Scientific American, Vol. 80, No. 9 (1899)
Scientific American, volume 80, number 9, published in New York in 1899, was a weekly magazine of technology and science for an general readership of engineers, inventors and tradesmen. Its pictures are black-and-white engravings and halftone photographs of ships, machine tools and watchmaking equipment, with figure captions; a designer might draw on their dense, precise mechanical linework and the period's industrial detail.
