Scientific American 1851 - 1852: Vol 7 Index

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| published on the American continent. scribers. H is! i g i} Ht | Bear and Chloroform, A 104 Cannon, Rifled 196 Consumption, Cure for 61, 101 Drowned, the Apparently 354 Fires. Extinguishing 200 | Academy of N.8., Philadelphia 285 | Beards 34 : Cannon, Trying a 193 Jooler, Burnet’s Water 325 Drowning, to Save from 381 Fires at Sea 162 | Accident, a Mournful 85 Bebeerine, Sulphate of 320 Canvas, Mildew on 316 Copper in Wisconsin 34 Drying Clothes Machine 36 Fires in Ships 222 | Accident, Oil Can 108 Bed for Invalids 108 Cap, the Scull 48 Goprolites 224 Dye, New Yellow 309 Fish, Cold for 184 | Accidents 349, 381 Bedsteads 44 ee Capitol. Fireat the 122 Copyright, International 261 Dyeing 178 ‘ Fish Marked 355. | Accidents, RR. 57,92, 114, 186, 193, Bedsteads, Brass 306 Capstan 300 Copyrights and Patents 194 Dyeing Cloth Apparatus, Richard- | Fish, Resuscitation of Frozen 4, 14 235. 287. 242, $13, 837, 377 | Bedsteads, Fan 404 Car, Myers R. R. Cylinder (Eng) | Corn. American 367 son’s (ng) 73 171, 182 ii} Accumulator, Hodge's Power Bees 26 108 Corns, 212 Dysentery, Cnre for 360 Fish, Star 146 | , a 269 - ~ 4 a il (Enc) 133 Bees, Battle of the 362 Car Improvement 229 Cornices, Wooden 370 Fish Business 351 iB} Acid, Benzoie 362 Bellows for Melodeons 372 Cars _R. R. 92 Correspondence, Foreign 2, 10, 18, E Fish for Food 234 | Acid, Hydrochloric 388 ji ae g a (Eng) 121 Cars, Ventilation of R.R. 06, 340,| 58 Fishing, Salmon 136 Acid, Oxalic 125 oe 2 2, 345, 355, 364 Cottage, a Bracketted (2 Engs) 64) parthquake in France 208 Fitch, Burial Place of 106 | ‘Adams. Modest Mr. 172 Bits, — 370 Carding Machine 34 Cottage, a Cheap (2 Engs.) 72 Barth's Bulk, The 202 Flags, Tron 270 | Address, Md. Institute 178 een om oe Ay Carding Machine, Wilcox and oth- | Cottage, # Neat Farm (2 Bog) 40 | Bau de Cologne 178 Flax, Rotting 7 550 | Adhesion, to Promote 106 i ele +r} ers (o Engs ) 89, 92 Cottage, Howard’s Farm (2 Engs.) | pajtors 270 . Flax Cotton 154, ~ | Adjuster, Surgical 300 Sinekies ‘on. Cult £326 Carpet, Selection of a 235 Cotton, African 371 Eel, The 202 Flax Culture, The 394 Adumbration of the Creator 27, 35 | 5) . a: wed -— ee Carpets 42 Cotton, American 242 Fees To cook 310 Flax Dressing 42 er | Aerial Voyage 30 Shootin xy on Carpets, Crossley’s 246 Cotton, American and East India Electricity, Animal 314 Flax Dressing, Chi oy 8 345,5 \f| Africa, Discoveries in 250 Blind Ma hi - — 100 Carpets, Felt Cloth 157 73 Electro-magnetic Traction 74 Floors, Income | Age, The 186 Blind . on oad 361 Carriage, Plank Road 121 Cottor, Bleaching 341 Electro-magaetism 315 Flour, Hecker “ 4, Sai if| Age of Gold, The 330, 410 Block Ship 228° s Carriage Bodies. Jone’s mode of Cotton, Deativation and Prepara- | giectro. magnetism, Page’s (6 Eng) — ee a 2 } Agents, Patent 148 — “3 P ou anging (Eng.) 188 tion of 1+ 5 e8, Be) Ace cal Boclsty, Gedrgis ST1 | Bischs Mead and Sekt 340, a3 loarisgee tt Cotton, Long Island 77 ae cusitthin ta 0 teen ee 331 | Agricultural Society, Royal 394 Bleo aT °g t berbagi ¢ 84 Carriages, R.R. 236 Cotton, New Source for 394 Power 91 Fluids, Burning Agriculture 306 Blew ’ arson ° Carriages for Plank Roads, Steam Cotton in Russia 216 Elevator, Steam Grain 406 Forces, Magnetic 188 8. 219 | Agriculture, Induction in 342 + in Fareaces 264 141, 146 Cotton Plant, New 62 Elevator, William’s Submarine (4 Forces, On the 176, 218, * Ague and Fever on the Miss. v9 > or ee xv Lise 188 Carriages on Common Roads,Steam Country, Who Rules the 325 Engs) 217 Forests, American i | Air, Atmospheric 75 mar Gate? rv beg 130, 154 . Coupling, Car 268, 364 Emerald 314 Forks, Agricultural 124 | Air, Cooling 277 a ne 59 Catalysis, Chemical 99 Coupling, Taft's (3 Engs.) 281 Emery 339 Food of Man 295, 306 | Air, Night 314 — Life 2 f turf 130 Cattle Warm, Keeping 154 Coupling, Winter's (Bug) 205 Enamels for Metals 358 Foundations 258 sf | Air Rendered Visible, the 147 eehe ate goby Cave, Remarkable 256 Coupling for Pipes, Grannis’s (3 | pp pineers’ Strike 182 Freezer, Ice Cream %) 3 Alarm, Barglars 76, 54 Bethes a Slater's (2 9g1 | Cave in California 163 Engs.) 241 Engine, Carbonic Acid Gas 11, 5q | Fronts, Artificial Stone | Alarm RR. 324 Beller Aer b re ode a4 281 | Geders and Pines of California 35) Courts of Equity eaSine’ Davison’s 354 Fuel, Artificial 90 | Alarm, Till and Drawer 156 Bellen cane, owe 106 Cement, Good 348 Cracker Machine, Nevin’s New Eine, Double Piston 108 Fuel, Wood for 97 | Alcohol a Poison, Is 25% — rane 186 i44,'152' 160, Cement, Hard 345 (Eng.) 233 Engine, Blectro-magnetic 84 Fumigation oe 86 iB! Alkanet Root Color 75 168° 176. 184° 192. 200. 208" 216° Oement, India Rubber 131 Craft, Neat 315 En “wy Ericsson's Caloric (3 Eng) Funneis of Stea ips if} Allegheny River 26 oan ony 248° 356 ” 264. 279 380° Cement, Marble 135 Crane, Parson’s R.R. (Eng.) 185 237 Furnace 212 : . IN| Alleys, Shull’s Ball (2 Engs.) 76 238296. 304 Sto hs8 ‘2, ~°¥; | Cement, Ware 186 Craters of the Meon, the 379 Engine, Lay’s Steam and @as Furnace, Ike’s Smoke Consuming if} Amaigamator, Buffum's Gold (2) 5 iors Explosi mn im 805 Cement for Seams 362 Cream, Devonshire 332 feng.) 41 (Eng.) 137 (‘i| Engs.) 56 oneal Mon eens oF "16 Center-Board, Maskill’s (2 Engs.) | Creosote 129 Engine, Meteoric 216 Furnaces, Smelting 340 ‘. \B| Amazon, the Ri.er 299 Boilers, Montgomery @ ‘ $1 Critic 237 : 4 page's Blectro-magnetic Furniture, Ships’ 100 J S| America, the Yacht 222 _» | Boilers, Steam 244, S32 Centrifugal Force 69 Crossings, R.R. 207 7353 | Americans, English Opinion of 366} Bolt-heading Machine 186 Chains 60 Crusher, Planeospherical Quartz (2| po oine, Rotary 316,396 a Ampatating Limbe 19% bo —* lye 296 Chains, Horse-Power 60 wage) Se Feng Performances Fire 235 Anchors, Trials of 224 | Bones, ~ on Ve tilating 3 Chairs, R.R. 41, 66 Crusher, Wall’s Quartz (2 Engs.) Engin es, Coal for Locomotive 82 Garden, The Flower 379 Andirons, Explosion of 112 . | Boots La entilating « Challenge 250 180 Engines Fire 8, 212, 252, 298, 324 Gardens, Enriching 264 e Animal Sabstances, Preserving 262 Borax W - 28 Charcoal 240 Crying, &c. 232 Ep ey Hot Air 293 Garments without Seams 62 Animals, Taming Wild 358 | posts. 