Scientific American Magazine Vol 163 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 163, Issue 3

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Features

A Hail of Lead Fire Over England

Coal Tar Began it

Vast Increase in U. S. Organic Chemicals Industry

Charles M. Hackett

Breath of Industry

Oxygen Torches Cut, Condition, and Pre pare Steel; Drill Stone and Concrete

Harold Lawrence

Hot-Spray, Spring Isolator, and more

Lacquer Finishes Applied Faster And at Less Cost

First Aid For Burns

Application of Tannic Acid is Procedure That Has Received World-Wide Recognition

Charles A. McAvoy

Stimulating, Fair Exchange, and more

Modern Version of the Medical Coil

Interstellar Gas

More and More, Astronomers are Finding Matter as Particles Between the Stars

Henry Norris Russell

Build No Freaks

Warships Can Be Better Designed To Meet Needs of Their Own Classes

Brockholst Livingston

U. S. Tanks, North Carolina

New Armored Corps Modelled After Those of Germany

Mud, Concrete, ond Oil

Drilling Mud, Treated Like a Favorite Child, Makes Possible Wells Miles Deep

Andrew R. Boone

Under Mohile River

Vehicular Tunnel Built On Land, Floated Into Place, Shows Engineering Advances

R. G. Skerrett

Road Protection

Bags of Green Concrete Laid as Rip-rap

Helicopters

Rotating-Wing Aircraft Exhibit Desirable Characteristics for National Defense

Alexander Klemin

Airships, Engine, and more

Still Hold Possibilities for Military Purposes

No Short-Cut Horticulture

Plant Growth Chemicals Require Painstaking Care. Promise Significant Results

Philip H. Smith

Efficient Turbines, Star Jackets, and more

Cheaper Electricity Should Come From New Installation

Physics In Court

Computations by Which Police Can Work Out Driving Speeds from Skid Marks after Accidents

C. W. Sheppard

Edison, Inventors Aid, and more

One of His Co-Workers Supplies An Anecdote

Departments

50 Years Ago, September 1940

Personalities in Science, September 1940

Industrial Trends, September 1940

Our Point of View, September 1940

Browsing With the Editor, September 1940

Camera Angles, September 1940

Your Firearms And Fishing-Tackle., September 1940

Our Book Corner, September 1940

Telescoptics, September 1940

Legal High-Lights, September 1940

Current Bulletin Briefs, September 1940