Scientific American Magazine Vol 121 Issue 11

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 121, Issue 11

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

Features

The Sense of Discipline, Who Shall Own the Cars? and more

Rolling Stock of 1919

What the Current Year Brings Forth in Locomotive and Car Design

Herbert T. Walker

The Romance of Invention--II

Sixteen Per Second

C. H. Claudy

New Worlds to Conquer

Asbestos, Ground and Mixed with a Binder, Likely to Score a Big Success as a Refractory and Insulator

Our Technical Achievements in the Great War--VII

Two Thousand Guns On the Firing Line

Salvage by Floating Towers of Concrete

A New Type of Wreck-Raising Vessel Under Construction for the British Admirality

F. Rowlinson

The Science of Tennis

A Game Which is Designated by an Expert as Applied Physics and Geometry

William T. Tilden

Sweet Potatoes the Year Round, Varnished Raisins

Departments

Correspondence - September 13, 1919

Inventions New and Interesting - September 13, 1919

Recently Patented Inventions - September 13, 1919