7 Oat a ee Chart, Maury’s 163 Crystal, American 46 Besises. Hydraulic 66 Gas 516 | Annihilator, another Fire 115 otanical ees ea Chemical Products 139 Orystal Palace, New 394 Ensines. Steam 50 Gas, Booth’s Manufacture of (3 | ‘Annihilator, End of the 125 | Box, 7. maison 3 0 Chemist Gone, A 371 Crystal Palace, N. Y. 324, 361 Boeatcheons 180 Engs.) 172 ; j | “Annihilator, Phillip’s Fire (4 Eng) | Boxes, : i 1 _ + 190 Chemists, the Leading 206 Culinary Vessels 332 Ether Controversy, The 402 Gas, Carbonic Acid 328 2 | Boxes, W ooden } 7. inery Chemistry 85 Curculio, the 302 Ethvriaation 285 . Gas, Dangers of 179 j uaz ator, the Fire 27, 58, 66,75, | Brake, RB. Car 76,220 |. | Chemistry, Agricultural 22° Curiosity, a 66 Europe, Model of 371 Gas, Hydrogen 140, 284 101, 221 Brake, Steven's BE. (Eng) 12 | Chemistry and Medicine 382 Currant Bushes 296 aero P oor 194 Gas, More 378 Annihilator Experiments, Fire 117, Brain, Disease of the 160 Chemistry of Nature and Art 365 Current, Speed of the Magnet 114 Excavator Fraiser’s (Eng.) 129. Gas, Price of 148 | 179, 253, 261, 277 Bread, Indian 145 " Chicory 386 Curves, &c., Railway 289 vr} ’ >| Gas, Solid 272 j Anthracite 178 jg i ae Chimneys 366 Cut-off, Ortleib’s (3 Engs ) 209 Bo tement, Bitects of 91 Gas, Vegetable 394 | Antidote, Powerful 258 | Climates 349 ee ee Facings, Glass 67 ° Ginnivg Improvement Wanted 5 | Asphyxia, Case of 355 ridge, the Wheeling 70, 204, 245] Glock. Astronomical 164 Dead Sea, = rr gm - Factories by Fire, Danger of 77 Girders, Truss 220 | Association, Montgomery Mecha- %0, 301, 46 Clock, Electric 258 Dead Sea a _) — | | Factories in La. 67 Glass, Bending and Annealing 403 | j nics 177 Bridge, Tubular 274 Clocks, Steam Engine 67 a 88 348 Fact’ to be Remembered 412 Glass, Bohemian 72 | Atomic number 256 | Bridge, White’s (2 Bugs.) 24 Closets, Water 324 Decisions of the Patent Office? | Pair, A World's 1S Glass, Soluble 402 | Attachments,Post’s Door and Shut- | Bridges 300 : ‘ Cleth, First American 170 @ | Delineating Objects 263 Fair, American Institute 34, 42, 50 | Glass, Spy 123 ter (6 Bugs.) 19 | Pees ‘Suspension 98, 106, 154,| Ciuteh, Friction 180 pti Fair, Carolina Institute 411 Glass &c. 266 | Auger Handles 20 306, 315 ¥. Coal, Anthracite 117, 361 2 —— Eg 16 Fair, Lowell 1 Glencoe, The 259 \h| ‘Aurora Borealis 287 | Brooklyn, Water for 317 Coal, Origin of 286 Designs, Architectural (2Engs) | Fair, R. I. 10 Globes, Electric 388 | } Authors, Scientific 144 Buckets,,\Water Wheel 28 Coal. Surface 286 Desks, Norris & Flanders (2 Engs.) | pair, Riddle’s 172, 237 Glue, Marine 8 | | Avalanche 310 | Bugs in Peas 390 Coal, to Burn 208 ne Fair, The State 10 Gold, Californian and Australian ou ‘B| Axles, American 157 Builders, Insect 208 Goal Field in Iowa 48 Dials, Glass Clock 189 Fairs, Mechanical 29, 389 172 } | Axles B.R. Car 138, 266, 321,380 | Building, Exhibition 141 Coal in England 115 poe ene eed 69 2. 108 Fairs for 1852, State 396 Gold, Recoverin 219 | Axles. &c.. Rail370 - | Building Material, NoW 116 Coal of Massachusetts 74 D Sincelar 228 rs 21, Fares, R-R. 193 Gold Beating 3 | Aztec Children, the,133, 164 Buildings, Insecurity of M% Cockroaches, to get rid of 98 st, Oe ane Farmers, Woods for 229 Gold from Australia 96 Bullets (7 Engs.) 173,208 Coffee 77, 288 Digger, Fetes | Farming 322 Gold in Australia 192 | Burners, Gas 131, 3 Coffee Dandelion 408 Dissovered, Things % be 365 Fastener, Barker’s Blind (2 Engs.) | Gold Seeker 276 | B Burns, Cold Water and 43 Coffee Mangle Wurzel 75 Discovery, Priority of 205 ~| 292 Geld Seeker, Bronson’s (3 Engs)! | \ Bag Holder (Eng) 350 Bush fe il!stoaes 236 Coffee, Statistics of 195 Discovery, Progress of 125 Fastener, Sash 18 324 ' Bags, Cartridge 108 Busine’ Mind Your 189 Coffins Clay 240 atin kable 177 Fat People 210 Gongs 26, 372 | Bags, Papier 252 Batter £55 Coffins, Glass 184 = somite 93 tifte 356 Fayetteville, N.C. 5 Gooseberry Bushes 258 | Ballooa, Great 349 » | Butter, Making 40. Coiler and Packer, Lemman’s Cot- scoveries, Scie Feat on an Inverted Plane 41 Gorini, Prof..88 | Balloon Ascensions 393 Butter, to Pack Firkin 352 ton (3 Engs. ( 97 Disease Propagated 217 Feathers, Ostrich 362 Go or, Finley’s Differential ( | Balloon Excursions 0 Butter, Turnips in 139 Coiler and Packer, McKinleys (2 Disinfocting Agent. oy Feathers for Ornamenting 98 Engs.) 196 || Ballooniog 320 Butter, Water Melon 339 Engs.) 320, 330 4 Distilling nm, &c., Robbin’s (3 | Feeder, Fowl 220 Governor, Steam Engine 324 \]}| Barometer, Improved (Rng) 400 | Buttons 22 Coiling and Packing 324 Bags) Me call's Heat (Bag) | sone Club 292 Grate, Smoke Condensing 36 if, Barrell, Rifle 316 Coiling Machines 60 Distributor, Ingall’s Heat (Eng.) | Felloes, Sawing 388 Great Britain, The 90, 2 | Barrell Machinery 74 : C = Coins in the U. }5. 66 oak W 26 Felting, Cotton 148 Greenough 53 | Bars, Furnace 74 ' ‘Cook 15 Collar, Breast 204 tek: lorae-power Fence, Cole’s Hurdle (2 Engs.) 132 | Grindstone, Pannabecker’s (Eng. || Basins, Coal 23 Le > on ie Collars, Horse 52 sae ra 285 Fence, Wickersham’s Wire(2 Eng) | 210 } Bathing 371 Cai 6 Dt ffey's (2E 369 Colleges, Peoples’ 277 ocks, Rave! Ory 389 233 Guano, How to Apply 344 Baths 274 Daissons, Duffey’s (2 Engs ) ,.| Golledion in Pr yuipelas 403 Done, What has been Fence, Wire 28 ene’ adulterations 240 Baths, Vapor 257 Calculating Machine, Nystrom’s yt ne an yaipe: Doors, Rippon’s (2 Engs.) 384 Fencing Material 99 Gum, British, 362 ' ; on es sales 172 Comb Machine 12, 20 Doors, Slat 228 Figs, Tomato 323 Gum’ Starch 403 : \f| Battery, Page's (3 Engs.) 204 Calender, Perpetual ‘2 Combs, Manufacture of 200 Draining 256 File Machine 252 Gum’ Arabic 328 Battery, Pueumatic (Eng) 344 California 282 Combusti Spont us 106 Dress, Color in 267 Fire, Incandescent 3 Gum Elemi 1 Battery for Doctors, Gaivanic 404 Calomet and Soda 368 Comet, A Falling 184 Dressing, Stone 116 Fire-Arms 235 Gun, Annibilator 22 | Batteries, Electric (4 Engs.) 252, | Caloric 168 Comet, Encke’s 145 Dressing Machine, Flax 352 Fire-Arms, Manufacture of 83 Gunnery, Science of 74 ; ) | ae Camphene 257, 3 Comet, New 82 Drill, » Great 210 Fire-Arms, Nickerson’s (5 Engg.) \f]| Batteries, Galvanic 210. 