Scientific American, Vol. 62, No. 24 (1890)
Scientific American volume 62, number 24, published in 1890 in the United States, a weekly periodical for engineers, inventors, and general technical readers. The pages show a dense mix of advertisements for patent agents, rock drills, electrical books, and machinery alongside engraved technical illustrations. Its pictures include an engraved American dynamo and a plate of a locomotive roundhouse and water supply wells, which a designer might study for dense, labelled-plate layouts and Victorian engraving detail.
