SA Supplements Vol 77 Issue 1999supp

SA Supplements

Volume 77, Issue 1999supp

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Features

Recent Discoveries in Physical Science—I

Chemical Affinity Interpreted as an Electric Phenomenon

J. J. Thomson

Table of Feet Reduced to Decimals of a Mile

James G. Wishart

The Hat-pin Menace

Machine Tools and the Motor Car Industry

Several Interesting Machines Used in the Manufacture of Automobiles

Evolution of the Breech-Loader

The Origin of Fire Arms Dates Back to Remote Antiquity

Alex. Del Mar

The Decline of the American Navy

How the United States are Falling Behind Other Powers

Sidney Graves Koon

Joints in Materials for Aircraft

Pegasus

Desirable Developments in Ship Dimensions

The Annual Aero Show in London—I

The Present Status of the Art as Illustrated by the Olympia Exhibits

The Olympia Aero Show at a Glance

The Present Status of the Art as Illustrated by the Olympia Exhibits

The Electric Emissivity of Matter

Physical Investigations and Practical Applications

Snapshot Photography

The Art of Working the Shutter at the Psychological Moment

C. H. Claudy

The Loaf of Bread

Blood Pigment and Chlorophyll

Their Close Relation Points to a Common Origin of Animal and Plant Life

O. Damm

Colossal Waste Due to Bad Municipal Engineering

Paying for Space Economy with Human Life

Bernard J. Newman

Powdered Coal under Boilers

William A. Evans