Scientific American, Vol. 47, No. 6 (1882)
Scientific American, volume 47 number 6 from 1882, a weekly American science and engineering magazine for inventors, mechanics and general readers. Its pages are dense with trade advertisements for machinery, tools, engraving services and patent agents. The pictures are small engraved product illustrations, such as a rarefied air motor, a screw cutting foot lathe and a plating apparatus, offering a designer examples of compact Victorian mechanical line drawing and bold display type in advertising blocks.
