Scientific American Supplement, 1915. Volume LXXIX. nos. 2035-2059. New York: Munn & Co., Inc, 1915. First Edition. [11703]
25 issues, complete, bound in blue cloth. 16 x 11 1/2 inches, ex college library with standard markups including white labels on the binding and an ink name stamp on the covers. 416 pages with index; many b/w photos, a few pages with old cello tape. Good. Hardcover.
January 2, 1915 to June 19, 1915. A WWI issue with articles pertaining to scientific developments and the war. The cover stories in this volume are:
The Geology of the Yellowstone National Park
Reinforced Concrete Viaducts built by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company over Inlets of Chesapeake Bay on its Philadelphia and Washington Division
The Largest Centrifugal Pump
Railroad Electrification in the Far West [Montana]
Towing Vessels through the Panama Canal Locks by Electric Power
The Origin of the Rocky Mountains
Meroë, the Royal City of Ethiopia
Auxiliary Motor Cars used by the German Army
The Appian Way, Near Rome. A Great Roman Technical Achievement
How the Government Keeps our Rivers Free from Obstructions
Removing Particles of Metal from a Wound by Means of a Great Electro-Magnet
The Cutlers of Thiers
Science and the Tariff
Unloading Bananas by Machinery
Rescue of Sunken Submarine by the German Salvage Steamer "Vulkan"
Remarkable Photograph Taken of the Volcano on Sakurajima Island, Japan, during Eruption
The Beautiful Art Treasures of Lahun, over Three Thousand Years Old, Recently Found in the Pyramid of Senusert II.
Belgian Armored Automobile with Machine Gun
The Denemy Conformator. An Instrument that Assists in Physical Examinations
Full Size Model of a Hospital on a Man-of-War
The Telegraphic Apparatus of Rignoux and Reproductions Showing How the Letters of a Message Appear in the Receiver
The New Furka Pass Railway in Switzerland
Inaccessible Nepal, on the Borders of India
The Illumination of the Panama-Pacific Exposition
Shrapnel and Shrapnel Manufacture : Historical Sketch of the Development and Methods of Manufacture
