Historic Newspapers: Inventions
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Item #656304SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 10, 1898 A very significant issue in the history of automobiles, as the noted reference work "Kane's Famous First Facts" records that the first automobile advertisement ever published in America is on the back page (not the very first appearance, which was in the July 30, 1898 issue). ... Read full description
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Item #152141SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,New York, February 11, 1899 This issue has much invention news and photos including inside page photos(s) headed: "A NORWEGIAN SKATE SAILOR". These photos(s) also have related text as well. This issue is 16 pages and in nice condition.
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Item #592215SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 11, 1899
* Early flying machine
* Pre-Wright Brothers
* Early automobiles
* Prints
The front page of the issue is "The New Bridge Over the Rhine at Dusseldorf". Within the issue is: "An Improved Steam-Boiler Furnace", "The Paris Cycle and Automobile... Read full description -
Item #221328SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York City, New York, February 25, 1899
* Early Firefighting Print
Full front page: The Blizzard Of 1899--Hard Work Of The Fire Department In Responding To The Frequent Alarms.--Drawn By T. De Thulstrup. Related article inside: The Recent Storm. Other photos and prints with text throughout. -
Item #591400SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 25, 1899 This issue contains illustrations, most of which pertain to the latest inventions of the day, with accompanying text including: "Statue of Rameses III as It Now Appears in Front of the Temple at Karnak", "Column of Taraga, Court and Colossi of the Temple of Rameses III,... Read full description
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Item #176440HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 20, 1899 Full front page illus. of "Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "The Recent Experiments in Wireless Telegraphy by United States Army Officials at Washington."
Full pg. of illus. of "Opening the Ute Reservation in Southern Colorado to... Read full description -
Item #176442HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 27, 1899 Full front page illus. of "Major-General Arthur MacArthur, U.S.V., in the Field, Giving Instructions to Major Fitzhugh of His Staff." Inside is a full pg. of illus. of "The United States Ship 'Missouri' - The First and One of the Finest of Our Hospital Vessels."
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Item #632051SCIENTIFIC 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... Read full description
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Item #632053SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 20, 1884 The front cover has "The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition, New Orleans" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Frankel's Registering Dynamometer"; "The Economic Motor Co.'s New Gas Engine"; "The Camel Corps of the... Read full description
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Item #176456HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 15, 1899 Full front page illus. of "The Navy." Inside is a pg. of illus. pertaining to "Liquid Air on Tap." 1/4 pg. illus. of "The Submarine Automobile 'New Argonaut'." 1/4 pg. with a portrait of "Robert Bonner" and "The Christian Endeavor Convention at... Read full description
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Item #632295SCIENTIFIC 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... Read full description
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Item #645858SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Aug. 12, 1899 The ftpg. is taken up with 2 photos of the sailing yacht "Columbia" with an article & another page of photos inside. Inside photo of: "The Riker Electric Brougham" car, with text. Also a devise titled: "The Boxing Kangaroo". "The Polyphone--Novel Attachment for... Read full description
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Item #634401SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 19, 1899 The front cover has "Admiral Dewey at Trieste, Austria" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Experimental Tea Growing in the United States"; "Edward Orton" and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages and in very nice condition. Never... Read full description -
Item #589642THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, September 17, 1899
* Sir William Henry Preece
* wireless telephony invention - telegraph
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "RIVAL OF MARCONI", "Sir William Preece Conducts Experiments in Wireless Telephony", "Sound Transmitted Without A Wire",... Read full description -
Item #646311SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 7, 1899 The full ftpg. is taken up with two prints of: "Fifty Years of International Yacht Racing" with a related article inside. Other articles with photos/prints include: "Electrographs of the Electro-Static Current made Without a Camera" "A New Chainless Bicycle"... Read full description
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Item #176482HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 14, 1899 Full front page illus. of "Boder Scouts on the Natal Border." Inside is a 1/4 pg. portrait of "A Thorn in the Hand of Destiny - President Kruger As He is Today: An Autograph Portrait." 1/4 pg. illus. of "Boers in Camp." 1/2 pg. of illus. of... Read full description
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Item #176484HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 21, 1899 full front page illus. of "The Philippines - Maddened Carabaos Charging Our Advanced Firing Line." Inside is a 1/4 pg. portrait of "Lieutenant-General Sir Redvers Henry Buller." Three small portraits of "Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. T. Steyn, and General Piet... Read full description
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Item #637248SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 28, 1899 Inside has a nice photo of: "The Winton Racing Vehicle" with a related article. Other prints include: "Wireless Telegraphy at the Yacht Races" "Great Pier at Pot Los Angeles" 'The Isthmus, Catalina Island".
