
Scientific American Chronicles WWI
World War I is a compelling primary source for armchair historians and scholars alike.

The Sciences

The Sciences
Spotting the Shots
More Than Abstract Mathematics in the Business of Directing a Battery
December 14, 1918 — C. H. Claudy

Environment
The Saving Grace of War
Some of the Vicious Industrial Habits Which We Are Abandoning Under the Pressure of Military Necessity
December 7, 1918 — John Walker Harrington

The Sciences
Abolish the Submarine, The Economics of Reconstruction and more
December 7, 1918

The Sciences
Side Lights on Rehabilitation, The Flying Tank of the Germans and more
December 7, 1918

Technology
The Liberty Motor
Its Checkered Career and Details of Its Construction
December 7, 1918

The Sciences
The Surrender of the German Fleet
The Second Most Powerful Fleet in the World Surrenders, Without a Fight, to Admiral Beatty
December 7, 1918

The Sciences
Gun Camouflage
The Gentle Art of Placing Batteries so the Enemy Can't Find Them
December 7, 1918 — C. H. Claudy

The Sciences
Reconstructing Ocean Highways after the War
How to make our Shipping go Around, and have Ships when and where We Want them
November 30, 1918 — L. W. Schmidt

The Sciences
The Secret of the "Baby" Tank, New Deposits of Saltpeter
"the Renault or so-called "baby" tank employed by the French and American armies in the closing battles of the great war"
November 30, 1918