Manufacturing of toys and dolls in 1902...
Item #655240
December 6, 1902
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, Dec. 6, 1902 The front page contains has nine photos showing the manufacturing of toys and dolls with related article inside. Nice for display.
Other topics throughout. Complete with all 16 pages, nice condition.
Ice skating chair...
Item #654087
November 9, 1867
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 9, 1867 The front cover of this issue is "The Turkish Mosque in the Paris Exposition" an accompanying article inside. Within the issue is: "Althouse's Combined Scissors and Buttonhole Cutter"; "Adamson's Skating Device"; "Swinnerton's Horse Hay Rake and Gatherer"; and additional illustrations, article... See More
Great, early scenes from Yellowstone...
Item #654086
September 15, 1888
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, Sept. 15, 1888 The title is a bit of a misnomer as this was actually a separate, stand-along publication, not a supplement to the regular title.
The front page features four illustrations showing: "Scenes In The Yellowstone National Park" including "On the Shores of the Yellowstone Lake" "Paint Pots" "The Beehive Ge... See More
Sea monster at Spring Lake, N.J... life preserver...
Item #654085
October 5, 1895
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 5, 1895 The front page of the issue has "The Otis Elevating Railway, Catskill Mountains, N.Y." with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: a text report "Another Sea Serpent"; "The Automatic Life Saving Apparatus of De Ropp"; "The Wagon Spring Industry"; "Improved Steel Frame Stamp Battery"; and m... See More
First person to die by means of the electric chair...
Item #653753
August 16, 1890
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Aug. 16, 1890
* William Francis Kemmler
* 1st electric chair execution
Page 2 has an entire column taken up with an historic report headed: "The First Electrical Execution" being a report of the electrocution of William Kemmler (see photos). A fascinating article with interesting & graphic details of the process, and even more significant to have... See More
Thomas Edison invention from 1891...
Item #653739
July 25, 1891
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 25, 1891
* Thomas Edison invention
This 16 page issue is in nice condition (except for some front page margin wear) and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following: Edison Motor - Mixer - Edison Motor Switch, with corresponding text (see images f
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* Thomas Edison invention
* Electric Motor & Dynamo
This 16 page issue is in nice condition (except for some front page margin wear) and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following: Edison Motor - Mixer - Edison Motor Switch, with corresponding text (see images f
Tea culture in India...
Item #653251
June 10, 1876
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 10, 1876 The front page has "Balestrieri's System of Illumination" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Centennial Exposition"; "Walton's Turbine Water Wheel"; "The Culture and Preparation of Tea in Sikkim, India"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pa... See More
Coal industry... Wireless communications... Cars before their time...
Item #653250
May 23, 1903
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 23, 1903 The front of this issue contains several photos of "The Anthracite Coal Industry" with an accompanying article within the issue, which is of the northeastern Pennsylvania coal industry. Also inside the issue are: "Mr. A. F. Collin's Wireless Telephone Experiments"; "A Land Boat for Armory Drill" and additional articles a... See More
"A Talk with Wilbur Wright"...
Item #653249
October 23, 1909
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 23, 1909 The front of the issue contains two illustrations "The 'Narwahl' Cruising at the Surface" and "The 'Narwahl' Latest and Largest of the United States Submarines" with an accompanying article inside. Inside the issue is a text report "A Talk with Wilbur Wright"; "The Aviation Meet at Berlin and L... See More
Silk industry in India...
Item #653248
November 2, 1895
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 2, 1895 The cover has "The Cotton States Exhibition, Atlanta, GA" with accompanying article. Also inside is: "Long's Machine for Sawing Mouldings"; "The Silk Industry in India"; "Fair Haven and Westville Electric Railroad"; "The Transsiberian Railway"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisem... See More
Alexander Graham Bell & his telephone featured on the front page...
Item #652792
March 31, 1877
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 31, 1877 A front page report headed: "The Telephone" begins: "We have already laid before our readers accounts of the wonderful performance of Professor Bell's telephone, an instrument remarkable not merely for its phenomenal capabilities but also because of its having been brought to its present stage of development within the period w... See More
An early flying machine (1874).......
Item #652593
December 5, 1874
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN December 5, 1874
* Early flying machine
Page 7 (357) has a great sketch of a: "PROPOSED FLYING MACHINE," followed by text which begins: "Cannot we arouse a little more spirit and inquiry regarding the subject of a practical flying machine, and keep the ball rolling until the aim is accomplished?" - with more. Other period-themed unrelated images and ar... See More
Reflections on the discoveries during 1851... The Crystal Palace...
Item #652585
January 3, 1852
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, January 3, 1852
* Reflections on the discoveries during 1851...