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Item #631795SCIENTIFIC 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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Item #176504HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 30, 1899 Full front page illus. of "Major-General Henry W. Lawton, U.S.V." Inside are two 1/4 pg. portraits of "Lord Roberts of Kandahar" and "Major-General Lord Kitchener." Full pg. of illus. of "The New Court House, Baltimore, Maryland." Full pg. of illus. of... Read full description
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Inventor's & Inventions Collection II
Item #180181Inventors & Inventions Collection II The Early 1900s Set - Each set contains 5 issues of The Scientific American Magazine, one each from 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. With the industrial period as a foundation, follow the inventors and inventions of the first half of the 20th century. An interesting technological look at this rapidly... Read full description -
Item #180045(10) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, 1900-1911 A mixed lot of ten 2nd-rate and damaged issues from the early 20th century, with fascinating content, period advertising, and plenty of illustrations suitable for framing.This item is not eligible for free shipping.
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Item #660926SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 6, 1900 The front page of the issue contains a half-page illustration "The Proposed Hudson River Suspension Bridge, Connecting New York and Hoboken" and "Riveted Cantilever Type - Forth Bridge" with an article and more illustrations inside the issue. Also within the issue is... Read full description
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Item #177029HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 27, 1900 Double centerfold "Sketches in Mexico". An article on the Cycle-Automobile Show. Scenes of the Paris Exposition Buildings as they appeared at that time; and other news articles of the day. See photos for full details.
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Item #649935SCIENTIFIC 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.
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Item #597582SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, N. Y., Apr. 21, 1900 The front page of this issue has three illustrations showing the: "700-Ft. Floating Dock On The Morse Dry Dock Company, Brooklyn". Text inside explains how the dock works. Other articles within are: "Siemens and Halske Omnibus Driven by Overhead Current", "Siemens and Halske Omnibus Driven by... Read full description
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Item #161294SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, May 12, 1900. This paper contains the front page prints and 2 pages of internal article of: THE MANY STAGES OF MANUFACTURING TIRES (see pictures). This paper is in very nice condition with minor edge tears without loss and measures about 11 by... Read full description
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Item #177047HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 16, 1900 The Golden Gate Park at San Francisco; The Paris Exposition; Watching a Total Eclipse; a full-page colored political cartoon; and other news of the day. See photos for full details.
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Item #222799SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Aug. 25, 1900 This issue contains illustrations, accompanied by text, of the latest inventions of the day including: "Some of the Stage Mechanism of the Production of 'Ben Hur' at the Broadway Theater, New York", "Super-Heated Water Motor, Showing Arrangement of Tanks... Read full description
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Item #601908SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, December 1, 1900 The front cover of the issue features an illustration of "Giuseppe Verdi - Italy's Greatest Living Composer". Inside the issue is a small accompanying article. Also inside the issue is "Light Railway Locomotives in France"; "Details of Electric Clock";... Read full description
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Item #160540SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 5, 1901 The ftpg. has six photos of "The Raisin Industry Of California" showing fields, workers picking & drying raisins, the packing process, etc. The report: "California Raisin Culture", talks about the industry at Fresno. Within the issue are: "A Pyrotechnic Fire-Alarm"; "New... Read full description
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Item #636028SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 5, 1901 The ftpg. has six photos of: "The Raisin Industry Of California" showing fields, workers picking & drying raisins, the packing process, etc. The report: "California Raisin Culture" talks about the industry at Fresno.
