to stop bleeding of the nose. How to treat a man who has fainted. 8 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, back three pages have some soiling, good. (3946) $18.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1862 Scientific American; a weekly journal of practical information in art, science, mechanics, chemistry and manufactures, Vol. VII No. 20, new series; November 15, 1862 New York, NY: Munn & Co. Cornick's Patent Cultivator; Government gunboats being built at Pittsburgh, PA; Iron-clad ships vs. Batteries--discussion of weight of armor vs. speed and coal-carrying capacity. The Monitor. New marine engine construction to economize fuel in iron-plated ships. Much civil-war related discussion. Discussion on bayonet charges; At Portsmouth Navy yard they are painting warships grey vs. black. Surprising effect of the present war is unusual prosperity of the cotton manufacture: large additions being made to the old Merrimac at Lowell, MA; Manchang mill at Northbridge, MA has just received an addition; so is the Hamlet Co. of Woonsocket, RI. Proposal to build a land "Monitor" with 25-horse engine and travel at 20 mph. 16 pp. 24 x 34 cm. Excellent engraved illustrations. Front page browned at edges, very good. (4476) $22.00. History. Scientific American; A Weekly Journal of Practical Information in art, science, mechanics, chemistry and manufactures, Vol. VII No. 22, new series; November 29, 1862. New York, NY: Munn & Co. Features Sewell's Patent Steam Pump. Civil-war era issue has many references to military matters. War Department inquiry through Scientific American on naval construction--intelligence gathering in the newspaper. British report on penetration of gun projectiles used against ironclad ships. Discussion on guncotton. Interesting experiment with monster 15-inch gun at Washington Navy Yard; also a huge gun, weighing “nearly 19 tuns” is being tested aboard the gunboat Passaic, in the Hudson River. 16 pp. 25 x 34 cm. Newspaper, spinefold partly torn, good. (4925) $22.00 Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1868 (Bound volume) Scientific American, A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures, Vols. XVIII and XIX, January through December 1868 (About 33 issues). 1868 New York, NY: Munn & Co., Inc. Publishers. Bound volume of fascinating inventions and commentary on advancements for most of year 1868, with excellent engraving illustrations. Yankee safety pocket for preventing pickpocketing p. 8. Babcock & Wilcox Upright Steam Engine for Rolling Mills, p. 17. Crofoot Brick Machine for making bubble free bricks, p.33. Improved ice skates combines with assertion of women's rights to achieve rosy cheeks.p.40. Advertisement for investment in Union Pacific Railroad, now with 525 miles running west from Omaha completed, p.47. Schofield's Patent Cotton Press can be operated by men or horse. p. 65. Poisonous Visiting Cards. p. 86; New Revolving Oven. p. 97. Excellent engravings shows new Suspension Bridge over the Cumberland River at Nashville, replacing bridge destroyed by Confederate General Floyd. p. 129. National Corn-husking machine, p. 184. Chase's Patent Corn Harvesting Machine. p. 328. Manufacture of Porcelain Teeth, p. 323. Circular Floating Batteries and Armored War Vessels, Oct. 7, p.228. Large engraving depicts Diking and Draining the New Jersey Meadows, rendering them fruitful and productive. (Jul. 29) 556 pp. 27 x 40 cm. Bound issues of magazine for 1868 less issues April 18 through May 16; June 27 through July 22, Aug. 5 through Sept. 30, Oct. 21, and Dec. 2. Marbled paper on board with quarter calf, spine uncovered, dampstain to front endpapers, slight stain to first 15 pages. Text very good. Overall, fair. (7596) $190.00. Scientific Scientific American 1882 Scientific American; A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry and Manufactures, April 22, 1882, Vol. XLVI, No. 16 New York, NY: Munn & Co. New pumping works in New York City; Origin of fabric names: Damask, Calico, Muslin, Buckram, Fustian. Taffeta, Cambric, Gauze, Baize, etc.; New race of people in Russia discovered. 16 pp. 28 x 39 cm. Paper periodical, stain on cover, very good. (3780) $21.00. Educational/Scientific Scientific American 1907 Scientific American, July 13, 1907, Vol. XCVII No. 2 New York, NY: Munn & Co., Inc. Scientific American Office. Front-page photo essay: "How Linoleums and Oilcloths are Made" shows high-speed printing machine which prints color designs on floor oilcloths and printed linoleums. Navy to build "Octopus" type of Submarine. Congress has authorized $3,000,000 to purchase boats which will be made by Electric Boat Company of New York. Contract awarded for two "Dreadnoughts"--two 20,000 ton battleships. New warships will each carry ten 12-inch guns. Experience of the Russo-Japanese war proved that it is better to limit number of guns and provide a hull that won't be riddled with high-explosive shells and sent to the bottom before the engagement has fairly begun. Gasoline motor cars adopted for Branch Line service on the Union Pacific Railroad. "The Riddle of Mars" illustration shows map of Mars and its canals by Prof. Percival Lowell. Photo shows testing of capabilities of captive balloons with the Austrian warship Radetsky 20 pp. 28 x 41 cm. Paper periodical, small tears in edges, very good. (6959) $17.00. Scientific