O D MUNN & A E BEACH EDITORS (30 resultados)

Printed Wrappers. Condición: VG+. Vol. LXVIII, No. 8. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of February 25, 1893. This paper has a front page feature: 'New Method of Gas Supply for New York City showing Tunnel under the East River'. Stout's Traction Engine, Lovell Diamond Bicycle, Fleming's Elevator Shifting Device, - & much more. pp113-128 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still connected. No folds, creases or tears. Weight, 72g.

Printed Wrappers. Condición: Near Fine. Vol. LXIX, No. 24. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of December 9, 1893. This paper has a front page feature: 'Railroad Construction - Great Exhibit of Rails and Rail Joints at the Columbian Exposition'. Plus - Draper's Recording Thermometer, New York Rubber Stamp Vulcanizer and Matrix Press, Bentinck & Renner's Digging Machine, Manufacture of Chocolate & much more. pp369-384 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, still crisp and unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still mostly connected. No folds or creases. Weight, 72g.

Printed Wrappers. Condición: Near Fine. Vol. LXIII, No. 6. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of August 9, 1890. This paper has a front page feature: 'Great Railway Tunnel under the St. Clair River between the U. S. and Canada''. Plus - Dainty's Improved Railway Tie, Fedeler's Rotary Engine, Scholding's Fire Extinguishing Apparatus, Zalud's Horse Arrester, the Linotype Machine & much more. pp79-94 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, still crisp and unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still connected. No folds or creases. Small tear to foot of spine. Weight, 72g.

Printed Wrappers. Condición: Near Fine. Supplment No 86. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of December 9, 1893. This paper has a front page feature: 'Proposed New Bridge over the Thames, London [with map]'. Plus - Regan's Soft Coal Smokeless Furnace Grate, Machinery for Making Slag Blocks for Paving, & much more. pp1359-1374 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, still crisp and unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still mostly connected. No folds or creases. Weight, 72g.

Magazine. Condición: Good+. Original Issue. Soft covers with a few flecks of foxing. Text tight and clean Engraved illustrations. 16pp - 30pp. Feature: New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway. Hydraulic lift bridge at Syracuse, N. Y. Magazine with a few small edge tears not affecting text. Rear cover slightly age toned. Magazine; Engraved Illustartions; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 14 pages.

Printed Wrappers. Condición: VG+. Vol. LXXI, No. 5. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of August 4, 1894. This paper has a front page print: OPENING OF THE NEW TOWER BRIDGE, LONDON as well as two inside prints and an article. The article describes the construction of the bridge. Grant's calculating machine - Lift Bridge in Chicago - Perfumes - much mores. pp65-80 [20pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, unmarked copy - from a disbounf folio, but pages still connected. No folds, creases or tears. Weight, 72g.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated November 5, 1887 -- Vol. 57, No. 19 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very nice condition -- The front page has an article with three engravings titled "The Research Laboratory Of Mr. Edward Weston" (electric lighting, Newark, New Jersey) -- On page 289 there is an article titled "Edison On The Labor Question" (when Thomas Edison was asked what he thought the impact of 'machinery' would be on the 'laboring man', he replied "He will be enriched by it. Machinery will be his slave." -- Other articles in this issue include: "An Adjustable Support For A Receiving Telephone" (Augustus L. Hott, telephone holder), "An Improved Life Preserver" (Charles B. Morgan), "An Improved Railway Plow And Excavator" (Nearing), "Progress Of Electrical Improvements", "An Incandescent Gaslight", "Candy Making", "The American Mammoth", "Progress In Telephony" (telephone), "The Statue Of Christopher Columbus At Barcelona, Spain" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including the following patents: S. P. Meads for "Electric Alarm Clock", J. M. Marlin for "Revolving Firearm", H. J. Ennis for "Automatic Vending Machine" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated August 20, 1881 -- Vol. 45 (new series), No. 8 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, old repaired tear on page 119, otherwise very nice condition -- The front cover has a group of eight engravings titled "The Manufacture Of Sewing Machines--Factory Of The Davis Sewing Machine Co." (Watertown, New York) -- Other articles in this issue include: "Latchinoff's Optical Dynamometer" (M. Latchinoff), "Portable Meteorological Station", "Love's Combined Wrench And Vise" (William H. Love), "Screwdriver With Lever Attachment", "Decisions Of The Courts Relating To Patents" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including a patent issued to A. G. Bell for "Telephone Circuit" and a Trade Mark granted to E. Faber for "Lead Pencils" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Fair. