Scientific American, Vol. 48, No. 15 (1883)
Scientific American, volume 48, number 15 from 1883, a weekly American periodical for engineers, inventors and general readers, published in New York. The pages mix engraved machinery illustrations with dense classified advertisements for tools, patent devices, books and watches. The engravings show a gas motor with flywheel, a man using an examining machine for goods, and a range of advertised shapers and engines a designer could draw on for mechanical line work and period trade typography.
