Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867Volume 17 — CorrespondenceReading editionChapter navigation31 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…NEW YORK, DECEMBER 28, 1867.Improvement in Hulling and Cleansing Hominy.Nitro-Glycerin.HISERT'S ADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR TOOTH.Remedy for Cold Feet in City Cars.Getting Your Money Back.OFFICIAL REPORT OF PATENTS AND CLAIMSOFFICIAL REPORT OF PATENTS AND CLAIMS (continued 2)PENDING APPLICATIONS FOR REISSUES.SCIENTIFIC AMERICANTHE LAST NUMBER OF VOLUME XVII.COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW VOLUME.A CHANGE AT THE PATENT OFFICE.OBITUARY.How to Make Intelligent Workmen--Go and Do Likewise.The Iron-Clads at Sea.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AS A MEDIUM OF BUSINESS.HUNT'S IMPROVED STEAM PACKING PISTON.Improvement in Hand Drills.CorrespondenceImproved Method of Securing Cutters on Boring Bars.Tides and Their Causes.The Great Hoosac Tunnel.Horse-hair Snakes--Wonderful Transformation.Man Proposes, but God Disposes.Extraordinary Effects of an Earthquake--An American Man-of-War Carried Over the Tops of Warehouses and Stranded.Recent American and foreign Patents.Answers to Correspondents.Business and Personal.MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND RAILROAD ITEMS.PATENT OFFICE DECISIONS ON APPEAL.Previous chapter ←Volume 17 — Improvement in Hand Drills.Next chapter →Volume 17 — Improved Method of Securing Cutters on Boring Bars.All chapters and sections (31)Other sectionsNEW YORK, DECEMBER 28, 1867.Improvement in Hulling and Cleansing Hominy.Nitro-Glycerin.HISERT'S ADJUSTABLE CULTIVATOR TOOTH.Remedy for Cold Feet in City Cars.Getting Your Money Back.OFFICIAL REPORT OF PATENTS AND CLAIMSOFFICIAL REPORT OF PATENTS AND CLAIMS (continued 2)PENDING APPLICATIONS FOR REISSUES.SCIENTIFIC AMERICANSections17Volume 17 · Other sectionsCOMMENCEMENT OF A NEW VOLUME.A CHANGE AT THE PATENT OFFICE.OBITUARY.How to Make Intelligent Workmen--Go and Do Likewise.The Iron-Clads at Sea.THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AS A MEDIUM OF BUSINESS.HUNT'S IMPROVED STEAM PACKING PISTON.Improvement in Hand Drills.CorrespondenceImproved Method of Securing Cutters on Boring Bars.Tides and Their Causes.The Great Hoosac Tunnel.Horse-hair Snakes--Wonderful Transformation.Man Proposes, but God Disposes.Extraordinary Effects of an Earthquake--An American Man-of-War Carried Over the Tops of Warehouses and Stranded.Recent American and foreign Patents.Answers to Correspondents.Business and Personal.MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND RAILROAD ITEMS.PATENT OFFICE DECISIONS ON APPEAL.The Editors are not responsible for the opinions expressed by their correspondents.◇← Improvement in Hand Drills.Improved Method of Securing Cutters on Boring Bars. →