Scientific American Magazine Vol 86 Issue 17

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 86, Issue 17

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Features

The Fleets of the World

Report of the Prussian Commission on American Railroads

The Cost of Ammunition at Manila and Santiago

Wireless Telegraphy and the Promoter

Reconstruction of West Point Academy

Recent Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington

Marcus Benjamin

Science Notes

The Improvement of the Erie Canal

A Gas-Engine Friction Clutch

A Self-Starting Gasoline Motor of Novel Design

The Manufacture of Steel Rails

A Canal Excavator for Java

Breaking up 15-Inch Cast-Iron Guns

Insects in Winter

S. Frank Aaron

An Acetylene Wireless Telephone Apparatus

Roman Forum Excavations

Business and Personal Wants

Departments

Correspondence - April 26, 1902

Recently Patented Inventions - April 26, 1902

Index of Inventions - April 26, 1902

New Books, Etc. - April 26, 1902

Patents - April 26, 1902

Notes and Queries - April 26, 1902