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Scientific American Magazine Vol 114 Issue 22

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 114, Issue 22

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Features

Turning Out Crops on Schedule Time, The Report of the Conference Committee on the Army Bill, and more

Shipbuilding Resuming its Old-time Importance in American Commerce and Industry, Activity of Our Shipyards Since the Outbreak of the European War

Activity of Our Shipyards Since the Outbreak of the European War

J. Gordon Dorrance

A Machine that Picks Cotton without Injuring the Plant

Strategic Moves of the War, May 19th, 1916

By Our Military Expert

How Guns are Blown Up

Destructive Effects of Overloads of Powder and of Obstructions in the Barrel

Edward C. Crossman

Why America Lost Second Place

German and American Navies. Compared as to Ships and Gun-Power.

War Game—XI

The Defense Against a Landing Body

Guido von Horvath

Death of Elmer, Recent Paper Statistics, and more

L. Corthell

Departments

Correspondence - May 27, 1916

Inventions New and Interesting - May 27, 1916

Recently Patented Inventions - May 27, 1916