Scientific American Magazine Vol 157 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 157, Issue 5

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Features

Personalities in Industry, November 1937

Frank Conrad

Science Turns to Shaving

New Shaving Facts, Razor and Blade Design Important, So Is Blade Angle, Teeth in Blade Unnecessary, Razor Steels, Lather Two Minutes or More, Shaving Technic Often Poor

Elbridge J. Casselman

Ra-Mose and Hat-Nufer

Ambrose Lansing, William C.

The Batteries Near Gibraltar

Coal-Coking by Electricity

New Electrical Process Makes Coke, Gas, and Tar, Cheaper, Simpler Retort, Can Operate on Off-Peak Power, Consumer, Utilities Profit

H. Stevens

The Electrical Shotgun

Radiation Pressure

How the Sun and the Stars, Due to the Pressure of Their Light, Ultimately Clean Up the Smaller Particles in Their Own Immediate Neighborhoods

Henry Norris Russell

Weather and Sunspots

Though the Skein is Tangled, Long-Range Weather Investigators are Working Toward a Knowledge of the Connection between the Weather and the Sun

Harlan T. Stetson

Platinum in Overalls

Noble Metal Is Industrial Worker, So Are Its Five Relatives, Resistance to Corrosion and to Spark Erosion, Has Excellent Machinability

A. J. Wadhams

Speed Awing

Traditional Speeds of Birds are Often Greatly Exaggerated, Determining Flight Speeds with a Stop-watch, The Plover Makes a Falcon Look Silly

S. F. Aaron

Departments

50 Years Ago in Scientific American, November 1937

Astronomy from Above the Earth's Atmosphere

Our Point of View, November 1937

How Hot is Hot Enough, Chromium and more

Current Bulletin Briefs, November 1937

Without License, Interstate Price Fixing and more

Books Selected by the Editors, November 1937