Scientific American Magazine Vol 109 Issue 12

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 109, Issue 12

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Features

Sir Oliver Lodge's Address, Taming the Chagres River and more

The Steel Car as a Life Saver

Telescoping is Prevented by All-Steel Construction

The First Diesel Locomotive

By the Berlin Correspondent of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Sawing a Bridge with a Wire

An Old Idea Revived and Improved

Jacques Boyer

The Centenary of a Famous Locomotive, Building Foundations in Japan and more

Herbert T. Walker

Fighting the Plague with Soap and Petroleum

Departments

Correspondence - September 20, 1913

Recently Patented Inventions - September 20, 1913

Notes and Queries - September 20, 1913

New Books, Etc. - September 20, 1913