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Correspondence

Correspondence pp11 - 12

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-11


Business and Personal

Business and Personal p15

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-15a


Books

New Books and Publications p17

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-17


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Articles

Gunboats, The Torpedo Boat Problem p1

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-1


Sugar Making in Louisiana pp1 - 2

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-1a


An Improved Hoisting Pulley Wanted p2

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-2


Ferdinand de Lesseps—Chief Promoter of the Suez Canal p2

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-2a


An Ingenious Vent Peg pp2 - 3

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-2b


American and English Railway Practice Contrasted p4

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-4


Boiler Covering pp4 - 5

C. M. O'hara, C.E.

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-4a


Patent Decision pp5 - 6

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-5


Girard's “Palier Glissant” p6

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-6


A Happy New Year! p7

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-7


The Suez Canal Not Yet a Failure p7

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-7a


Tubular Boilers and Boiler Explosions p7

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-7b


American Railway Management p7

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-7c


The American Institute Prizes Awarded to Steam Engines p7

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-7d


A Protest Against the Canadian Patent Law pp7 - 8

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-7e


The Brighter Side p8

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-8


Professor Fiske's Lectures at Harvard p8

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-8a


Scientific Lectures before the American Institute p8

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-8b


The Battle Fields of Science pp8 - 9

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-8c


How French Bank Notes are Made p9

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-9


What the Newspapers Say p9

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-9a


Editorial Summary p9

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-9b


The Stevens Breech-Loading Rifle p10

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-10


A Novel French Hand Vise p10

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-10a


The Woven-Wire Mattress p10

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-10b


Preservation of Iron p12

Henry E. Colton

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-12


The Bananas and Plantains of the Tropics pp12 - 13

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-12a


Putting up Stoves p13

Mark Twain

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-13


The Magic Lantern p13

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-13a


Paper for Building pp13 - 15

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-13b


Improvement in Lamp Wicks p15

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-15


Answers to Correspondents p16

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-16


Recent American and Foreign Patents pp16 - 17

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-16a


H. S. Patent Office p18

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-18


Official List of Patents pp18 - 20

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican01011870-18a


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