SA Supplements Vol 78 Issue 2015supp

SA Supplements

Volume 78, Issue 2015supp

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Features

Thermo-Electric Measurements of Stellar Radiation

By the Aid of a New Type of Thermo-Electric Junction

A. H. Pfund

The Geological Action of Man

Paul Combes

Battleships and Submarine Attack

Iron Ore Output of the World

Development of the Westinghouse Turbine Reduction Gear

Providing a Method for Insuring Uniform Pressure Across the Entire Face of the Teeth of the Pinions

Lightning and its Dangers

Precautions to be Taken and Means of Protection During Thunderstorms

Ray Lankester

Alcohol from Wood

The Law of Distances of the Planets and Satellites

The New Coaling Dock at St. Thomas

The First Unit of Extensive Harbor Improvements

C. T. Mason

Damascene Steel

The Altitude Record again Broken

A Surge Tank for Hydraulic Power Plants

A Simple Method of Controlling the Flow of Water in Long Pipe Lines

The Riddle of Mars

How the Planet May Be Saving Itself from Death by Irrigation

Melting Points of Refractory Oxides

Result of First Contest for Safety in Aeroplanes, in France

Remarkable Performance of the Sperry Gyroscopic Stabilizer

Determination of Ammonia in Illuminating Gas

Recording Moonlight and Night Cloudiness

Alexander McAdie

The Flying Machine from an Engineering Standpoint—II

A Review of Recent Progress

Frederick William Lanchester

The Horsepower of a Cannon

Departments

Correspondence- August 15, 1914