Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870CORRESPONDENCE.Reading editionChapter navigation82 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…NEW YORK, JANUARY 1, 1870.Engines of the Spanish Gunboats.The Torpedo Boat Problem.SUGAR MAKING IN LOUISIANA.Sticking, or Court Plaster.AN IMPROVED HOISTING PULLEY WANTED.FERDINAND DE LESSEPS--CHIEF PROMOTER OF THE SUEZ CANAL.AN INGENIOUS VENT PEG.A New English Patent Pulley Block.Plants In Sleeping Rooms.Improved Treadle Motion.Improved Method of Catching Curculios.Remains of a Megatherium in Ohio.Artificial Ivory.AMERICAN AND ENGLISH RAILWAY PRACTICE CONTRASTED.BOILER COVERING.Attachment of Saws to Swing-Frames.PATENT DECISION.Inventions Patented In England by Americans.Russ' Improved Wood Molding Machine.A Lost Civilization.GIRARD'S "PALIER GLISSANT."SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA HAPPY NEW YEAR!THE SUEZ CANAL NOT YET A FAILURE.TUBULAR BOILERS AND BOILER EXPLOSIONS.AMERICAN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE PRIZES AWARDED TO STEAM ENGINES.A PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN PATENT LAW.THE BRIGHTER SIDE.PROFESSOR FISKE'S LECTURES AT HARVARD.SCIENTIFIC LECTURES BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.THE BATTLE FIELDS OF SCIENCE.HOW FRENCH BANK NOTES ARE MADE.WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY.CHINESE METHODS OF PRESERVING EGGS.STEAM BOILER INSPECTION.EDITORIAL SUMMARY.THE STEVENS BREECH-LOADING RIFLE.A NOVEL FRENCH HAND VISE.THE MOUND-BUILDERS IN COLORADO.THE WOVEN-WIRE MATTRESS.Flouring Mill Hazards.Fire-Proof Buildings.The Decline of American Shipping.CORRESPONDENCE.Aerial Navigation--A Suggestion.Puttying Floors of Jewelers Shops and Otherwise.Western Demand for Agricultural Implements.Economical Steam Engine.Friction and Percussion.Oiling a Preservative of Brown Stone.Interesting Correspondence from China.Communication Between Deaf and Blind Mutes.Cheap Cotton Press Wanted.A Singular Freak of a Magnet.PRESERVATION OF IRON.THE BANANAS AND PLANTAINS OF THE TROPICS.PUTTING UP STOVES.THE MAGIC LANTERN.The Largest Well in the World--Capacity 1,000,000 Gallons of Water per Day.PAPER FOR BUILDING.Improved Muzzle-Pivoting Gun.Stock Feeding by Clock Work.Milk, and What Comes of It.Improved Hay Elevator.IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP WICKS.Great Transformation.Moore's Rural New YorkerBUSINESS AND PERSONAL.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.RECENT AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.How to Obtain Letters Patent for New Inventions.Official List of Patents.REISSUES.DESIGNS.EXTENSIONS.PATENTS ISSUED FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 21, 1869.REISSUES.DESIGNS.Cash Prize and Premium ListPrevious chapter ←The Decline of American Shipping.Next chapter →Aerial Navigation--A Suggestion.All chapters and sections (82)NEW YORK, JANUARY 1, 1870.Engines of the Spanish Gunboats.The Torpedo Boat Problem.SUGAR MAKING IN LOUISIANA.Sticking, or Court Plaster.AN IMPROVED HOISTING PULLEY WANTED.FERDINAND DE LESSEPS--CHIEF PROMOTER OF THE SUEZ CANAL.AN INGENIOUS VENT PEG.A New English Patent Pulley Block.Plants In Sleeping Rooms.Improved Treadle Motion.Improved Method of Catching Curculios.Remains of a Megatherium in Ohio.Artificial Ivory.AMERICAN AND ENGLISH RAILWAY PRACTICE CONTRASTED.BOILER COVERING.Attachment of Saws to Swing-Frames.PATENT DECISION.Inventions Patented In England by Americans.Russ' Improved Wood Molding Machine.A Lost Civilization.GIRARD'S "PALIER GLISSANT."SCIENTIFIC AMERICANA HAPPY NEW YEAR!THE SUEZ CANAL NOT YET A FAILURE.TUBULAR BOILERS AND BOILER EXPLOSIONS.AMERICAN RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE PRIZES AWARDED TO STEAM ENGINES.A PROTEST AGAINST THE CANADIAN PATENT LAW.THE BRIGHTER SIDE.PROFESSOR FISKE'S LECTURES AT HARVARD.SCIENTIFIC LECTURES BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.THE BATTLE FIELDS OF SCIENCE.HOW FRENCH BANK NOTES ARE MADE.WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS SAY.CHINESE METHODS OF PRESERVING EGGS.STEAM BOILER INSPECTION.EDITORIAL SUMMARY.THE STEVENS BREECH-LOADING RIFLE.A NOVEL FRENCH HAND VISE.THE MOUND-BUILDERS IN COLORADO.THE WOVEN-WIRE MATTRESS.Flouring Mill Hazards.Fire-Proof Buildings.The Decline of American Shipping.CORRESPONDENCE.Aerial Navigation--A Suggestion.Puttying Floors of Jewelers Shops and Otherwise.Western Demand for Agricultural Implements.Economical Steam Engine.Friction and Percussion.Oiling a Preservative of Brown Stone.Interesting Correspondence from China.Communication Between Deaf and Blind Mutes.Cheap Cotton Press Wanted.A Singular Freak of a Magnet.PRESERVATION OF IRON.THE BANANAS AND PLANTAINS OF THE TROPICS.PUTTING UP STOVES.THE MAGIC LANTERN.The Largest Well in the World--Capacity 1,000,000 Gallons of Water per Day.PAPER FOR BUILDING.Improved Muzzle-Pivoting Gun.Stock Feeding by Clock Work.Milk, and What Comes of It.Improved Hay Elevator.IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP WICKS.Great Transformation.Moore's Rural New YorkerBUSINESS AND PERSONAL.ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.RECENT AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS.NEW BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.How to Obtain Letters Patent for New Inventions.Official List of Patents.REISSUES.DESIGNS.EXTENSIONS.PATENTS ISSUED FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 21, 1869.REISSUES.DESIGNS.Cash Prize and Premium ListThe Editors are not responsible for the Opinions expressed by their Correspondents.◇← The Decline of American Shipping.Aerial Navigation--A Suggestion. →