Scientific American, Vol. 48, No. 5 (1883)
Scientific American, volume 48 number 5 from 1883, a weekly American periodical of mechanical and industrial news printed in New York for engineers, inventors and manufacturers. Its pages mix technical engravings of machines with dense trade advertisements for pumps, engines, boilers, saws and mill equipment. The engravings are crisp black-and-white line drawings of machinery seen from a three-quarter angle, with the advertising typography offering strong examples of bold Victorian display lettering a designer could borrow for a vintage layout.
