Scientific American Magazine Vol 123 Issue 6

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 123, Issue 6

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Features

Fair Weather Yachts, Wood as a Structural Material and more

In the Wake of the Woodsman

The Great American Formula for Converting Forests Into Deserts

H. A. Mount

Guiding Ships by Electric Cables

M. Tevis

The Last Word in Searchlights

E. W. Davidson

Who Invented it First?

Some of the Knotty Points That Come Before the Examiners in Interference

John Boyle Jr.

The Metric System

Why We Should Measure in Meters, Grams and Liters, without Reservations

Herbert T. Wade

Our Deep-Sea Freighters

Something of Permanent Advantage that We Got from Our Participation in the War

Robert G. Skerrett

The America's Cup Races

Notes on the Contests for 1920

J. Bernard Walker

The Romance of Tungsten

How This Erstwhile Brittle Metal Was Made Available for Lamps

George Gaulois

Gas-Filled Tungsten Lamp Patent Sustained, Right Foundation for Our Roads and more

Departments

Inventions New and Interesting - August 7, 1920

Recently Patented Inventions - August 7, 1920

Notes and Queries - August 7, 1920

New Books, Etc.- August 7, 1920