Scientific American Magazine Vol 116 Issue 15

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 116, Issue 15

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Features

The Cunning Displayed in the Sinking of the German Steamer "Liebenfels"

[article on the attempt by the Germans to block the Navy Yard in Charleston, S.C. after war was declared]

The President's War Message, The Removal of Major-General Wood, and more

[editorial after America declared war on Germany]

Common Edible Mushrooms

A Few Unmistakable Varieties That are Fit for the Table

Albert A. Hansen

Strategic Moves of the War--April 5th, 1917

By Our Military Expert

Bringing the Gnome Engine to America

How This Most Intricate of Aviation Engines is Being Successfully Manufactured in Our Country

Austin C. Lescarboura

More Sulphur From Smelter Gases

Elwood Hendrick

Seasoning Iron Castings

A Tractor That Ice and Snow Will Not Stall, Ways and Means to Increase American Aircraft Production, and more

The page includes the article associated with the front cover image: "A one-man 'tank' for the barbed-wire cutter"

Sulphite Coal: a New Fuel, Spinel Refractories

Departments

Inventions New and Interesting- April 14, 1917

New Books, Etc.- April 14, 1917

Notes and Queries- April 14, 1917