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Scientific American

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Description: Image of the May 29, 1858, issue of the journal Scientific American, Vol. XIII No. 38; single-fold 8-page periodical with articles on "scientific, mechanical and other improvements" illustrated with images of a steam fire engine, water heater, cotton press, furnace, valve, and carpenter's rule.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1858
Call number: priJLC_SCI_004949
Creator: Last, Jay T

Henderson self-feeding and base-burning furnace

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Image of a four-fold leaflet advertising the Henderson self-feeding and base-burning furnace manufactured by Eddy & Corse of Troy, New York, and sold by Larrabee Brothers and Company of Boston, Massachusetts; cutaway diagram of the Henderson furnace with description and list of agents on recto; customer testimonials on verso.

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Henderson self-feeding and base-burning furnace

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The morning glory Littlefield's patent base burning coal stoves, and hot air furnaces

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Image of a three-fold leaflet advertising stoves manufactured by Littlefield Stove Manufacturing Company of Boston, Massachusetts; descriptions and image of a parlor furnace on recto; four models of stoves and furnaces pictured on verso, including the "Morning Glory of 1868."

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The Firemen's Insurance Co. N. York. By this policy of insurance

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Image of a single-fold insurance policy certificate issued by the Firemen's Insurance Company of New York City; fire engine with ladder, hat, and other firefighting equipment at top center with policy text below.

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Views of the Rising Sun stove polish factory and black lead works. Morse Bros, proprietors, Canton, Mass

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Image of a four-fold leaflet advertising Rising Sun stove polish with a series of ten panels of interior and exterior views of their factory in Canton, Massachusetts, including the office, the residence of the proprietor Elijah A. Morse, boiler and engine rooms, and packing and wrapping departments.

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The great American tea company...price list of teas

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Image of a single-fold leaflet advertising teas sold by the Great American Tea Company of New York, New York; price list on verso; encapsulated with envelope enclosure with 1865 calendar printed on recto.

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