Scientific American Magazine Vol 123 Issue 23

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 123, Issue 23

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Features

Seattle's Record Pier, Where the Lumber Goes and more

Ralph Howard

That Parallel Postulate

The Dividing Line between Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry, and What the Latter means by The Einstein Prize Essay Editor

Illiterate Adults

Our Growing Population that Reads and Writes in Other Languages or None at All

Winthrop Talbot

Cover Crops for Our Orchards

H. A. Crafts

Motor Trucks in Orchards

Arthur L. Dahl

A Railroad to Hudson Bay!

New Resources in Wheat and Copper that are Expected to Contribute to its Support

Anthony M. Rud

Items in Brief

A Department Devoted to Current News in all Fields of Pure and Applied Science

Asbestos in Architecture

The Growing Importance Played by this Fibrous Substance in Modern Building

Robert G. Skerrett

When a Lighting Fixture is not a Fixture, What is Dry Rot?

George Gaulois

The Flyer's Artificial Eye and Ear, Finding a Cool Hat

Alfred Gradenwitz

Departments

The Heavens in December, 1920

Inventions New and Interesting

Recently Patented Inventions

New Books, Etc.