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Scientific American Magazine Vol 115 Issue 16

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 115, Issue 16

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Features

The New Naval Reserve Force, American Weather Forecasting, and more

The Tell-Tale Fossil

Finger Posts on the Road to Oil and Mineral Deposits

Annis Salisbury

Utilization of Old Railroad Ties, A New Type of Landing Gear

R. P. Crawford

Strategic Moves of the War, October 4th, 1916, Iodine as a Military Antiseptic, and more

By Our Military Expert

Bed-Rock Legislation for Preparedness, The Council of National Defense, and more

What the Engineers Have Brought About and What is Needed for Tomorrow's Task

Malcolm MacLaren

Animated Cartoons in the Making

How Sixteen Thousand Drawings Are Prepared and, Photographed in Producing One Thousand Feet of Motion Picture Film

Departments

Inventions New and Interesting- October 14, 1916

Recently Patented Inventions- October 14, 1916

Notes and Queries- October 14, 1916

Recent Research Work Among Egyptian Ruins

New Books, Etc.- October 14, 1916