* The New York World's Fair and the Crystal Palace
Patents, new inventions and discoveries, and the mid 1800's world of science is explored within the pages of this issue from early 1852. Inside has two articles of particular interest: "Progress of Discovery During 1851" and "A World&... See More
Early Fire Escape...
Item #652553
February 23, 1889
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, February 23, 1889. This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following prints: GUN FACTORY - WIRE TIGHTENER - BRAKE SHOE - EAR PIERCER - FIRE ESCAPE - STEP LADDER & Much More. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them. Very interesting advertisements as well, back in the day when ... See More
For the ballooning enthusiast... Failed attempt to cross the Atlantic...
Item #652384
September 13, 1873
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 13, 1873 A nice issue for any ballooning enthusiast as the front page is taken up with 3 prints, the largest captioned: "The Great Transatlantic Balloon" with prints of its "aeronauts" and a detailed article. In reality they were forced to land in New England, never making it across any water, however this was the first attempt to cros... See More
Panama Canal...
Item #651721
March 7, 1914
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 7, 1914 The color-cover front cover has "Problem of the Navy -- II. Sea Power and Our Foreign Policies The Navigating Lights of the Canal How the Lock Gates of Panama will be worked". Inside the issue is: "Waterspouts"; "A Great Brass Brain"; "Navigating Lights for the Panama Canal"; and more articles, illustrations... See More
Radiography and X-Rays... Photos of the Cheyenne Indians...
Item #651720
April 11, 1896
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, April 11, 1896 The full ftpg. is a nice print: "M. De Morgan's Discoveries at Dahshur - Morgan Lifting a Golden Crown from the Mummy of Queen Khnemit at Dahshur". Page 2 has more on this with: "Ancient Egyptian Goldsmith's Work Discovered at Dahshur".
Other prints include: "With the Northern Cheyennes" "
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Other prints include: "With the Northern Cheyennes" "
Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Number...
Item #651719
October 2, 1920
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 2, 1920 The issue also contains the following prints, articles and/or ads: Representative Progress of the Past Seventy-Five Years; Seventy-Five Years of Invention; Civil engineering; Transportation by Sea and Land; Seventy-Five Years of Applied Electricity; The Rise of the Automobile; The Mastery of the Skies; From Wet Plate to Motion Pictures; and othe... See More
The Russian telescope... Illusion tricks revealed...
Item #651496
April 7, 1883
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 7, 1883 The full ftpg. is taken up with an article and nice print of: "the Great Russian Telescope" at Pulkow, Russia. Inside has an article with 3 prints on: "Scientific Illusions - The Living Half Of A Woman" and: "Explanatory of the Talking Head".
Sixteen pages, very nice condition.
Equatorial telescope... Giant Heron...
Item #651495
December 15, 1883
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 15, 1883 The ftpg. is taken up with an article and print of: "The Great Equatorial Telescope of the Paris Observatory". Inside has a print & article of the: "Giant Heron" among other prints & articles.
Sixteen pages, very nice condition.
An improved telescope...
Item #651494
March 14, 1874
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN New York, March 14, 1874 The full ftpg. is an article with large illustration of the: "New And Gigantic Telescope, Designed by Daniel C. Chapman" which is in Melbourne, Australia. Other articles & prints: ""On the Motion & Sensation of Sound" "The Relative Attraction of the Earth & the Sun" "Reder's ... See More
Double-deck streets... Coca-Cola advertisement...
Item #651489
June 22, 1907
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
Professor Reuss invented the telephone?
Item #651481
March 4, 1876
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 4, 1876
* Johann Philipp Reis
* German scientist & inventor
* Make-and-break telephone
The ftpg. shows: "An Australian Man-Of-War" with a related article. Inside print: "Professor Reuss' Telephone" with article; "the Invention of the Telephone" , a crane mounted on a railroad car, and various other... See More
Skagway, Alaska...
Item #651478
January 11, 1908
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 11, 1908 The full ftpg. is a nice photo: "The Docks at Skagway, the Starting Point of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad". Inside has a related article: "The Most Wonderful Railroad of the North" with an additional 3 photos.
Sixteen pages, ever bound nor trimmed, minimal margin wear, good condition.
Paper making...
Item #651298
October 4, 1913
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 4, 1913 The color-cover is an illustration of men working in a factory. Inside the issue is: "The New Argentine Dreadnought 'Rivadavia'"; "How Trees Are Converted Into Paper"; "How the Government Tests Paper"; "Recent Improvements in the Refrigerating Industry"; "A Car Designed for the New Subway"... See More
A wealth of inventions and period ads...
