Volume 1	New York, Thursday August 28, 1845	Number 1.

The Scientific American	IMPROVED RAILROAD CARS			CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN PATENTS Issued in 1844
With Children and Friends (Poem)	Lowell as it was and as it is	Burning Well	Great Improvement In Lithographic Painting
		New Article Of Export.	A Sensible Horse
		Extraordinary Phenomenon	The Properties Of Zinc
Attraction. (Poem)	A Smoke Filter For Locomotives.	Improvement In Oregon	A Specimen Of Vegetable Silk
			Cause Of Sound And Thunder
		Portrait Painting	Liquor Burnt

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