100 Years Ago: Lighter Than Air
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Stories by Daniel C. Schlenoff
![Warfare in 1912: A Look in <i>Scientific American</i>'s Archives [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/65ED0B75-6469-488F-B3623FE2356BE798_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
Warfare in 1912: A Look in Scientific American's Archives [Slide Show]
Images of weapons technology from a century ago, two years before World War I broke out in Europe
100 Years Ago: Vickers Machine Gun
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
50 Years Ago: Bottling the Atomic Incubus
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
![Aviation in 1912: A Look Back in <i>Scientific American</i>'s Archives [Slide Show]](https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/8148578B-0AEF-42F8-96CAF244571C01A1_agenda.jpg?w=275&h=154&fit=crop)
Aviation in 1912: A Look Back in Scientific American's Archives [Slide Show]
The possibilities and promise of the nascent science and art of flight seized the imaginations of inventors and public. Here are some images from our magazine from a century ago
Amundsen Becomes First to Reach South Pole, December 14, 1911
Under the command of Roald Amundsen, the South Pole was discovered 100 years ago
100 Years Ago: Presidential Letter
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
150 Years Ago: Ghost Photo
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
50 Years Ago: Is Bad Air Bad?
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
50 Years Ago: Nerve Cells Talking
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
Mechanical Advertising Novelties from 1911 [Slide Show]
From Scientific American, September 30, 1911
100 Years Ago: Opium Toll
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
100 Years Ago: Cancer's Roots
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
100 Years Ago: Science of the Unfit
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Cosmonaut, Doubts on Airplanes and War Fervor
Articles from the Scientific American archive
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Tiling, Race to the South Pole and Caesium
Articles from the Scientific American archive
150 Years Ago: Drudgery of the Needle
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
50 Years Ago: Protein Structure
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
100 Years Ago: Edison's Battery
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
Articles from the Scientific American archive
