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Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1
Various and Rufus Porter
Step into an American magazine at the dawn of the industrial age. This 1846 issue of Scientific American mixes a natural rock image of Washington, a curious new instrument called the Viol Seraphine, an eclipse seen in Arabia, and the tale of the Bowie knife. A lively snapshot of Yankee ingenuity and wonder. Read invention and curiosity as they first hit the page.
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89 chapters
- 1THE NEW YORK
- 2SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN:
- 3TERMS.--$2 a year--$1 in advance, and the remainder in 6 months.
- 4NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 26, 1846.
- 5Contents.
- 6NATURE'S IMAGE OF WASHINGTON.
- 7The Viol Seraphine.
- 8An Eclipse in Arabia.
- 9Giving Credit.
- 10The Bowie Knife and its Inventor.
- 11Forests and Streams.
- 12Prussian Music.
- 13Philosophy.
- 14Polite Preaching.
- 15Pure Air.
- 16The Deerfield (N. H.) Phenomena.
- 17Extraordinary Instance of Gambling.
- 18Gen. Taylor's Patriotism.
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