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Item #177080HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 19, 1901 Fullpage illustration Cavalrymen Rounding Up Poachers in Yellowstone Park; Frontpage illustration of the Subway Construction in New York at Union Square; The Nicaragua Canal Treaty; American Troops in China; fullpage illustration "The Goose Cow - A Nebraska Method of Stalking Wild Geese" by Clarke;... Read full description
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Item #177082HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 2, 1901 Fullpage illustrated memorial tribute to Queen Victoria; front page photo of Queen Victoria and related articles; King of England - Edward VII; doublepage centerfold "Hazing at the West Point Military Academy"; Giuseppe Verdi; The United States Postal Service in the 20th Century; and other... Read full description
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Spindletop/Beaumont - 1st Texas oil strike... Tesla's wireless light... Davidson's flying machine...Item #686470SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 2, 1901 The most notable item is found on page 74: "THE BEAUMONT [TX] OIL WELL", now known as Spindletop, which tells of the 1st major oil strike in Texas which had occurred just a few weeks earlier. An article with a related photo are... Read full description
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Spindletop/Beaumont - 1st Texas oil strike... Tesla's wireless light... Davidson's flying machine...Item #716538SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 2, 1901 The most notable item is found on page 74: "THE BEAUMONT [TX] OIL WELL", now known as Spindletop, which tells of the 1st major oil strike in Texas which had occurred just a few weeks earlier. An article with a related photo are... Read full description
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Item #177083HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 9, 1901 Front page "The Sabbath-Breakers" by Frost; full page "Breaking a Road Through the Snow, in the Green Mountains" by Hoyt; The Philippine Problem; full page of photos "The Streets of New York at Night"; several pages "Pictorial Review of the Life of King Edward... Read full description
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Item #631881SCIENTIFIC 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.
Complete in sixteen pages, never bound, a bit... Read full description -
Item #161277SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NY May 4, 1901. This paper contains frontpage prints and internal article of: THE GREAT NILE RESERVOIR..(see picture). There is also a fullpage article and prints of: The Hofman Flying Machine (see picture). This paper is in very nice condition with minor edge tears... Read full description
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Item #593777SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 1, 1901 The front cover of this issue features five photos of "the Water Supply of New York City - Jerome Park Reservoir" which has an accompanying article within the issue. Inside is: "Double-Track Railway Viaduct Over the Des Moines River"; "The United States Experimental Model Basin";... Read full description
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Item #631792SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 15, 1901 The front page has "The Floor-System of the New East River Bridge" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "The Electrograph - A New Facsimile Telegraph"; "The Edison Storage Battery - Showing Also Grid, Pocket for Active Material, and Portions of Gutta Percha... Read full description
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Item #177101HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 15, 1901 Illustration "Interior of the Library at Columbia College"; two pages of Yachting accidents and disasters and an article; The Cuban Situation; The American Invasion of London; The American Steel Industry; Military Exercises at West Point; and other news of the day. See photos for full details.
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Item #177104HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 6, 1901 The Sad Story of Philadelphia; The Disaster in West Virginia; doublepage centerfold "Trout-Fishing in the North Woods" by Frost; The Woman's National Tennis Championship at Philadelphia; and other news of the day. See photos for full details.
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Item #177106HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 20, 1901 Front page photo Cup-Defender Candidates; illustration "A Hot Day on Broadway" by Glackens; The Paris-Berlin Automobile-Races; The Horse Show at Atlantic City; fullpage illustration "Friday Morning in the New York Ghetto" by Toaspern; doublepage centerfold "An Interrupted Picnic" by Ransom;... Read full description
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Item #598975SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 27, 1901 The front cover of the issue contains several illustrations of "The Manufacture of Blown Glass - Lamp Chimneys" with an accompanying article inside. Inside the issue are: "Electric Hoist Installed on the Comstock"; "The Paris-Berlin Motor Carriage Race";... Read full description
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Item #177108HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 3, 1901 Frontpage photo "The Cruise of the New York Yacht Club"; Hotel Life Aboard Ship; American Athletes in England; fullpage photo "Summer Music in New York - A Concert on the Mall, Central Park"; Pistols in the Mechanical Arts; doublepage centerfold "The Cruise of the New York Yacht Club"... Read full description
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The Evolution of the Racing Yacht...
Item #177113HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 7, 1901 A nice print showing Canadian Mounted Police in a Victoria Day Parade; Fullpage "Half Speed! An Ocean Liner Feeling Her Way Through the Fishing Fleet on the 'Banks'" by Beckel; fullpage "A Chinese Farm on Long Island" by Toaspern; A New Architectura Era in Chicago; The... Read full description -
Item #161279SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NY September 21, 1901. This paper contains 2 full pages outlined in black in memory of: President McKinley(see picture). The article is titled "God's will be done- Not ours." This paper is in very nice condition and measures about 11 by 15.5 inches.
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Item #578426SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, September 21, 1901 The frontpage of this issue is black-bordered in memory of President McKinley. The front page features an article on "Canaigre Growing in Southwest United States" and features several photos. Within are articles: The Mycen Aean Question" "St. Ulrich and the... Read full description
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Item #631793SCIENTIFIC 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.
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