Scientific American, Vol. 48, No. 11 (1883)
This is a weekly American science and engineering periodical, Scientific American volume 48 issue 11 from 1883, published in New York for a general readership of inventors, mechanics and tradesmen. Its pictures are black-and-white engravings of machines, tools and trade advertisements, including a tapered electrical spark device, a steam engine advertisement, a post-hole boring machine and a hand-operated rail lifter, which a designer might use for period mechanical line drawings and typeset advertising layouts.
