Scientific American Supplement, 1916. Volume LXXXII. nos. 2113-2139. New York: Munn & Co., Inc, 1916. First Edition. [11704]
27 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 short cello tape repairs. Good. Hardcover.
July 1, 1916 to December 30, 1916. A WWI issue with articles pertaining to scientific developments and the war. The cover stories in this volume are:
The Colombian River Highway
The "Duilio" A magnificent ship built in Italy for the South American Trade.
The Elephant Butte Irrigation Dam
The Zoological Gardens of Cincinnati
Methods of Handling Coal in England
An Electrically-Operated Marble Quarry
A New Use for Aeroplanes : A military aeroplane ready to start for Kut with a cargo of provisions.
How Wall Street Tills the Soil, Putting the Farm on the Manufacturing Basis
A 15,000 Horse-Power Turbine
Bridge Building in New Zealand
Underground Habitations on the Firing Lines
The Big Guns in the War
The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin
Aeronautics in the Great War
Diamond Cutting in America
Melting Down Foreign Gold
One of the Curious Trades of New York : Elaborate ivory work that requires time and patience.
Fighting Above the Clouds: An Austrian patrol scaling a mountain to make observations of the Italian forces.
Artistic Pottery made in America
Our National Parks - Valley of Enchantment in the Yosemite National Park.
The Salt Wells of Tzuliutsing
The United States Light House Service
The Manufacture of Bottles
The Smithsonian Institution, at Washington, D. C.
The Manufacture of Big Chains
Making Munitions for the Allies
How Charts are Made: Govenrment surveyors erecting a signal to mark a triangulation point.
