Features
Green Dragon Of The Tropics
Banana Fungus, Picturesquely Named by Natives, Threatened Extinction of Industry, Menace Averted, Enormous Cost, Ingenuity Involved
More Miles Per Gallon
Fuel of the Future, Car of Future Designed For It, Both Will Come Through Co-Operative Research, Future Presaged by Past Progress
What Does the Soil Need?
Scientific Fertilizing Produces Remarkable Results, Possible When Soil Minerals, Soil Needs Are Known, Proper Tests Give Answer To Grower
Stars That Have Chemistries
Certain Classes of Stars Have Atmospheres Like the Familiar Oxidizing and Reducing Atmospheres of the Chemical Laboratory
Man's Earthly Future
How Long Will Our Earth Survive, and How Long Will the Species Called Man Endure on It? Man's Fate: Either Oblivion or Improvement
When Water Shortage Threatens
Lessons Learned by New York City, Prolonged Wet Spells Give False Sense of Security, How Wastage May be Decreased to Conserve Supply
Soundless Sound Waves
Supersonic Waves in Science and Industry, For Smoke Precipitation, Emulsification of Liquids, in Fishing and in War, Sounds that Burn
Railroads in the Cellar
Capitalization of Model Railroads Now Runs Into Many Millions, Serious Avocation, Men Form Exclusive Clubs, Run Trains Like Railroaders
Food by Vein
Hospitals are Beginning to Use the New Method of Supplying Food to Those Who Cannot Eat. The Expectations are Auspicious
Departments
50 Years Ago, April 1940
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Our Point of View, April 1940
- Recommended
Our Book Corner, April 1940
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Personalities in Industry, April 1940
"Damp Cold" Better than Dry Cold, Engineer Discovers "Lightning" Radiation, and more
Camera Angles, April 1940
Telescoptics, April 1940
Current Bulletin Briefs, April 1940
Legal High-Lights, April 1940