Getting the Big Fellows Overboard
As a Ship Goes Down the Ways, Spectators See A Spectacle but Know Not the Careful Preparations, the Dangers, the Suspense, and the Drama
Features
Coast Defense from the Air
Night Bombing . . . Deceiving Anti-Aircraft Gunners . . . Concrete Practice Bombs . . . Radio Bombing
The Mists of Madness
The Sun Reawakens
Mystery Shafts of Ipswich
Suspicions of Roman Age, Strange Condition of Affairs, A Peculiar Feature Was Observed, A Foxy Trick But Not Foxy Enough, Suspense
New Light on the Origin of the Planets
Four Bridges in One
Seven Years Building, Unite Three Boroughs, Traffic Sorter, Part of an Express Highway System
Our Merchant Marine to Be
Merchant Marine Act of 1936, Direct Subsidies, Helps Development, Shipbuilding, Strengthens Competitive Position, Aids National Defense
America from the Air
Science Versus Magic
Oil Prospecting by Physics Will Average Oil Strikes Nine Times out of Ten, Using a Simple Pendulum Incredible, Uncanny Sensitivity
Departments
50 Years Ago in Scientific American, October 1936
- Recommended
Books Selected by the Editors, October 1936
- Departments
Thunder of White Water at Boulder Dam
Our Point of View, October 1936
Stopping Humming Birds' Wings, Gasoline from Gas and More
Current Bulletin Briefs, October 1936
