Scientific American Magazine Vol 118 Issue 12

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 118, Issue 12

You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.

Features

Profits from "Freak Farming", Navy Needs a Proving Ground, and more

[article on farming ginseng roots]

The Telephone in Khaki

How and Why the Telephone is Extensively Employed at the Front
[the cover image for the issue is associated with this article]

Strategic Moves of the War, March 12th, 1918

By Our Military Expert

The Mystery of the Golf Ball

Why Must It Be Rough In Order to Fly True?

P. A. Vaile

An American Canal Between Lakes Erie and Ontario

Projected Ship, Sanitation, and Power Canal Involving Construction of Giant Lift-Locks

J. A. L. Waddell

World Markets for American Manufactures- March 23, 1918

A department devoted to the extension of American trade in foreign lands

William W. Sniffin

Rare Earths and what we can do with them, Zirconium--A Resum, and more

Departments

Inventions New and Interesting- March 23, 1918

New Books, Etc.- March 23, 1918

Notes and Queries- March 23, 1918