Scientific American, Vol. 79, No. 22 (1898)
Scientific American volume 79, number 22, a weekly American engineering and science magazine from 1898, printed for a general readership of engineers and inventors. The pictures are black-and-white halftone photographs of a truss bridge being rebuilt, a first-class battleship with its ensigns flying, and gun turrets seen from the deck, with plain captions beneath each image. A designer could take their strong diagonal lattice ironwork, reflections on water, and dense grey tonal range as reference for industrial structure.
