Scientific American Magazine Vol 116 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 116, Issue 5

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Features

A Jungle Farm for Zoo Boarders

James Anderson

Those Armor-Piercing Shells, Is Government Ownership of Wireless Intended?, and more

Editorials

American-Built Submarine for Spain

The 800-Ton "Isaac Peral" Which Represents the Latest Development of the Art

Industrial Preparedness for Peace

Agricultural Conservation

E. E. Miller

Economic Conditions in Germany--III

Her Industrial Mobilization

Albert K. Dawson

A Vegetable Partnership

Some Data on the Lichens, Recently Proposed in Germany as a Source of Food

Albert A. Hansen

German Military Rifle Practice

Why the British Soldier Is a Better Marksman than His Foe

Edward C. Crossman

Woman In the Industries

How Far Can She Go, and What Does Her Presence There Mean?

Kapok for Explosives

Short article on substituting kapok for cotton; also, as it can be used in making explosives, garments sent to Germany to prisoners cannot be stuffed with it.

Manganese as Fertilizer

Reagent for Detecting Free Chlorine in Water, Petrograd-Archangel Automobile Line

What Was the Greek Fire of the Ancients?, Shorthand Systems Invented for the Chinese, and more

Departments

Correspondence- February 3, 1917

The Heavens in February, 1917

Inventions New and Interesting- February 3, 1917

Recently Patented Inventions- February 3, 1917

Notes and Queries- February 3, 1917