Scientific American, Vol. 45, No. 8 (1881)
Scientific American, volume 45, number 8, published in New York in 1881, was a weekly periodical for a general readership interested in science, invention and mechanical industry. The pictures are plain line engravings of tools, clamps, dynamometers and gauges with numbered parts and lettered reference points, offering a designer clean technical diagrams and precise hand-drawn linework to borrow for industrial or instructional graphics.