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated June 11, 1881 -- Vol. 44, No. 24 (New Series) -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, some tears on several pages, however, no text or illustrations missing, otherwise, nice condition -- The front cover has a large engraving titled "Improved Machine For Finishing Fabrics" -- Other articles in this issue include: "A Mushroom Farm In Mammoth Cave" (Kentucky), "Manuscripts On Which The Bible Revision Is Based", "Government Examinations Of Gun Inventions", "English Soft Porcelain", "Apparatus For Making Oxygen Gas From Bleaching Powder" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including two patents issued to A. G. BELL for "Telephonic Receiver", and in "English Patents Issued To Americans" a patent was issued to T. A. EDISON for "Electric Light" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated July 17, 1880 -- Vol. 43, No. 3 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very light moisture stain around edges, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front page has a group of eight engravings titled "Starch Making.--Manufactory Of T. Kingsford & Son, Oswego N.Y." -- Other articles in this issue include: "Disastrous Steamboat Accident" (June 28, 1880, fire, Hell Gate, Between New York and Brooklyn), "Improved Street Lamp" (John Stewart), "Whaling On The Pacific Coast", "New Ore Separator" (Thomas Edison), "Electro-Thermic Telephone", "New Telephone Experiments", "The Projected Florida Ship Canal" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated March 30, 1895 -- Vol. 72, No. 13 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very nice condition -- The front cover has an article with a group of engravings titled "The Porcelain And Earthenware Industry" (Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Company, East Liverpool, Ohio, 1854) -- Other articles in this issue include: "The Electric Transmission Of Energy", "Cause Of The Gulf Stream And Similar Ocean Currents", "Casgrain's Metal Casting Apparatus" (Dr. Edmond H. Casgrain), "Dr. P. H. Vander Weyde" (scientist, died March 18, 1895), "A Simple Camera Shutter", "Primitive Fire Engines", "Ships Of The New United States Navy" (with two full page engravings titled "Comparative Dimensions Of The Vessels"), "An Expedition To The Antarctic Regions", "Acetylene Apparatus", "The Loeb Patent Respirator" (fireman) -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" --Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated March 30, 1889 -- Vol. 60, No. 13 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very nice condition -- The front page has four engravings accompanying an article titled "The Metropolitan Telephone Co.'s New Central Station And Great Switchboard" -- Other articles in this issue include: "The Cause Of Earthquakes", "Northern Pacific Railway--Canadian Extensions", "The Decimal Or Metric System", "An Improved Buckboard" (James W. Lawrence), "An Improved Knife Cleaner" (Robert W. Jamieson), "Progress Of Electric Installations In London", "An Improved Photograph Printing Frame" (Cornelius T. Cain), "The Gatling Gun", "The New Spanish Ship Of War Pelayo" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including a patent issued to G. WESTINGHOUSE for "System of Electrical Distribution" and a patent issued to R. J. GATLING for "Combined Torpedo and Gunboat" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 36 pages dated December 31, 1881 -- Vol. 45, No. 27 (New Series) -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, small tear on back page, several pages at back have very small tears on right edge at center (less than 1/4 in.), no text or illustrations missing, otherwise nice condition -- This issue contains the index for Volume 45, and also 20 pages of "A Catalogue of Some of the Valuable Papers Contained in the Scientific American Supplement" -- The front cover has a large engraving with article titled "New Beam Engine Built At The Continental Works, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N.Y." -- Other articles in this issue include: "The World's Cotton Trade", "The Manufacture Of Fine Wall Papers", "Hall's Life Raft" (Thomas Hall), "The Telephone At The Paris Opera", "Ebony Cabinet Made By Turpe, Of Dresden", "The Formation Of Coal" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated July 29, 1893 -- Vol. 69, No. 5 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very light moisture stain on bottom right corner, otherwise very nice condition -- The front cover has a beautiful, full page engraving titled "The World's Columbian Exposition--The Grand Tower Clock Of The Self-Winding Clock Company--Palace Of The Liberal Arts" -- Other articles in this issue include: "Naval Torpedoes", "Notes From The World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893", "Duplex Tandem Compound Engines Of The Watertown Steam Engine Company", "The Effect Of Sunlight On Bacteria", "A New Printing Telegraph" (Donald Murray), "The Ampere, The First Chain Towboat With Magnetic Adhesion", "Fonthill Abbey--Erected As A Residence, In 1796, By William