Part 11

WE ALSO PUBLISH, | LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. PRICE ONE DOLLAR | 1. THE LETTER WRITER. ART ALBUM | 2. THE CROSSING SWEEPER. CONTAINING | 3. THE ROYAL PRINCESSES. Twelve Beautiful Photo Engravings | 4. THE SKEIN WINDER. Suitable for Framing | 5. THE SPANISH SISTERS. Reproduced by Moss Process from | 6. A REST ON THE HILL. Art Journal Steel Engravings | 7. THE FAIR CORRESPONDENT. Published By | 8. BARTHRAM'S DIRGE. PHOTO ENGRAVING CO. | 9. GOING TO SCHOOL. 67 PARK PLACE | 10. PEEP O'DAY BOY'S CABIN. | 11. THE SCANTY MEAL. | 12. THE AMAZON.

Printed on heavy toned plate paper, 12×15 inches. Liberal discount to the trade. Sent postpaid on receipt of price. _Please say where you saw this._ PHOTO-ENGRAVING CO., 67 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK.

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THE TRADE ENGINE.

Noiseless in operation--Perfect in workmanship--all light parts of Cast Steel.

Every Engine indicated, and valve corrected to give the highest attainable results.

Warranted superior to any semi-portable Engine in the market!

Send for Price List and Circular.

HERRMANN & HERCHELRODE M'F'G CO.,

Dayton, Ohio.

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Wood-Working Machinery.

Patent Scroll Saws and Band Saws a Specialty. OVER 100 MACHINES IN USE. Medal at Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. Agents in all large cities.

CORDESMAN, EGAN & CO., M'f'rs, Cincinnati, O

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[Hand->]Send for _Descriptive Catalogue_

of

RELIABLE Vegetable and Flower SEEDS containing 192 pages on SEEDS and Plants mailed free.

H.A. DREER, SEEDSMAN AND FLORIST, PHILADA.

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$100. REWARD. $100.

This MOUSTACHE produced on a smooth face by the use of DYKE'S BEARD ELIXIR without injury, or will forfeit $100. Price by mail in sealed package 25 cents, for three 50 cents.

A.L. SMITH & CO., Ag'ts, Palatine, Ill.

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J.H. Blaisdell's MOULDER,

North 4th St., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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Shaping Machines

Have novel device for changing length of stroke while in motion, also, automatic down feed, and quick return. Four sizes.

Patented 1868, 1871, 1874,

Wood & Light Machine Co. Worcester, Mass.

Manufacturers of all kinds of Iron Working Machinery Shafting, Pulleys, &c.

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$12 a day at home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine.

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Lathes, Planers, Shapers, Drills, Gear & Bolt Cutters, &c. E. GOULD, Newark, N.J.

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SNYDER'S LITTLE GIANT STEAM ENGINE

The Best SMALL POWER ENGINES IN THE COUNTRY.

WARD B. SNYDER

84 Fulton Str.

New York

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One-Horse Power, with tubular boiler complete, only $150

Two-Horse Power 200

Three-Horse Power 250

Call and Examine OR SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE

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SEE PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS & CHEMICALS

complete, with directions, $10. No toy; takes pictures 4x5½ inches. Send for illustrated circular.

B. MORGAN, 14 Ann St. New York, P.O. Box 4349.

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WANTED! SALESMEN at a salary of $1200 a year to travel and sell goods to Dealers. NO PEDDLING. Hotel and traveling expenses paid. Address. MONITOR MANUFACTURING Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

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$39 Each week to Agents. Goods Staple. 10,000 testimonials received. Terms liberal. Particulars free. J. Worth & Co. St. Louis, Mo.

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$55 to $77 a Week to Agents. $10 _Outfit Free_. P.O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.

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THE COMPOUND STEAM PUMP USES

steam expansively, hence economically. Simpler than any other. Only two moving parts in cylinder. No levers, springs, tappets, or reversing valves. Critical examination invited. Address E. & A. Betts, Wilmington, Del.

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25 Beautiful Cards, with name, 10 cents, post paid. MILLPORT PRINTING CO., Millport, N.Y.

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SPARE THE CROTON AND SAVE THE COST.

Driven or Tube Wells furnished to large consumers of Croton and Ridgewood Water. WM. D, ANDREWS & BRO., 414 Water St., N.Y. who control the patent for Green's American Driven Well.

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VINEGAR.

How made in 10 hours from Cider, Wine or Sorghum without using drugs. Name paper and address F.I. SAGE, Springfield Mass.

