Scientific American Magazine Vol 166 Issue 4

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 166, Issue 4

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Features

"Guns" of Industry Point Skyward

Gasoline Miracles

Higher Octane Aviation Fuels, But Not for Hitler

Sidney J. French

Pyrheliometer, Element 61, and more

New Instrument Measures Heat of Sun's Rays

Testing With 'Lightning Bolts'

Mighty Generators Provide Two Million Kilowatts To Prove Efficiency of Power-Line Guardians

A. P. Peck

Recap to Keep em Rolling

Old Tires and Retreading Play Important Roles in America's Wartime Transportation Picture

Julian J. Wilson

Reclaimed, Wire Salvage, and more

Metals From Mill Chips and Scale

'Water, Water, Everywhere'

Multiple-Purpose Central Valley Project in California Involves Huge Dams, Five Canals

Andrew R. Boone

New Pleiades

Recent Investigations of Proper Motions Have Added Two Dozen More Stars to the Famous Cluster

Henry Norris Russell

Shockless Surgery

Ice Anesthesia, Boon to Aged in Limb Operations and a Promise for War Wounded in the Field

Barclay Moon Newman

Again Guilty?, Pronounciation, and more

Do Flies also Spread Infantile Paralysis?

Torpedo!

Mechanics of the "Tin Fish" That is Writing a Terrifying Record of World-Wide Destruction

Donald Wilhelm

Success, All-Metal Yacht, and more

Workman's Suggestions Speed Production

Glass Guns for Victory

Soil Testing in Gardens and on Farms Can Aid in Keeping Food Producing Machinery in Order

Arthur H. Carhart

Bread Protection, Microscope, and more

By Addition of Mold-Inhibiting Agent

Demagnetizer, Induction Hardening, and more

For Equipment Used In Production

The Thunderbolt

Although Complete Specifications for New Interceptor Cannot be Told, It Promises to be Most Effective

Alexander Klemin

Plywood, Civil Air Patrol, and more

Utilized As Float, Conserves Aluminum

Departments

Our Point of View, April 1942

50 Years Ago, April 1942

Industrial Trends, April 1942

Camera Angles, April 1942

Our Book Corner, April 1942

Current Bulletin Briefs, April 1942

Telescoptics, April 1942