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Scientific American Magazine Vol 114 Issue 21

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 114, Issue 21

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Features

The Difficulties of Railroad Maintenance in Alaska, A National Calamity, and more

Kirk McFarlin

Industrial Preparedness for Peace

VII. Cutting Costs in the Paper Mill

Miner Chipman

Feeding a Pumpkin with a Sugar Solution

S. Leonard Bastin

Strategic Moves of the War, May 12th, 1916

By Our Military Expert

How the United States Weather Bureau was Started

Cleveland Abbe

The Size of Naval Guns

Are Twelve l4-Inch or Eight 17-Inch Guns to Be Preferred?

Richmond K. Turner

Modernizing Mississippi River Transportation

The New Steel Barges Which Usher in the Revival of Traffic on the Great Inland Waterway

War Game—X

The Trenches— Use of Pick and Spade in Modern Warfare

Guido von Horvath

A Pen that Permits of Writing with the Mouth

Alfred Gradenwitz

Departments

Correspondence - May 20, 1916

The Motor-driven Commercial Vehicle

Recently Patented Inventions - May 20, 1916

New Books, Etc. - May 20, 1916