Scientific American Magazine Vol 100 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 100, Issue 3

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Features

The 1909 Automobile

Growth of the Automobile Industry

Standardizing the Automobile

Cost of Running a Car

Alloy Steels and Automobile Durability

The Buggy Type Automobile

Selecting a Car

The Commercial Truck vs. the Horse

Benjamin Rogers

High Tension Ignition by Magneto

Roger B. Whitman

Our Legion Tires and Their Trouble

Orrel A. Parker

Automobile Lubrication--Some Elementary Principles

Thomas D. Hanauer

The Two-Cycle Automobile Motor

E. W. Roberts

Handy Man's Workshop

How to Convert a Horse-drawn Buggy into a Motor Buggy for Less then $300

George Heron

When a Lost Nut Cannot be Replaced

Scraping Carbon from the Piston Heads

Relining the Brake Shoes

Getting Home with a Weak Battery

A Novel Carrying Case for Automobile Tires

Some Automobile Novelties

A Novel Speed-Changing Gear

A New Suspension for Automobiles

Automobile Notes and Suggestions

A Novel Gasoline Strainer

Suppressing Rattle in Brakes, Mud Guards, Etc.

Getting Home with a Broken Universal Joint

Correcting a Leaky Carbureter Float Valve

Departments

Recently Patented Inventions - January 16, 1909

Patents - January 16, 1909

Index of Inventions - January 16, 1909