Scientific American Magazine Vol 168 Issue 1

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 168, Issue 1

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Features

Down to the Sea for Subs

Chasers of World War One Come Back as YP Boats

A. D. Rathbone

Spreading the Tin Thin

Rapid Recent Development of Tin-Plating Processes and Reflowing Methods Is Resulting In Better Tinplate

A. P. Peck

Vinyl Acetal, Hardening, and more

Being Used To Replace Rubber in Fabrics

Biodynes

A Miracle of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair--The Life Cells Secret

Lois Mattox Miller

Vitagrass, No More Mess

Yes, There Are Vitamins in Grass--But

Star of A. D. 1054

An Unprecedented Physical Process in a Unique and Extraordinary Object

Henry Norris Russell

Soil Saboteur

Selenium, When Present In Soil, May Kill livestock, Poison Foods Raised for Human Consumption

J. V. Shepard

Agar

Source Found in Puerto Rico

Glass, Present and Future

Applications of Glass to Unusual Purposes Reveal Interesting Possibilities for Further Development

R. A. Miller

Glass Walls, Grain Pests, and more

Now Available in Portable Form

Surface Flaws, Protection, and more

Disclosed by New Liquid and Ultra-Violet Light

Materials, Sound-Proofing, and more

Airplane Parts are Fertile Field for Substitutions

The Thunderbolt in Action

Why This Fine Plane is Rightly Called the Fastest and Most Powerful High-Altitude Fighter of the Day

Alexander Klemin

Departments

50 Years Ago, January 1943

Industrial Trends, January 1943

Our Point of View, January 1943

Current Bulletin Briefs, January 1943

Our Book Corner, January 1943

Telescoptics, January 1943