Scientific American, Vol. 53, No. 1 (1885)
Scientific American, volume 53, number 1 from 1885, a weekly American periodical reporting new inventions, machines and technical devices for a general readership of engineers, mechanics and inventors. The pictures are black-and-white wood engravings with captioned line drawings of a view camera, a rolling mill gear train, a telegraph key and sounder, and a railway car replacer, drawn with crisp hatching and clear outlines that suggest how technical instruments can be shown with precise linework and labelled numbered parts.
