Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

BOOK REVIEWS.
Thtt Scut.Nl'JFIC AME.RJCAN, Muno and Co., Edit.ors and Proprietors. Prico $:; .00
pt!r year. Publillhed weekly ~tt No ~61 Hroadwny, New York. N. Y.
The Scientific Aml'ricun, now favorably known in e\·ery qu~trter of the globe,
began its exiKtence in l~n. under the editorship of Rufus Parter. \Vithin that
year t.he present proprit~tors acquired th., owntH-ship. and began in earue>~t th" nut
very eMy tMk of publishing a weekly paper having suffici .. nt popular •cientifio
int..rest to command a re~p9~table snb.cription list. For half a century tbe
inf.!>rest of the editors and proprietors hw. nt~ver fla1,rged , and thtt stnndartl of th"
paper has bePn f'levated from year to year. By comparing t.he succeeding voluntc•,
a cotL•tant improvement is "bserved in the kind of matter. the character uf tlo"
illustnttions. th .. clearness of the print. and even the quality of the paper. Thes"
improvttments go to ~how enterpriae of a high order. We now have a furtlwr indication
of the s"me spirit in the pnbliclltion of an Anniversary Number de•igned to
celebrate the close of the i>Ot.h year of the conuect.ion of the present owner. with th.,
papt!r. Among the subje..ts treated are : The Transat.lantic Swamship, Nantl 1111d
C..>>Ut Defense. Railroads and Brid~ees, the Sewing Machine, Photograph:--. lhe
Phonograph. Telegraph. Telephone, Iron Bnd Steel. Physics and ChemiMtry. Progt"t!AA
of Printing. the Bicycle. Elect.ril' Engine·· ring. Tt~lesoopes, OcAan T~l,·grt~ph~· ,
distinguished Living lnvent.,rK {Portraits). Shipyards of the United Stat .••. .\
larg" p-oup of di~tingui~h"d A'llerican Invent.,,.,., repro