Scientific American, Vol. 34, No. 14 (1876)
Scientific American, volume 34, number 14, published in 1876, is a weekly American periodical of mechanical and scientific news for engineers, inventors and tradespeople. Its pages mix engraved mechanical drawings, geometric diagrams and dense small-type trade advertisements for engines, machine tools and building materials. A designer could take from them the crisp hatched line work of 19th-century machine drawings and the compact, stacked layout of classified-style advertising blocks.
