SA Supplements Vol 71 Issue 1835supp

SA Supplements

Volume 71, Issue 1835supp

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Features

Selection and Treatment of Alloy Steels for Automobiles

Why You Can Buy a Good Car for Little Money

Henry Souther

Problems in Chemical Industry

J. T. Baker

Curtiss's Experiments in Rising from the Water

How the Winner of the Scientific American Trophy Developed a Satisfactory Float for His Biplane

Summary of the Fifth Annual Report of the Carnegie Foundation

The Gold Dredging Industry

Old and New Fields for the Dredger

Charles Janin

The Block Signal on the New Paris Subway

The Famous Astronomical Clock of Venice

The Church of St. MarK and the Torre dell Orologio

Charles A. Brassier

The Pygmy People of Africa

Prof. Starr's Discoveries in the Jungle

Ethel Claire Randall

Resistance of Metallic Filament Lamps to Shock

Prof. Van der Waals of Leyden

A Nobel Prize Winner

Migrating Stars

Old and New Star-Drift Theories

J. A. Hardcastle

Making Money Out of Bees—III

Keeping Bees for Pleasure and Profit

E. F. Phillips

Some Mental Illusions of Vision

Explanations of Various Optical Phenomena

R. T. Lewis

Index of Inventions