The Oldest Known Surgical Treatise
Nearly 5000 Years Ago the Egyptians Had Made Remarkable Advances in the Surgical Treatment of Human Ills
Features
A Prehistoric Scene in Mongolia
From The Scrap-Book of Science, December 1928
The Secret of the Bladderwort
This Carnivorous Aquatic Plant Is An Efficient Trapper of Small Animals. The Mechanism of Its Trap, A Unique Device Which Operates by Suction, Has Recently Been Discovered
Calculating Orbits
How the Astronomer Works Out the Orbit of a New Planet. There Is Still Work Enough in Sight to Keep a Single Expert Busy for Ten Thousand Years
Wooden Highways that Carry Rivers
Wooden Pipe Lines, First Used by the Ancients, Now Built In Gigantic Sizes
New Scientific Paintings Outline The Earth's History
Noise
Despite the Claim, Frequently Made, That One Can Accustom One's Self to Work in Noise, Scientific Research Shows That It Lowers Efficiency
Engine Ingenuity
Novel Means Have Been Devised for Using Tractors to Lower Costs
The New North
Will Canada's Immense Northwestern Area of Untouched Prairie, Forest, and Tundra See the Next Great Wave of Economic Development?
Anomaly Island
Strange Animals Adapted to a Unique Environment Give the Picturesque Island of Dominica Its Peculiar Local Color
Naval Adequacy-IV
Balancing Our Fleet as Suggested by the Navy Building Program, Together With an Agreement for Further Limitations, Will Insure Against War
The Month in Medical Science, December 1928
A Review and Commentary on Progress in the Medical and Surgical Fields
Wheels-II
In this Installment, the Author Deals-With Bicycle, Dicycle, Tricycle and Four-Wheeled Vehicle Steering
A Monumental Stone Forest
Spectrographic Analysis
To a Growing Extent Industries and Laboratories Are Making Use of This Method of Determination, Simple and Far More Sensitive than Chemical Analysis
Some Unique Methods Of Dam Construction
Building of Dams On the Gigantic Mokelumne Project Requires Much Ingenuity
Our Latest Peace Insurance
With World War Experience As a Guide, Ordnance Experts Prepare, Not For, But Against Another War
Locomotive, Climbing Tractor and more
Departments
- Departments
Our Point of View, December 1928
Insect Controller, Non-slip Hanger and more
Fibrous Wall Insulation, Daylight Lamp and more
Evolution of a Tanning by-Product, End-Squaring and Packaging Lumber and more
Research Extends Application of Gas Fuel, Health Hazard in Chromium Plating and more
Experiments in Fog Flying, Aviation Safety Congress and more
Television Abroad, How to Powerize Your Receiver and more
The Back Yard Astronomer, December 1928
The Heavens in December 1928
The Flying Paster, Stopping Leaks in Radiators
