Scientific American, Vol. 44, No. 5 (1881)
Scientific American volume 44, number 5, from 1881, is a weekly American periodical for engineers, inventors and general readers, reporting new mechanical devices and inventions. The pictures are black-and-white engravings of apparatus with labelled figures, including a pan with a lid and a hand-held pump with a wooden bulb, plus a track vehicle and a metal lattice part. A designer might take clear, diagrammatic line work with lettered figure labels and cross-hatched shading suited to technical illustration.
