Item #018400 Scientific American. An Illustrated Journal of Art, Science and Mechanics. August 24, 1895. Authors.

Scientific American. An Illustrated Journal of Art, Science and Mechanics. August 24, 1895

New York: Munn and Co, 1895. Tabloid. Folio. Good. Item #018400

Illustrated wraps. Tabloid format. Pagination runs 113-128. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this long running journal devoted to science. This issue with a look at the Thorne Typesetting Machine; a short history of the electric telegraph; a new water velocipede (like a bicycle on pontoons); an article on a new bicycle path at Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, accompanied by a photo; a short piece on an electric man (it could haul a cart around the city of Tonawanda) invented by Philip Perew; an article heralding the bicycle era, etc. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present. Minor soiling and staining, with some curling and creasing to the journal.

Price: $25.00

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