346 Can, Lamp Oil WA4 Companies, R.R Drill, Bushnell s Metal (4 Engs.)33) 930 | Batteries, Telegraph 389 Cancer 137 Compass a Japanese 106 Drill, Sander’s Grain (2 Engs.) 321 Fire-Arms, Revolving 130 HoH If] Batting, Ryder's 240 bmg 1 Condenser, Pirrson’s 300 a Fire Boards 188 Hair, The 221, 220 Beams, Hollow Brick 67 Candle, Adamantiue 309,316 | | \ ndagrations 317 Drill, —_ Race & Holly’s Iron | Fireand Water-proof Preparation | Hames, Attaching 204 i Beams, Lattice 266 Candy Polling Machinery, O'Bri- = oor aon BAT (Bng.) 252 306 Fammors, Trip 268 » en's (2 Bags) 177 errr Drills, Grain 132 Fire without Coal 267; Hams, Ouring Prize 60

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Handkerchiefs, Silk Grass 360 Hank, Ships 196 Harlaem Lake 184 Harlaem, Draining of 405 Harvesting Machine, Jones’ (2 Engs.) 225 Hat, The Kettle 150 Hats 114 Hats, Dressing Felt 364 Hats, To Dye 274 . Headaches, Cure for 106 Healey’s Picture 34 Health, Rules for 310 Heart Dis@ases 403 Heat 364 Heating, House 132 Heating in Circular Saws, To Pre- vent 109 Hemp 242 Hens Lay, To Make 184 Hiccup and Sneezing 280 Hiccup, Cure for 24 Hillotype, The 85, 338 Hinge, Double-Acting Spring (3 Engs.) 368 Hinges, Blind 388 Hobbs 177 Holder, Coat 124 Hoop for Cheese Presses 204 Hoosack, Tunnelling the 326 Horn, Softening 44 Horse Power, Table of 368 Horse Power 44, 84 Horse Shoes, Proctor’s Interfering (3 Engs.) 48 Hospital, Ward’s Island 132 Hotel, Metropolitan 410 Houses, Fireproof 301 Houses in Towns 174 Hubs to Axles, Attaching 26, 236, 316, 396 Hudson River Improvements 275 Hurl Gate 177 Hydrophobia 400 Hydropho7via, Cure for 19, 322 Hydrophobia, French Cure for 394 I Ice, Anchor 174 Ice, Sinking of 154 Ice Cultivation 80 Illuminating Apparatus 218 Incrustations, Boiler 123 Incrustations, To Prevent 404 Incrustations, To Remove 234 Independence Day 341 India Rubber 128, 162 India Rubber, Solvent for 403 India Rubber Case, The Great 237 274 Indicator, Guthrie’ (Eng ) 284 Indicator, Magnetic 154 Indicator, Plumb and Level 76 Indicator, Water 12 : Indigo 75 Inflammation of the Bowels 388 Ingenuity, American 275 Inks, Remarks on 91 Insects, Lepidopterous 346 Institute, American 213 Institute, Engineers 253 Institute, Maryland Mechanics’ 162, 213, 222, 230, 306 Institute, N. ¥. Engineers’ 283 Institute, N. ¥. Mechanics’ 186 Institute, 8. C. Mechanics’ 29 Institutes in England, Mechanics’ 137 Instrument, Musical 28, 336 Instrument, Navigation 323 Interments, Vault 114 Intervention 147 Invented, Things to be 49, 213 Inventions 21 Inventions, American 13, 141 Inventions, Foreign 291 Inventions, New 17 Inventions, Prizes for 157 Inventor, Honor to an 109 Inventor’s Rights 234 Iodine 285, 304 Iron, Boiler 322 Iron, Galvanizing 59 Iron, Russia 253, 269 Iron, Sheet 149 iron Structures 341, 346 Iron with Copper, To Cover 380 Iron with Zinc and other Metals, Coating 3 Irregular Forms, Turning 364 Items, R. R. 162, 248 Ivory, Scraping 316 Ivy, Poison 369 J Jackson’s Address, Dr. 51 Jacquard Cutting Machine 396 Jewelry, Unique 256 diggers, &c., Machine~y for Cut- ting 12 Jointing Boards 364 Jointing Machine, Stave (Eng.) 116 Journal, London Patent 70 Jubilee, R.R. 10 ny System in the U. 8. 309, 3 Drawbaugh’s Jupiter's Satellites 290 K Kilns, Linton’s Brick (3 Engs.) 294 Kirkwood’s Analogy 355 Knitting Machine 108, 164 Knives, Hay 212, 396 Knobs 276 Known and Unknown, The <*! Kossuth 101, 114 L Lace Manufacture 358 Ladder, Extension 164 Lakes, American 254 Lamp 36 Lamp, Belgian Safety (Eng.) 320 Lamps, Camphene 12, 282 Lamps, Disinfecting 186 Lamps, Night 26 Lamps, R.R. 42 Lamps, Securing 172 Language, English 378 Lapis Lazuli in Calico Printing 408 Last holder 228 ast Holder, Dewitt’s (Eng.) 380 Lathe, Engine 12 Lathe, Sherwood’s (2 Engs.] 265 Lathes, White’s (Eng) 84 Lathe Improvements, Turning (2 Engs.) 9 Lathes, Turning 34, 52 Law, N. J. Homestead 168 Law, Reformed Patent 245 Law Bill, Patent 262 Law, New Postage 411

Law of England ,Patent 365 Law Reform, Patent 270 Laws, R. R. 185 Laws, The Patent 45, 46, 269 Layard 163 Lead Mines, Geology of the 186, 193, 201, 226 Lead Ore 91 Leather 26 Leather, Remarks on 123 Leather, Splitting 388 © Leather, Varnished 379 Leather Ornamenting 82 Leatier made from Scraps 90 Legs, Breaking and Mending 67 Lemon, The Voltaic 370 Letters, Hindoo 262 Letters, Printing 165 Lichens 110 Life, Chances of 296 Life, Insect 238, 395 (Eng.) , 408 Life, To Save 370 Life in the Polar Regicns 166 Light, Paine’s 19 Light, Perpetual 395 Light, The Source of 213 Light, Velocity of 197 Lights, Dodge’s Signal (2 Engs.) 328 Lights, Ventilation 278 Lights, Windsor 374 Lighthouse, Carysfoot 74 Lighthouse, Minot’s Ledge 132 Lighthouses 251, 317, 341 Lightning Rods 344 Lignin 118 Lignum Vit 235 Lime, Air-Slacked 134 Lime, Phosphate of 217 Lime and its Uses 264 Lime, &c., Value of 248 Lime to Grass Land 248 Lime to Sand Land 371 Liquor, Etching 76 Liquors ia the U. 8. 