Scientific American Magazine Vol 164 Issue 1

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 164, Issue 1

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Features

The Outer Mummy Case of Egypt's King Psusennes

Animal Methuselahs

Which Animal Live the Longest

Barclay Moon Newman

Too Strong, Schizophrenia

Bones Can Be Broken By One's Own Exertion

Heroes in Glass Houses

High-Speed Planes and Modern Armament Provide Intricate Problems for Aerial Gunners

James L. H. Peck

Speed-Up, Expansion, and more

What it Means to Aircraft for Defense

The Inside Story of Rayon

When Wood Pulp Is Converted to Rayon, Just What Occurs and Why?

Sidney J. French

Better Glass, Frequency Meter, and more

Makes Stronger, Smaller Bottles

The Brightest Known Star

Recent Search Reveals a Star Shining at Least 45.000 Times Brighter than Our Sun

Henry Norris Russell

Water for our Greatest City

Longest Large Tunnel in World Is Deep Aqueduct to Bring More Water to City of New York

R. G. Skerrett

Pancake Locomotive, Ground Wires

Flat Design For Coal Mines

Psusennes' Tomb

Not Even the War Sufficed to Prevent the Archeologists from Excavating in Egypt

Albert G. Ingalls

What Makes Fantasia Click

Multiple Sound Tracks and Loud-Speakers Give Auditory Perspective to Sound Movie Screen

A. P. Peck

Fireless Steam Locomotives

The Successful Revival of an Idea That Was Considered a Failure Forty Years Ago

W. Mack Angas

Photo-Finishes

New Lighting Equipment Takes Last Element Of Chance from Horse Racing--Except the Horse

Francis M. Falge

Humidifiers, Stack Surgery, and more

Chemical Assists Home Humidification

Departments

Our Point of View, January 1941

50 Years Ago, January 1941

Personalities in Science, January 1941

Browsing with the Editor, January 1941

Industrial Trends, January 1941

Camera Angles, January 1941

Your Firearms and Fishing Tackle, January 1941

Our Book Corner, January 1941

Telescoptics, January 1941

Legal High-Lights, January 1941

Current Bulletin Briefs, January 1941