Scientific American, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1865)
Scientific American, volume 12, number 1 from 1865, a weekly American periodical of technical news and inventions aimed at engineers, mechanics and general readers. The pictures are black-and-white engravings of machines such as a wheel-manufacturing line, a cabinet-style device and a wooden frame apparatus, drawn in crisp line with dense hatching and strong shadow. A designer might borrow the precise mechanical drawing style, its hatched shading and its wood-and-iron machine forms for vintage industrial graphics.
