| Volume 1 | Scientific American | Number 6. |
 NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCT. 2. Secure the First Number. Electricity and Morse's Telegraph. To Correspondents. Postmasters. |
On the Resistance of Fluids. | Aerial Navigation. | The Art of Painting. |  Variety Column. |
First Principles of Mechanics. |
Our Inland Navigation. | |||
| Railroad Intelligence.. | Worthy of Imitation.. | |||
| Lock Manufactory. | ||||
| Too Attractive. | Daguerreotypes.. | Cheap Travelling.. | ||
| Wake Up. | Mechanics in Russia. | Miraculous Speed.. | ||
| A company in Manchester . . . | A Great Work Completed. | Length and Height.. |