Scientific American, Vol. 51, No. 2 (1884)
A weekly American science and engineering periodical from 1884, published in New York for engineers, inventors, mechanics and manufacturers, with its pages of technical engravings and trade advertisements. Its pictures are precise line engravings of machines, valves and mechanisms, plus dense classified advertisements set in mixed type sizes, offering a designer clear diagrammatic drawings and Victorian commercial typography to draw on.
