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Scientific American Magazine Vol 115 Issue 7

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 115, Issue 7

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Features

Concrete Piles in Salt Water

F. J. Springer

The Naval Bill, The Progress of "Daylight-Saving," The Health of the Nation, and more

The Munitions Explosion in New York Harbor

A Great Disaster Accompanied with Comparatively Little Loss of Life

Sub-Surface Blockade Running

Submarine Blockade Running Difficulties at the Entrance to the Chesapeake
[the German submarine "Deutschland" at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay]

Strategic Moves of the War, August 4th, 1916

By Our Military Expert

Agricultural Preparedness

What the Government Is Doing Toward Better Production and Better Distribution

Charles J. Brand

Departments

Correspondence- August 12, 1916

Inventions New and Interesting- August 12, 1916

Recently Patented Inventions- August 12, 1916

New Books, Etc.- August 12, 1916

Notes and Queries- August 12, 1916