=Patented Processes.=
Poplar 1¼c.
Mahogany 2½c.
Spanish Cedar Veneers ½c.
Spanish Cedar, 2d quality 2¾c.
" 1st and 2d quality 3¼c.
" 1st " 3¾c.
No charge for cartage. Terms cash.
=GEO. W. READ & CO.,=
=186 to 200 Lewis Street, New York.=
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=BELT PULLEY,=
Lightest, strongest, and best made. Secured to the Shaft without Keys,
Set Screws, Bolts or Pins; also, _Adjustable Dead Pulleys_ and
_Taper-Sleeve Couplings_. Send for catalogue. Address Taper-Sleeve
Pulley Works, Erie, Pa.
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[Illustration:
MARVIN'S
FIRE & BURGLAR
SAFES
COUNTER PLATFORM · WAGON & TRACK
SCALES
MARVIN SAFE & SCALE CO.
·265 BROADWAY. N. Y.·
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An assortment of
=WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY=
made by Richards, London & Kelley (dissolved); also, a number of
first-class =MACHINE TOOLS= (nearly as good as new) of Philadelphia
construction, on hand and for sale. For list or inspection of machines
and estimates, apply at the works of JOHN RICHARDS & CO., 22d and Wood
Sts., Philadelphia, manufacturers of Standard Gauges and other
Implements.
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ON THE CARE OF HORSES. BY PROF. PRITCHARD, R. V. S. Showing the Proper
Construction of Stables. Best Floor. Lighting and Ventilation.
Hay-racks. Watering and Feeding. Grooming and Exercise. Cracked Heels;
Lice; Colic; Mud Fever; Wind Galls. Also, in same number, facts about
improved Cow Stables. How to keep Cows clean and maintain Pure Air in
Stables. Increased Cleanliness and Convenience with Less Labor.
Contained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. =123.= Price 10 cents.
To be had at this office and of all newsdealers.
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Every Man His Own Printer!
[Illustration: The Excelsior]
=$3 Press= Prints labels, cards etc. (Self-inker $5) =9= Larger sizes
For business, pleasure, young or old Catalogue of Presses, Type,
Etc., for 2 stamps.
=KELSEY & Co.=
=Meriden, Conn=
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=Pyrometers=, For showing heat of Ovens, Hot Blast Pipes Boiler Flues,
Superheated Steam, Oil Stills, &c.
HENRY W. BULKLEY, Sole Manufacturer,
149 Broadway, N. Y.
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=ICE AT $1.00 PER TON.=
The PICTET ARTIFICIAL ICE CO.,
LIMITED,
Room 51, Coal and Iron Exchange, P. O. Box 3083, N. Y.
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LAP WELDED CHARCOAL IRON
Boiler Tubes, Steam Pipe, Light and Heavy Forgings, Engines, Boilers,
Cotton Presses, Rolling Mill and Blast Furnace Work.
=READING IRON WORKS,=
=261 South Fourth St., Phila.=
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=OPERA GLASSES= =At Reduced Prices.= Microscopes, Spectacles,
Telescopes, Thermometers. Send for Illustrated Catalogue.
R. & J. BECK,
921 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
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[Illustration]
WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY,
New and improved, for special work. Boring Machines, Turning Lathes,
Saw Arbors, Saw Benches, Scroll Saws, Panel Raisers, and other
Wood Tools. We build the only patented Panel Raiser, with vertical
spindles, all others being infringements on our patents of July 11
and October 31, 1871.
=WALKER BROS.,=
=_73 and 75 Laurel St., Phila._=
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ALCOHOLISM. AN INTERESTING Paper upon the Relations of Intemperance
and Life Insurance. The average Risks and Expectancy of Life of
the Temperate and of the Intemperate. Physiological action of
Alcohol; stimulating the Nervous System, Retarding the Circulation.
Alcohol Oxidized in the System. Insomnia, Congestion of the Lungs,
Deterioration of Structure, Calculus, and Liver Diseases as results
of Liquor. Extended Medical Testimony. Contained in SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. =125.= Price 10 cents. To be had at this
office and of all newsdealers.
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=Telephones.=
How made, adjusted, and operated by any person. Send stamp for full
and interesting description, with illustrations and instructions. One
pair first-class Telephones complete, except diaphragms, sent to any
address upon receipt of $5. J.H. BUNNELL, Electrician,
112 Liberty St., New York.
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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. A fine was assessed against them Nov. 11,
1876, for selling contrary to the order of the court. Persons buying
or using clocks infringing on my patent will be dealt with according
to law.
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THE HUGHES TELEPHONE. SIX FIGURES. Sound converted into Undulatory
Electrical Currents by Unhomogeneous Conducting Substances in
Circuit. The Simplest Telephone and the most sensitive Acoustical
Instrument yet constructed. Instrument for Testing the Effect of
Pressure on Various Substances. Astonishing Experiments which may
be performed by any person with a few nails, pieces of sealing wax,
a glass tube containing powders, and a few sticks of charcoal.
Contained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. =128.= Price 10
cents. To be had at this office and of all newsdealers.
