Scientific American

March 29, 1913

Volume 108, Issue 13

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Reorganization of the Navy Personnel, The New Haven Railroad Automatic Stop Competition and more

Factory Methods of Testing Automobile Motors

How the Testing Stand or Block is Used

By Stanley Petman

The Great Irrigation Project at Strawberry Valley

A Remarkable Engineering Task

By Newton Forest

"Standardizing" Highway Construction

A Plea for Rational Road Building

By Charles E. Foote

Disinterested Suggestions on Motor Truck Costs, Increasing the Efficiency of a Stage Line and more

By H. W. Perry

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The Heavens in April 1913
Inventions New and Interesting - March 29, 1913
Recently Patented Inventions - March 29, 1913
The Motor-driven Commercial Vehicle - March 29, 1913
Notes and Queries - March 29, 1913

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Features

Reorganization of the Navy Personnel, The New Haven Railroad Automatic Stop Competition and more

Factory Methods of Testing Automobile Motors

The Great Irrigation Project at Strawberry Valley

"Standardizing" Highway Construction

Disinterested Suggestions on Motor Truck Costs, Increasing the Efficiency of a Stage Line and more

Departments

New Books, Etc. - March 29, 1913

The Heavens in April 1913

Inventions New and Interesting - March 29, 1913

Recently Patented Inventions - March 29, 1913

The Motor-driven Commercial Vehicle - March 29, 1913

Notes and Queries - March 29, 1913

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