222, 235 Lithography 357 Locks, American and English 393 Locks, Canal 66, 332 Locks, Hobbs’ 194 Locomotives, Fast 409 Locomotive, Mulholland’s 35 Locomotive, The First 6, 233 Locomotive Improvements 339 Locomotives 260, 276, 305 Locomotives, Coal Burning 65 Locusts, The 178 Logs in a Tunnel 224 Looking Glasses, Birds 264 Loom, Hand 140 Loom, Piled Fabric 188 Looms, Power 172, 380 Lords and Savages 278 Lubricating Box, Miuniss’ (2 Engs ) 411 M Machine, A 115 Machinery in Alabama 64 Machinists, the Patent Office 53 Madder, Cultivation of 290 Magnetism, Electro 11 Magnetism, Liebig on Electro 35 Man, Science of 101 Man, Wonderful 307 Man and the Atmosphere 525 Mandrakes 122 Mandrils, Expanding 12 Mangles 34 Manufactures, N. J. Zine 219 Manure, Liquid and Solid 224 Manure, Saving 296 Manure 162, 224 Marble, Berkshire 97 Mariners, To 42 Material for Lighthouses, &c.,New 6 Measure, Well’s Tailor’s (Engs.) 308 Measures of Length 157 Measuring, Cloth 324 Measuring and Cutting Iron Ma- chine, Griffith’s (8 Engs.) 124 Measuring the Flow of Water, Brown's Machine for (2 Engs.) 153 Meat, Pickling 90 Meats, Preservation of 325 Meats, Preserved 180 Mechanics, Elementary 376, 384, 387 Mechanic’s Hall, Baltimore (Eng) 99 Mechanism 38 Medical 61, 275, 338 Megatherium, The 291 Melodeons 26 Men, Strong 8 Mercury, Test for 371 Mesmerism 362 Metal, New 116 Metal, Red-hot 282 Metals, British 186 Metals, Coating 82 Metals, Melting of 134 Metals, Separating 328 Metals and Alloys379 Metallurgy, Overman’s 298 Meteorological Observations 182 Meters, Gas 292 Mice Decamp, to make 171 Miles an Hour, Forty 216 Milk 365 Milk, Preservation of 294 Mill, Leavitt’s (Eng.) 396 Mill, Saw 316, 378 Mills, Cotton 80 Mills, Grinding 204 Mills, Rusco’s Fulling (Eng.) 276 Millstones 18, 172 Millstones, Eyes of 340 Millstones, 8S. W. & R. M. Draper’s Machinery for Dressing (3 Engs.) 25 vw Mind, the Power of 120 Minds, Comprehensive 174 Mines, Coal 130 Mining Co., N. Y. and Montgorse- ry 333 Mississippi, the Mouth of the 291, 323 Monopolies, Patent 277 Monotomy 217 Monster, A 402 Monuments 197 Mortising Machine 76 Mosquito Frame, Willard’s (Eng.) 388 Morth PreventiveJ362 Motion 99, 107 Motion, Perpetual 108, 188 Motion, Rotary and Rectilinear 316 Moulds, Permanent 164 Moulds, Sugar 372 Moulding Machine 11 Mouldings, Cutting 164 Mountain, a Moving 27 Mountain, Sinking of a 115

Mummy, Unrolling the 216 Music 363 Music by Telegraph 348 Naphtha 344 Naval 202 Navies, Steam 189, 203, 402 Navigation, Aerial 245 Navigation, Early Days of Steam vo Navigation, Ewin’s Improvements in (13 Engs.) 337, 338 Navigation, Experiments in 43 Navigation, Ship 347 Navigation, Steam 117, 162 Neatness in Holland 347 Nebular Hypothesis, The 243 Nickel 122 Night Soil 232 Nobleman’s End, A 150 Noses, Black 136 Nutmegs 136 Nutmegs, California 162 Nutmegs, Wooden 266 O Obstruction, Villianous 332 Ocean, The Polar 192 Ohio, The 162, 182 Oil, Lubricating 272 Oil, Palm 336 Oil, Rosin 380 Oil for Light, Castor 94 Oil Market, the 266 Oils, Preservation of 56 Oils, Treating 274 Olive, Culture of the 38, 211 Olive, the Omnibus, the 286 Opium Trade, the 158 Ore, Iron 3 Ores, Smelting 115 Oregon, Climate of 822 Organized Specimens, to Preserve 180 Orinoco, the 200 Ornamenting Fabrics 98 Ostriches, Obtaining 98 Ozone 225 P Packing, Metallic 380 Paint, Cement 235 Paint, Croton Metallic 215 Paint, Metallic 213 Paints, Waterproof 395 Palace, Godfrey's Bee 4 Panama, Isthmus of 149 Paper, Ornamental 395 Paper, Photographic 195 Paper, Sand 156 Paper Cutting 300 Paper Making 189, 284 Papier Mache 155, 308 Paraguay 149 Parasites, Vegetable 160 Parcels, Conveying 53 Parer, Carter’s Apple (Eng.) 242 Passages of the Atlantic Steamers 18 Patent, Repeal of a 133 Patent, Selling a 174 Patent Case 134 Patent Case, International 158 Patent Cases— Atkinson vs. Boardman, Jr. 13J Battin vs. Taggart & Others 5 Boyden vs. Burke 82 Burtis vx. Ashton 61 Cornell vs. Blatchford 342 French vs. Rogers 67 Goodyear vs. Day 26, 53 Hall vs. Wilds 342 Horne, Jr. vs. Bradford 356 Huntinson vs. Johnson 52 McCormick vs. Seymour and oth- ers 6 Morse vs. Bain 61 Nevins vs. McCullem 69 Ritter and others ys. Serrell and others 302 Tatham and others vs. Le Roy & Smith 342 Winans vs. Md. R.R. Co. 261 Patent Office, the 122 Patent Office, the Architect of the 18, 38 Patent Office Dapartment, The Sci- entific American (Eng) Patent Office in Danger, the 58 Patents, Benefits of 295 Patents, Dr. Jackson on 109 Patents, Extension of 38, 43, 54, 82, 101, 125, 157, 190, 210, 261, 262, 278, 294, 326, 350, 389 Patents, Foreign 28 Patents, Law of 210 Patents, Profits of 317 Patents, Re-issue of 333 Pavements, Cast-iron 3 Paving, Street 140, 369 Pearl, Mother of 139 Peat, Irish 238 Pen, Warner's 112 Penand Ink 213 Pens, Manufacture of Gold 405 Pencil Case 60 Pendulums, Compensation 278, 290, 299 Pennsylvania, Geology of 99 Petrifications, Submarine 98 Petrifications in Ark. 16 Phenomenon 160 Phenomenon, Curious 243 Phenomenon in Hydraulics 306 Philosophy 72 Philosophy, American 133 Philosophy, Errors in 331 Philosophy, Mechanical] (Eng.) 363 Phosphorescence, Animal 310 Phosphorous, Amorphous 93, 187 Phosphorous, Antidote for 403 Photographic Process 136 Photography 146, 157 Physics, Terrestrial 235 Pianofo.tes 36, 254 Pianofortes, Self-Acting 348 Piers, Potts’ 373 Pile Foundation (Eng.) 120 Pile Driver, Pneumatic 94 Piles, Sinking 355 Piles, Structure on 96 Pill Machine 276 Pins, American 77 Pipes, Enamelling 250 Pipes, Iron 4 Pipes, Leakage of 243 Pipes, Smoking 266 Pistol, Rifle Pistol, Colt’s 116 Plague, The 208

Planes, Holly’s Metal (2 Engs.) 241

Plane, Metealf's Level (Eng.) 116 Planet, Small 264 Planing Machine 66, 355 Planing Machine, Beardslee’s 108 Plant, Sugar 192 Planter, Barnhill’s Seed (2 Engs)8 Planter, Redick’s Corn (2 Engs.) 121 Planter, Woodward's Seed (2 Eng.) 289 Planters, Seed 36, 236, 348 Plastering, On 347, 355 Plates, Securing Circle 164 Platform, Winter’s Car (Eng.) 205 Plating, Galvanic 176 Pleuro-pneumonia 305 Plow, Forman’s (6 Engs) 388 Plow, Usher’s (2 Engs.) 297 Plow, Woodward’s (2 Engs.) 300 Pneumatics 123 Poisoning, Lead 149 Poisons, Analysis of 90 Pommade de Seville 362 Popies, Oil from 62 Population of the U. 8. 