Scientific American, Vol. 62, No. 16 (1890)
A weekly American science and invention periodical, published in New York in 1890 for a general readership of engineers, mechanics and inventors. Its pages are engraved line illustrations of machines, devices and apparatus, including typewriter attachments, a phonograph motor and a chronograph set-up, each captioned with a figure label. A designer could take from them the dense, precise mechanical line drawing style, with hatched shading and labelled parts.
