Scientific American Magazine Vol 160 Issue 2

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 160, Issue 2

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Features

Dated Chimpanzees

Yale's Ape Colony, in Florida, is a Laboratory in Which Discoveries Directly Applicable to Man are Being Made on Man's Closest Relative, the Ape

Barclay Moon Newman

A Faster Army Rifle

Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle Adopted by U. S. Army, Self-Loading, Fires Clip of Eight Cartridges, More Rapid Fire, Gun Held on Target

Bubbles

A Fascinating Little Experiment Reveals a Surprise and Later May Lead to Some Utilitarian Purpose

Up From the Ashes

New York World's Fair 1939 a Glittering Cinderella, Engineering Difficulties of Filling in and Building Upon Ash-Filled Swamp Muck

John P. Hogan

Test Your Soil

Home Gardener or Commercial Grower May Test Soil With Simple Kits, Grow Better Plants

Arthur Hawthorne Carhart

Powder Metallurgy

Tungsten Filaments Started It, Now Superior "Alloys" Made Without Melting, Components Retain Identity, Can Alloy Metals, Non-Metals

Philip H. Smith

The Amateur's Seismograph

Instructions for Building and Operating in the Owner's Cellar an Instrument which Will Record Quakes from the Most Distant Parts of the Earth

Austin E. Jones

From Logs to Plywood

"Unwinding" Trees, Stronger Lumber, Made Possible by Research, Co-operative Efforts

A. P. Peck

Sodium Skies

Recent Research Indicates that a Large Part of the Illumination We Commonly Designate as Starlight Originates in the Earth's Upper Atmosphere

Henry Norris Russell

Departments

Our Point of View, February 1939

50 Years Ago, February 1939

Pattern of a Golfer—by Photography

American Archeologists in Ancient Athens

Largest Steam Hammer, X-Ray "Candid Camera" Snaps Human Chest, and more

Current Bulletin Briefs, February 1939

Camera Angles, February 1939

Camera Angles Round Table, February 1939

Telescoptics, February 1939

Books Selected By The Editors, February 1939

Legal High-Lights, February 1939