he subject of locomotive boiler construc- This insect has been styled, with much justice, “the Amer- tion, we should never forget, what is now, we believe, gener- ican silkworm” by Mr. L. Trouvelot, of Madford, Mass. That ally admitted, that the larger the boiler, the more economi- gentleman madea… … no doubt, on the food of the larva. Specimens occur below the surface; also that the practice of cutting them rearing the worm in large quantities in the open air, and in which have the general tint either very dark or very pale; above the surface was an utter waste of both money and 1865 he had…
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