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Scientific American Magazine Vol 90 Issue 8

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 90, Issue 8

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Features

Forcing Plants by Fire

Winter Insects

The Man Behind the Gun

Science Notes - February 20, 1904

Extensive Submarine Construction Programme for Great Britain

By the English Correspondent of the Scientific American

New Kind of Rays Emitted from the Brain and Nerve Centers

Magnetic Brake for Small Electric Motors

By the Belgian Correspondent of the Scientific American

Photography of Star Shadows

Emile Guarini

The Great Baltimore Fire

The Russian Navy

Two New Motor Bicycles

Somersault Monocycle Course

Combined Pack and Riding Saddle

Land Anchor

Spring Draft Attachment

A Novel Third-Rail Protector

The Disk Type of Water Meter

Oddities in Inventions

Business and Personal Wants

Departments

Correspondence - February 20, 1904

Recently Patented Inventions - February 20, 1904

Index of Inventions - February 20, 1904

Notes and Queries - February 20, 1904

New Books, Etc. - February 20, 1904

Patents - February 20, 1903