Scientific American Magazine Vol 117 Issue 8

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 117, Issue 8

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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

By Our Military Expert

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