Item #650812
July 30, 1881
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 30, 1881 The front cover features "Ellithorp's Boot and Shoe Lasting Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Adjustable Gun Stock"; "The Induction Balance used as a Bullet Finder"; "Maiche's Battery"; "Telescopic Views of the Great Comet of 1881"; "Trevor * Co's Slottin... See More
Palace Hotel in Denver...
Item #650811
May 21, 1892
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 21, 1892 The front cover has "Iron and Steel in Large Buildings -- The Palace Hotel, Denver, Col." with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Fast Ships in Prospect" with illustrations of "The City of Paris" and "The City of New York"; "Morris' Railway Signal"; "Improved Locomotive Steam Cr... See More
Building the Mormon Temple...
Item #650690
June 8, 1867
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 8, 1867 An inside page of this scientific periodical has a very nice engraving captioned: "The Great Mormon Tabernacle at Salt Lake" with a related article as well. Additional articles are: "Densmore's Upright Boiler"; "Brown's Fruit Gatherer"; "Taylor and Laffeerty's Broom Head"; "White's W... See More
Louis Pasteur...
Item #650689
July 5, 1890
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 5, 1890 This paper has a dignified front page print and article: "Louis Pasteur in His Cabinet at the Pasteur Institute, Paris." The article details his discovery of the cure for rabies. Other illustrated articles within the issue include: "An Improved Wagon Brake" "Swift's Double Action & Hammerless Revolvers" &... See More
Celebrating the printing industry, with the original color covers...
Item #650584
November 14, 1903
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Nov. 14, 1903 This issue celebrates the printing industry in America with most of the content focused on printing and binding including many photos and illustrations. A wealth of information and several images relating to the printing industry. Still has the original, color outer wrappers which features an 18th century printing press. Very nice for display.
Co... See More
New York City rapid transit...
Item #650088
April 1, 1876
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 1, 1876 The front cover has "Rapid Transit in New York" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Sanford's Universal Emery Grinder"; "Wrightson's Animal Trap"; "Improved Incubator"; "Elevated Railway Proposed for Oxford Street, London"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements... See More
Electric Edison torpedo...
Item #650087
July 26, 1890
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 26, 1890 The front page has an illustrations "The Sims-Edison Electric Torpedo -- The Torpedo at Full Speed -- Sectional View of the Torpedo" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "The Steel Cruiser Chicago, as She Appeared in the Mediterranean"; "Redwood Logging in California"; and more illustrations, articl... See More
Alexander Graham Bell...
Item #649944
May 2, 1903
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 2, 1903 The full front cover of the issue features a photo of "Alexander Graham Bell" which also features his signature below it along with an accompanying article. Within the issue is: "The Stanley Airship"; "Powerful English Locomotive for Suburban Traffic"; "Ore Finding by Electricity"; "Condition of the Work on the... See More
Benjamin Franklin...
Item #649942
April 28, 1906
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 28, 1906 The front page is of Benjamin Franklin with the caption "Your Affectionate Friend - Your Obedient Servant, B. Franklin" with an accompanying article issue inside with additional prints "Franklin's Electrical Machine","Franklin's Scientific Work", "Houdin's Bust of Franklin". Additional articles,... See More
Niagra Falls Industrial Number...
Item #649935
March 3, 1900
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, March 3, 1900. This Niagara Falls Industrial Number front page of this issue contains NIAGARA FALLS POWER PLANT with additional articles: Bird's-Eye View of Niagara Fall's, Electric Railway Through Niagara Gorge, the Cantilever Railroad Bridge across Niagara Gorge and more.
Complete in 16 pages, measuring about 11 by 15 1/2 inches, has very tiny... See More
Issue for an ophthalmologist...
Item #649009
August 10, 1878
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, Aug. 10, 1878 This title was a totally separate, stand-alone publication from the more well-known SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. The entire front page is on: "The Art Of Preserving The Eyesight" carrying over to pg. 2 as well. The ftpg. has 5 related illustrations. A great issue for an ophthalmologist.
Also within is: "The Paris Exhibition - Th... See More
Cigarettes determined bad for health...
Item #649008
August 31, 1889
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 31, 1889 This issue contains illustrations, accompanied by text, of the latest inventions of the day including: "The Cigarette Doomed", "The McCoy Pneumatic Tool", "Fowler's Pipe and Coiling Machine", "An Improved Method of Propelling Sled's", and "Professor T. C. Mendenhall, President American
... See More
Rheims Aviation Meeting... Biplanes...
