Scientific American, Vol. 79, No. 27 (1898)
Scientific American volume 79, number 27 from 1898 is a weekly American periodical of science and invention, reporting new machines, patents and engineering for a general technical readership. Its pages show engineering drawings of a trunnion and cylinder mechanism, a dirigible airship photographed in flight, a mould and mould press section, and trade advertisements with patent listings; a designer might draw on the precise line diagrams and dense period typography of its advertising columns.
