Literary Genius and Manic-Depressive Insanity
With Special Reference to the Alleged Case of Dean Swift
Features
Use of Mirror in Watching Stack Smoke
Artificial Ebony from Oak Wood
War and the Survival of the Fittest—I
Does Physical Conflict between the Nations Select the Highest Type?
Volcanic Vortex Rings
The Direct Conversion of Lava into Ash
Selective Reflection in Ultra-Violet Light
Some Curious Cases
Controlling the Mississippi River
Why the Levee System is Superior to All other Proposed Methods
The Elevator Action of the Rudder
Recent Development of the Locomotive
The Latest Stages in Its Evolution
Spontaneous Heating of Stored Coal
Its Cause and Prevention
The Effect of Preliminary Heat Treatment upon the Drying of Clays
Charles Lathrop Pack
President of the National Conservation Congress
Rate of Multiplication of Organisms
Experimental Tugboats
The “Fulton” and the “Froude”
“Direct” versus “Continuous” Current
Forest Products of the United States
The Economic Value of our Trees
Ready-Made Houses
The Metals in Antiquity
Title Pages for the Scientifc American and Supplement
Departments
- Letters
Correspondence - January 4, 1913