Beckford" (England) -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising, including advertisements for "Edison Phonographs", "Kodaks" (Camera, Eastman Kodak Company), and "Electric Motors" (General Electric Company) -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" --Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated February 16, 1889 -- Vol. 60, No. 7 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very small, light moisture stain at bottom right corner, otherwise very nice condition -- The front cover has four engravings, titled as follows: "Bird's Eye View Of Nicaragua, Showing Path Of Proposed Canal" (PANAMA CANAL), "Native Hut", "Greytown, Atlantic Terminus Of Canal", and "Old Spanish Fort Castillo, On River San Juan" -- Other articles in this issue include: "The Paris Exhibition", "Trial Of The Fifteen Inch Dynamite Gun", "Elastic Suspension Of Machines", "An Improved Fire Escape" (Joseph Abbott), "The International Congress Of Photographers At Paris", "The Maxim Automatic Machine Gun" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising, including an advertisement for "The KODAK Camera" -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 14 pages dated January 1, 1881 -- Vol. 44, No. 1 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, two small, old repaired tears on right side of first two pages, otherwise nice condition -- The front page has an article titled "Bell's Photophone", accompanied by two engravings, one "The Articulating Photophone--The Transmitter", the other "The Articulating Photophone--The Selenium Receiver" (Alexander Graham Bell) -- Other articles in this issue include: "Patent Royalties on Shoe Machinery", "The Restoration of our Commercial and Naval Marine", "Progress of the Great Bridge Between New York and Brooklyn" (East River), "Hydrophobia Five Years after Inoculation" (rabies, Pasteur), "Warrington's Road Engine" (used common illuminating gas for fuel) -- This issue contains an announcement which reads "The Commissioner of Public Works, New York City, has granted Mr. EDISON a permit to introduce his system of electric lighting in the lower part of this city" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated August 21, 1880 -- Vol. 43, No. 8 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very light moisture stain around edges, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front page has a group of seven engravings titled "The Manufacture Of Ultramarine.--American Ultramarine Works Newark, N. J." (blue pigment used for paint, printing, etc.) -- Other articles in this issue include: "Dr. Tanner's Fasting Experiment", "The Magnet In Medicine", "Improved Steam Generator" (F. P. Franke), "Improved Galvanic Battery", "The Electric Lamps Of W. Tchikoleff", "New Automatic Clamping And Pneumatic Paper Cutting Machine" (H. P. Feister) -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including the following patents: S. H. Longard for "Diphtheria Remedy", J. W. Miller for "Process of and Apparatus for Making Ice", T. A. EDISON for "Manufacturing Electric Lamps", C.F.T. STEINWAY for "Upright Pianoforte", A. G. BELL for "Automatic Short Circuiter for Telephones" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated January 14, 1880 -- Vol. 42, No. 3 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very nice condition -- The front page has a group of six engravings titled "The Manufacture Of Wood-Working Machinery.--Works Of C. B. Rogers & Co., Norwich, Conn." -- Other articles in this issue include: "A New Deep Sea Sounding Device" (Henrique de Lima e Cunha), "New Method Of Producing Photographic Pictures In Colors" (M. Bonnaud), "Long Distance Telephoning" (used wires of American Union Telegraph Company with BELL telephones, proved successful within a 100 mile radius of New York City), "Vacuum Apparatus For Exhausting Edison's Electric Lamps" (EDISON), "Hints To The Young Steam Fitter", "The Aard Vark", "The Okinawa Islands", "New Process Of Gilding Glass", "Geology Of The Rocky Mountains", "The Geodetic Survey Of The Great Lakes" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including the following patents: "White & Snyder for "Device for Retouching Photographic Negatives" and E. Berliner for "Electrical Contact, Telephone" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated August 14, 1880 -- Vol. 43, No. 7 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very light moisture stain around edges, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front page has a group of seven engravings titled "Manufacture Of Steel.