Chapter VI: Front Matter (6)

OMEGA STOVE AND GRATE CO.,
89 Euclid Ave.,
Cleveland, Ohio.

=The Draper Recording Thermometer.=

This thermometer gives a permanent and continuous record in ink of the temperature. The chart indicating hours of the day and days of the week gives the degrees of temperature from 20° below zero to 110° above. All instruments are accurately adjusted and warranted. The record is easily read and absolutely correct. Sold by the leading instrument dealers and opticians throughout the United States and Canada, and by

=The DRAPER
MANUFACTURING CO.=

Owners of the United States and foreign patents.
152 Front Street, New York

=THE BARAGWANATH STEAM JACKET
Feedwater Boiler and Purifier.=

Boils the feedwater. Keeps the boiler clean. Saves boiler repairs. Saves from 15 to 40 per cent. of fuel. Large heating surface. No radiating surface. No back pressure. Thoroughly utilizes the exhaust. Strong and durable. Over 5,000 in use. Send for circular.

WM. BARAGWANATH & SON. 40 West
Division Street, Chicago, Ill.

JAS. B. CROUTHERS, M. E., General Eastern
Manager, 112 Liberty Street, New York.

=DRAWING INSTRUMENTS,
DRAWING PAPER,
BLUE PROCESS PAPER,
AMERICAN LIQUID INK.=

A fully illustrated and priced catalogue of 200 pages of all instruments and materials used by draughtsmen sent upon mention of this paper.

=G. S. WOOLMAN,=
116 FULTON ST.,
=NEW YORK.=

“MERSHON” PATENT

=SHAKING GRATE=

For Steam and Hot Air Furnaces. The most reliable and Perfect Shaking Grate in the world. Send for catalogue. “Mershon” Patent Shaking Grate, Heater and Range Works,

=1203 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.=

HOW TO MAKE AN INCUBATOR.—

Full directions, illustrated with 7 figures. Also directions for operating the apparatus. Contained in SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, No. 612. Price 10 cents. To be had at this office and from all news‐dealers.

=MINERAL WOOL!=

=INDESTRUCTIBLE. FIRE‐PROOF. SOUND‐PROOF.
FROST‐PROOF. VERMIN‐PROOF. ODORLESS.=

For Deadening, Fire‐Proofing, Insulation of Heat and Cold in Buildings, Prevention of Frost in Water or Gas Pipes.

(Patented May 29, 1883.)]

Also Fire‐Proof Sectional Coverings for Steam Pipes and Boilers. Best non‐conductor for all surfaces, Steam or Fire Heat. Will not Char, Crack, or Burn. Easily applied and removed by any one, and is indorsed by Insurance Companies. For full information and sample free, address

=Western Mineral Wool Co.,
Box 123.
CLEVELAND, O.=

EDWARD FORD, PREST.
A. PITCAIRN, VICE‐PREST.
E. L. FORD, SECY.
JOHN F. SCOTT, TREAS.

PITTSBURGH PLATE GLASS CO.,

=CREIGHTON, PA.,=

MANUFACTURERS

=POLISHED PLATE GLASS.=

=Ground and Rough Plate Glass for Floors and Skylights.=

Three‐sixteenths thickness, made expressly for fine residences.

=LARGE AND WIDE GLASS A SPECIALTY.=

The Largest Plates of Glass in the cities of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Paul, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and in many New York buildings, were manufactured at our works.

=IMMENSE PRODUCTION.=

The combined production of our two factories is 260,000 square feet per month. The largest production of any factory in the world, which enables us to fill our orders promptly.

The high reputation and unprecedented large sale of glass made by this company since its organization is due entirely to its superior quality, NATURAL GAS alone being used throughout both works as fuel.

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_Works No. 1,_
=CREIGHTON, PA.

_Works No. 2,_
TARENTUM, PA.=

WESTERN UNION WIRE AND TELEPHONE CONNECTION IN GENERAL OFFICE, CREIGHTON, PA.

=REFRIGERATORS.=

Estimates furnished (under new construction) for

Hotels, Stores and Butchers’ Use

ALSO A LINE

=FOR RESIDENCES,=

BY
=FRANK W. LOCKWOOD,=
240 South Second St., Philadelphia.

SAW MILLS

STATIONARY & PORTABLE ENGINES and THRESHERS.

RACINE WISCONSIN.

SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE]

=23 Awards of Merit for Superiority.=

=The oldest, the best, the cheapest.=

Locks of one piece. No cleats or springs. Simple and perfect. Made in four sizes, of Copper, Tin, Steel, or Galvanized Tin.

Full line of Roofing Sundries.

If you want an antique finish, get our Queen Anne Shingles.

_Send for Catalogue and Price List, special to the trade._

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W. W. MONTAGUE & CO., San Francisco, Cal., Pacific Coast.
KNISELY & MILLER, Chicago, Ill.
GEO. TRITCH HARDWARE CO., Denver, Col.
PHILLIPS & BUTTORFF MFG. CO., Nashville, Tenn.
MCDONALD, KEMP & CO., Toronto, Sole Agts., Canada.
JEROME TWICHELL & CO., Kansas City, Mo.

THE NAT’L SHEET METAL ROOFING CO.,
510 to 520 E. 20th St. N. Y.

=ARTESIAN=

Wells, Oil and Gas Wells, drilled by contract to any depth, from 50 to 3000 feet. We also manufacture and furnish everything required to drill and complete same. Portable Horse Power and Mounted Steam Drilling Machines for 100 to 600 ft. Send 6 cents for illustrated catalogue.

=Pierce Well Excavator Co.
New York.=

=USEFUL BOOKS.=

Manufacturers, Agriculturists, Chemists, Engineers, Mechanics, Builders, men of leisure, and professional men, of all classes, need good books in the line of their respective callings. Our post office department permits the transmission of books through the mails at very small cost. A comprehensive catalogue of useful books by different authors, on more than fifty different subjects, has just been published for free circulation at the office of this paper. Subjects classified, with names of author. Persons desiring a copy have only to ask for it, and it will be mailed to them.

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=MARSTON’S

Hand & Foot Power

Circular Saw=.

Iron frame 36 inches high. Top 80 × 40 inches, centre part of iron with planed grooves on each side of saw for cutting off gauges to slide in. Ripping gauge slides in iron groove. Steel shafts. Gears are all machine cut from solid iron. Boring table and side treadle. Two 6‐inch saws and two cranks with each machine. Weight 350 pounds.

Send for price list.

=J. M. Marston & Co.=
Cor. Appleton & Tremont Sts.,
BOSTON, MASS.

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We are assisted in this work by able architects, and we try to make our estimates reliable, so that the work can be done by any reliable builder at the prices named. Terms moderate.

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Consisting of 44 large quarto plates. Containing Original Designs of Medium and Low‐cost Cottages, Seaside and Country Houses; also a Club House, School House, Pavilion, and a small Seaside Chapel, together with a Form of Specification for Cottages. One large quarto volume. =$5.00=

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Containing 387 designs and 967 illustrations of the various Parts needed in the Construction of Buildings, Public and Private, both for the City and Country; also, Plans and Elevations of Houses, Stores, Cottages, and other Buildings. By M. F. Cummings, M.A., Architect, Associate Author of “Architecture, by Cummings & Miller.” One large 4to volume, 56 plates. Reduced from $10.00 to =$6.00=

=ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES.=

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