Scientific American Magazine Vol 153 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 153, Issue 5

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Features

90 Years of Service

The "Cradle of the Navy" on the Severn River

15 Years of Naval Development

Momentous Post-War, Post-Treaty Period, Great Advances in Design, Construction, and Personnel Training, Science in the Navy

Captain Jonas H. Ingram

The Problem of the Far East

Pacific Naval Problems Have Their Foundations in the History of International Meddling and Muddling, A Way Out

Orson D. Munn

Annapolis--Maker of Men

The Mission of the Naval Academy, Opportunity, Romance, Adventure, Future, Character-Building and Education

Captain Jonas H. Ingram

Radio in Naval Tactics

Lieutenant W. B. Ammon

A Forecast of World Navies

Design Trends in Naval Ships, Eyes Focused on Japan, What Ships Powers Will Build; What Types Discard, Possible Design Modifications

Oscar Parkes

Industry And The Navy

Tangible, Cash Results to Industry from the Navy's Demands for Superior Products

F. D. Mchugh

Flying in the Navy

Determining Factor in Tactics, A Combatant Arm of the Service, Three General Classes of Aircraft, Will Battleships Become Obsolete?

Captain P. N. L. Bellinger

Do We Hear with Our Eyes?

Eyes Work Where Ears Fail, "Lip Reading" a Misnomer, Correcting Errors in Understanding

Jack C. Cotton

States that Build a Cruiser

Logan U. Reavis

Oxygen Stars and Carbon Stars

Old Story, New Chapter, A Carbon Star with a Vengeance, Changes Still a Mystery, All Over the Universe Matter Is Evidently the Same

Henry Norris Russell

Steel Bridge Cables Spun Like Threads

Andrew R. Boone

Synthetic Rubber From a Gas

Practical Application of an Abstruse Scientific Discovery, Opens the Way to a New Industry

J. A. Nieuwland

Prehistoric Fingerprints

Rock Carvings on an Island Near France N ow Believed to Have Been Symbols of Fingerprint Religion

B. C. Bridges

Departments

Books Selected by the Editors, November 1935

Across the Editor's Desk, November 1935

Our Point of View, November 1935

Movies of Racing Car Instruments, Human Horsepower and more

Current Bulletin Briefs, November 1935

Greetings by Photography, Negative File and more

The Beat-Frequency Oscillator, Timing Programs and more