CONTENTS.

(Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.)

Air engine, new 385

Amateur mechanics* 390

American Institute of Architects 389

Architects, American Institute 389

Arctic winter, characteristics of 393

Aquarium (29) 395

Balance attach. for valves* 386

Band saw, hand power* 387

Barometer, chemical (15) 394

Battery, Leclanche, to renew (13) 394

Beetle, Hercules, the* 391

Belts, capacity of (12) 394

Business colleges* 383, 388

Carbons, to solder (20) 395

Chinese women's feet* 393

Chisels, tempering 389

Colleges, business* 383, 388

Engine, air, new 385

Engine, steam, single-acting* 390

Eruption of Mauna Loa 385

Exhibition of bathing appliances 393

Feet, Chinese women's* 393

Fires--causes and prevention 384

Glass spinning and weaving 385

Gun, submarine, new 387

Harbor at Montreal, the 387

Hercules beetle, the* 391

Horse-power of turbines (12) 394

Ice at high temperatures 393

Ice, removing from railroads* 387

Induction coil for transmitter (14) 394

Induction coil, small (26) 395

Invention, schools of 393

Inventions, miscellaneous 390

Inventions, recent 387

Knots, learning to tie 392

Leaves, variegation of 392

Light, what is? 384

London underground railway 389

Mantis, the embrace of the 391

Mechanics, amateur* 390

Montreal, the harbor at 387

Noise, to deaden (9) 394

Nut, safety, improved* 386

Packard's Business College* 383, 388

Patents, decisions relating to 393

Petroleum prospects 386

Photos, to color (10) 394

Poultry raising, mechanical 391

Railway, underground, London 389

Safety nut, improved* 386

Safety valve, improved* 386

Schools of invention 393

Screw-cutting foot lathe (11) 394

Steamers, Collins line of 393

Steam heating, return pipe (17) 394

Steel, to tin (38) 395

Submarine gun, new 387

Sun dial, to adjust (27) 395

Telegraph insulator, new* 387

Telegraph wires underground 385

Valve, safety, improved* 386

Valves, balance attachment for* 386

Vanilla, cinnamon, cocoanut 392

Vennor's winter predictions 389

Vessels, sunken, raising 386

Winter predictions, Vennor's 389

Zinc, to amalgamate (23) 395

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