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Title: Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1
The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific,
Mechanical and Other Improvements

Author: Various

Editor: Rufus Porter

Release Date: January 21, 2009 [EBook #27867]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by David T. Jones

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THE NEW YORK
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, ART, SCIENCE,
MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MANUFACTURES.

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 26, 1846.

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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

_Published Weekly at_ 128 _Fulton Street_,

(_Sun Building_,) _New York_.

BY MUNN & COMPANY.

RUFUS PORTER, EDITOR.

TERMS.--$2 a year--$1 in advance, and the remainder in 6 months.

[Symbol: right Index] _See Advertisement on last page_.

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CONTENTS.

Nature's Image of Washington 1
The Viol Seraphine* 1
An Eclipse in Arabia 1
Giving Credit 1
The Bowie Knife and its Inventor 1
Forests and Streams 1
Prussian Music 1
Philosophy 1
Polite Preaching 1
Pure Air 2
The Deerfield (N. H.) Phenomena 2
Extraordinary Instance of Gambling 2
Gen. Taylor's Patriotism 2
The Columbian Magazine 2
A Mountain In Labor 2
The Pope's Will 2
Improved Railroad