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AGENTS. 64 page Illustrated Catalogue, Free. Boston Novelty Co., Boston, Mass.

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The Toll-Gate! PRIZE PICTURE sent free! An ingenious gem! 50 objects to find! Address, with stamp, E.C. ABBEY, Buffalo, N.Y.

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$984 Made by one Agent in 57 days. 13 new articles. Samples free. Address, C.M. LININGTON, CHICAGO.

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LIGHTNING SCREW PLATE.

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Will make a perfect thread at one cut, and can be adjusted for wear. Send for catalogue to the agents,

FRASSE & COMPANY,

Dealers in Fine Tools, Files, Steel Wire & Supplies,

62 CHATHAM STREET, NEW YORK.

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GUARDIOLA'S COFFEE & SUGAR MACHINERY

COFFEE, MAIT, CORN, COCOA, AND GRAIN-DRYING MACHINE. COFFEE-HULLING AND POLISHING MACHINES. COFFEE-WASHING MACHINE. HELIX SUGAR EVAPORATOR.

MESSRS. C. ADOLPHE LOW & CO., 42 Cedar

Street, MESSRS. MUNOZ & ESPRIELLA, 52 Pine Street, new York, are Mr. Guardiola's Agents, and they will give prompt attention to all orders for any of the above machines.

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FOUR GRAND PRIZE MEDALS!

AWARDED OUR EXHIBIT AT THE CENTENNIAL!

[Illustration: BLISS'S SELECT GARDEN SEEDS.]

BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED SEED CATALOGUE AND AMATEUR'S GUIDE TO THE FLOWER AND KITCHEN GARDEN.--200 pages, including several hundred finely executed engravings, and A BEAUTIFULLY COLORED LITHOGRAPH, 35 CENTS.

BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED GARDENER'S ALMANAC AND ABRIDGED CATALOGUE.--128 pages. Embraces a monthly calendar of operations, and a price list of all the leading GARDEN, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS, profusely illustrated, with brief directions for their culture. 10 CENTS.

BLISS'S ILLUSTRATED POTATO CATALOGUE contains a descriptive list of all the varieties recently introduced, with many other desirable sorts; also much useful information upon their cultivation. 10 CENTS.

B.K. BLISS & SONS,

34 BARCLAY ST., (P.O. BOX 5712.) NEW YORK.

Please state that you saw this advertisement in the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

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WANTED.--A FIRST-CLASS MOLD MAKER ON Undertakers' Hardware. Address CRANE, BREED & CO., Cincinnati, O.

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EMERSON'S PATENT DAMASCUS TEMPERED SAWS

Patent Planer, Clipper, Lumberman's Clipper, from clipper cross-cut, Universal Adjustable Saw Swage, Band Saws for Saw Mills and re-sawing, and solid saws of all kinds. Are superior to all others, Extra Thin Saws a specialty. Send your full address, plainly written, for Price List and Circular to Emerson, Smith & Co., Beaver Falls, Pa., Successors to Emerson, Ford & Co.

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ROOTS' PATENT PORTABLE FORGE.

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ADAPTED TO EVERY VARIETY OF WORK. ]

THE ONLY FORGE WITH FORCE BLAST BLOWER.

THE ONLY EFFECTIVE FORGE MADE.

P.H. & F.M. ROOTS, Manuf's, CONNERSVILLE, IND. S.S. TOWNSEND, Gen'l Ag't, 31 Liberty St., NEW YORK

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The Excelsior Presses

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MACHINISTS' TOOLS.

NEW AND IMPROVED PATTERNS. Send for new illustrated catalogue.

Lathes, Planers, Drills, &c.

NEW HAVEN MANUFACTURING CO.,

New Haven, Conn.

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To appear end of February,

The United States

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

FOR 1877.

This Directory contains over 400,000 names of persons in all kinds of business. Arranged alphabetically according to States, and classified according to business. It is a valuable aid to the Merchant, Manufacturer, and Mechanic, for correspondence or the distribution of circulars. The edition of 1877 is the third year of issue, and has already received a largely increased patronage from the business public.

Price to parties who send their order before the book is issued, $7.00.

GEO. DE COLANGE & CO., Publishers,

8 Bond St., New York.

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HARTFORD STEAM BOILER

Inspection & Insurance

COMPANY.

W.B. Franklin, V. Pres't J.M. Allen, Pres't J.B. Pierce Sec'y.

