Scientific American Magazine

A Group of American Archaeologists Has Unearthed Important Greek Discoveries

Our Bodies Are Machines, Whose Energy Expenditures May Be Closely Measured

An Epic of the Daring, Skill, and Self-sacrifice of American Sailormen

How the Distance to N.G.C. 6822, Containing Millions of Suns, Was Measured

The Magnificent Forests Which Once Covered the Greater Part of the United States Have Largely Been Swept Out of Existence

A Remarkable Find that May Alter Our Interpretation of Maya Indian History, and Set a Closer Date to the Founding of the New Empire of the Mayas

Experiments with a New Type of Wave, Which Twists in Space Like a Corkscrew

A Scientific Fantasy of the Past and the Future

Whether You Catch Him in the Brook or Order Him at the Hotel, Your Trout's First Home Was the Hatchery

Paint, While a Retardent, Is Not a Preventive. Only By Scientific Analysis of the Atom Structure Will Rust-proof Metals Be Developed

How Irrigation Will Cause Date Palms to Flourish in Furnace Creek Ranch, One Hundred and Seventy Feet Below Sea Level

Huge College Football Stadiums of Today Rival in Size and Seating Capacity the Ancient Coliseums of the Roman Empire

By Means of Special Equipment the Main and Auxiliary Tunnels Are Being Driven Side by Side Through the Rockies

How the Crossing of Pure Imported Karakul Sheep with American Breeds of Sheep Will Make Possible the Production of Valuable Furs in the United States

Fifteenth-Century Travelers Told Tales of a Marvelous Rain-producing Tree

A Department Devoted to Recently Invented Mechanical and Household Appliances