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[Illustration:
MEDAL & PREMIUM AWARDED TO
ALCOTT'S
TURBINE WATER WHEELS]
MANUFACT'D AT MOUNT HOLLY N. J.
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"OLD RELIABLE." TO KNOW ALL about the =Best Pump= for Paper Makers,
Tanners, Contractors, and for irrigation, send for illustrated
pamphlet, 78 pages. HEALD, SISCO & CO., Baldwinsville, N. Y.
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=BOOKS=, Papers. Want Agents. Send stamp. L. L. FAIRCHILD, Rolling
Prairie, Wis.
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=IT PAYS= to sell our Rubber Stamps and Novelties. Terms free. G. A.
HARPER & BRO., Cleveland, O.
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DYSPEPSIA. BY DR. C. F. KUNZE.
Symptoms. Appetite Diminished. Stomach
Digestion much slower than Normal. Constipation. Symptoms in Children.
Chronic Cases. Dyspepsia as caused by too much Food; by Indigestible
Food; by General Derangement; by Altered Conditions of Innervation.
Treatment. Nourishment should be Easily Digestible; taken Little at a
Time; and Digested before more is taken. Necessity of Few and Plain
Dishes. Treatment when Stomach is Overloaded. Aiding Gastric Juice.
Treatment in Febrile Diseases. Contained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
SUPPLEMENT NO. =129.= Price 10 cents, To be had at this office and of
all newsdealers.
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=SHEPARD'S CELEBRATED=
$50 Screw Cutting Foot Lathe.
Foot and Power Lathes, Drill Presses, Scroll, Circular and Band Saws,
Saw Attachments, Chucks, Mandrills, Twist Drills, Dogs, Calipers, etc.
Send for catalogue of outfits for amateurs or artisans.
=H. L. SHEPARD & CO.,
88, 90 & 92 Elm St.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.=
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=TO ADVERTISERS!= We will send free to all applicants who do any
newspaper advertising, the THIRD EDITION of
=AYER & SON'S MANUAL=
=FOR ADVERTISERS.= 160 8vo. pp. More complete than any which have
preceded it. Gives the names, circulation, and advertising rates of
several thousand newspapers in the United States and Canada, and
contains more information of value to an advertiser than can be found
in any other publication. All lists have been carefully revised, and
where practicable prices have been reduced. The special offers are
numerous and unusually advantageous. Be sure to send for it before
spending any money in newspaper advertising. Address =N. W. AYER &
SON,= ADVERTISING AGENTS, Times Building, Philadelphia.
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=PORTLAND CEMENT,=
ROMAN & KEENE'S. For Walks, Cisterns, Foundations, Stables, Cellars,
Bridges, Reservoirs, Breweries, etc.
Remit 10 cents for Practical Treatise on Cements.
S. L. MERCHANT & CO., 53 Broadway, New York.
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=NORTH'S UNIVERSAL LATHE DOG.
S. G. NORTH
347 North 4th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.=
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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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POINTS OF A GOOD HORSE. BEING the Report of the Committee appointed
by the New England Agricultural Society to decide upon Rules for
Guidance of Judges of Horses. The Points of Excellence. Size, Color,
Symmetry of Body, Head and Neck, Eye and Ear, Feet and Limbs, fully
described. Speed at the Trot, and in Walking, Style and Action, etc.,
with the percentage allowed for each quality. The Standard Size and
Speed for Matched Carriage Horses, Gents' Driving Horses, Family
Horses, Park or Phæton Horses, etc. An excellent Guide in selecting
animals. Contained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT NO. =103=, price
10 cents. To be had at this office and of all newsdealers.
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[Illustration]
="THE EAGLE CLAW."=
The best Trap in the World for catching
FISH, ANIMALS & GAME.
[Illustration]
One bait will catch
=Twenty Fish=.
No. 1, for ordinary fishing, small game, &c. 35c.
No. 2, for large fish, mink, musk-rats, &c. 75c.
Sent by mail. =J. BRIDE & CO.,=
Mfrs., 297 Broadway, New-York.
Send for Catalogue of useful novelties and mention this paper.
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EMERY AND CORUNDUM WHEELS,
for Grinding and Surfacing Metals and other materials. By ARTHUR H.
BATEMAN, F. C. S. A paper read before the Society of Arts, London.
Files, Chisels, Grindstones, Composition of Emery, where found,
Quality, Specific Gravity, and Hardness, Manufacture of the wheels,
Emery Powder, Buffing, Polishing, Cutting Power, Corundum. The
Magnesian or Union Wheel, the Tanite, the Northampton, the Vulcanite,
the Climax, the Vitrified, a porous wheel with central water supply.
Fifty uses enumerated to which the wheels are put, for Metals,
Stone, Teeth, Millboard, Wood, Agate, and Brick. How to mount a
wheel. How to hold the work, and directions for various classes of
work. Discussion and questions proposed and answered. Contained in
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, NO. =125=. Price 10 cents. To be had
at this office and of all newsdealers.
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=THE BIGELOW=
=Steam Engine.=