Holland Tunnel...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 8, 1919  The front color-cover page has "Steamer Taking Oil from an Oil Storage Craft Developed in England" with an accompanying article. The front page has "Proposed vehicular tunnel under the Hudson river - a double-decked structure providing for three lines of traffic on each roadway" with an accompanying article. This is where the H... See More  

East River Bridge...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 20, 1901  The front page has "Construction of the New East River Bridge" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Stern-Wheel Steamers on the Mississippi"; "Making Large Plaster Cast"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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Bridge over Harlem River...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 17, 1897  The front page has "Third Avenue Drawspan Across the Harlem River, New York" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "An Oil Field in the Suburbs of Los Angeles, California"; "The Denudation and Recovery of Farm Lands"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

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Electric light at Hell Gate Lighthouse, New York City...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 22, 1884  The front page has "The New Electric Light now in Process of Erection at Hell Gate, New York City" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Thurmond's Improved Car Coupling"; "Experiment with Oil on Troubled Waters"; 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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Lifting bridges...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 28, 1901  The front page has "Rolling Lift Bridges" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "Foster's Fog Signals"; "Foolhardy Attempts at Passing the Whirlpool Rapids of Niagara"; "New Motor Cycle"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

Complete in sixteen pages, never bound, a... See More  

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  

Early flight... Military maneuvers... Color cover...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 7, 1918 Interesting full ftpg. diagram-illustration about dogfighting: "Tricks used in aerial combat: First, the 'horizontal vrille'; second the 'retournment'; third, the change of direction; and fourth, the 'renversement', all as seen from the side."

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Keely motor fraud...

ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 29, 1881



* Early scam artist?

* Non steam Motor

* The Keely Motor Company Hoax



This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. Page 2 has an article headed: "The Keeley Motor Difficulty" (see images), which relates to what is now know as The Keely Motor Company Hoax.



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Novel clock...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 16, 1886  The front page of the issue has "A Remarkable Railroad Accident" with accompanying illustrations. Inside the issue is: "Aerated Water Machinery and Auxiliary Apparatus"; "A Novel Clock"; "Improved Sixty Ton Steam Derrick Crane"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

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Double-deck streets... Coca-Cola advertisement...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 22, 1907  The full front page is an interesting print: "Double-Deck Streets - A Relief for Traffic Congestion" with an accompanying article inside. Also within: "The Government Trials for the New U. S. Submarine 'Octopus'" "The Wellman Polar Airship Expedition" "Mechanical Masterpieces of the Eighteenth Century&quo... See More  

Boynton bicycle elevated railroad...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 17, 1894  The front page of the issue has "The Boynton Bicycle Elevated Railroad" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Fulton's Torpedo"; "The New Criminal Court Building, New York";  and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

Complete in sixteen pages, unbound, in nice condition.

Aerodromic railroad...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 5, 1894  The front page of the issue has "the Chase-Kirchner Aerodromic Railroad" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Polishing and Buffing Lathe"; "Burot's Continuous Cigarette Paper Machine"; "The Manufacture of Rock Candy"; "A Large Punching Machine"; "New Electric Rock Drill"... See More  

Chicago's elevated railroad...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 27, 1895  The front page of the issue has "The West Side Metropolitan Elevated Railroad of Chicago" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Electric Generating Plant of the West Side Metropolitan Elevated Railroad"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

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A remarkable timber raft...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 1, 1888  The front page of the issue has "The Great Timber Raft from Joggins, Nova Scotia" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Economical Triple Compound Semi-Portable Engine"; "The Spiral Screw Driver" and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

Complete in sixteen pages, unbound, and in nice con... See More  

Earth and air issue...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June, 1925  The color-wrapper is captioned "Vacation Geology". Inside the issue is "Out of Doors With the Earth"; "Herbert Hoover and the Patent Office"; "the Low-Resistance Airplane"; and much more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

Complete in 70+ pages, unbound, and in very good condition.

Tennessee Centennial at Nashville...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 16, 1897  The cover has "The Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, 1897 -- Bird's Eye View" with accompanying article. Also inside is: "Manufacture of Papier Mache Busts"; "Reno Inclined Elevator at the Brooklyn Bridge";  and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

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Early fax machine...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 6, 1895  The cover has "The Amstutz Electro-Artograph" with accompanying article. Also inside is: "Jeantaud's Electric Carriage"; "An Ohio Natural Gas Well";  "The Lead Pipe Industry"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

Complete in sixteen pages, never bound, in nice condition. 

"Radio for Everybody"...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July, 1922  The colored outer-wrapper cover has "Locating an Unlicensed and Unlawful Radio Transmitter with the Radio Compass" with an accompanying article. Also inside is: "'Majestic' -- The Latest and largest of Ships"; "San Francisco's Water Supply Project"; "The Ice Cream Factory"; "The Business of Bro... See More  

Photographic apparatus...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 24, 1876  The cover has "The Horticultural Hall, Centennial Exposition Philadelphia" with an accompanying article inside. Also inside is: "Mechanical Horse Groomer"; "Jordan's Smoke-Burning Grate"; Brice's Portable Photographic Apparatus" and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.

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Edison "talks" to his audience through his new phonograph...

DAILY TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1890 



* Inventor Thomas Alva Edison



The top of the last column is headed: "Edison Address Bethlehem" "He Talks to a Select Audience Through a Phonograph and Then the Band Plays" which is an interesting article on how Edison "talked" to an audience through his new phonograph (see).

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