Scientific American Magazine Vol 162 Issue 5

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 162, Issue 5

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Features

Flagship of a Record Breaking Fleet

Blimps and Modern Warfare

Neglected Type Used Successfully in World War, Potentialities for Scouting, Patrol, Convoy Work, New Bill Calls for Several Dozen

Brockholst Livingston

Who was Shakespeare?

Reader Response to X-ray Revelations of Identity of Shakespeare, Published in January Number, Presenting Further Evidence from Other X-rays

Treasure in East Anglia

A Buried Anglo-Saxon Ship, Riches in Refined Gold and Silver Work, A Surprise to Archaeologists and Historians, Unearthed in England

J. Reid Moir

Don't Worry--it Can't Happen

Jean Harrington

Packaged by Science

Railroadbed Highway

Super-Highway Across Pennsylvania Follows Old Railroad, Original Tunnels Utilized, No Sharp Curves, No Steep Grades, Speed With Safety....

F. E. Wood

Even the Earth Errs

Man's Most Accurate Clock is the Rotating Earth but the Earth Goes Fast and Slow ... Science Must Keep Eternal Watch on its Subtle Changes

Henry Norris Russell

Man's Earthly Future

The Earth's Natural Resources Should Suffice for Another Thousand Years of Civilization, The Outlook for Man is Far From Pessimistic

Kirtley F. Mather

Fish Hooks of New Alloy

Employee Health Pays Dividends

Dusts, Fumes, Chemicals , Cause Worker illness, Concerted Drive Against Such Hazards, Preventive Measures Also Against All Sickness

John F. McMahon

Television Relayed

Makes Possible Network Systems, Test Operation Shows Feasibility, Uses Directional Transmission of High Frequencies, New Tubes

A. P. Peck

Rail Fissures Give up Secrets

Making Tissues Ageless

Experiments on Tissue Cultures and on Portions of Plants, Suggest Promise of Artificial, Earthly Immortality, Direct Bearing on Medicine

Barclay Moon Newman

Glycerine from Petroleum, Electrostatic Iron Ore Separator, and more

F. D. McHugh, Alexander Klemin

Departments

50 Years Ago, May 1940

Personalities in Science, May 1940

Our Point of View, May 1940

Camera Angles, May 1940

Our Book Corner, May 1940

Telescoptics, May 1940

Curret Bulletin Briefs, May 1940

Legal High-Lights, May 1940