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SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY RECORD OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS 



ILLUSTRATED. 



icrc : in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at "Washington, P. C. 



Vol. I-No. 27. 



December 31, 1 880. 



Price lO Cents. 



LABOR-SAVERS^ LENGTHEN LIFE. 



OUR aim is to furnish improved tools and appliances for those who work at the desk or in the study. Many of our articles are unique, and are 

 the result of the focalized experience and skill of a large body of literary workers. Thus selecting the best, we reduce the cost to the 

 minimum by manufacturing in large quantities. Our customers may thus be sure of getting the best devices at the lowest prices. 



All interested are cordially invited to visit our stores, without feeling under obligates to purchase. It will repay you to see the many new and 

 useful improvements we are introducing. They are intended for wide-awake minds who are seeking the best and surest ways of record, arrangement, 

 and communication, and for tho>e who enjoy comfortable reading and writing in comfortable surroundings. 



An Illustrated Catalog and Price List of 400 articles is free to applicants, and includes every requisite needed for fitting 

 up a desk, study or library. 



THE PERFECTED STYLOGRAFIC PEN, 



A. T. Cross' Patent. 



A PENCIL THAT WRITES INK, NEVER NEEDS SHARPENING, AND NEVER WEARS OUT. 



Recent patented improvements have obviated all previous defects, and placed it far ahead of similar pens. Beware of imitations, and get the best 

 and only Perfect Pen. Warranted to suit or no sale. 



Our latest pattern, the LITTLE GIA NX, is the most perfect outfit for writing ever made. It is Pen, Holder, and Inkstand, all in one ; but 



three inches long, and holds ink enough for fifty pages of foolscap. May be carried in pocket, or on watch chain or eyeglass cord. Made in great 

 variety of style and finish. 



PRICE, $2.50 to $5.00. 



We instance a few of our many Specialties for Literary and Desk Work: 



THE ECONOMY Index, Study Table, Reading Desk, Eye Shade, Student Lamp, Book Support, Inkstand, Sloping and Revolving Bookcases, 

 etc. . are each selected by experts as the best to be had for the money. 



SLOPING BOOKCASE.— Entire'y new— Six 1 g shelves, periodical rack, heavy castors, fine finish, holds more for the money than common 

 cases, as movable as an easy chair. $ 1 5, ash ; $ 1 7.50, walnut. 



STUDENT'S FOLDING TABLE. -Handsome, strong enough to hold safely 300 volumes, larger than a writing desk, folds instantly, occupies 

 only the space of a table leaf, can be carried easily anywhere by a child. Price $3. Inlaid chess board, or black walnut, $4. 



SAVE YOUR EYES AND YOUR BACK.— Clark's Portable Book Rest will do more than anything else to correct the tendency to near-sight- 

 edness and round shoulders. The highest certificates from eminent physicians and oculists. Five styles, 15 to 50 cents each. Postage, 2 cents to 13 

 cents each. 



UTILITY SCRAP BOOKS.— No paste, pins, or springs, self-indexed. Of the 35 people who looked at it first, 25 bought copies Price 

 $1.50. 



THE BEST ARTIFICIAL LIGHT KNOWN is the Genuine German Student Lamp, made by the original inventor, Kleemann, tvith improve- 

 ments suggested by eminent American oculists. Extra large size, $4-.50, brass ; $5.50, nickel. 12 wicks, packed free for express ; sold as cheap 

 as inferior imitations. 



SAVE YOUR EYES.— The Economy Patent Eye Shade, ventilated, reversible, self-adjusting, fits any head; no rubbers; no strings; three 

 widths ; the only perfect device to protect the eyes. Warranted to suit. 20 cents each. 



PERFECT PEN-GAGE INKSTANDS.— The only perfect scientific Inkstand yet made. Sold on trial, warranted the best and to save their 

 -,ostinink. $ 1 .30 to $2.50 each. 



H AMBLER POCKET FOR PEN AND PENCIL.— A simple,cheap device that carries pencil orStylografic pen more conveniently than acoat or 

 vest pocket, and from which they ratmot tie lost. Men who have lest several dollars worth of pencils and pens when stooping have tried this, and say 

 they would not be without it for ten times its cost. Price, 20c. for 2 pencils, to 40c. for 4 pencils. Russia leather, with safety attachmen for 

 coat, vest or dress. 



9 READERS AND WRITERS ECONOMY COMPANY, 



25-33 Fkanklin Street, Boston. 4 BoNy Street, New York, 69 State Street, Chicago. 



