Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880INDEX OF INVENTIONSReading editionChapter navigation52 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, ART, SCIENCE, MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MANUFACTURES.Scientific AmericanONE MORE NUMBER.FIRES—CAUSES AND PREVENTION.WHAT IS LIGHT?GLASS SPINNING AND WEAVING.REMARKABLE ERUPTION OF MAUNA LOA.NEW AIR ENGINE.Telegraph Wires Underground.IMPROVED SAFETY NUT.Petroleum Prospects.TOOL FOR DRIVING AND CLINCHING NAILS.AUTOMATIC BALANCE ATTACHMENT FOR VALVES.IMPROVED SAFETY VALVE.Raising Sunken Vessels.NEW HAND POWER BAND SAW.The Harbor of Montreal.APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ICE FROM RAILROADS.Ericsson's New Submarine Gun.RECENT INVENTIONS.NEW TELEGRAPH INSULATOR.BUSINESS COLLEGES.American Institute of Architects.Vennor's Winter Predictions.The London Underground Railway.Tempering Chisels.AMATEUR MECHANICS.MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS.THE HERCULES BEETLE.A Poulterer's View of Mechanical Poultry Raising.The Embrace of the Mantis.VARIEGATION OF LEAVES.Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cocoanut.Learning to Tie Knots.DECISIONS RELATING TO PATENTS.Characteristics of Arctic Winter.The Collins Line of Steamers.CHINESE WOMEN'S FEET.CORRESPONDENCESchools of Invention.Proposed Exhibition of Bathing Appliances.Business and Personal.English Patents Issued to Americans.INDEX OF INVENTIONSNovember 16, 1880,ADVERTISEMENTS.DR. SCOTT'S ELECTRIC HAIR BRUSH.Advertisements.CHRISTMAS "ST. NICHOLAS."KNABEScientific AmericanPrevious chapter ←English Patents Issued to Americans.Next chapter →November 16, 1880,All chapters and sections (52)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, ART, SCIENCE, MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MANUFACTURES.Scientific AmericanONE MORE NUMBER.FIRES—CAUSES AND PREVENTION.WHAT IS LIGHT?GLASS SPINNING AND WEAVING.REMARKABLE ERUPTION OF MAUNA LOA.NEW AIR ENGINE.Telegraph Wires Underground.IMPROVED SAFETY NUT.Petroleum Prospects.TOOL FOR DRIVING AND CLINCHING NAILS.AUTOMATIC BALANCE ATTACHMENT FOR VALVES.IMPROVED SAFETY VALVE.Raising Sunken Vessels.NEW HAND POWER BAND SAW.The Harbor of Montreal.APPARATUS FOR REMOVING ICE FROM RAILROADS.Ericsson's New Submarine Gun.RECENT INVENTIONS.NEW TELEGRAPH INSULATOR.BUSINESS COLLEGES.American Institute of Architects.Vennor's Winter Predictions.The London Underground Railway.Tempering Chisels.AMATEUR MECHANICS.MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS.THE HERCULES BEETLE.A Poulterer's View of Mechanical Poultry Raising.The Embrace of the Mantis.VARIEGATION OF LEAVES.Vanilla, Cinnamon, Cocoanut.Learning to Tie Knots.DECISIONS RELATING TO PATENTS.Characteristics of Arctic Winter.The Collins Line of Steamers.CHINESE WOMEN'S FEET.CORRESPONDENCESchools of Invention.Proposed Exhibition of Bathing Appliances.Business and Personal.English Patents Issued to Americans.INDEX OF INVENTIONSNovember 16, 1880,ADVERTISEMENTS.DR. SCOTT'S ELECTRIC HAIR BRUSH.Advertisements.CHRISTMAS "ST. NICHOLAS."KNABEScientific AmericanFOR WHICH◇Letters Patent of the United States were Granted in the Week Ending:← English Patents Issued to Americans.November 16, 1880, →