Scientific American, Vol. 13, No. 8 (1865)
Scientific American, volume 13, number 8 from 1865, a weekly American periodical of technical news and patent notices for inventors, mechanics and general readers. The pictures are wood-engraved line drawings of patented machines and household devices, with lettered reference figures and captions. A designer could draw on their crisp hatching and clear mechanical cutaway views for period industrial diagrams.
