Scientific American Magazine Vol 166 Issue 1

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 166, Issue 1

You are currently logged out. Please sign in to download the issue PDF.

Features

The Marines Have Landed

A. D. Rathbone

Meet the Jeep

The United States Army's Answer to Schicklegrube Panzer Divisions

Jo Chamberlin

Decoy Blackouts

Dummy Airfields, Deserted Roads, and Empty Areas

Insanity

Paranoia: Dementia Praecox, or Schizophrenia: Paresis: Senile Dementia: Toxic Insanity

L. J. Pankow

Impaired Sight, Asylums, and more

Induced by Insulin Ofset by Oxygen

Malodorous Mercaptans

Removal of Sulfur Compounds From Gasoline Gives Greater Susceptibility to Ethyl Fluid

H. W. Field

Plastics Priorities, Replacements and more

Made Necessary Where Methanol is Needed

Molecular Spectra

More Complicated than the Spectra of Atoms, They Also Tell us More

Henry Norris Russell

How They, Do It

By Prestidigitation. Dunninger Duplicates Phenomena that have Fooled the Public

Dr. Carrel's Immortal Chicken Heart

Present Authentic Facts about This Oft-Falsified Scientific Celebrity"

Albert H. Ebeling

In Big Demand, Crystals

Wheat Peeled for Better Bread

Process Developed by Mining Engineer Retains Grain Elements. Eliminates Fibrous Husks

H. T. Rutledge

Desert Alphabet

Strange Letters of Stone are Found in the Sand Wastes of South western Arizona

Joseph C. Coyle

Troposphere, Anti-Freeze, and more

Studies Carried Out Near Sea-Level

Soldering, Insulation, and more

Stand Holds Iron And Magnifier

Molded Plywood Planes

Plastics Plus Multi-Layered Veneer Used in Construction of New Two-Engined Ship

Alexander Klemin

Airplane Armor, Midget Engine, and more

Welding Produces Intricate Curved Sections

Departments

50 Years Ago, January 1942

Industrial Trends, January 1942

Our Point of View, January 1942

Current Bulletin Briefs, January 1942

Camera Angles, January 1942

Your Firearms and Fishing Tackle, January 1942

Our Book Corner, January 1942

Telescoptics, January 1942