Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Engineering Brings Water to Los Angeles, 1913

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

What Are the 10 Greatest Inventions of Our Time?

Before you consider, here are a few opinions from Scientific American readers in 1913 on what makes a great invention

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: The Greatest Inventions, up to 1913

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

The Motor Vehicle in 1913: Images from the Archives of Scientific American [Slide Show]

A look at the transport machines developed for work and play a century ago

Stress and the Zulu in 1963; Motor Vehicles from 1913

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Disaster and Safety: Images from the Archives of Scientific American [Slide Show]

The reports on these disasters also have the ultimate goal of preventing their recurrence

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: The News on Aviation Pioneer Igor Sikorsky

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

Agriculture and Invention in 1863: Handy Machines from the Archives of Scientific American [Slide Show]

These devices were designed to reduce the labor or increase the profit of farming

100 Years Ago: Tsetse Fly Breeds Ruin

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

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

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

The Age of Anxiety, 1963

Inventions of War in 1863: Images from Scientific American's Archives [Slide Show]