Scientific American Magazine Vol 104 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 104, Issue 5

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Features

Larger Ships--Longer Piers, The Need of Fog Investigations, and more

Sir James Dewar, F.R.S

Famous for His Researches in Low Temperature Phenomena

P. F. Mottelay

The First Flight from Shore to Ship

How Ely Flew from Selfridge Field Across Country and Landed on the U.S.S. "Pennsylvania"

Ten Million Dollars for Science

The Significance of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and Its Work

Benjamin C. Gruenberg

The Mail-handling System at the New Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City

Joseph B. Baker

Freak Shadows in Oil

J. Mayne Baltimore

Science in the Current Periodicals- February 4, 1911

In this Department the Reader will find Brief Abstracts of Interesting Articles Appearing in Contemporary Periodicals at Home and Abroad

A Shadow in Court

William F. Rigge

An Opportunity to Catch an Asteroid with a Small Instrument

R. W. Roberts

To Sharpen a Bit

W. D. Graves

Grooved Pulley for Experimental Work

Edward Tiede

Oil Stops for Milling Machines

Casting Gold Centrifugally

Albert F. Bishop

Electric Torch Lighter

Howard M. Nichols

"Uncle Sam's" Automatic Dampening Machine

Thomas D. Gannaway

The Inventor's Department- February 4, 1911

Simple Patent Law; Patent Office News; Inventions New and Interesting

Curiosities of Science and Invention- February 4, 1911

Electricity, Engineering

Aeronautics, Science

Departments

The Heavens in February

Correspondence- February 4, 1911

Recently Patented Inventions- February 4, 1911

Notes and Queries- February 4, 1911

New Books, Etc.- February 4, 1911