--Pittsburg Steel Works, Anderson & Co., Pittsburg, PA" -- Other articles in this issue include: "Edison's Electric Light At Sea", "Novel Folding Boat", "Egan's Cone Attachment For Stoves" (J. H. Egan), "Astronomical Observations At High Elevations", "The Extraction Of The Salts Of Sodium And Potassium From The Mother Lye Of The Mediterranean Salt Pits", "The Czar's New Yacht Livadia", "Formation Of American Coal" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including the following patents: C. W. Siemens for "Regulating Electric Currents", J. E. Faber for "Lead Pencil", T.A.B. Putnam for "Electrical Railway Signal", M. Mosler for "Safe" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated July 30, 1887 -- Vol. 57, No. 5 (New Series) -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, small tear on top and bottom of page 75, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front cover has a full page of engravings titled "New Headquarters Of The Fire Department Of The City Of New York" -- Other articles in this issue include: "The Aurora As Seen In Alaska", "New Relations Between Light And Electricity", "The Science Of The Baseball Curve", "Disinfection And Disinfectants", "Lightning Rods For Tall Chimneys", "Holstein Cattle", "Bicycle Ambulance", "The New Submarine Boat Nordenfelt" (Imperial Ottoman government) -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including patents issued to G. WESTINGHOUSE, JR. for "Electric Conductor" and "Electrical Converter" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated June 17, 1893 -- Vol. 68, No. 24 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very nice condition -- The front cover has two large engravings titled "The New Armored War Ship New York--Under Full Speed And At Anchor" -- Other articles in this issue include: "The Erie Canal Celebration Of 1825", "Notes From The World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893", "The 'Criterion' Electric Light Lantern", "Electric Time System--Self-Winding Regulator", "Demonstration Of Sound Waves", "The Dashiell Rapid Fire Gun" (Navy), "Photographs In Color", "How Straw Paper Is Made", "The Highest Bridge In Germany On The Solingen-Remscheid Railroad, Now Being Built" (Plans by Arthur Riemer) -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including a patent issued to J. M. and M. S. BROWNING for "Magazine Catch For Firearms" -- Very interesting advertising, including advertisements for "Edison Phonographs", "Edison Mimeograph" (A.B. Dick Company), "Kodaks" (Camera, Eastman Kodak Company), and "Electric Motors" (General Electric Company) -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated July 13, 1889 -- Vol. 61, No. 2 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, small tear on page 23, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front cover has a full page engraving titled "The Sims-Edison Electric Torpedo", invented by W. Scott Sims and Thomas A. Edison, with accompanying article on Page 21 -- Other articles in this issue include: "Condition And Needs Of The Navy", "The Paris Exhibition", "Koechling's Beach Chair" (Charles E. Koechling), "The New Additions To The Navy", with engraving titled "The New Two Thousand Ton Cruiser", "Means Of Producing Cold" (air conditioning and refrigeration), "A Mountain Electric Railway" (the Burgenstock near Lucerne), "Milk And Some Of Its Products", "Accident On The Housatonic Railroad" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including a patent issued to Westinghouse, Jr. & Rites for "Compound Engine" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" --Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated October 29, 1887 -- Vol. 57, No. 18 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very small tear on back two pages, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front cover has a full page engraving titled "The Harvard Observatory--11 Inch Photographic Telescope" -- Other articles in this issue include: "Edison's New Phonograph", "A New Disinfectant From Coal Oil", "Improved Manhole Cover For Sewers, Street Vaults, Etc." (Harvey C. Lowrie), "A Method Of Running Street Cars" (Michael McManus), "Improved All-Around Crane" (Ransomes & Rapier), "Harvard Observatory And The Henry Draper Memorial", "Fast Stenographic Writing", "The South Pole", "The New Chinese Naval Squadron", "Atlantic Steam Navigation", "The Telegraph Situation" (Western Union Company) -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including a patent issued to D. B. WESSON for Revolving Firearm -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated October 5, 1889 -- Vol. 61, No. 14 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very small tear on side of first page, otherwise, very nice condition -- The front cover has two excellent engravings titled "Construction Of The New War Ship 'Maine', At The Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York" (NOTE: This ship blew up on February 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor, which helped cause the Spanish-American War, "Remember the Maine" became a popular patriotic slogan) -- Other articles in this issue include: "The Nickel And Copper Mines At Sudbury, Ontario", "A Hand Exerciser For Pianists", "The Remington-Lee Military Magazine Rifle", "Electro-Plating Dynamo", "Improved Continuous Web Printing Machine", "Canadian Pacific Railway--Mount Stephen, The Summit Of The Rocky Mountains, British Columbia", "Prevention Of Typhoid Fever", "The Seychelles Islands" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including patents issued to T. A. EDISON for "Manufacture of Carbon Filaments", "Carbonizing Flask", and "Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" --.