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  1. 2019.019.40 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 42. Published by Munn & Company. Published July 2, 1853. Featured invention: Improved Drawing Regulator.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.40
  2. 2019.019.41 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 43. Published by Munn & Company. Published July 9, 1853. Featured invention: Mortising and Boring Machine.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.41
  3. 2019.019.42 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 44. Published by Munn & Company. Published July 16, 1853. Featured invention: Best's Patent Reverberatory Furnace/Echol's Steam Guage.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.42
  4. 2019.019.43 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 46. Published by Munn & Company. Published July 30, 1853. Featured invention: Denton's Reaper and Self-Raker.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.43
  5. 2019.019.44 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 48. Published by Munn & Company. Published August 13, 1853. Featured invention: Weed's Malt and Grain Dryer/Marks' Artificial Leg.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.44
  6. 2019.019.45 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 49. Published by Munn & Company. Published August 20, 1853. Featured invention: Iron Refining and Puddling Furnaces.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.45
  7. 2019.019.46 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 50. Published by Munn & Company. Published August 27, 1853. Featured invention: Eastman's Steam Gauge.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.50
  8. 2019.019.47 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 51. Published by Munn & Company. Published September 3, 1853. Featured invention: Swan's Melodeon/Paper Cutting Machine.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.47
  9. 2019.019.48 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 52. Published by Munn & Company. Published September 10, 1853. Featured invention: Multiplying Gearing and Horse Power.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.48
  10. 2019.019.49 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume XII, no. 13 (single issue) published December 6, 1856 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Machine for Cutting Files.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.49
  11. 2019.019.5 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume VIII, no. 6. Published by Munn & Company. Published October 23, 1852. Featured invention: New York Crystal Palace for the Exhibition of Industrial Products.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.5
  12. 2019.019.50 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume V, no. 22 (single issue) published November 30, 1861 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: M'adam's Account-Book Paging Machine.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.50
  13. 2019.019.51 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume IX, no. 13 (single issue) published September 26, 1863 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Jones's Patent Truss Bridge.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.51
  14. 2019.019.52 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume IX, no. 8 (single issue) published August 22, 1863 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: L.A. Dole's Hub-Boxing And Spoke Toning Machines

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.52
  15. 2019.019.53 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume IX, no. 24 (single issue) published December 12, 1863 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Dr. Everitt's Acoustic Telegraph.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.53
  16. 2019.019.54 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume XXII, no. 21 (single issue) published May 21, 1870 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Newell's Oscillating Sofa, Table, and Couch for Vessels.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.54
  17. 2019.019.55 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume XXIX, no. 24 (single issue) published December 13, 1873 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Aschenbrenner's Improved Sugar-Making Process.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.55
  18. 2019.019.56 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume XXXVIII, no. 26 (single issue) published June 29, 1878 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: The Firmenich Safety Steam Boiler.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.56
  19. 2019.019.57 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume XXXIX, no. 3 (single issue) published July 20, 1878 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Dingley's Variable Automatic Cutoff.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.57
  20. 2019.019.58 - Newspaper

    Scientific American, Volume III, no. 12 (single issue) published September 15, 1860 by Munn & Company in New York. Featured invention: Stoddart's Improved Slide Valve.

    Record Type: Object

    2019.019.58

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