Item #649007
September 11, 1909
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 11, 1909 The front cover of the issue is entitled "A Remarkable Grain Elevator for Discharging Vessels" with additional photos inside the issue. Within the issue is "Counting Our People by Machine"; "Termination of the Rheims Aviation Meeting"; "The Rheims Aviation Meeting"; "Dr. Cook's Discovery of the... See More
The bicycle..
Item #649006
February 13, 1869
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 13, 1869 The front page has "The Gerner Patent Boiler" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Douglas' Patent Hay Loader"; "Appegate's Patent Cart Catch"; "Notes on the Velocipede"; "Weston's Patent Improved Centrifugal"; and additional illustrations, articles and advertisements
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Railroad turntable...
Item #649005
August 13, 1870
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 13, 1870 The front page has "Greenleaf's Improved Turn-Table" with accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Austin's Improved Shingle Machine"; "Lull's Friction Clutch"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, in nice condition.
Lifesaving apparatus...
Item #649004
July 17, 1869
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 17, 1869 The front page has "Wedeking & Dueberg's Improved Brick Kiln" with accompany article. Within the issue is: "Patent Life-Saving Apparatus"; "Buell's Velocipede Spring"; "Larkin's Nursing Table"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages, slight irregular l... See More
P. T. Barnum's Circus Fire... Map of the city of Boston...
Item #648931
December 3, 1887
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 3, 1887 The issue contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day with accompanying text which include: "Main Pumping Engine of the Boston Sewage System", "Fire Engine Tender", "Burning of Rare Animals", "Boston Drainage System - Reservoirs at Moon Island", map of the "City of Boston", "Jay
... See More
Suspension bridge over the Hudson...
Item #648921
October 28, 1868
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 28, 1868 The front page has "Francis' Car Heating and Ventilating Apparatus" and "Nagle's Patent Expanding Mandrel" with accompanying articles. Within the issue is "The Joy Patent Steam Hammer"; "Suspension Bridge Over The Hudson"; and additional articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages
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Complete in sixteen pages
British Navy H.M.S. Imperieuse... bee swarmer and hiver...
Item #648616
June 6, 1885
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 6, 1885 The front page features: "The New War Ships of the British Navy - H.M.S. Imperieuse" with an accompanying article. Inside includes: "Machine for Shelling Peas" "Ferguson's Combined Bee Swarmer and Hiver" "Power Shears for Cutting Sheet Metal" and more articles & illustrations of the latest inventions ... See More
A remarkable timber raft...
Item #648615
September 1, 1888
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept.1, 1888 The front page shows: "The Great Timber Raft from Joggins, Nova Scotia" with an accompanying article. Inside includes: "Economical Triple Compound Semi-Portable Engine" "The Spiral Screw Driver" and more articles & illustrations of recent inventions & improvements of the day.
Sixteen pages, very nice condition... See More
Electric baseball "scoreboard" for remote "viewing"...
Item #648558
January 24, 1891
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 24, 1891 An inside page has novel new invention headed: "Electrical Sporting Bulletin" which has about half a page of text and two illustrations, one captioned; "Electrical Base Ball Bulletin" and the other: "Diagram of Mechanism & Electrical Connections of the Base Ball Bulletin--Plan View of Double Relay". A portion of the art... See More
Senlecq telectroscope..
Item #648472
December 14, 1907
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, December 14, 1907 Content includes discussion of the Senlecq Telectroscope titled: "An Apparatus for Electrical Vision". Other articles and prints include: "Some Soldering Appliances" "Preventing Frost on Show Windows" "Defects of the First British Airship" and "Soul-Houses in Egypt".
The compl... See More
Nice front page print of an early locomotive...
Item #648398
February 20, 1892
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 20, 1892 The ftpg. features a great illustration captioned: "Compound Locomotive Made by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works" with a related article.
Inside prints include a fullpg. of: "The World's Columbian Exposition" "The Proposed Odd Fellows' Temple at Chicago" and more.
Sixteen pages, never bound or trimmed, good... See More
Very early issue on motor boats...
Item #648397
February 23, 1907
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 23, 1907 This is one of their specialty issues still with the original, blue outer covers and noting: "Motor Boat Number". As would be expected there are many articles & photos within concern early boating.
Complete in 24 pages plus covers, never bound nor trimmed, in uncommonly nice, clean condition.
When the Lusitania was christened, 9 years before the disaster...
Item #648396
June 30, 1906
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, June 30, 1906 A great issue on something what would have much more meaning within nine years, as the full ftpg. is taken up with 3 photos of: "The Cunard Liner 'Lusitania' " which was just christened on June 7. Most of pg. 2 is taken up with an article on the ship plus another photo of it.
This is the ship that would be one of the ... See More
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