118 Perk as Food 61 Porte Monaies 252 Portfolio, Newspaper 220 Post Office, New York 258 Post Office Matters 101 Postage, Cheap 45 Postage Ocean 230 Potash in Shot 226 Potassa, Pure 362 Potassium, Iodide of 61 Rotato Disease. the 41 Potatoes, Cultivating 282 Potatoes, Digging 364 Potatoes, Observations on 259 Potatoes, Mulching 299 Pots, Mending Cast-iron 66 Pots and Pans, to Mend 165 Power, India Rubber 180 Power, New Motive 3 Power, Water 354 Power, Water and Steam 256 Premiums Awarded at the Ameri- can Inst. Fair 50 Press, Cotton 308 Press, Dodge’s Printing (Eng.) 316 Press, Hill’s Embossing (2 Engs.) Press, Latourette’s Oil (4 Engs.) 220 Press, Printing 110, 228, 316, 372 Presses, Peck’s Drop (Eng.) 140 Pressure, Atmospheric 106 Pressure, Stazic 203 Priming, Maynard’s Gun 11 Printing, Early 353 Printing in Gold 400 Prizes, Locomotive 50 Prizes for the next Volume (Eng.) 365 Professors 202 Progress, American 53 Projectile, Flight of a 126 Propeller, New 192 Propeller, the Albatross 300 Propeller Case, the 165, 245 Propeller for the Navy, Screw 96 Propeller’s Brown’s Screw (2 Eng.) 273 Propellers, Screw 376 Property, Attaching Patent 371 Protector, Lightning 306 -' the Plowshare (8 Engs ) 313, 314 Pseudoscope 180 Pulleys, Sawing 372 Pump, Barker's (2 Engs.) 200 Pump, Brown's Force (2 Engs ) 193 a Gwynne’s Centrifugal 21, 7 Pump, Rotary 42 Pumps, 28, 380, 388 Pumps, Lifting 276 Purifying Liquids, Crosse’s process of (2 Engs.) 28 Q Quadrant Superseded, the 174 Quarts, California 165 Quart: Crushing 148 Quicksilver, California 106, 163 Quinia, Sulphate of 187 R Racing, Steamboat 373 Racing, Yacht 24 Radiator, Lyman’s (Eng) 188 Rags, Old 96 Rail, Compound 177, 340 Rail, Middle 186 Rails 41 Rails, Adhesion ot 124 Rails, Hand 300 Rails, Sunken 370 Railroad, Carpenter's Safety (2 Engs) 404 Railroad, the First 389 Railroad Improvements 340 Railroad System, Our 361 Railroads— Air Line 105 Alabama 137 Allegheny 89 Arkansas 145 Broadway 381 Buffalo 289 Oalifornia 145 Canada 401 Central 241 City 57, 153 Cleveland 73, 209 East Tenn. 33 Egyptian 170 English 106 Erie 129 European 49 Georgia 105 Great Western 81 Hempfield 17 Hudson River 33, 177, 202 Illinois 265 Indiana 166, 281 Massachusetts 17 Missouri 97 Mobile 166 Muscogee 265 New Haven 129 Ohio 81, 249 Ontario 84 Pacific 25, 313, 369 Panama 69, 113, 273 Pennsylvania 173, 201 Philadelphia 105, 273 Pittsburgh 73, 81 Portugal! 353 Queber 329 Reading 113 Rochester 321 Russian 97, 137 Ratland 121 Tennessee 166 Texas 585 Troy 97 Vermont 65 Western 65 Whitney's 209 Railroads 130, 301, 397 5 Railroads, Examination of 129 Railroads, Important to 232 Railroads, Improvements in 85 Railroads, Magnetic 59 Railroads, Progress of Our 98 Railrogds, the Influence of 76 Railroads of the U.8. 137, 225 se Double va. Single Track 41 Railways and Telegraphs in India 401 0 Rain, Black 336 Raisins, Malaga 185 Raisins, Skins of 175 Ranges, Cooking 42 Rappings, the 157 Raspberry Bush 1 Raspers and Mowers 356 Rattlesnake Bites 40 Rat Trap, Vedder's (Eng.) 411 Razors 379 Keaders, Benefits to 291 Readers, to Our 397 Reaper, Hussey’s 192 Reaper, McCormick's 69, 70, 205, d4i4 Reaping Machines 378, 397 Reflectors, Diurnal 268 Register, Hot-Air 92 Regulator, Luttgen’s Engine (2 Engs.) 57, 58 Relic, A 298 Relic, Hebrew 131 Relic of the Revolution 5 Report, Treasurer's 158 Report for 1859, the Patent Office 5, 13, 21, 29, 45. Report of the Secretary of the In- terior 98 Revolver, Colt’s 83 Rewards, Government 221 Rheumatic Fever 48 Rheumatism 48 Rheumatism, Cure for 166, 267 Rhubarb, Culture of 206 Rice, Culture of 232 Rice Fields 1° Rifle, American (2 Engs.) [203 Rifle, Breech-loading 172, 220 Rifle, Great 212 Rifle, Marston’s 332 Rifles, Sharpe's 220 Rifle Makers, to 304 Rifles 82 River, Width of the Ohio 134 Rivers 208 Roadway, Mott's 116 Rocket, Submarine 350 Roofing 292 Roofs, Board or Plank 404 Roofs, Flat 362 Roofs of Buildings 220 Rope, Manilla 269 Rosin for Sperm Oil 342 Rotary Experiment 15 8s Sabbath, The 187 Safe, William Penn's 128 Sails, Cotton 62 Sal Ammoniac 350 Saliva 200 Salmon 270 Salmor, Hatching 193 Salt, Florida 26 Salt, Manufacture of 184, 301 Salt, Syracuse 345 Salt in lowa 357 Salt Mine in Ireland 393 Salve for Burns 401 Sand in Egypt 283 Bash, Tubular 300 Sash and Moulding Machine 284 Saw, Curved Timber 116 Saw Filing Machine, Chapman's ‘2 Engs.) 228 Saw Set 140 Saws, Circular 90, 117, 122 138, 146 Saws, Filing 348 Saws, Hanging 204 Sawing Machinery, A. & W. Bes- wick’s (2 Engs.) 44 Scales, Prescription 276 Science 373 Science, New 21 Science, Varieties in 53 Science an) Art 354 Science and Philosophy 80 Scientific American, The 172 Scientific Memoranda 346 Scissors 52 Screw versus Paddle 83 Scullcap, Principles of the 338 Scythes 82, 378 Scythes, Fastening 12 @eat, Buel’s Car (Eng,) 305 Seat and Sofa, Bailey’s R. R. (2 Engs.) 356 Separator, Grain 260 Separator and Washer, Gardiner’s (2 Engs.) 393 Serpent in a Railway 339 Sewers 52. 293 Sewers, Day’s Street (Eng.) 240 Sewing Machines 349 Sewing Machines,Singer’s (2 Engs.) 49 Shades, Window 236 Shafting, Engine 52 Shafts of Water Wheels 308 Shears, Symme’s (2 Engs.) 252 Sheller, Corn 66 Sheep, Age of 338 Shingle Machines 52, 100, 356 Ship Building, American 90 Ships 178 Ships, American Clipper 27 Ships, Davison’s Model for (Eng) 312 276 (Eng) , Ships, Ventilation of 254 Ship’s Bottom, Repairing a 370 Ships in Distress 396 Shipping Intelligence 241 Shoe, Jewett’s Interfering (4 Engs.) 28 Shoes, Over 149 Shoeivg, Horse 64) Shooting, Rifle 173, 309 Shovel, Kimball's (Eng.) 276 Shuttle Motion, Robertsoa’s (2 Engs.) 322 Shuttles, Power Loom 116 Siding and Flooring Machine 64 Sight, Maling’s Rifle (Eng.) 376 Signal for Vessels, Night 140 Signal Lights, R.R. 347 Signals, Marine 316

