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THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN is the authority; it is always up to date; and gives its readers the first news as well as the most complete news of any new development in the Sciences, Arts, Manufactures, etc. Some of the department features are:
HANDY MAN'S WORKSHOP.—In this department those who use tools either for pastime or profit will find suggestions which will be helpful.
HANDY MAN'S LABORATORY.—This is a department of Experimental Science with many useful and interesting experiments along the lines of modern scientific thought.
NOTES AND QUERIES DEPARTMENT.—In which is published replies to our correspondents, embracing the widest range of topics. An able corps of experts is engaged to attend to this correspondence and the service is free to our subscribers.
INVENTORS' DEPARTMENT.—In these columns inventors have their say; their trials and tribulations and final successes are fully discussed. Inventors are also given an opportunity to present their mechanical ideas to the world. There is also a column of "Patent Office Notes" and a column of "Legal Notes" in which questions of Patent Law, about which inventors and manufacturers should be informed, are briefly and simply elucidated.
CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE AND INVENTION is a department of notes in which all the curious and ingenious ideas of the day are illustrated and briefly described.
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Transcriber’s NoteEvery effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies.Minor punctuation and printing errors have been corrected.[*]Madison (Illinois) p. 122. The original has a footnote anchor here, but no corresponding footnote appears in the text.
Transcriber’s Note
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including obsolete and variant spellings and other inconsistencies.
Minor punctuation and printing errors have been corrected.
[*]Madison (Illinois) p. 122. The original has a footnote anchor here, but no corresponding footnote appears in the text.