Scientific American Magazine Vol 110 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 110, Issue 5

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Features

Winter Sports in Switzerland

One-man Control of the Panama Canal, The Safety of Submarines, and more

The Licorice Trade of Syria

The Curious Story of a Plant that is a Useless Weed in its Own Country and a Valuable Herb Abroad

John D. Whiting

Foolproofing the Motor Truck

Eliminating the Personal Element in the Operation of the Commercial Vehicle

S. H. Whiting

The Problem of the Second-hand Motor Truck

How Used Machines Are Thoroughly Overhauled and Reconstructed In the Builders' Local Service Stations

John S. Hardwhite

A Radium Motor

The Possibilities of Radium as a Motive Power of the Future

H. Bannerman-Phillips

The Most Modern Shipbuilding Plant in the World

Where the Two Largest Steamships in the World Are Under Construction

Departments

Correspondence- January 31, 1914

The Heavens in February