The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-01-28
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.
THE BEST MECHANICAL PAPER IN THE
WORLD.
SEVENTEENTH YEAR.
VOLUME VI.-NEW SERIES.

A new volume of this widely circulated IN.
per commences on the 4th of January Every
number contains sixteen pages of useful infor-
nation, and from five to ten original engravings
OF new inventions and discoveries, all Of which
are prepared expressly for its columns
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interests OF popular Science, the Mechanic
Arts Manufactures, Inventions, Agriculture,
Commerce and the Industrial Pursuits gener-
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III the Workshop and Mandatory, but also in
the Household, the Library and the Reading.
Room.
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at home and abroad, of being the best weekly
publication devoted to mechanical and indus-
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they have earned during the sirtecn years thew
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10 the Mechanic and Manufacturer
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