Scientific American Magazine Vol 118 Issue 11

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 118, Issue 11

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Features

Masterpieces of Primitive Engineering

Notice to Our Readers, Bridge Versus Ice Blockade, and more

The Hospital on Rails

British-Built Equipment for American Units in France

F. C. Coleman

The Fats of Fighters

How Some of the World's Armies Get This Necessary Ration

L. Lodian

Turning a Pest to Profit

How Uruguay Proposes to Make an Asset of Her Locust Invasions

What Machinery Means

By How Much Does It Increase the Productive Capacity of the Worker?

J. M. Bird

Concerning Fuel

Silks For Fire Wood and Diamonds For Coal

A. C. Laut

Doing Away with the Arc

How the Incandescent Lamp and Optical System Were Developed for Motion-Picture Projection

R. P. Burrows, J. T. Caldwell

Bicuiba Oil, Better Canning Rubbers, and more

Departments

The Service of the Chemist- March 16, 1918

Correspondence- March 16, 1918

The Motor-Driven Commercial Vehicle- March 16, 1918

Notes and Queries- March 16, 1918

New Books, Etc.- March 16, 1918