Josiah P. Cooke...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, December 10, 1887

 

* Tarante, Italy

* Josiah Parsons Cooke

 

This 16 page issue is in nice condition (except for some damage which occurs on all pages in the top left-hand corner: the absence of a triangular piece measuring 1/2 by 3 and a 1 inch tear) and contains illustrations/text pertaining to the latest inventions and scientific discoveries of the day including:  "New Lifting Bridge at Tarante, Italy", "Machine for Separating Manila, or Abaca, Fibers", "New Disinfecting Boat by the Committee on Hygienic Service, France", "Birds in the Zoological Garden at Berlin", "Josiah P. Cooke".