An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Scientific Items

"Scientific Items." New York Saturday Press, May 21, 1859, 2.
Type
newspaper
Genre
notice
Abstract

A list of four bullet points about recent discoveries in the field of science. The events are summarized as follows: the creation of a new, easy to use printing press; a development in reproducing round objects by using the process of galvanoplasty; the discovery by M.L. Scott of the method of recording sounds on paper; and the acquisition of four previously lost manuscripts written by Descartes.