Scientific American Magazine Vol 104 Issue 16

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 104, Issue 16

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Features

The Rewards and Penalties of Polar Exploration, Multiple Engines for Passenger-carrying Aeroplanes and more

G. Stanley Hall

An American Leader in the Science of Human Nature and Its Education

Edward L. Thorndike

Drawing Maps from Nature

The plane-Table and its use

C. H. Claudy

The Total Solar Eclipse of 1911

The Moon's Shadow Traces a Course from Australia to Central America

Frederic R. Honey

Science in the Current Periodicals

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

Battleship versus Destroyer

The Struggle Between the Big Gun and the High-speed Torpedo

The Gordon Bennett International Aviation Trophy

Earle L. Ovington

A New Aeroplane Passenger-carrying Record

Louis Breguet's Feat of Transporting 11 People 3 Miles Across Country. Description of the Machine

An Adjustable Rose Reamer

C. S. Bourne

Light Fixture for a Shipping Room

Albert Mayoh

Removing a Broken Handle from an Ax Head

W. D. Graves

A Novel Pipe Wrench

O. Ruehmer

How to Rebore a Crank-pin Hole in a Locomotive Driving-wheel

H. D. C

Direct-Indirect Lighting Fixtures, Fan on Grinder Spindle and more

A. R. Van der Veer

Removing Old Boiler Tubes, A Handy Drill Socket and more

A. F. Bishop

The Inventor's Department - April 22, 1911

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

Lakes Tipped by Winds, Aeronautics

Departments

Correspondence - April 22, 1911

Recently Patented Inventions - April 22, 1911

New Books, Etc. - April 22, 1911

Notes and Queries - April 22, 1911