Scientific American Magazine Vol 158 Issue 6

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 158, Issue 6

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Features

Men in White Under Ultra-Violet

Farms for the Everglades

Levees, Drainage Canals Permit Reclamation of Mysterious Everglades; Soil Is Black and Rich; Thousands of Acres for New Farms

R. G. Skerrett

ESP

What Precautions are Being Taken to Forefend Against Error in the Extra-Sensory Perception Research as Conducted at the Duke University?

J. B. Rhine

But Can You Eat Onions?

Non-Allergic Food Sensitivities, How to Trace Down Dietary Idiosyncrasies Scientifically, A Lady Who was Suffering Mainly from Fox's Disease

T. Swann Harding

Unconventional Aquaria

Home Newspapers by Radio

Your Home a Silent Press Room, Automatic Facsimile Reproduction, Latest News by Breakfast Time, Bulletins Are Now Being Broadcast

Giant Molecules: The Machinery of Inheritance

How Genetics, Youthful Science of Inheritance, Has produced Billions of Dollars of Wealth, Big Things that Boil Down to the Minutest Controls

Barclay Moon Newman

America Calling

How A Transatlantic "Phone Call" is Made

A. P. Peck

Personaities of the Elements

Why the Diamond is so Hard and Copper Soft, Why Silicon Carbide Abrasives are Exceedingly Hard, Other Whys in Terms of Their Fundamentals

Sidney J. French

Shark Shooting for Sport

Sterilizing with "Light"

Microbe "Death Ray", Invisible Ultra-Violet Rays Kill Bacteria, Harmless to Humans, Inexpensive, Lamp for Hospitals, Food Handlers

F. D. McHugh

Some Astronomical Finds

The Best Fish are Not Always Caught by the Best Equipped Fishermen, The Little Fellow With a Small Telescope Makes Finds of Unusual Interest

Henry Norris Russell

Departments

50 Years Ago, June 1938

Our Point of View, June 1938

Flame Softening of Flame-Cut Steel, Lamps, and more

Camera Angles, June 1938

Camera Angles Round Table, June 1938

Telescoptics, June 1938

Current Bulletin Briefs, June 1938

Legal High-Lights, June 1938

Bookselected by the Editors

Index to Volume 158, January-June, 1938