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    How Ripe Olives Are Made, Pinholes in Photographic Plates, and more

    By Arthur L. Dahl

    Astronomy- November 17, 1917

    Science- November 17, 1917

    Naval and Military- November 17, 1917

    Lake Vessels for the Atlantic Service

    Cutting Them in Half for Shipment Through the Welland Canal to the Seaboard

    Ships of Stone

    Seaworthy Concrete Vessels an Accomplished Fact

    By R. G. Skerett

    Strategic Moves of the War, November 8th, 1917

    By Our Military Expert

    The "Trading with the Enemy Act"

    Conditions Under Which Patents of Enemy Subjects May be Used

    Cutting Logs into Shingles

    How Big Trees Are Converted Into the Thin Slabs That Cover Our Roofs

    By Ernest Elva Weir

    What of the Dirigible Balloon?

    New Possibilities of Lighter-Than-Air Craft Disclosed by the Recently Tested Forlanini Airship

    Marked Changes in Captive Lions, Cutting the Cost of Packing by Using Standardized Containers, and more

    Acceleration as a Leading Feature of the Electric Vehicle, An Unusual Case of Cattle Poisoning from the Wild Black Cherry, and more

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    • Letters

      Correspondence- November 17, 1917

    • Departments

      The Motor-Driven Commercial Vehicle - November 17, 1917

    • Foreign Commercial Notes and Queries- November 17, 1917

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