Historic Newspapers: Inventions
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Item #631403SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 12, 1914 The duo-tone cover is taken up with a comical print of the: "Motor-Driven Unicycle Stabilized by a Gyroscope". An inside page has a related article describing it, with much detail.
A terrific print showing how bizarre some early "inventions" were during the era when engine-driven... Read full description -
Item #684615SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 12, 1914 The duo-tone cover is taken up with a comical print of the: "Motor-Driven Unicycle Stabilized by a Gyroscope". An inside page has a related article describing it, with much detail.
A terrific print showing how bizarre some early "inventions" were during the era when engine-driven... Read full description -
Item #180068(10) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York A lot of ten issues from 1900 - 1915. Not a "supplement" of the regular issue, but rather a separate stand-alone title which got its start to report on the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Nice condition with a wealth of illustrations and photos throughout.This item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #205142(10) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, - A set of 10 issues dated from 1900 - 1915.
This is a nice lot of issues from the turn of the century, with much coverage of the latest inventions - with illustrations. The images shown are only representative of the look, condition, and format of the issues you will receive. Actual issues vary but will... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #649215(10) SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York A lot of ten issues from 1900 - 1915. Not a "supplement" of the regular issue, but rather a separate stand-alone title which got its start to report on the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Nice condition with a wealth of illustrations and photos throughout.This item is not eligible for free shipping.
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Item #632185SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 23, 1915 The front cover has "Railroad Electrification in the Far West" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "New Light on the Great Toothed Divers of America"; "Military Surgery"; "Installation of a Gas Engine"; and more illustrations, articles... Read full description -
Item #635864SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 6, 1915 The front color-cover is an illustration entitled "Ware Issue No. 5 - Our National Defences" and shows troops in the snow. Inside the issue is: "The United States Dreadnought 'Arkansas'"; I - The United Stated an Undefended Treasure Land"; "The Navy - Our First Line of... Read full description -
Item #177796HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, February 13, 1915
This issue has a color cover page before the title page. On the back of the cover page there is an illustration titled "Lincoln" by Boardman Robinson.
In this issue, there are several articles including "Dug... Read full description -
Item #177721HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, March 20, 1915
This issue has a color cover page before the title page. On the back of the cover page there are several photos from the war that is in purple ink.
In this issue, there are several articles including "Modern Charity" by... Read full description -
Item #595554SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 20, 1915
* Abraham Lincoln memorial pillars
This issue still has the color outer covers (not commonly found) with the front cover featuring a print of Saturday from another heavenly body (see photos). This relates to an inside article: "Saturn, the Most Interesting Planet of the Solar System" which... Read full description -
Item #635857SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 27, 1915 The cover is entitled "A Fast Monorail Train Crossing a Valley" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Rescue Company No. 1 of the New York Fire Department"; "The Principles of Radio-Telephony"; "Building a Lighthouse on Shifting Sand"; "The Superheated Steam... Read full description -
Item #635862SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 12, 1915 The front cover is an illustration entitled "Using the Searchlight to Repel a Night Attack". Inside the issue is: "The Italian Navy"; "The Use of Poisonous Gases in Warfare"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
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Item #632184SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 14, 1915 The front cover has "Railroad Building Under and Over the streets of New York" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "A Mechanical Eye"; "Some Novel Automobile Accessories"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages,... Read full description -
Item #200529SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 21, 1915 This issue contains many displayable ads including a 2 page spread for a Chalmers Six-40 Motorcar, Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco, and Firestone Tires - all fullpage. Addition content (with images) includes: "The Largest Hydraulic Motor", "Thimble Shoal... Read full description -
Item #628054SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 2, 1915
* Thomas Alva Edison
The color cover shows soldiers scaling the side of a mountain. Items within include: "The Exchange of Severely Wounded Prisoners" "The Development of the Army Pistol" The Naval Advisory Board of Inventions" which includes a photo of: Thomas A. Edison, Chairman... Read full description -
Regarding Tyrannosaurus...
Item #630862SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 9, 1915
* Tyrannosaurus Rex in a science-themed magazine
* Includes images and supporting text
Includes the full front page illustration: "Tyrannosaurus, The Largest Flesh-Eater That Ever Lived." Also has a full page report inside: "Tyrannosaurus, A Cretaceous Carnivorous Dinosaur" and "The... Read full description -
Item #635861SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 4, 1915 The color-cover is an illustration of soldiers using a searchlight to find zepplins. Inside the issue is: "The Intermittent Waterfall"; "Recent German Naval Construction"; The Future of Radio Telephony"; "The Passing of the Steam Locomotive"; "The Manufacture of English 12-Inch... Read full description -
Item #177825HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York City, New York, March 4, 1916
This issue has a color cover page before the title page.
