The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-06-17
PROSPECTUS
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AMERICAN ARTISAN.


TINE AMERICAN ARTISAN is a journal de-
II voted TO fostering the interests of Artisans
and Manufacturers, encouraging the genius ofln-
ventors, and protecting the rights Of Patentees.
1t is published every Wednesday morning, at
New York by BROWN, CO0MBS Il CO.. Soil
citors of American and Foreign Patents.
The Pruprietors Of the AMERICAN ARTf-
SAN respectfully announce that on May IL,
1864, they issued the FIRST number of that jour
nal and they confidently believe that after
the public have carefully perused and duly diges.
ted its varied and valuable contents, it will be
unanimously declared to be more instructive and
interesting than any other weekly periodical Of
similar character published in either the United
States or Europe. During the next twelve
months the .ANERICA AN ARTISAN win contain
numerous Original Engravings and Descriptions
of New Machinery, ETC., both American and For
eign-Histories of Famous Inventions and Dis
coveries-Ess on Scientific Subjects-In er-
esting Letters from Working-men in all parts of
the World-Instructions in various Arts and
Trades-Reliable Recipes for use in the Field, the
Workshop, and the Household-W onderful Ex-
perimeuts in Chemistry-Hints to Millers and
lwrights-News-item for Manufacturers
Practical Rules for Mechanics and Advice, to
Farmers-illus'rate Details of Curious and In
genions Mechanical Movements" and other Use
fnl Lessons for Young Arisans-the OFFICIAL
List of Claims of all Patents issued weekly
from the United States Patent Office-Reports of
Law Gases relating to Patents the whole form
ing an Encyclopedia of General Information on
a variety of topics connected with the Industrial
Arts, the Progress Of Invention, etc.
THE PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT
of the AMERICAN ARTISAN W i'll he under the
general superintendent Of Mr.. JoHy W. CooMBs,
who has had ELEVEN YEARS experience in the
management of a similar department in the office
of the Scientific American, - in this city. Each
number of the AMERICAN ARTISAN will con-
tain thirty-two columns of instructive and inter-
esting reading matter, in which the progress of
the arts and sciences will be recorded in familiar
language Invested of dry technicaities ard alb
struse words and phrases.
THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
of the AMERICAN ARTISAN will be critically
supervised by a member of the firm OF Brown,
CooMBs & Co. assisted by other gentlemen of
theoretical and practical knowledge of the arts
and sciences. The columns of the AMERICAN
ARTISAN will be rendered attractive by arti-
cles from the pens of many talented American
writers upon scientific and mechanical subjects
and among the more prominent of these contrib
utors may be mentioned Mr.. ROBERT MAcFARLANE,
who during the last SEVENTEEN YEARS filled the
responsible position Of Senior Editor of the "Sci-
entfc American"
THE PATENT DEPARTMENT
of the AMERICAN ARTISAN will be placed in
charge of Mr. Henry T. BRowN who has had
more than nineteen years experience as a Solici-
tor of Patents, both in this country and Europe,
and who has been for many years the principal
professional assistant of Messrs. MUM & Co.,
Patent Agents, of this city. In this department
will be published regularly the official list Of
claims of all patents issued from the United
States Patent Office during the previous week
this list will be prepared expressly for the AME-
RlCAN ARTISAN, and will appear several days
in adoance of its publication in any other journal
Important and interesting legal decisions in pat.
ent cases, tried in the United States Courts, will
be periodically presented in this department, to.
gether with illustrated descriptions Of many re-
markable inventions recently patented either a,
al,