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Item #208049SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 15, 1911.
* Niagara's Bridal Veil Falls
* Evaluating Coal
This issue contains the following prints, articles and ads: "Illumination of Bridal Veil Falls of Niagara", "Light and Shadows - Ministering to Eye Comfort by Modern Methods", "Good Coal and Poor", "Heating the Home",... Read full description -
Item #208050SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 18, 1911. A great issue for framing and displaying! -
Item #210671SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 27, 1875 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: PORCELAIN MANUFACTURING - STEAM ICE ELEVATOR - HYDRAULIC MOTOR & Much More. Included are images and related text of each. Period ads are... Read full description -
Item #210712SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 23, 1876 This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: Branch's Diamond Stone-Sawing Machine; Thermo-Diffusion - a New Physical Phenomenon; Crystallized Glycerin; Apparatus for Lining Insoles of Boots; Improved Construction of Stables; The United States Patent Association; Honey... Read full description -
Item #216171SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, June 26, 1886 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: PORTABLE BARRACK AND FIELD HOSPITAL - HAND TRUCK - TOOL GRINDER - PUNCHING PRESS - WOOD WOOL MACHINE & much more. -
Item #219332SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 8, 1888
* The Screw Ferry Boat BergenThis 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Ferry Boat Bergen - Slotting Machine - Speed Indicator - movable Batteries - Pendulumbs & More. These... Read full description -
Item #219145SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 24, 1873.
* Girard Avenue bridge in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Girard Avenue bridge - Hat & Coat Hook - Railway Signal - Iron... Read full description -
Item #219529SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 28, 1885.
* New York Trade Schools
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: The New York Trade Schools - Artificial Ear Drum - Hand Propeller For Boats - Shearing Machine - Columbia Two... Read full description -
Item #219661SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 8, 1873.
* Fire Tank Water System
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Self Acting Fire Tank, Tell Tale Clock, Bottle Stopper, Diamond Stone Saw, & More. These illustrations also have... Read full description -
Item #220148SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 30, 1887.
New York City Fire Department Headquarters
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: "New Headquarters of the Fire Department of New York", "Tobacco Pipe",... Read full description -
Item #220484SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 16, 1885.
Passenger Locomotive - New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Standard Passenger Locomotive - Sash Cord Fastener -... Read full description -
Item #220489SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 27, 1875 This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: System of Railway Switches and Signals - Hudson River TunnelWater Injector & much more, with related text.
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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 #221332SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 14, 1885.
* Western Union* Pneumatic Telegraph SystemThis 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions: Pneumatic System of the Western Union Telegraph Company - Tricycle - arial war vessel - Rail... Read full description -
Item #222446SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, May 7, 1904
* The Four-Track Masonry Bridge* The Ginseng Root
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations, most of which pertain to the latest inventions of the day, with accompanying text including: New Four-Track Masonry Bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company... Read full description -
Item #222478SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, April 28, 1888
* Electro-Dynamic FieldsThis 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations, most of which pertain to the latest inventions of the day, with accompanying text including: "The Crown Prince of Germany - Prince William and His Son", "m Estrande's... Read full description -
Item #222671SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Jan. 20, 1894 Ftpg. has three illus: "New Optical Lantern And Electric Lamp", the device, according to the article inside, could be used in photo-lithography and copying, micro photography, for theatrical effects & any application where artificial light was desired. Article includes an illus. of a... Read full description -
Item #222793SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 3, 1869
* Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River* Kerosene lamp
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations, accompanied by text, of the latest inventions of the day including: "Soule's Simultaneous-Movement Velocipede", "Suspension Bridge Over the... Read full description -
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 -
Item #222806SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, February 18 1911
* Svante August Arrhenius* The Common House-Fly
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations, accompanied by text, of the latest inventions of the day including: "Plowing Six Furrows at Once", "Svante August Arrhenius", "The Proposed Extension of the... Read full description -
Item #222921SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, December 10, 1887* Tarante, Italy* Josiah Parsons CookeThis 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... Read full description -
Item #222970SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, Aug. 18, 1888 Among the articles are: "Cold Storage on Shipboard" "Refrigerating Machine" "Apparatus for Extracting Water of Condensation" "Instantaneous Photographs" "South Front of the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association, on the Citadel Hill,... Read full description -
Item #223294SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, October 15, 1870.
* New York State Captial
This 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions/prints: New York State Capital Building - Stump Extractor - Spring Bed - Surface Planer & More. These illustrations... Read full description -
Item #538675SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 30, 1889.
* telephone company operatorsThis 16 page issue is in nice condition and contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions/prints: Metropolitan Telephone co. - Brake block - Knife cleaner - Stove hood - Envelope cutterWatering trough... Read full description -
Item #539750SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 13, 1907 The front page has six photos: "How Seals Are Killed Off The Coast Of Labrador." Companion report inside has three more photos, one captioned: "8 The Dog Seal Was Shot and the Mother and Cub Clubbed with the... Read full description -
Item #540451SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, July 14, 1877
* Billiard Table
* Carnivorous Plants
This issue contains the following prints and/or articles: Collender's Improved Billiard Table", "Improved Billiard Ball Holder", "Curious Carnivorous Plants", "Catastrophism in Geology", and much more.