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ELOCUTIONIST'S JOURNAL gives choicest standard and new pieces for professional and amateur Readers and Speakers, and interesting articles on appropriate subjects. Just the thing wanted. 10 cts. of any newsdealer or by mail. JESSE HANEY & CO., 119 Nassau Street, New York.

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NOYE'S MILL FURNISHING WORKS

are the largest in the United States. They make Burr Millstones, Portable Mills, Smut Machines, Packers, Mill Picks, Water Wheels, Pulleys and Gearing, specially adapted to flour mills. Send for Catalogue.

J.T. NOYE & SON, Buffalo, N.Y.

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ROCK DRILLING MACHINES AND AIR COMPRESSORS

MANUFACTURED BY BURLEIGH Rock Drill Co. SEND FOR PAMPHLET. FITCHBURG MASS. ]

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NIAGARA STEAM PUMP WORKS.

ESTABLISHED 1826.

CHARLES B. HARDICK,

No. 23 Adams Street,

BROOKLYN, N.Y.

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NON-COMBUSTIBLE STEAM BOILER AND PIPE

COVERING

WITH "AIR SPACE" IMPROVEMENT. Saves 10 to 20 per cent. CHALMERS SPENCE CO., Foot E. 9th St. N.Y.; 1202 N. 2d St., St. Louis, Mo.

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The HOADLEY PORTABLE STEAM ENGINE. WITH AUTOMATICAL CUT-OFF REGULATOR AND BALANCED VALVE THE BEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL ENGINE MADE _SEND FOR CIRCULAR_ The J.C. HOADLEY CO. LAWRENCE, MASS. STATE WHERE YOU SAW THIS

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IMPORTANT FOR ALL CORPORATIONS AND MANF'G CONCERNS.--BUERK'S WATCHMAN'S TIME DETECTOR, capable of accurately controlling the motion of a watchman or patrolman at the different stations of his beat. Send for circular. J.E. BUERK, P.O. BOX 979. BOSTON, MASS.

N.B.--The suit against Imhaeuser& Co., of New York, was decided in my favor, June 10, 1874. Proceedings have been commenced against Imhaeuser & Co. for selling, contrary to the order of the Court. Persons using clocks infringing on my patent, will be dealt with according to law.

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ESTABLISHED 1844. JOSEPH C. TODD,

(Formerly of Todd & Rafferty), ENGINEER and MACHINIST. Flax, Hemp, Jute, Rope, Oakum, and Bagging Machinery, Steam Engines, Boilers, etc. Also Agent for the celebrated and improved Rawson & Rittinger Hoisting Engine, I will furnish specifications and estimates for all kinds of machinery. Send for descriptive circular and price. Address

J.C. TODD, 10 Barclay St., New York, or Paterson, N.J.

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PATENT COLD ROLLED SHAFTING.

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The fact that this shafting has 75 per cent. greater strength, a finer finish, and is truer to gauge, than any other in use, renders it undoubtedly the most economical We are also the sole manufacturers of the CELEBRATED COLLINS' PAT. COUPLING, and furnish Pulleys, Hangers, etc., of the most approved styles. Price list mailed on application to

JONES & LAUGHLINS, Try Street, 2d and 3rd Avenues, Pittsburgh, Pa. 190 S. Canal Street, Chicago, Ill., and Milwaukie, Wis.

Stocks of this shafting in store and for sale by FULLER. DANA, & FITZ, Boston, Mass. GEO. PLACE & CO. 121 Chambers St., N.Y.

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A Cyclopedia of Mechanics and Engineering,

FOR SALE. The few copies of the Author's Extra Edition of Prof. R.H. Thurston's Report on Machinery and Manufactures at the Great International Exhibition, 1873, with an account of European manufacturing districts.

The volume contains over 450 pages, and contains 223 wood-cuts and plates.

Please send orders for copies at once. Price, $4.00.

F.T. THURSTON, Civil and Mechanical Engineer. HOBOKEN, N.J.

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TUBE CLEANERS

for cleaning Boiler Tubes. THE NATIONAL STEEL TUBE CLEANER Co. 814 E. 9th St., N.Y.

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KNOWLES STEAM PUMP WORKS,

92 & 94 Liberty St., New York.

Great reduction in prices. Send for catalogue. The "Knowles" has always been the best steam pump made.

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FOLLOWS & BATE, Manchester, England, Hardware and Machinery Merchants, are prepared to buy American Goods for Cash, and to act as Sole Wholesale Agents.

