Scientific American Magazine Vol 110 Issue 16

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 110, Issue 16

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Features

A Ridiculous Proposal, The "America" Cup Contest, and more

Moving Pictures Without a Screen

A Remarkable Development in Kinematography

Drydocking in Canal Locks, The Problem of Three Bodies Solved, and more

C. W. Fisher

Powdered Coal for Fuel

Burning Coal Dust in Jets Like Oil

Harry N. Holmes

The Taxicab Service of New York City

Harry Chapin Plummer

Aeroplane Lamps

A Light that Shows "Port" and "Starboard" and Also Throws White Beams Forward and to the Rear

Alfred Gradenwitz

Possibilities in Brush Invention, A Simple and Convenient Fish Rod

H. M. Baxter

A Smoke and Fume Monitor

W. W. Strong

The Problem of Our Navy—April 18, 1914

VIII.—Mobilization and a Naval Reserve

Departments

Correspondence-April 18, 1914

Inventions New and Interesting-April 18, 1914

Notes and Queries-April 18, 1914

New Books, Etc.-April 18, 1914