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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Volume XXIV, Nos. 1-26, January 1-June 24, 1871, Volume XXV, Nos. 1-26, July 1 - December 23, 1871.

Munn & Co: NY, 1871. Item #98-5722

Illustr, 16.5 x 12, half leather, gilt ruled with gilt lettering, 414, 414. Covers rubbed, soiled, leather scuffed/scraped, uncut pages, small tears, toning, offsetting, soiling, staining, ink stains in a few margins and ink # on one page, upper margin of 177/178 missing small piece, upper corner lacking on 275/276, diagonal tear from outer margin on 85/86, parts of brown mailing paper stuck to one page else good/very good. Some of the articles: "The Ancient Brewers of New York," "Breweries and their Fittings," "Production of Electricity by the Human Body," "Electrical Shadows and Images Produced by Electricity," "Chicago Waterworks Before the Fire," "Ice Fleas," "The Detroit River Tunnel," "Copper Balloons," "Experimental Investigations of a New Force" (psychic force), "Phrenology and Spiritualism" plus lots more fun stuf.

Price: $395.00