Scientific American Magazine Vol 122 Issue 13

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 122, Issue 13

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Features

Mail Delivery to Ships at Sea, Detecting Men by their Heat Radiation and more

The Panama Canal Today

The Construction and Operation of the Great Waterway Between the Atlantic and the Pacific

J. Bernard Walker

Wrecking Reinforced Concrete Structures--The Demolishing Art at its Best, Fighting Crickets with Flame Throwers

Leo G. Hall

A Man-Sized Helicopter that Leaves the Ground with Full Load

George Gaulois

The Romance of Invention--X

The Father of the Lubrication of the Future

C. H. Claudy

Testing Airplane Propellers

The Establishment at McCook Field Where the Aviation Service Does This on a Large Scale

Why the Trailer has Made Good

Some Points Connected with Its History and Its Current Use with Motor Trucks and Tractors

Howard Greene

The Latest Word in Steel

How Molybdenum Has Gained a Place Among the Foremost of Alloying Agents

W. Norman Bratton

How Colloidal Chemistry Aids the Paving Industry

Daniel T. Pierce

Electricity's Latest Contribution to the Modem Art of Heat Treatment

A. M. Clark

A Practical Blue-Print Protector

Departments

Correspondence - March 27, 1920

The Heavens in April, 1920

Inventions New and Interesting - March 27, 1920

Recently Patented Inventions - March 27, 1920