The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-02-23
W PROSPECTUS.
sfxTEETH YEAR

sIxTEETB YEAR,!
WAX tie lst Of July last, the THIRD VOLUME
4 ~ * the NEW SERIES" Of the SCIENTIFIC
~ was commenced.
cuncing the above fact, the publishers
AopportunitySo thank their old patrons
= rs for the very liberatsupport they
extended to this journal; placing It,
* they h1}c far beyond that Of any other publ
|1&n cf ~ kind in the world, in point of circu-
Mbii The average circulation ofthc SCIENTIFIC
kIfRItAS dutipg the past year has been
q 300va COPIES PER WEEK
pnie dino I've reached as high rs $4,000 F:
~ 1, ~sslslan $4,000. The extent of the circula-
s-6re t,-es ~ popularity Of the paper; and whi.
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s1oi60 1fig e52 pages aud costing only $2), the
11b1sa rs are detefmhoel to still improve the
{ 1ror ming the coming year.
r. The Scientific American has the reputation, Of
'5,cnse I'd abroad, OF being the brst weekly pub
'cation devoted to mechanical and industrial pr,r-
|411iH, DOW published, and the publishers are de-
t(<aned lif labor and enterprise viii Go it) to
<ttp up the T, puaion they have earned during
81 * Eft zen years they have been connected with
" Publication.
e THE MENTOR!
b The Scientific Amcicen IS Indispensable to every
cliptons Of nearly ali the best inventions as they
come out but each number contains official list
If the claims of all the patents issued from tn
United States Patent Office during the week pre-
vious; thus giving correct history If the progress
Of inventions in this country. We are also re-
cevng. every week, the best scientific journals OF
Great Britain, France and Germany; thus placing
in our possession all that is ranspiring in mcchan
ical science and art in those old countries. We
shall continue to transfer to our columns, copious
extracts from these journals Of whatever we may
deem Of interest to our readers.
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No person engaged in any of the m,chanica!
pursuits should think of'dUing without" the Sci
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week; every number contains from six 10 ten
cravings Of new machines and inventions which
"annot b. found in any other publication. Ii is
established rue Of the publishers to insert
but original cngravings, aud those Of the fIs,
class i'll the art, drawn and engraved by expert
enced persons under their own supervision
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discoveries in the science of chemistry are elimi-
mated in its columns, and the interests of tn,
nchitcct and carpenter ARE not overlooked; but
"a, the new inventions and discoveries apprrtain-
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american most Of tn improvements in arric,l
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obtaining fo the arts Hnd sciences, ho,h p;acic,.
ud theoretical; all the latest discoveries and
lrnUm' ma which come to our knowledge BEN,
arly recorded therein.
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