Scientific American Magazine Vol 113 Issue 8

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 113, Issue 8

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Features

The Largest Hydraulic Motor, Photographic Determination of Stellar Parallaxes with the 60-inch Reflector of Mount Wilson Observatory and more

The Locomotive of the Future

Herbert T. Walker

The United States Lighthouse Service

It Never Ends, Either by Night or Day, Summer or Winter

Strategic Moves of the War—August 11th, 1915

Matthew E. Hanna

A Notable Step in the Building of New York's Great Piers

Cofferdamming the North River

Robert G. Skerrett

Farming in Palestine

Agricultural Possibilities of the Holy Land

Ernest F. Beaumont

Edible Wood, Windmills where Hurricanes Prevail

Departments

Correspondence - August 21, 1915

Inventions New and Interesting - August 21, 1915

Recently Patented Inventions - August 21, 1915