Scientific American Magazine Vol 146 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 146, Issue 5

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Features

The Navy's Contribution to Industry

F. D. McHugh

New Light on Pluto

Henry Norris Russell

Beryllium

The Production of Beryllium on a Commercial Scale Presages Wide Use of its Alloys in Industry

K. G. Frank

Watching the Creation of the Stars

James Jeans

Factory Methods in Coal Mining

Viscount Grey and Lord Haldane

A Biographical Contrast of Two Loyal British Colleagues

W. D. Puleston

The New X-Ray 'Microscope'

Gaylord Johnson

Forge Welding

Used in Fabricating Large Pressure Vessels

Where is Television?

A. P. Peck

Glass and the Machine Age

New Mechanical Processes Have Increased Production and Lowered Costs

Albert A. Hopkins

A New Chapter on Egyptian Art

The Father of All Skyscrapers

Demolition of 47-Year-Old Chicago Building Settles a Question of Long Standing

The Snake-Charming Sisters Of Holy Popa

Courtesy The Illustrated London News

The Army General as a Captain of Industry

Milton Wright

Departments

Across the Editor's Desk, May 1932

Back of Frontispiece, May 1932

The Peculiar Ship's Bow that Saves Fuel

Our Point of View, May 1932

Detecting One Ten-Millionth of a Volt

How Does the Law Protect Slogans?

Books Selected by the Editors, May 1932