Two bound volumes, each with 52 issues, 8 pages each of Scientific American: The Advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and other Improvements. Vol. 5, 22 Sept. 1849 to 14 Sept. 1850, 416pp (w/ index), and Vol. 6, 21 Sept. 1850 to 13 Sept. 1851, 414pp (w/ Index). Both folio, bound in 3/4-leather over marbled paper boards. An interesting time period. Column 1 on page 1 of all numbers is "Rail Road News," as this mode of transportation was gaining in prominence. Reports of new machines cover everything from sewing machines to new hose couplings (a few of those), at least 2 new brick making machines, several seed planters, planing and scraping machines, grain dryers (at least 2), door knobs, pad locks, saddles and more. It was a time of change - so one report is on masts, yards and spars (for sailing vessels), and several more are on paddle wheels and related engines for steamboats. There seem to be lists of new patents applied for several times a year. Some of those patents are expanded, such as Sharp's breech loading rifle (9 Mar 1850). There are many other articles as well, such as several reports on the "Siamese Twins." It was also the heyday of whaling, and there are reports on where to locate whales, improved harpoons, etc. Another article reported on the departure of Sir John Franklin for the Arctic (9 Feb. 1850); of course, they would never report his return. One report marveled that in Scotland, people eat oats, and the writer seems uncertain whether this is a useful food for humans or not. Daguerre's death in 1851 was noted (developer of daguerreotypes), along with the information that the nation of France paid him for his photography technique, so the technology could belong to everyone, but someone in England decided to copyright the process. It was not copyrighted in America, rightly, according to the article. That was why France paid the developer - so everyone could use it. There were reports on the sugar and cotton crops, and the opium trade (marveling at - and largely disbelieving - the reported quantities of opium). How little they knew of the size of China and southern Asia at the time! And much more, which nice schematics and illustrations of many of the new machines. Truly a "sign of the times," and rapidly changing times, at that. Condition: Boards separated, leather disintegrated. Paper a bit brittle, but most pages still fairly bright; only a few even moderately toned.
Two bound volumes, each with 52 issues, 8 pages each of Scientific American: The Advocate of Industry, and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and other Improvements. Vol. 5, 22 Sept. 1849 to 14 Sept. 1850, 416pp (w/ index), and Vol. 6, 21 Sept. 1850 to 13 Sept. 1851, 414pp (w/ Index). Both folio, bound in 3/4-leather over marbled paper boards. An interesting time period. Column 1 on page 1 of all numbers is "Rail Road News," as this mode of transportation was gaining in prominence. Reports of new machines cover everything from sewing machines to new hose couplings (a few of those), at least 2 new brick making machines, several seed planters, planing and scraping machines, grain dryers (at least 2), door knobs, pad locks, saddles and more. It was a time of change - so one report is on masts, yards and spars (for sailing vessels), and several more are on paddle wheels and related engines for steamboats. There seem to be lists of new patents applied for several times a year. Some of those patents are expanded, such as Sharp's breech loading rifle (9 Mar 1850). There are many other articles as well, such as several reports on the "Siamese Twins." It was also the heyday of whaling, and there are reports on where to locate whales, improved harpoons, etc. Another article reported on the departure of Sir John Franklin for the Arctic (9 Feb. 1850); of course, they would never report his return. One report marveled that in Scotland, people eat oats, and the writer seems uncertain whether this is a useful food for humans or not. Daguerre's death in 1851 was noted (developer of daguerreotypes), along with the information that the nation of France paid him for his photography technique, so the technology could belong to everyone, but someone in England decided to copyright the process. It was not copyrighted in America, rightly, according to the article. That was why France paid the developer - so everyone could use it. There were reports on the sugar and cotton crops, and the opium trade (marveling at - and largely disbelieving - the reported quantities of opium). How little they knew of the size of China and southern Asia at the time! And much more, which nice schematics and illustrations of many of the new machines. Truly a "sign of the times," and rapidly changing times, at that. Condition: Boards separated, leather disintegrated. Paper a bit brittle, but most pages still fairly bright; only a few even moderately toned.
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