Show the anniversary our acknowledgements acknowledge ments and greeting are arc due to the alie scientific american amerla ameria a the receipt of wl ose handsome anniversary number reminds us that our esteemed contemporary has bag completed tile llie first firel liali century of ii ts existence it il was wag fitting that a paper blose range c of 0 subjects is Is so extensive its deml cen lenuial number to a review ot of lifie and developments during 0 the past fifty years and munn co are arc to bo be congratulated on lie ile discriminating judgment wil h jhc this ambitious am bilious work has been carried out in a review ot of this kind tile llie difficulty is ii so to select condense slid and express the essential facts acts of the llie subject that the result shall be a reference book and a readable story in one la in tile the num lier her before us hie elie writer las his achieved this un result to a marked degree the historical interest alit aal the literary tyle atie of the articles being equally good tile the illustrations appear to have been with a strict regard for their historic interest and readers will ill linger long 0 over such views it M elioe of llie elie american bult buat steamer arctic the fastest vessel on the atlantic in 1652 NI orse a pende lurd luiu instrument of 1837 and ills bis tele gravili receiver of 1811 18 tt edi first crt llie elie patent onice office of flowes und 5 bev vi ing machi machined nei the first safety bi cycle the first mccormick Ble Cormick reaper the original franklin hall band press cuts of the early form of the hie telephone und brul electric motor and many another engraving et cf historic liis loric interest the subjects billich has necessarily lacert crowded out of the MUM rated columns cal are more briefly not cd in 1 a I very veri re flable arli ic at the commencement of of tile lie paper and not lot tile least interesting feature is elie essay on oil the llie progress of invention durin during the llie pa 4 fifty years nuiell won the 0 prize offered by the editors for the best essay on oil this subject the paper is handsomely han diomely in a 1 I cover which is appropriate to the nature an and d scope of its contents tile the price of the special issue is 10 cents and is well worth ten tell times this sum |