Scientific American, Vol. 47, No. 18 (October 1882)
A weekly issue of Scientific American from October 1882, published in New York for a general readership of inventors, engineers and manufacturers reporting new patents and machinery. The wood engravings show engines, dynamos, pumps and valves in three-quarter view and cutaway section, built from dense hatching and stipple that renders cast iron, bolted flanges and turned shafts; useful for machine silhouettes, sectional diagrams and gritty engraved textures.
