Scientific American, Vol. 53, No. 6 (1885)
Scientific American volume 53, number 6 from 1885 is a American weekly periodical of technical news and inventions, printed in New York for engineers, mechanics and inventors. Its pages are dense with trade advertisements for steam boilers, machine tools, mills, gauges and oil cups, alongside engineering line drawings of engines and machinery, offering a designer dense period typography and mechanical diagram vocabulary.