Signals, Dodges Night (3 Engs.) 145 Silver, Blue Color to German 377 Silver, New Mexico 164 Silver, Separation of 218 Silver and Gold 322 Situation, Perrilou 409 Size for Draughtsman 40 Skins, Treatment of Calf 84 Sleds, Hold-back for 124, Sleds, Hold-back for Dickson’s (Eng.) 404 Sleep, Liow to get 259 Smoke, Consumption of 150 Smokers, Tobaceo 250 Smut Machines 108, 188, 352, 348 Snake Bites 350 Snowballs 208 Snuff, Cephalic 305 Soap 372 Soap, Resin 105 Soap-suds 252 Soda, Chicride of 405 Soda from Salt 107 Soda Water Apparatus, Gee's (2 Engs.) 353, 354 Solder, Gold 9€ Sound 16 Sounding Boards 268 Space, Immensity of 40 Spark Arrester 380 Spectacles. Choice of 104 Spindles, Millstone 548 Spindles, Securing 265 Spinning 212 Spiritual Rappings 357 Spring, Car 59 Spring, Westeott’s Door (Eng.) 268 Spring Space 308 Springs, Carriage 36, 228, 404 Springs, Sulphur 145 Sprinkler, Price’s Water (2 Engs.) 17 Stamps, Forgery of 355 Stamps, Post Office 19 Starch, Manufacture of 13 Stars, Shooting 400 Statistics of BHngland, Commercial 158 Staves, Dressing 52 Staves, Cutting 292 Steam 109.(Eng.) 351 Steam, Ether, Air (2 Bogt) 392 Steam, High Pressure 34: Steam of Old 376 Steam tc Organs 234 Steamboat, Fast 120 Steamboat Explosion, Terrible 242 Steamboat Safety Bill 402 Steamboat, Ferry 142 Steamboats, London 212 Steam boats on the Pacific 82 Steamers, American and British 370 Steamers, Mammoth 218 Steamers, War 285 Steamship, The Arabic 150 Steamships, American 109 Steamships, Propeller 29 Steamships, U. 5. 37 Stearine 150 Steel. Manufacture of 366 Stone, Iron 60 Stone Cutting Machine, Cochran's 2 Engs.) 249, 250 Stone Dressing machine, Mayr’s (2 Engs.) 257 Stone Dressing Machinery, Wilson's (2 Engs) 105, 106 Stones, Fontainemoreau’s Dressing (Eng.) 73 Storm, The 402 Storms, Equinoctial 229 Stove 93 Stove, Heating 28 Stoves, Drying 228 Stoves, Pocket 174 Straw as a Covering 305 Strawberries, Manure for 264 Streets, N. Y. 269 Streets of London, The 402 Strength, Human 368 Strike, Engineers’ 515, 322 Strikes, Machinists’ 165 Strikes in Britain 193 Strychnine, Antidote for 360 Sturgeon, The 557 Subscribers, To our 411 Sugar 115 Sagar, Beet Root 258, 267 Sugar Cane 555 Sugar Machine, Hurd’s (Eng.) 36 Suggestions, A Chapter of 405 Sumac, Extract of 305 Surgery 8 Swamp, Roquert 338 Swimmer, Great 11 Swivels, Watch 164 Switch, Self-Acting 50 Sword, Ancient 122 Syphon, Paine’s Smoke (Eng) 372 T Table Leaves, Taylor’s (2 Enge.) 4 Tally-board 244 Tanner, A Yankee 509 Tanners in the U.S. 404 Tanning 107, 242 Taps for Cutting Screws 36 Tartar Emetic J54 Taste 117 Tea 334 Tea, American 56 Tea, Coffee and Wool 120 Tea, Lozenge 355 Tea, O.igin of 168 Tea on the Himalays 48 Technology, Knapp’s 221 Teeth, Setting 98 Teeth from Bleeding, to prevent 235 Telegraph, Bain’s 154 Telegraph, Clock 170 Telegraph, Electric 126, 153 Telegraph, I .re Alarm 120 (2 Engs.) 219 (Eng ), 227, 251, 310, 323 Telegraph, Morse’s 206 Telegraph, Newton’s Clock, (Exg ) 156 Telegraph, Submarine 43, 96 Telegraph, The 320 Telegraph, The Magnetic 106 Telegraph and Steam 347 Telegrah Oase, Great 67 Telegraph Improvement 11 Telegraph in France, Electric 196 Telegraph in Mexico 243 Telegraph Statistics 162 Telegraph Superseded, The 212 Telegraphs 114, 228 Telegraphs, Kane on 171, 181 Telegraphs, Liability of 144 Telegraphs, Union of 358 Telegraphing 226, 304 Telescopes, Americaus 35 Tennoning 316

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Thimble Machinery 100 Thought, Rapidity of 122 Thrasher, Grain 164 Thread, Spiters 378 Threshers, Grain 332 hreshing Machines 254 “> h Coasting 202 e@ State Prisons 1355 165 reve t Wood 323 Amalgamator - > Linen il4 340 97,211 mbined 8 rew and Pad- >, Adame’ Safety (4 Eogs.) GO Wine 174} Wine, Manufacture of 331 Wine, Wild Orange 121 Winters 187 Winters, Old Time 176 Wire Annealing 20 Wire, Platinum 355 Wire, Submarine 258 Wire Protector, Telegraph 82 Wonder, A 291 Women in Cochin China 98 Woodworth Patent, The 93, 101, 157, 170, 180, 189, 195, 206, 213, 220, 251, 362, 374, 382, 390, 398, 406, 410 Wool, Lubricating Compound for 395 Wool in the U §. 110 Woolen, toclean 344 Work, Novel and Useful 372 ; World Makers 198 | Worms, Food for Silk 360 Wounds, Tobacco for 48 Wrench, Billings’ Band (6 Engs.) 52 Wrench, Screw 148 Wringer, Clothes 4 Writing Machine 188 Y Yacht, Steam 203 Yacht Race, The 389 Yarns and Threads, Erman’s Ma- chine for Finishing (2 Engs.) 385 586 Yarns for Cord 342 | Yoke, Ox 236 Z | Zamanma 378 | Zine, Coating 376 | Zine, N. J. 34, 226 Zine Yellow and Green 368 Patent Claims.

A ; Alarms, Burglar 54, 166 | Amalgamator, Gold 6 | Anchor, Compound 342 | Anvil 278 Apparatus, Safety 94 Arresters, Spark 398 | Attachments, Molian, 126 | Augers, Sabmarine 262 | Augers to handles 62 Awnings, Shop 230 Axes 318 Axle boxes 46 Axletree arms 174 Axles, Car 334 Axles, Carriage 326 Axles, Plow 6 | B | Bagasse, Drying 62 Bait, Spinning 246 Bars, Cutter 22 Bars, Grate 86, 190, 222 Baths, Shower 46, 182 Batting 334 Batting, Cotton 204 Beam, Currier’s 398 | Beater, Gold 142 | Bed for inva ids 406 | Bedstead fastenings 238 | Bedsteads 14, 78, 350 | Bedsteads, Cot 286 | Bedsteads, sofa 222, 342 Beer, Material 174 Bell, Ringing 342 Bells, Alarm 278 | Benzole lights 355 | Blanks, Griping Screw 406 Blanks, Screw 30 Blasting Rocks 206 Blind Machinery 278 Blind Operator 410 Blinds, Iron 158 | Block, Stretching 374 j Blocks, Oil cloth 286 | Blocks, Ships’ 174, 294 Boilers, Cooking 286 | Boilers, Feeding 406 | Boilers, Locomotive 302 Boilers, Revolving 38 } Boilers, Steam 190, 206 | Boilers, Soap 318 | Boiling, Sugar 342 Bolts, Flour 214, 302 | Books, Paging 230 Boot heels 342 Boot-jacks 246 Boots, Lasting 406 (2 claims) Boring Apparatus 238 | Boring Holes 102 | Box Opener 54 | Boxes, Journal 270 Brace, Stud 270 Brakes, Hemp 174 Brakes, R. R. Cz.r 94, 182, 222, 262, | I

