Volume 112, Issue 18
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Features
Aeronautics
Electricity
Science
The European Infantryman's Rifle
Comparison of Mausers, Mannlichers, Lee-Enfields, and Other Weapons Used in the War
The Rifles of European Fighters
They Have a Range of 4,200 to 5,200 Yards, But That Is Not Their Chief Virtue. They Shoot Flat, Thanks to Their Sharp-Pointed Bullets, and Flatness of Trajectory Counts for More Than Range in Shooting
The Bullets of the Fighting Nations
How the Shape of a Bullet Affects Its Flight
The Mechanics of Convalescence
Methods of Hastening the Cure of German Wounded Soldiers
The Government's Competition for a Naval Dirigible
Protecting a Retreating Army
Effective Methods of Destroying Its Lines of Communications