The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-03-02
eAPROSPECTUS.
kTEETH YEAR ! !

<0<; MN Sfshlfso OF tne SCiENTlFIC
&fa< commenced.
|non,,r;,,r the above fact, tia publishers
.as opportunity to thank their old patrons
S>u.S ers for the very liberal support they
1exlfnded to this journal placing it.
far beyond that of any other publ
! <( kind IN the world, in point Of circu-
Hfd 1rat,e circulation of the SCIENTIFIC
4 u1 nx the past year has been--
<, B 90 COPIES PER WEEK
Ieofua &<|Iiit rs have reached as high as 5000:
! hone l4Ss than 26.000. The extent of the crcua-
5ufyinces the popularity Of the paper; and while
- Iexders seem satisfod with the quantity and
[ultY Of matter they get in one years number
4 $ + 1&rine $50 pages and costing only so, the
~ I ~ 4re determined to still improve the
Prfp1 ~ coming year
" n american has the reputation, at
|k0u bad, of being the hest weekly pub
e IEed 10 mechanical and industrial pur-
I'M nblished, and III" publishers are de-
36{1}G/&I III labor and enterprise viii do it, to
- the 7, puiation they haye earned during
Germ years they baSe' been connected wit
4 THE fvENT0Ri
Hieniifc American Is indispensable 10 every
Etor as IL not only contains illustrated dcs-
- I1&s Of nearly all The best inventions rs they
No OFT but each number contains an official list
N the claims Of all Inc patents issued from tin
United States Patent Office during the week pre-
|yious; thus giving a correct history of the progrrss
1 of inventions in this country. We arc also IT,
ceiying, every week, the best scientific journals Of
Great Britain, France and Germany; thus placing
in our possession all that is Transporting in mrchau-
ical science and art in those old countries. We
shall continue 10 transfer Ia columns, coPioHs
extracts from these journals of whatever we may
deem of interest 10 our readers.
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week. every number contains from six 90 ten en-
cravings Of new machines and Inventions, which
cannot be found in any Other publication. II *
an established rule of the publishers TO insert nom,
bat original engraving and those eff ,hc frs;
class in the ant, drawn and engraved by cNp'Ti-
cnced persons under their own supervision.
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discoveries in the science of chemistry are climi-
mated in its columns, and the interests Of Tho
architect and carpenter are not overlooked; bat
all the new inventions and discoveries apprtaiu-
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week
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be- found published in the Scientific American.
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is specially recommended.
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and theoretical; all the latest discoveries and
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ask of Zach to SIND us murr new names
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IIanv rs 100 mail Subscribers tom ol,r place. in
singh year. Tho publishers do NOS cAp~ct that
every one viii do rs much; but if the 1910 sub
scribcrs, whose subscriptions cNp.r" with the
present volume, will send each single name
with th'ir own, they viii coul''r lasting "hlica-
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the Improvement we shall De- enabled to make iu
The paper by thus increasing our receipts. The
following mc tine
TE Il rs.
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