Scientific American Magazine Vol 123 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 123, Issue 3

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Features

A Tiny Railroad, at Once a Toy and a Tool, Stained Glass Once More in Vogue and more

A Chemical Loafer, and How it was Put to Work

Argon, the Laziest of All the Elements, Plays a Big Role in the Latest Incandescent Lamps

E. W. Davidson

Mining Coal with a Dredge

George Gaulois

Digging and Loading in One Motion

B. F. Mundorff

Pedigreed Chicks, A New Form of Vibration Galvanometer

Turning the Wheels of a Century Hence--III

What the United States Must Do to Forestall the Day When Fuel Goes Beyond the Common Reach

C. H. Claudy

Fighting Waves with Compressed Air

An Artificial Reef of Air That Breaks Up the Rollers and Makes Them Harmless

George F. Paul

What About Our Forests?

How Long Shall We Be Able to Cut Them Down Four Times as Fast as They Grow?

H. A. Mount

"Resolute" Defends the Cup

Why "Resolute" Was Chosen and Her Prospects of Defeating "Shamrock IV"

J. Bernard Walker

The Man Behind Our Daily Bread

Grading and Testing Grain for Sale on the Grain Exchanges of the Country

Robert H. Moulton

Preventing the Oxidation of Metals from Heat, Ball Bearings in Steamship Engines, Invention in Flashlight Photography

Departments

Correspondence - July 17, 1920

The Motor-Driven Commercial Vehicle

Recently Patented Inventions - July 17, 1920