NEW YORK, DECEMBER 28, 1867.
Reading edition
Vol. XVII.--No. 26. [NEW SERIES.]
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Contents: (Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)
*Improvement in Hulling and Cleansing Hominy Nitro Glycerin *Hisert's Adjustable Cultivator Tooth Remedy for Cold Feet in City Cars Getting Your Money Back Patent Claims Pending Applications for Reissues The 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 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN as a Medium of Business *Hunt's Improved Steam Packing Piston The Iron Clads at Sea *Improvement in Hand Drills *Improved 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 Recent American and Foreign Patents Answers to Correspondents Business and Personal Manufacturing, Mining, and Railroad Items Patent Office Decision