Scientific American Supplement, 1919. Volume LXXXVIII. nos. 2270-2292. New York: Munn & Co., Inc, 1919. First Edition. [11767]
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. 392 pages with index; many b/w photos; a few short cello tape repairs. Good. Hardcover.
July 5, 1919 to December 27. 1919. Hundreds of scientific articles. The cover stories in this volume are:
Hoisting the Antenna: Experimental wireless Telegraphy and Telephony
Slate Quarries of the Anjou, France
Turpentine Production from Trees: Cupping vs Boxing
How Leather is Prepared from Hides
The "R-34," at Mineola, Long Island, July 8-9, 1916. The first dirigible to make the round trip across the Atlantic.
Window Glass
How Honeybees produce Honeycomb
Forest Fires
Recent progress in Aerial Photography
Giant Sloths
Gathering Chicle Gum for American Gum Chewers
Log-Jerking Machine
Preparing Cork for Shipment
Testing Rifle Ammunition
The Rotary Method of Well Drilling
Some Odd Modes of Travel
Mechanical Aids for the Sculptor
The Tobacco Industry in Cuba
The Manufacture of Lime - Preparing a Blast in a Lime Quarry
Transportation in the Philippines
Hospital for Disabled Locomotives
Iron and Steel Manufacture in Japan
Repairing and Testing Fire Department Hose
Those are just the cover stories. There are hundreds more in this huge volume.
