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Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.—No. 6. [New Series.], August 10, 1878

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Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.—No. 6. [New Series.], August 10, 1878

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Silk-worm breeding, the natural history of the eel, and the telephone as a promoter of science sit side by side in this 1878 number. Scientific American mixed the barnyard and the laboratory without apology, covering iron making and fountain pens in the same breath. A vivid slice of how a curious nation kept up with everything at once.

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71 chapters

  1. 1Scientific American
  2. 2THE PARIS EXHIBITION.—A SKETCH IN THE PARK.
  3. 3Improvements in Silk Worm Breeding.
  4. 4The Natural History of the Eel.
  5. 5PROGRESS OF IRON MAKING.
  6. 6THE TELEPHONE AS A PROMOTER OF SCIENCE.
  7. 7LETTER FROM PROFESSOR HUGHES.
  8. 8THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN EXPORT EDITION.
  9. 9FOUNTAIN PENS.
  10. 10THE SUN.
  11. 11MECHANICAL PUDDLING IN SWEDEN.
  12. 12Photographic Engraving.
  13. 13A NEW DEEP SEA THERMOMETER.
  14. 14New Inventions.
  15. 15[Communications.]
  16. 16Our Patent Law.
  17. 17The Edison Carbon Telephone and Hughes' Microphone.
  18. 18New Industrial Enterprises.

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