Scientific American Magazine
Volume 117, Issue 8You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.
Features
The Neglected Water Power of New England, Trench Mortality, and more
Contains an editorial on statistics about trench mortality.
Electricity- August 25, 1917
Industrial Efficiency- August 25, 1917
Science- August 25, 1917
Gas Engine Drive for Submerged Submarines
A California Experiment Which Aims To Supplant the Storage Battery
E. C. Crossman
Canning Tomatoes in California
What the Professional Canner Is Doing to Preserve Perishable Vegetables
Arthur L. Dahl
A Week's Review of the War, August 16th, 1917
The War of Specialists--The Machine Gunner
How the Machine Gun Has Influenced Modern Military Tactics
Louis Keene
Starch in Santo Domingo
Departments
Correspondence- August 25, 1917
Inventions New and Interesting- August 25, 1917
Recently Patented Inventions- August 25, 1917
Foreign Commercial Notes and Queries- August 25, 1917