
Stories by Jacques Boyer


Making of X-Ray Tubes in War Time
How the Unparalleled Demand for Tubes Was Met by French Manufacturers

Manufacture of Steel Helmets for the French Soldiers
Why and How Two Million of These Head Protectors Were Made in Six Months

Proving Grounds for French Artillery
A Laboratory Battlefield

The Manufacture of Chicory
A Franco-Belgian Industry Stopped by the War

Photographing Speech
Some Recent Investigations by Dr. Marage

The Scientist and the Athlete
The Physiological Laboratory of the French Military School at Joinville

Further Experiments on Life Without Microbes

The Colin-Jeance System of Wireless Telephony
New Apparatus With Which Telephonic Communication Has Been Carried On Over Sixty Miles

An Automobile Radio-Telegraph Station for War Use
Wireless Car for the French Army Equipped with Powerful Field Apparatus

Pneumatic Grain Elevators
The Ideal Method of Handling Cargoes

The Scientist and the Athlete
The Physiological Laboratory of the French Military School at Joinville

Protection From X-rays in Radiography
The Devices of Dr. Maxime Ménard

Motion Pictures of Vocal Chords

An Ingenious Instrument for Studying Vibrations
The Bourlet-De Guiche Vibrometer

The Experimental Laboratory of the Automobile Club of France
Testing Internal Combustion Engines for the Automobile, the Flying Machine and the Farm

A Disease of Old Leaden Art Objects
How Corrosion may be Retarded by a Protective Coating

An Electric Hotel in Paris

Are Men Better Typists Than Women?
Interesting Scientific Tests Made by J. M. Lahy

Sawing a Bridge with a Wire
An Old Idea Revived and Improved