Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff

A Comment on the Great War (aka the First World War, or World War I)

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

The Panama Canal [Slide Show]

August 1914–August 2014

Scientific American Debunks Claim Gustave Whitehead Was "First in Flight"

It has been claimed (yet again) that Gustave Whitehead flew a powered, controlled airplane before the Wright brothers did

The First World War

A Centennial Commemoration

Tool-Making Chimps; Peaceful Competition in Europe

The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]

Illuminating insights into electricity from a century ago from the Archive of Scientific American

The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]

Illuminating insights into electricity from a century ago from the Archive of Scientific American

Supersonic Aircraft for Transport, 1964

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Boating for Leisure, 1914 [Slide Show]

Luxury liners and pleasure boats from a century ago in the Scientific American Archives

L.S.B. Leakey on the Distant Past; H. G. Wells on the Near Future

Innovation & discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Great Inventions from 1864 [Slide Show]

A brief look at some good ideas (and some not so good) from the Scientific American Archives of 150 years ago

Exploring Nature in 1914 [Slide Show]

A short trip down the natural history corridor of the Scientific American Archives from a century ago

Exploring Nature [Slide Show]

A short trip down the natural history corridor of the Scientific American Archives from a century ago

100 Years Ago: A New Look at Ancient Art

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

The Age of Steel: Mass Production of Metal Builds an Infrastructure

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Steel: The Backbone of Modernity, 1914 [Slide Show]

These images show how the world of a century ago depended on steel

Steel: The Backbone of Modernity, 1914 [Slide Show]

These images show how the world of a century ago depended on steel

Civilian Airplanes, 1914 [Slide Show]

Civilian Flight in 1914 was still a new business, riding hard on the heels of the latest innovations by inventors and tinkerers

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Wright Brothers in the News Again, 1914

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Engineering and Water, 1913 [Slide Show]

Civilization needs water. Our skill in engineering ways to use it, contain it, or get rid of it is one of the foundations of our society