Description: Black and Tan Books offers ... Scientific American: Ericsson Monitor April 5, 1862 (Civil War) Original Author:Staff Written Publisher:Munn & Co. Pub. Date:1862 Format:Softcover ISBN: Condition:Collectible: Good Notes: Original April 5, 1862 issue of Scientific American featuring designer of the Monitor Captain John Ericsson biography with a detailed engraving of him on front panel. Includes numerous additional articles and contributions as follows: Notes on Military Affairs; Infernal Machines in the Mississippi; The Ore from which the Iron of our Great Guns is Made; Nicotine Found in the Viscera of a Snufftaker; A New Fusible Alloy; Resources of Madagascar; Start Your Tomatoes; English and German Steel at the World's Fair; History of Turbine Water Wheels; Blasting and Splitting Stumps with Percussion Cartridges; The Best Shot for Penetrating Iron Plates; The Science of Steam-Indicator Cards; Geology of Michigan; Anchor Ice; Defence of the Secretary of the Navy; Suggestions for a Pilot House; Water Gas - Letter from Professor Sanders; How To Make Superior Vinegar and Pickles; Cost of Steam and Water Power; Donald McKay on our Ships-of-War; New York Court of Common Pleas; Improved Engine Lathe; Chemical Trick with Silver Ore; Beagle's Safety Hooks; Photograph Albums; What Can Be Done For Inventors - Advice Gratis and Advice For Pay; Defence of the Secretary of the Navy; The Management of Telegraphs; Mr. M'Kay's Letter on Iron-Plated Ships; Pratt's Coal Sifter; Late Experiements with Iron Plating; Cutting Files by machinery; The Great Eastern; Notes On Foreign Inventions and Discoveries; Additions to Factories in Lowell; The Physical Man of Ohio; A Curious Development (p. 219); Ship Building on the Lakes; Significant Testimonials; Western Gunboars; Case-Hardening Wrought Iron; Recent American Inventions; Photographs of the Interior of the Eye; Patent Claims; Patents For Seventeen Years; Notes and Queries; Money Received; New Publications; Improved Automatic Car Coupling; Lacquering Brass; and Sea-Coast Mortar. 16 pp. 14" x 10". Complete copy with faint age toning and partial splitting to fold. Odor free. A presentable of an important Civil War publication. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. Domestic shipping: USPS Media Mail $4.99. USPS Priority Mail $13.99. International shipping: $24.99 NOTE: This is an _original_ issue in newspaper format - that is - folded leaves unbound. It was later sewn into a compilation of issues in book format, retaining alll edges, then removed for individual sale. The publisher was Munn & Co., the printer was The Steam house Press of John A. Gray. Typically, bound compilations were purchased and privately bound by libraries and contained consecutive isues from a specified period. The main takeaway is that the issues listed are original and unaltered, with the exception of having one, two or no tiny holes caused by the binding thread at the fold, which has been removed.
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Special Attributes: Scientific American: Ericsson Monitor April 5, 1862 (Civil War), Original April 5, 1862 issue of Scientific American, Biography of Captain John Ericcson, designer of the Monitor, 16 pages packed with numerous articles, Notes on Military Affairs, Infernal Machines in the Mississippi, Ore from which Iron of our Great Guns is Made, Defence of the Secretary of the Navy, Donald McKay on our Ships-of-War, Notes On Foreign Inventions and Discoveries, Recent American Inventions, Patents For Seventeen Years
Subject: Scientific American: Ericsson Monitor April 5, 1862 (Civil War)
Topic: Scientific American: Ericsson Monitor April 5, 1862 (Civil War)
Year Printed: 1862
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Author: Staff Written
Unit Quantity: 1
Publisher: Munn & Co.
