Scientific American Magazine Vol 82 Issue 17

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 82, Issue 17

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Features

National Academy of Sciences

Marcus Benjamin

The New Japan Battleship Shikishima

Value of Sea Birds

C. F. Holder

Departments

Finality in Invention

Opening of the Paris Exposition

Progress and Prospects of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Cellulith

Paris Exposition Notes

An American Automobile Race

Aerial Sweep for the Pan-American Exposition

The Use of Acetylene in Raising Sunken Vessels

A New Storage Battery

A Window Mirror

The Hydraulic System of Air Compression

The Vagaries of a Railroad Wreck

The Failure of the Masonry Dam at Austin, Texas

Recently Patented Inventions

Correspondence

Index of Inventions

Business and Personal

Notes and Queries

Patents

A Simple Compass with a Caliper-Scale