In this issue, there are several articles including "A Week With the Russians Army" by Samuel N. Harper; "Concerning Foreign Affairs" by Franklin K. Lane;... Read full description -
Item #598769SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 18, 1916 The full front cover has a duotone illustration entitled "Launching A Sea Plane From The After Deck Of The U.S. Armored Cruiser 'North Carolina'" with an accompanying inside report "Widening the Range of the Fleets Eyes By Means of the Aeroplane Catapult."
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Item #208047SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 3, 1916. A great issue for framing and displaying! -
Item #657742SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, July 1, 1916 The cover has a wonderful and highly displayable color cover of a set of three trains, as seen from the point of view of a 4th locomotive's engineer, with steam rising in the foreground. The print shows passengers standing at the back of the caboose of one of the trains the locomotive is... Read full description -
Item #722560SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 14, 1916
* Noteworthy contribution in animation history (see background below)
The entire front page is taken up with an illustration captioned: "Animated Cartoons In the Making: Filming the Successive Drawings." showing a man doing just that. An inside... Read full description -
Item #682325EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Nov. 24, 1916
* Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim death (1st report)
* Automatic machine gun creator - inventor
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "MAXIM, INVENTOR OF MACHINE GUN, DEAD". (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description -
Item #696528SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 6, 1917 This issue features a color cover" "A Graphical Representation of the Magnitude of the Automobile Industry". Throughout the issue are various articles & photos concerning the automobile industry, however other topics are reported as well.
The back page is a color advertised for... Read full description -
Item #548053SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 20, 1917 (Print only)
This single page illustration is entitled "A Phase of the Ice Harvest: Guiding the Cakes of Ice into the Scoring Saws".
The page measures approximately 10.75" x 15" and is in nice condition however it does contain a library ink stamp in the top margin (see photo for... Read full description -
Item #548055SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 20, 1917 (Print only)
This single page features a half-page advertisement for "Mitchell Motors Company".
The page measures approximately 10.75" x 15" and is in nice condition. -
Item #548056SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 27, 1917 (Print only)
This single page illustration is entitled "Cutting Steel Under Water With The Oxy-Acetylene Torch".
The page measures approximately 10.75" x 15" and is in nice condition however it does contain a library ink stamp in the top margin (see photo for details). -
Item #548057SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 27, 1917 (Print only)
This single page features a three-quarter page advertisement for "Patterson's Tuxedo Tobacco".
The page measures approximately 10.75" x 15" and is in nice condition. -
Item #548058SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 27, 1917 (Print only)
This single page features the advertisement from the back of the original issue and is for "General Electric Company" of Schenectady, New York. Within the GE symbol are several scenes of how electricity is being used and also how it is used at mealtime.
The page measures... Read full description -
Item #645194SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 10, 1917 The colored cover is entitled "Aboard the Merchant Submarine 'Deutschland'" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Facts About the Panama Canal"; "Where Science Joins Hands with Art - The Modern Taxidermy as Revealed in San... Read full description -
Item #699769THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, March 9, 1917
* Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin death w/ photo
* Inventor of the German Zeppelin rigid airships
* Luftschiffbau Zeppelin manufacturing Co. founder
The front page has a one column heading: "COUNT ZEPPELIN DIES IN BERLIN" with subhead and photo of Count Zeppelin. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages,... Read full description -
Item #633881SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 22, 1917 The colored cover is entitled "Salved Vessel Crashing Through the Bulkhead Erected to Keep Out the Surf" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "German's Gotha Battleplane and its Machine-gun Tunnel"; "Fighting with Axe and Saw"; "The Submarine Problem -... Read full description -
Item #635617SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 29, 1917 The color-cover front has a caption "Camouflage Robes Worn by the Crew of a French Anti-Aircraft Cannon" with an accompanying article inside. Inside the issue is: "Building the Quebec Bridge"; "The Submarine Problem -- XVI"; and more articles, illustrations and advertisements.
