Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 - A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, - Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Author: Various Release Date: September 5, 2006 [EBook #19180] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN *** Produced by Lesley Halamek, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL INFORMATION, ART, SCIENCE, MECHANICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MANUFACTURES. NEW YORK, MARCH 18, 1871. Vol. XXIV.—No. 12. [NEW SERIES.] $3 per Annum [IN ADVANCE.] MUNN & CO., Editors and Proprietors. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT NO. 37 PARK ROW (PARK BUILDING), NEW YORK. O. D. MUNN. S. H. WALES. A. E. BEACH. VOL. XXIV., NO. 12 ... [New Series.] Twenty-sixth Year NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1871. Contents: (Illustrated articles are marked with an asterisk.) *Knots and Splices 175 Influence of Cold on Iron and Steel.