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated January 22, 1881 -- Vol. 44, No. 4 -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, a few light moisture stains, otherwise nice condition -- The front page has an article titled "Edison's New Dynamo-Electric Machine", accompanied by a large engraving, and an engraving titled "The Edison Lamp" -- Other articles in this issue include: "Electric Illumination At Menlo Park" (EDISON), "Electric Exhibition In New York", "Bottle Cock For Effervescing Liquids", "Magic Mirrors", "New Radial Drill" (William Sellers & Co.), "Improved Steam Fog Horn" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" -- **** NOTE: This issue has been stored in, and will be shipped in, an ACID FREE ARCHIVAL FOLDER with a Mylar Overlay. The Paper may be removed for viewing and reading.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated December 10, 1881 -- Vol. 45, No. 24 (New Series) -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very nice condition -- The front cover has an engraving titled "Edison's Steam Dynamo-Electric Machine At The Paris Electrical Exhibition", accompanied by article -- Other articles in this issue include: "Smallpox", "The Muscular Power Of Insects", with engraving of apparatus for measuring the muscular power of insects, "Improved Soldering Iron", "Double-Driving Tricycle", "Stillman's Trotting Sulky" (C. F. Stillman), "Mantelpiece By Cox & Sons London England", "The International Exhibition And Congress Of Electricity At Paris", "Bonnefin's Sugar Process" (Bonnefin), "Alaskan Mines" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" -- **** NOTE: This issue has been stored in, and will be shipped in, an ACID FREE ARCHIVAL FOLDER with a Mylar Overlay. The Paper may be removed for viewing and reading.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 16 pages dated August 27, 1887 -- Vol. 57, No. 9 (New Series) -- Illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents tight, very nice condition -- The front cover has five engravings titled "Edison's New Electrical Discoveries--Machines For Obtaining Electricity Direct From Fuel" (Thomas Edison, Pyromagnetic Dynamo) -- Other articles in this issue include: "Philosophy Of Longevity", "The Detroit Electric Street Railway", "Locomotive Attachment For Removing Obstructions From Railroad Tracks", "Improved Odometer Or Spoke Cyclometer", "A Machine For Forming Square Tin Cans", "The Proposed Tunnel Under The English Channel Between England And France", "The Millot-Hauvel Water Wheel", "The Principle Of The Firth Of Forth Bridge" -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS, including a patent issued to J. M. MARLIN for "Revolving Firearm" -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" -- **** NOTE: This issue has been stored in, and will be shipped in, an ACID FREE ARCHIVAL FOLDER with a Mylar Overlay. The Paper may be removed for viewing and reading.

Disbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition - Original Issue. This is an original, complete issue of 20 pages dated December 31, 1887 -- Vol. 57, No. 27 -- Profusely illustrated with wood cut engravings -- Covers and contents are tight, very nice condition -- On the front page are two of the key items in this issue: "The New Talking Machine, Edison's Wonderful Phonograph" and "Phonograph with Multiple Earpiece" -- Other items in this issue include "The Self-Registering Barometer", "Fine Types of Prize Cattle", "Film Photography" (Eastman Camera), "A Combined Hay Rake and Tedder" -- Contains Index for Volume 57 -- List of recent INVENTIONS and PATENTS -- Very interesting advertising -- Magazine is subtitled "A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures" -- Frank Luther Mott, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his History of American Magazines, said "The Scientific American had a significance--at least for its first sixty or seventy years--unapproached in kind and effect by any other periodical" -- **** NOTE: This issue has been stored in, and will be shipped in, an ACID FREE ARCHIVAL FOLDER with a Mylar Overlay. The Paper may be removed for viewing and reading.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Volume LVI: No. 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23 & 24. Many engraved B&W illustrations. Each issue complete with front & rear covers. Some small spine, edge and fold tears & stains. New York Central Railroad, Navy Search Lights, Routes of New York City Aqueduct, Harlem River Bridge, Newark NJ Draw Bridge, Maxim Automatic Machine Gun, British Warship Colossus, Technical Courses at the College of the City of New York, First American Type Writer, etc. Magazines. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 16" x 11" Hardcover; 828pp; Marbled boards bright, corners of boards rubbed, professionally rebound with new cloth spine, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. 68th & 69th volumes of Scientific American complete for the year 1893, the year of the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Includes many pages devoted to the Columbian Exposition including many illustrations. This volume is a trove of early American science , invention and technology during an era of accelerating progress from "Norton's Automatic Water Gate," "Carr's Feed-Water Regulator" and "Moving A Bridge By Rail," to pages of quaint ads for printing telegraphs, bicycles and wood screws. A steam-punk's delight!.