Scientific American, Vol. 24, No. 5 (January 1871)
An issue of the weekly American technology and patent paper Scientific American, published by Munn & Co. in New York in January 1871 for inventors, mechanics and manufacturers. The wood engravings show shop machinery, chain hoists, sewing machines and lettered sectional views, rendered in dense hatching with heavy cast shadows; useful for machine silhouettes, cutaway diagrams and period industrial hardware.












