Scientific American Magazine Vol 156 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 156, Issue 3

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Features

Consider the Dinosaur

He Was Long of Body but Short of Intellect, and He Died Out--Just Why, We Do Not Know, There Were Dozens of Types of Dinosaurs, How We Know

Roy Chapman Andrews

What Brings Them Home?

John Frazier Vance

America's Heavy Cruisers, March 1937

Step by Step, Design, Armament, Armor Have Been Improved with Each New Cruiser Class, We Now Have An Efficient Cruiser Fleet

Walton L. Robinson

52-Year-Old Fire Fought by WPA

C. A. Robinson

The Problem of the Holy Shroud

Edward A. Wuenschel, Paul Vignon

Tubular Frame--Rear Engine

All Four Wheels Have Independent Springing, Engine, Transmission, and Differential In One Unit

The Analysis of the Sun

Progress is Being Made in the Detection of New Solar Elements by Means of the Spectroscope, Osmium, Iridium, Thulium Now Added to the List

Henry Norris Russell

Rock-Fill Dam for Flood Control

Largest of its Type for the Purpose, Built in Six Zones, Compacted With Water, Huge Trucks Used, Gasoline-Operated Tampers

Andrew R. Boone

Enlarge--Print--Retouch

A Commercial Unit Made at Home, Materials Easily Obtainable, Uses Photoflood Bulbs for Light Source, High-Speed Enlarging

Herbert E. Hayden

Departments

50 Years Ago in Scientific American, March 1937

Personalities in Science, March 1937

An Intriguing Problem of Science and History, March 1937

Our Point of View, March 1937

Drilling Rigs on Truck Chassis, Ice Bug and more

Current Bulletin Briefs, March 1937

Trade Marks--Second Hand, Expanding Symbols and more

Books Selected by the Editors "Physics of the Home," March 1937