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PUNCHING PRESSES

Drop Hammers and Dies, for working Metals, &c. THE STILES & PARKER PRESS CO., Middletown, Conn.

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ALCOTT LATHES, for Broom, Rake and Hoe Handles.

S.C. HILLS, 78 Chambers St., N.Y.

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MACHINERY OF IMPROVED STYLES FOR making SHINGLES, HEADING and STAVES; also GUAGE LATHES for TURNING HANDLES. Sole makers of Law's Pat. Shingle and Heading Sawing Machine. Address TREVOR & CO., Lockport, N.Y.

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CHLORIDE OF CALCIUM.

FOR SALE VERY CHEAP.

RANSOME, 10 Bush Street, San Francisco, Cal.

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Address

MUNN & CO., Publishers SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

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LECOUNT'S PATENT MACHINISTS' TOOLS.

REDUCED PRICES.

Set Iron Dogs, 3-8 to 2 in., $5.60 " " " 3-8 to 4 in., 12.00 " Steel " 3-8 to 2 in., 6.30 " " " 3-8 to 4 in., 13.00

Iron & Steel Clamps, Die Dogs, Clamp Dogs, Vice Clamps Expanding Mandrels, &c. Send for latest Price list to C.W. LE COUNT, South Norwalk, Conn.

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BEST

DAMPER REGULATORS AND LEVER GAUGE COCKS.

MURRILL & KEIZER, 41 HOLLIDAY ST., BALTIMORE.

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BRAYTON READY MOTOR

It has no boiler, is safe, economical, started by any one in one minute, occupies small space, and gives an unsurpassed steady, reliable power. Address

Penna Ready Motor Co., 20 N. 4TH ST PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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THE TANITE CO.,

STROUDSBURG, PA.

EMERY WHEELS AND GRINDERS.

GEO. PLACE, 121 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK AGENT.

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BOLT CUTTERS

SCHLENKER'S NEW MACHINE REVOLVING-DIE.

Send for Catalogue, giving prices and full description.

HOWARD IRON WORKS,

BUFFALO, N.Y.

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STATE, COUNTY AND SHOP RIGHTS for sale of C. Koons' Patent Rat Trap; best out; caught 16 one night. Enclose stamp to owners and manufacturers, J.T. WILHIDE & BRO., York Road, Carroll Co., Md.

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$5 TO $20

day at home. Samples worth $5 free. STINSON & Co., Portland, Me.

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DUC'S IMPROVED PATENT ELEVATOR BUCKET, FOR BREWERS, FLOUR MILLS, GRAIN ELEVATORS, SUGAR REFINERS, &C.

These buckets are made of the best charcoal stamping iron, and are warranted to outwear six of the "OLDSTYLE BUCKETS." The cost is about the same. Address T.F. ROWLAND, Brooklyn, E.D., N.Y.

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$3 WATCHES. Cheapest in the known world. _Sample watch and outfit free to Agents._ For terms address COULTER & CO. Chicago.

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BOGARDUS' PATENT UNIVERSAL ECCENTRIC MILLS--For grinding Bones, Ores, Sand, Old Crucibles, Fire Clay, Guanos, Oil Cake, Feed, Corn, Corn and Cob, Tobacco, Snuff, Sugar, Salts, Roots, Spices, Coffee, Cocoanut, Flaxseed, Asbestos, Mica, etc., and whatever cannot be ground by other mills. Also for Paints, Printers' Inks, Paste Blacking, etc. JOHN W. THOMSON, successor to JAMES BOGARDUS, corner of White and Elm Sts. New York.

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_WORKING MODELS_

And Experimental Machinery, Metal or Wood, made to order by J.F. WERNER, 62 Center St., N.Y.

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EAGLE FOOT LATHES,

[Illustration: Eagle Foot Lathe]

With Scroll and Circular Saw Attachments, Slide Rest, Tools, &c.; also Small Engine Lathes, Metal Hand Planers, &c. Neatest designs, superior finish. LOW PRICES. Our new Catalogue describes these and every tool necessary for the Amateur or Artisan. Send for it.

WM. L. CHASE & CO., 95 & 97 Liberty St. New York.

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PYROMETERS

For showing heat of Ovens, Hot Blast Pipes, Boiler Flues, Super-Heated Steam, Oil Stills, &c. HENRY W. BULKLEY. Sole Manufacturer, 149 Broadway, New York.

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