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Snapshots of Military Science from 1913, a Year before World War I [Slide Show]
Nations raced to gain an advantage with new technology and better armaments
Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff
150 Years Ago: Sleep Technology
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Connecticut Proclaims Gustave Whitehead Flew before the Wright Brothers
Legislature tries to rewrite history and proclaims Bridgeport resident Gustave Whitehead as first in flight
150 Years Ago: Camera before Film
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Ships and Submarines, 1913: Images from Scientific American’s Archives [Slide Show]
The state of the art in civilian and military nautical technology, from the year before World War I broke out in Europe
Communicating with Pheromones
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
A Look at Manufacturing over the Years, 1790-1982 [Slide Show]
Images from the Archives of Scientific American
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Continental Drift
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Dr. David Livingstone, a Bicentenary
Scientist, explorer, missionary, humanitarian, 19 March 1813–1 May 1873
Aviation in 1913: Images from Scientific American's Archives [Slide Show]
A look at the state of flight in 1913 from the archives of Scientific American
The News on Aviation from 1913
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Grand Central Terminal: The Centenary. A Look Back in Scientific American's Archives [Slide Show]
The new railroad terminal was heralded as the "Gateway to America's Greatest City" when it opened on February 1, 1913
The Future: A History of Prediction from the Archives of Scientific American
Futurology has always bounced around between common sense, nonsense and a healthy dose of wishful thinking
The Sensational--and Fraudulent--Piltdown Man
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Slavery: Notes from Scientific American's Archives on the "Peculiar Institution"
News and opinion on the institution of slavery made a few rare appearances in our pages before, during, and after the U.S. Civil War
The News on Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
The Panama Canal: The World's Greatest Engineering Project [Slide Show]
A century of easier travel
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
