Scientific American, Vol. 10, No. 2 (1864)
Scientific American volume 10 number 2 from 1864 is a weekly American periodical of mechanical and scientific news printed in New York for inventors, engineers and general readers. Its pictures are wood-engraved technical diagrams of machines such as a breech-loading cannon, a screw wrench, an aerial governor and a gas regulator, with labelled letters and cutaway views a designer can borrow for industrial linework and schematic styling.
