![The Panama Canal [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/FD6A1AC4-16E0-47E5-B774714B8A4BF0D2_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
The Panama Canal [Slide Show]
August 1914–August 2014
Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff
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
![The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/EFF2C9B5-C82A-475E-BCAE015FB98A6C83_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
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]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/D77A7ED3-DF99-44F2-BBB44E5F9CED30EC_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
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]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/7625E100-800A-4BEA-877BC9B7FD60034E_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
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]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/B3194FBD-4F56-4F49-ACF52561A9EC55F5_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
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
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Engineering Brings Water to Los Angeles, 1913
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
