Scientific American Magazine

December 1908

Volume 99, Issue 25

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Features

President Roosevelt Would Reorganize the Navy Department

Tribute to a Civilian Inventor

Aeronautics

Science Notes

Electricity

Battle Practice in the British Navy

Percival Hislam

How English Royalty Travels

F. C. Coleman

The Aeroplane Military Scout

Curious Facts about Numbers

Gun Erosion

Artificial Sapphires

By the Paris Correspondent of the Scientific American

New Mechanical Toys

Jacques Boyer

Destructive Fungus of White Cedar

Announcement

Let the Clock Open the Furnace Drafts

H. L. Whitemore

How to Use the Slide Rule

Frederic R. Honey

Drilling Holes in Marbles

J. O. Brouillet

Device for Finding Centers of Round Work

F. D. Sweet

Furnishing the Workshop

I. G. Bayley

Simple Driver for Small Drills

L. G. Handy