278, 350 (2c), 358, 366 (2c), 390 Srakes, Self-detaching 254 Brick Machine 206, 262, 342, 410 | Bridges 142, 174, 350 (2c) Bridging 206 | Brooms 374 | Brushes 270, 286 | Brashes, Shoe 182 } Buckwheat, Hulling 342 Bullets 382 Burners, Argand Burners,Gas 46 | Burners, Grass 174 | Butter, Cutting 286 | Button Backs 374 | Buttons, Cord 398 | Buttons, &c. 246 229 “ee Cc Caissons 358 Calorifiers 398 | Can Tops 54 Candlesticks 118 Candy, Sugar 150 Canes, 8wo:d 6 Caunon. Chain Shot 86 Cans, Oil 410 Caps, Chimney 115 Capstans 190 | Car, Foot 334 Carding 204 Cards, Label 326 Cards, Pattern 222 | Carpets 222 | Carriager 118, 126, 390 | Carriages, R R. 102 Cars, R.R 242 Cars, Ventilating 142 Cartridges 204 Carts 270 Carts, Weighing 30 Cask Machinery 254 ' Casting 150, 262 Casting Machines, Type 6 Cements 6 Centre Square 350 Chain Machinery, Jack 222 Chains 190 Chairs 206 Chairs, Easy 22 Chairs, R.R. 142 Chairs, Wrought-iron R.R. 398 Charcoal 70 Chasers 382 Cheese, Cutting 406 Cheeses, Covering 142 Chucks, Lathe 110 Churns 22 (2), 118, 158, 294, 350, 358, 374, 406 Churning Machines 278 Cigar Machines 326 Circuit Changes 38 Clasp, Belt 342 Clay, Working 102 Clearer, R. R. Track 374 Clocks, Alarm 358 Closets, Water 54 Clutches, Friction 206, 326 Coat Forms 246 Cocks, Connecting 342 Cocks, Grease 318 Collars, Horse 70, 246 Collisions, Preventing 182 Combs, Cutting 86 Compasses 206 Composition, Mineral 118 Compositions, Butter 390 Compositions, Explosive 190 Compounds, Iron and Steel 374 Cooking Apparatus 302 Copying Masuscript 310 Cordage 326 Cordage Machines 230, 350 Cork Cutting 46 Counting Screws and Pins 126 Coupling Car 14, 78, 366 Coupling, Hose 182 Cow Catchers 318 Cracker Machines 230 Cradles, Swinging 54, 62 Crimping 102 Cruppers, Harness 366 Crusher, Quartz 182 Cultivators 70, 270 Cultivators, Rotary 190 Cultivators, Wheel 318 Cut-off 198 Cutter Heads 350 Cutters, Cheese, Bread, and But- ter 78 Cutters, Graduated 874 Catters, Meat 236, 326 Cutters, Screw 126, 350 Cutters, Straw 198 Cutting the Pile 150 D Daguerreotype Apparatus 78 Daguerreotype Pictures 142 Daguerreoty pes, Polishing 326 Davits, Ships’ 166 Deflector, Spark 318 Derricks 326 Desks 70, 86 Diggers, Potato 110, 342 Discs, Sheet Metal 142 Docks, Floating 198 Doors 350 Doors, Closing 246 Doors, Stove 70 Drainers, Sugar 94 Dredging Machines 238 Dressing Stoue 54. 126, 160, Driers, Grain 198, 206 Drill, Hand 102 Drills, Rock 278 Drilling Stone 14, 158, 390 Driving Nails 358 Drying Sized Paper 390 Duck, Dressing Cotton 54 Dusters, Bran 190 (2c) Dyeing Blue 70 566 E Eccentric Mechanism 246 Engines, Air 70 Engines, Carbonic Acid 110 Engines, Fire 366 Engines, Locomotive 342 Engines, Motive Agent 22 Engines, Oscillating 94 Engines, Rotary 406 Engines, Turning 350 Engraving Surfaces 310 Equalizers, Power 6 Escapements 38 Zecapements, Duplex 374 Excavating Machines 54, 182, 238 F Fans, Buckwheat 160 Fastener, Blind 286 Fastener of Bits 398 Fasteners 22 =" Wweinsa Bedsteads 326, 342, 358, 39 Fastenings, Garment 94, 326 Fastenings; Harness 374 Pastenings, Last Block 14 Fastenings, Scythe 78, 382 Faucets, Measuring 286 Feeder, Nail Plate 166 Feeders, Planing Machine 174, 254 Feeding Apparatus 190 Feeding Logs 110 Felloes, Bending 78 Felting Cloth 142, 230 Fence Machines, Sod 6 Fences 190 Fences, Hurdle 102 Fences, Iron 150, 214 File Cutting Machines 166, 270 File Machinery 398 Fire Alarms, Electro-Magnetic 410 Fire Arms 166 Fire Arms, Breech-loading 142 Fire Arms, Revolving 310 Fires, Extinguishing 70 Flax, Breaking Hemp 14 Flocks, Opening 38 Flocks, Preparing 234 Flocks to Cloth 48 Flour Packers 230 Forceps 6 Foundry Apparatus 102 Frames, Cop 318 Frogs, R.R. 390 Frosting Glass 78 Fuel, Granular 326 Funnels 278 Furnaces 46, 246, 270 Furnaces, Hot Air 398 Furnaces Reverberatory 410 Furnaces, Revolving 110 Puses 302 .

Gas. I!laminating 390 Gas, Measuring 182 Gates, Balance 262 Gates, Canal Locks 214 Gates, Opening and Closing 102 Gates, R.R. 190 Gauge, Steam and Water 142 Gauges, Ficat 270 Gauges, Leather 278 Gauges, Pressure 382 Gauges, Steam 14 Gauges, Turning 6 Gauges, Water 214 Gear, R.R, Car Running 174 Gear, Running 38, 54, 102, 110, 150 Gear, Running Carriage 174 Gins 270 Gins, Cotton 222 Glass, Plate, 318 Glasses, Cupping 222 Gold, Dissolving 182 Gold, Washing 334 Gold Beating 286 Gongs 66 Governors 182, 410 Grates, Double 390 Grates, Stove 86 Grinders, Card 78 Grinding Knives 278 Grinding Saw Blades 278 Grindstone 158 Gun, Water 198 Gutta Percha 310 H Hammers, Trip 310 Harness, Detaching 326 Harpoon 246 Harvesters 318, 326 Harvesters, Clover 142, 334 Harvesters, Grain 158, 182, 190 Harvesters, Grass 182, 190, 366 (3c) , 390 Hat Bodies, Machinery for 398 Hats 390 Heading, Bolt 126 Heddles, Metallic 150, 366 Hides, Cutting 78 Hides, Tanning 70 Hinges 254 Hinges, Stove Hold-backs 270 Holder, Sand Paper 166 Hominy Machines 302 Hooks, Swivel 302 Hooks ard Eyes 6 Ho:.. * © ers 182, 198, 206, 334,406 Hor ¢, Elastic 382 Hubs,. ing 198 Hubs, Carriage 142 Hullers. Rice 238, 366 Hydro Sulphurets 222 patel 999 ~<~ Incasing 262 Ink 198 Insulators 46 (Sc) Iron, Heating Sheet 342 Iron, Manufacture of 14 Iron, Wrought 126 Irons, Smoothing 238 Ivory Bleaching 142 J Jacks, Lever 278 Jointing, Stave 78, 302 Joints, Glass Tube 222 Jumpers, Baby 62 Kettles, Monlding 62 Kettles, &c. 118 Keys, Pianoforte 262 {ilns, Brick 158 Kilns, Grain 78 Kilns, Pottery 410 Knitting Machines 198 Knobs, Door 94, 214 L Ladders, Escape 310 Lamp Black 406 Lamps 374 Lamps, Benzoil 46 Lamps, Camphene 142, 206 Lamps, Reflector 318 Lamps, Solar 46 Lance, Bomb 334 Lanterns 150 Last Holder 342 Latchets, Shoe 22 Lath Machines 22, 110 Leather, Splitting 14 Legs, Artificial 398 (2c), 410 Lenses, Adjusting 118 Lenses, Glass 390 Lock 246, 342 Lock, Curtain 142 Lock, Maze 30 Lock, Permutation 102 Lock, Powder-proof 238 Locks for Safes 102 Locks, Alarm 326 Locks, Canal 158 Locks, Chronometric 126 Locks, Door 46, 358 Locks, Tumbler 118 Locomotives, Animal 38 Looms 102, 150, 254 Looms, Figured Fabrics 382 (2c) Looms, Jacquard 382 Looms,.Knitting 206 Looms, Piled Fabrics 310, 390 Looms, Power 310 Lightening Vessels 198 Lightning Rods 278 M Mandrils, Expanding 102 Marble, Imitating 46 Mattresses 158, 262 Maze, Washing 158 Measures, Tailors’ 102, 118, 262 Measuring and Cutting Iron 70 Melodeons 214 Metre, Steam Boiler 190 Metres, Fluid $34 Metres, Water 110, 166 Mill Dress 390 Mill for Ores 238 Mill Stone Dress 342 Mills, Cider 94, 390 Mills, Grain 350 Mills, Grinding 46, 86 Mills, Quartz 158, 182, 326 Mills, Saw 198, 246, 254 Millstones 86 Millstones, Dressing 14 Mitre Boxes 30 Mortar, Mixing 342 Mortising Machines 302, 374 Motion, Hookheading 6 Motion, Lay 326 Motion, Reciprocating and Rotary 390 Motion, Rotary and Rectilinear 366 Motions, Stop 190