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Item #698191SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 5, 1918 This issue from during World War I features a military-themed color cover including several biplanes. The cover has at the top: "Twentieth Annual Motor Number" and the interior is simply filled with all types of articles, photos, illustrations, and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #547532THE NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, New York dated February 15, 1918. This newspaper has an inconspicuous one column headline on page 7:
* MOTION PICTURES IN COLOR
* New Process is Exhibited Here by the Inventor
The article tells of the 1st introduction of color to movies. Though this report is small, it is a very historic report on the movie industry. This... Read full description -
Item #632987SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 17, 1918 The color cover page has "Forwarding Freight by Motor Truck Express to Relieve our Over-burdened Railroads" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Via Motor Truck"; "Motorized Railways"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in 32 pages in... Read full description -
Item #631746SCIENTIFIC 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."
Inside the... Read full description -
Item #631883SCIENTIFIC 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... Read full description -
Item #596110SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 7, 1919 The color cover is "Salvaged Boilers Rolled 21 Miles Along the California Coast" with the related story with the issue of how these were removed from a stranded, salvaged ship and found that this was the method of transporting them. The front page of the issue is "American... Read full description -
Item #161369SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 21, 1919 See the photo below for the great color cover showing wheels being made, the print captioned: "An Electrically Operated Machine For Stacking Finished Wheels". There is a related article--with several more black & white photos--on an inside page. You get the complete issue which is in very nice condition.... Read full description -
Item #555678SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York City, dated October 11, 1919
* Early railroad car
* Color coverr and car ad
Full front page has a color illus:
* Automobile Inspection Car For The Railroad Official
Shows a car built to travel on rails on a mountain pass, and an inspector talking to a rail worker. Report inside: "The Railroading Automobile."
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Item #631816SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, October 11, 1919 The front page has "Testing Rifle Ammunition" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Airplane Mapping by the United States Army"; "Copying Fingerprints - II"; "Experimental Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony - VI"; "The Cooperage... Read full description -
Item #578300THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 6, 1919 The back page has an unusual ad which includes a photo of Thomas Edison. The full page ad is for: "The Edison Shop" in New York City which has a 8 by 6 inch photo of Edison headed: "Thomas Alva Edison; The Creator Of the Phonograph" and the street address located a the bottom right.... Read full description -
Item #577872THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 5, 1920
* Professor Robert Goddard - Early rocket experiments
* Flight to Mars?
The front page has a very bizarre report concerning early space travel. Professor Robert Goddard was currently experimenting with early rockets during this time. The front page has one column headlines that read: "FIRST VOLUNTEER FOR LEAP TO... Read full description -
Item #671702SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1920 Nice, full front cover photo in three colors: "The Largest Of Its Kind: 350 Ton Crane at Philadelphia Navy Yard", which contains details and additional photos on an inside page. Other coverage includes: "Is There a Coal Shortage", "'Miss America,'... Read full description -
Item #657732SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 16, 1921
The entire ftpg. is an interesting illustration captioned: "Reproducing the Naval Battle of Jutland for the Motion Picture Screen." with a related article within the issue. This is a early pictorial from the infancy of the motion picture industry. For any collection which related to... Read full description -
Item #561139SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, December, 1921, from New York, New York (with color cover). This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: Comparison of the Leading Railroad Systems of the World; The 4,000-Pound Demolition Bomb; Leading Armies of the World; Abraham Lincoln and the Repeating Rifle; The Revival of the Monoplane; The... Read full description -
Item #202482SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, January, 1922, New York, New York
This issue contains the following prints, articles and/or ads: America's Domestic Food Supply; The Radio Central; Comets That Have Lost Their Tails; From Steamer to Sailing Ship; With Eye-Piece and Camera; Naval Construction in Japan; Noises for the Movies; Bomb and Bombing... Read full description -
Item #202483SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, February, 1922, New York, New York
This issue contains the following prints, articles and/or ads: America's Fuel Resources; Bridging the Detroit River; The Latest African Anthropological Find; A Ten-Year Naval Holiday; Airplane Racing and What It Means; Human Hair Under the Microscope; A Second Pompeii; A... Read full description -
Item #202484SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, March, 1922, New York This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: Winged Surveyors - What Aerial Photography Is Doing for Industry and Science; Moving Niagara Into Canada; The Lincoln Highway of the Telephone; The Mount Everest Reconnaissance; The Physical Basis of Heredity; Scrapping the... Read full description
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