Scientific American, Vol. 42, No. 6 (1880)
Scientific American, volume 42, number 6 from 1880, a weekly American periodical for engineers, inventors and general technical readers, printed in New York. Its pictures are black-and-white wood engravings of machines and apparatus: a vertical steam engine with boiler, a Wood's portable engine with flywheels, a ventilation system cutaway through rooms and a ship's deck, and a medicine bottle with measuring spoon. Their precise linework, labelled parts and exploded cross-sections suit designers wanting period technical illustration.
