Scientific American Magazine Vol 107 Issue 13

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 107, Issue 13

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Features

America and the Gordon Bennett Cup, Good Rails and the Rail Mills and more

New Methods of Measuring Clouds

The Work of Besson at Montsouris Observatory

How to Make an Ultra-violet Ray Objective

G. Michaud, J. F. Tristan

The World's Production of Gold

Edward B. Howell

The Nature and Origin of Life

Prof. Schaefer's Inaugural Address of the British Association

Professor Dr. Paul Walden, A 10,000-ton Motor-driven Ship

George F. Kunz

The Discovery of a New People

Stefansson's Blond Eskimo of Victoria Land

Farm Electric Lighting by Wind Power

A Complete Lighting Plant Installed for $250

Putnam A. Bates

A New Principal Examiner

Light Trucks with Pneumatic Tires v. Heavier Vehicles with Solid Tires

G. H. Bryant

Subsidized Motor Trucks

John R. Eustis

A Jubilee of the Umbrella

Departments

Correspondence - September 28, 1912

Inventions New and Interesting - September 28, 1912

Recently Patented Inventions - September 28, 1912

The Motor-driven Commercial Vehicle - September 28, 1912