Gold mining in Johannesburg... Book plates of women of the world...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 22, 1896  The front cover of the issue contains a very large illustration "Mining at Johannesburg -- Natives on the Way to Their Work". Also in the issue is wonderful prints and article of "BOOK PLATES OF CELEBRATED WOMEN OF THE WORLD" which are fascinating prints of the engravings these women made famous. "The New Po... See More  

Harlem River Railroad Bridge... Army rifle...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 31, 1892  The front cover has "Moving the Great Tower of the Harlem River Railroad Bridge - General View of Old and of Temporary Bridge" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Bidel Menagerie"; "The New Army Magazine Rifle"; "John Strong Newberry"; and other illustrations, articles and advertisements... See More  

U.S.S. Kearsarge, 1899...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 15, 1899  The front cover has "The Reconstructed Cruiser 'Chicago.' Displacement, 4,500 Tons' Speed, 18 Knots" and "The New First-Class Battleship 'Kearsarge.' Displacement, 11,525 Tons; Speed, 15 Knots" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Franklin Life Buoy in Operation at Night"; "A Mile ... See More  

Ship of War - Atlanta...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 17, 1883  The front cover has "The New United States Ship of War Atlanta" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Improved Combined Shears and Punch"; "Novel Apparatus for Home-made Bread Making"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements. 

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Dry Docks in Brooklyn...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 13, 1883  The front cover has "The Great Dry Docks at the Erie Basin, Brooklyn, N.Y." with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "New Hose Coupling"; "Schofield's Log Setting Apparatus for Saw Mills"; "Dutcher's Potato Digger"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements. 

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Park Avenue, New York City...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 17, 1894 The front cover has "The Park Avenue Improvement in New York City" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The First Ironclad, 1585"; "Thomas' Car Fender"; "Bohemia - A Funeral Procession on the Ice"; "Notable and Curious Watches"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.&nbs... See More  

Cable car... Photography...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 3, 1894 The front cover has "The Third Avenue Railroad Company's New Cable Traction Plant" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Improved Triple Expansion Engines"; "Lovell Diamond Cycle - Model 19"; "The New Steel Bridge, Galveston, Texas, 2 1/8 Miles in Length"; "Illusive Photography"; and mo... See More  

The Santa Maria... the Grand Canyon...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 6, 1892 The front cover has "The Santa Maria - A Copy of Columbus' Ship, Recently Built in Spain" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "A New and Useful Telephone"; "A New Mill for Pulverizing"; "The Columbia, our New U.S. Warship"; "Fire Department 'Cut-Loose'"; "On the Rim and I... See More  

New Harlem River bridge...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 18, 1888 The front cover has "False Work Under East Arch - General View of Operations in Progress on the New Harlem River Bridge" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Boomber & Boschert's Power Screw Tankage Press"; "New French Steam Tricycle"; "The Copperhead"; and more illustrations, articles a... See More  

City physician automobile...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 1, 1899  The front cover has "Typical Perpetual Motion Fraud" with an accompanying article.  Inside the issue is: "Automobile Brougham for a City Physician"; "Head of Tylosaurus"; "Fossil Sea Lizard"; "The Proposed Twin Tunnel Beneath the East River";"'Deutschland' - The Latest and Fastest ... See More  

Columbian Exposition... Replicas of Columbus' ship...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 26, 1893  The front cover has "World's Columbian Exposition - An Entrance to the Palace of Agriculture" with an accompanying article.  Inside the issue is: "Improved Circular and Elliptical Boring Machine"; "Nasmyth's Torpedo Boat of 1853"; "Manchester Ship Canal - Warburton Road Bridge"; "The Worl... See More  

Columbian Exposition... The Japanese...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 24, 1893  The front cover has "World's Columbian Exposition -United States Government Exhibits of River and Harbor Improvements" with an accompanying article.  Inside the issue is: "Group of Effigies Near Fort Atkinson Wisconsin"; "Japanese at the World's Columbian Exposition"; "The World's Columbian Expos... See More  

Columbian Exposition...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 9, 1893  The front cover has "The World's Columbian Exposition - Triumphal Arch and Peristyle, Court of Honor" with an accompanying article.  Inside the issue is: "The World's Columbian Exposition - Creamery and Dairy Exhibits of the Vermont Farm machine Co."; "...View from the Ferris Wheel"; "... The Nor... See More  

Union Railway Station... Picturesque Minnesota...

FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Sept. 6, 1894  The front page features a full illustration of: "The New Union Railway Station at St. Louis, Missouri". Inside includes a full page "Picturesque Minnesota Summer Resorts" with five photos. A full page: "Maneuvers of the Detachment of the Regular Army Under General Miles, in Camp Near Evanston, Illinois" has... See More  

Columbian Exposition...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 23, 1893  The front page has "The World's Columbian Exposition - A General View" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Jean Martin Charcot"; "Apparatus for Registering the Running of Trains"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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Niagara River... fire escape...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 1, 1883  The front page has "The Great Cantilever Bridge over Niagara River" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Cassedy's Fire Escape"; "Locomotive with Electric Head Lights and Electric Machine"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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Proposed bridge at 69th Street, New York City...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 16, 1894  The front page has "Proposed Bridge over the Hudson River, at New York" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Hendrich's Unicycle"; "The Fireproof building Construction of the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company"; "Crane's Oscillating Device for Vehicles"; "A New Compound Locomotive"... See More  

Locomotive steam bell...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 17, 1885  The front page has "The Stiles Improved Press" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Smith's Ice Planing and Ridging Machine"; "Road Bridge Over the Ouse at Bedford"; "Locomotive Steam Bell"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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Gatling gun for police...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 19, 1892  The front page has "The Gatling Gun for Police Patrol Service" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Triple Expansion Surface Condensing Mill Engines"; "Davis' New Family Quilting Machine"; "The Great Overshot Water Wheel at Laxey Isle of Man"; "Electric Light for the Magic Lantern&qu... See More  

Signal for railroad crossings...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 24, 1885  The front page has "Bridge with Movable Floor System" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Jenkins' Check Billiard Marker"; "Tregea's Automatic Signal for Railroad Crossings"; "Improved Hyraulic Dredger";  and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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The Rondout Bridge...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 7, 1883  The front page has "Rondout Bridge, New York West Shore, and Buffalo Railroad" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Dr. Hubbard's Chemical Vaporizer and Deodorizer"; "Beavers at Work"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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The Great Northern Pacific Railroad...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 22, 1883  The front page has "the New Bridge over the Monongahela River at Pittsburg, PA" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "Metamorphosis of Deer's Antlers"; "Completion of the Great Northern Pacific Railroad"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

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Romer Shoals Lighthouse...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 25, 1899  The front page has "Present Condition of the Paris Exposition of 1900" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "Romer Shoals Lighthouse, New York Harbor"; "The Gypsy Moth"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

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Lake Keuka Wine Company... Columbian Exhibition...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 7, 1893  The front page has "The World's Columbian Exhibition - Engineering Specialties - The Lake Keuka Wine Co." which has an accompany article. Also the "Crosby Steam Gauge and Valve Co.'s Exhibit". Inside the issue is "The World's Columbian Exposition - Exhibit of the Trenton Iron Works"; "The World'... See More  

Printing and folding press and the Megascope...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 22, 1876  The front page shows the: "The Campbell Perfecting Printing and Folding Press". Other prints within include: "Steam Jet Pump" "Self-Discharging Coal Hod" "Car Box Grinder" "Saw Gumming Machine" "Megascope" and much more. Related articles for each as well.

Sixteen pages, two binding holes... See More