This issue is in good condition, save for... Read full description -
Item #543066SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 3, 1909
* The USS North Dakota
The front page of the this issue shows an illustration of a battle scene, which reads: "The Use of Aerial Artillery in Warfare". Additional content includes: "The Latest United State 'Dreadnought'...", "Night Sky: March and April", and much... Read full description -
Item #546623SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 20, 1894
* 19th century prints
* Pope Leo III
Full front page portrait of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII seated in a large chair, from a painting by the artist Theobald Chartran.
Other prints with text throughout this 16 page issue. Nice for display. Nice condition. -
Item #546743SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York, New York, dated June 24, 1905. The frontpage of this issue features "The Gillespie Aeroplane As It Would Appear When Soaring" An interesting machine with a square wing, and the pilot seated below the wing. Report inside with two photos: The Gillespie Aeroplane.
Other topics with photos and illustrations... 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 #548944SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 11, 1880
* Hermance Machine Company : Williamsport
* Point Bridge, Pittsburgh
The front page features an engraving of: "The Point Bridge Pittsburg, Pa." with a related article as well (see photos).
Among the many inside page illustrations and articles on the latest... Read full description -
Item #551369SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Sept. 14, 1912 A nice display issue as the front cover is in color and shows a pilot in an early airplane in a bombing stance (see), plus there is a nice related article inside: "Grenadiers of the Air" "Exploits in Bomb-dropping from Flying Machines" which includes 6 photos. Also inside: "The Flying Boat & Its... Read full description -
Item #705154SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 14, 1867 Inside has a 1/3 page illustration of: "The Metropolitan Steam Fire Engine, No. 1., Employed by the New York Fire Department" with an accompanying article "Steam Fire Engines".
Also within are: "Howard's Patent Horse Rake" "Franklin's Suspended... Read full description -
Item #554560SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, NY, April 17,1880
* Capture of Finback Whale
* Mr. Edison's Horseshoe Lamps
This paper is 16 pages in length. Inside this issue there are two illustration and a report: "Capture of a Large Finback Whale". Says this type of whale is the most dangerous to attack and the least profitable. Also, there is an... Read full description -
Item #554561SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York City, March 1, 1879
* The Humpback Whale
* Manufacturing of Horseshoe nails
This issue is 16 pages in length. On the front page, there are several photos of "The Manufacture of Horseshoe Nails" with the article starting on the front page and continuing on page 130. Inside there is a report: "The Humpback... Read full description -
Item #554645SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 15, 1880
* Shirts and Collars
This issue is 16 pages in length. The front page has 6 illustrations of the "Manufacture Of Shirts and Collars--Geo. P. Ide, Bruce & Co., Troy, N.Y.". The two largest illustrations show the "Stitching Room" and "The Cutting Room", with 3 of the... 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 #556263SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 15, 1879
* Faber's gold pen and pencil factory
This 16 page issue contains illustrations of the latest inventions of the day including the following inventions and/or prints: Rock crusher - Sleeping car berth - drawing apparatus & More. These illustrations also have text that goes along with them.
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Item #556708SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, NY, June 13, 1885
* Laboratory wire apparatus illustrations
* Hotchkiss Machine Guns
There are 25 illustrations of "Wire Apparatus For Laboratory Use" that take up most of the front page, with references identifying the various instruments. There also is a related article that concludes on... Read full description -
Item #559375SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 13, 1902. The issue contains lots of coverage on Marine, Lake, and Railroad Transportation. The front cover features photos from several new ships.
There are several articles and advertisements, including one for "Kenco" miniature model trains.
This is a complete issue in 48 pages... 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 #561292SUPPLEMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York, dated September 3, 1904. (print only)
This is a double-page print of "The Festival Hall and Colonnade of States --- The Architectural Masterpiece of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition".
The page is approximately 15.75 x 21.75 inches and is in very nice condition. Please see photos for details. -
Item #561709SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York, dated May 3, 1913. This issue features the colored cover showing man with an axe preparing to work on a tree that was just dredged from the water. The issue also contains the following prints, articles and/or ads: The Intractable Missouri-Mississippi System; Floods and the problems of River... Read full description -
Item #562107SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, N.Y., March 28, 1885
* Niagara Cantilever Bridge print
The front page has a large illus. showing a nice view of: "The Great Cantilever Bridge Over Niagara River"
Also an article about the bridge that continues inside.
Other topics with prints throughout. 16 pages in nice... Read full description -
Item #563958SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May 27, 1893
* Winby's Four-Cylinder English Express Locomotive
The front page has a large illustration: "The World's Columbian Exposition--Winby's Four-Cylinder English Express Locomotive." Report has the dimensions of the locomotive & more, concluding inside.
Other topics... Read full description -
Item #564210SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, March 18, 1876 This is a separate, stand-alone publication begun to report on the Centennial Exhibition but whose success kept it in print into the 20th century.
Near the back is an article, with two illustrations, headed: "Improvements In Base-Balls" which shows a bell being placed inside... Read full description -
Item #564387SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York, dated March 13, 1869. A primary reporting article in this issue is of "The Topliff and Ely Adjustable Velocipede" which features three illustrations.
This is a complete issue in 16 pages measuring approximately 11 x 16 inches and does contain an archival mend on the page of the velocipede and a small piece missing in the... Read full description
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