Moulding, Enamelling 54 Moulding Hollow Ware 342 Moulding in flasks 150} Mouth-pieces 54 N’ Nail Machine 158 Nail Machine, Horse-shoe 254 Nail Machinery, Wrought 334 Naptha, Distilling 70 Nuts, Washers, &c., Machine for , Making 46 o Oakum 318 Oil, Paint 70 Oil, Paraffine 230 Oil, Tanners’ 70 Oils, Lubricating 302 Opening Boxes 254 Operator, Shutter 118 Ores, Stamping 826 Organs 826 Organs, Combining 118 Ovens 38, 204 P Packing, Metallic Stuffing Box 410 Padlock 46 Paint Processes 398 Painting, Ornamental 150 Paints 6 Pans, Sugar Vacuum 54 Pans, Washing 110 Paper Making and Sizing 166 Paper, Printing house if Patterns for Hubs 350 Peeling Peaches 54 Pegging 62 Pen and Pencil Cases 142 Pen Holder 310 Pens, Fountain 30 Pens, Gold 142 Perch, Carriage 102 Pianoforte action 6 (3), 166 Pianoforte Strings 54 Pianofortes 22, 30, 62, 326 Pickers, Waste 14 Picking Machine, Wool 142 Pins, Papering 102 Pipe Machinery, Lead 286 Pipes, Clay 30 Pipes, Water 366 Pistols, Revolving 38 Plane Irons 222 Planes, Bevelling 150 Planes, Hand 350 Planing Machines 70, 126, 150, 158, 214, 222, 230, 334, 350 Planters, Seed 38. 62, 70, 86, 182, 214, 238, 246, 254 (2c), 318 (2c), 326, 358, 374 Plates, Lock 206 Plows 86, 94,214. 230, 334, 366 Plows, Gang, 238 Plows, Shovel 182, 222, 238 Powder, Brown 14 Powders, Inhaling 222 Preservers, Life 206 Presses, Cotton 206, 358, 398 Presses, Drop 94 Presses, Oil 62 Presses, Printing 22, 54, 86, 158,410 Presses, Self-acting 30 Pressing. Tobacco 270 Pressing Garments 118 Primers. Friction 230 Printing, Cloth 2061 Printing im Colors 62 ! Propeller 86 Propeller, Endles Chain 38§ Propeller, Screw 86 Propelling and Steering 102 Pullies, Banding 190 Pumps 120, 190 Pumps, Rotary 262 Punches, Drop 254 Punching 150 Purifying, Gas 174 R Radiating Surfaces 7o Radiator, Heat 334, Rakes, Hay 214, 294, 318 Railings, Iron 142, 166 Rails 246 Rails, Cutting Hand 406 Raising Water 262 Ranges, Cooking 166 Rattan, Splitting 158 Razor Strops 238 Reaping Machines 54 Reducing Gold Mineral 390 Reeling Machines 254 Refrigerators 262 Registers, Bill 406 Registers, Hot Air 222 Registers, Omnibus 206 Regulators, Gas 110 Retorts, Furnace 318 Rollers, Feeding 142 Roses, Attaching 246 Rubbing Stone 366 Rudders 94 Ruling Paper 126 a Saddles 54, 86, 326 Saddles, Harness 126 Safes, Irom 204 Sail Hank 342 Sails 6 Sashes, Window 126 Saw Sets 294, 410 Saws 30 Saws, Stone 374 Saws, Straining 204 Scales 382 Scales, Platform 286 Scales. Plotting 30 Scouriug 150 Screw Cutting Machine 38 (2c) Screw Machinery, Wood 54 Screw Threadiug 22 Screws, Capping 262 Screws, Cutting 222 Scutching Machine 22 Seats, Car 78, 110, 286, 350, 366, 374, 382 Seats, Chair 118 Seeding Apparatus 54 Separators, Grain 246, 366 Sewers, Street 174 ‘ Sewing Machines 254, 326, 334, 366 Shaving Screw Heads, &c. 238 Shaving Shingles 366 Shears 166 Shellers, Corn 214,310, 358 Shields for Valves 30 Shingles Machines 94, 166, 358 (2c) Shingles, Jointing 230 Shovels 142 Shutter Operator 150 Shuttle Motions 78 Shuttles 270

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Sieves, Grain 118 Signals, Marine 230 Skates 342 Smelting Copper 118 Smut Machines 230, 246, 270, 310 Soaps 374 Soldering in a Vacuum 286 Sole Machine 78 Sounding Boards 110 Speed Regulating Apparatus 54 Spikes, Drawing 262 Spindles, Mill 166 Spinner, Ring 166 Spinning Machinery 158, Spirit Level 262 Spoon Machinery 318 Spoons, Medicine 190 Spring, Door 174 Spring, Pneumatic 354 Springs 70 Springs, Carriage 72 Stammering, Cure for 30 Stampers, Ore 326 Stamping Ores 230 Stamps, Hand 22 Stamps, Letter 22 Stand, Hat 86 Staves, Dressing 70, 214 Steel, Restoring Skape and Tempe- ring 410 Steering Apparatus 174, 270 (2c) Step, Omnibus 230 Steps of Mill Spindles 334, 342 Stereotype Plates 382 Stethescopes 118 Stone, Rubbing 350 Stone Catting Machine 246 Stone Dressing 302 Stones, Imitation 334 Stopper, Sash 262 Stoves 14, 46 (2c) , 54, 62, 86, 94 (2c) , 230, 294, 406 Stretching and drying Cloth 102 Stripping Machine 22 Stuffers, Sausage 238 Sugar, Defecating 350 Sugar, Draining 14 Sugar Processes 342 Supporters, Abdominal 78 Suspender, Encircling 206 Swaging Machines 126 Swingletrees 230 Swings 294 Switches, R.R. 86, 102, 166 (2c), 182, 270 Swivels, Watch-chain 182, 302 T Tables 286 Tally-board 382 Tanning 38, 390 Teeth, Artificial 230 Teeth, Porcelain 86 Teeth, Setting 126 Telescopes 78 Temples, Weavers 14, 118 Ten Pins 126 Thermostal, Heat 350 Threading, Screw 350, 390; 406 Threshing and Separating 62 Threshing Machine 358 Time-pieces 334 Tires, Wheel 30 Tongueing Boards 258, 368 (2c) Traps, Moth 246 Traps, Rat 238, 318 Trees, Boot 86 Trucks, Road 406 Trucks, Locomotive 142 Trucks, R.R. Car 102, 302, 342 Truss, Hernia 398 Trusses 238 Tubes, Leather 126 Tubes, Speaking 278 Tubs, Worm 302 Tugs, Hame 262 Tumblers of cocks 302 Tuns, Mash 286 Turning 150 Purning and Polishing 310 Twisting Fringe 46 Type, Casting 390 U Umbrellas 294 v Valve, Relief 166 Valve Motion 198 Valves 270 Valves, Differential 278 Valves, Grinding Puppet 350 Valves, Oscillating 174 Valves, Paddle Wheel 326 Valves for Pumps 334 Ventilating 22 Ventilators 398 Vessels, Propelling 342 Violins 310 Vise Bench 14 Volutes, Sawing 30 w Wagons, Dumping 334, 382 Warming Apparatus 38 Wash Boards 410 Washer, Cre 54 Washers, Connecting 222 Washers, Potato 278 Washing Apparatus 254 Washing Machines 6, 54, 158, 27 410 Washing Vegetables 410 Watering Cattle 62 Weighing Machines 190 Welding 254 Whaling apparatus 238 Wheel, Paddle 254 Wheels, Car 54. 86, 142, 198, 2 2c) , 302, 310 (2c) , 826, 358 Wheels, Water 46 (2c) , 198 Wicks, Candle 238 Winches, Ship 54 Windlass 166 Windows, Ventilating 142 Winnowers 262 Winnowers, Grain 198 Winnowing Machines 78, 150 Wires 94 Wiring Blind Rods 326 Wrench, Adjustable 278 Wrench, Screw 94 Y Yarn, Cotton 326 Yarn, Parti-coloring 286 Yarns, Rope 126 Yarns, Sizing and Dyeing 89 Yeas and Nays 62 Yoke of Horses, Neck 398 Yokes, New 166 Yokes, Ox 382 " Zine from the Ores 374 Zinc White 62, 198

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