Scientific American Magazine Vol 161 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 161, Issue 5

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Features

A Lost World Refound

On a High Plateau Far in the Sahara's Isolation, Archeologists Have Discovered Evidence of Early Man's Culture. A Land Formerly Wet and Fertile

Major R. A. Bagnold

River Rebuilt to Curb Floods

Engineers are Protecting Los Angeles and Surrounding Area, Flood Control and Water Conservation Dual Aim

Andrew R. Boone

Termites of the Sea

Worm-Like Mollusk, Honeycombs Piling, Timbers, Biologist Studies It In Barn Laboratory, Records Its Depredations, Advises on Protection

J. D. Ratcliff

Hunting the Mesotron

This Recent Addition to the Fast-Growing Family of Sub-Atomic Particles has Already Created a Place for Itself in Physical Theory and Experiment

Charles W. Sheppard

Could We Defend Our Ports?

An Imaginary Attack on a Mythical Port Shows Sort of Action That Would Take Place

Eclipsing Binaries

A Striking Example of the Extent to Which the Astronomer, Armed with but a Few Observational Data, Can Sometimes Go in Unraveling Puzzles

Henry Norris Russell

Airmail for Small Towns

Pick-Up and Delivery Without Landing, Made Possible by New System, Can Bring Fast Mail Service to the Most Remote Areas

Alexander Klemin

Cancer's Mysterious Puzzle

Though Science Still is Baffled by the Problem of Cancer's Cause and Cure, Research Continues, Most Alluring Leads of the More Recent Years

Barclay Moon Newman

Man — Mechanical Misfit

In the Long Course of Organic Evolution Diverse Experiments Have Been Tried, Some Successfully and Some Not, Is Man Destined to Failure?

G. H. Estabrooks

Automaton Salesmen

Introductions are in Order, Bird Season Shotguns and more

Departments

50 Years Ago in Scientific American, November 1939

Lightning is Trapped and Dissected

Our Point of View, November 1939

Anthracite Ash Improves Soil, Telescope Museum and more

Tricks by Reflection, Double-Duty Filters and more

What's New in Photographic Equipment

Camera Angles Round Table

Our Book Corner, November 1939

Telescoptics

Current Bulletin Briefs, November 1939

Patent Changes, Joint Ownership and more