Scientific American, Vol. 32, No. 10 (1875)
Scientific American, volume 32, number 10, is a weekly American periodical of 1875 aimed at general readers interested in invention and engineering. Its pages carry patent-style engravings of mechanical devices, with numbered figures keyed to lettered parts. Designers can draw on these diagrams for their clean line work, technical hatching, and exploded-view layouts of machines such as flatirons, desks, and clockwork.











