Scientific American Magazine Vol 116 Issue 19

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 116, Issue 19

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Features

Torpedoing the Enemy's Trenches as a Preliminary to Infantry Attack

[article on a land-based drone, wire-guided]

The Great Emergency, Personal Names in the Newspapers, and more

"The 12 1/2-Minute Cafeteria"

How Rations Are Dealt Out to the Recruits at the Newport Naval Training Station

Making the Railroad Car Safer

The Eighth Award of the Scientific American Medal for Safety Devices

Arthur H. Young

Strategic Moves of the War--May 3rd, 1917

Our Military Expert

Britain's Bid for the Control of the Air

How British Aircraft Production Has Kept Pace with the Demands of the War
"How Britain's women are "doing their bit' in the great war:  Women artisans at work in a British aircraft factory, undertaking successfully various kinds of carpentering"

G. L. Faulkner

Great U-Boat Peril

Hudson Maxim

A New Military Rifle, Bullet-Proof Armor, and more

A. B. Bowers

A Pan-American University

Departments

Correspondence- May 12, 1917

Inventions New and Interesting- May 12, 1917

New Books, Etc.- May 12, 1917