Original issue of the weekly Scientific American Magazine. Every issue is packed with great articles and lots of B&W photos. An awesome peek into the scientific discoveries of the early 20th century & WWI.

1917 was during World War I so there are all types of interesting military related articles throughout these issues.

Date: February 24, 1917

Size: 15 1/2” x 10 5/8”

Condition: Wear and possible small tears along the edges and binding. Library ink stamp in upper edge of front cover. See photos.

Some of the Articles Include:

• When the Surgeon Sews - The Manufacture of Catgut for Hospital Use in France
• Breaking Through Barbed Wire entanglements with the Wire Shooter Cutter [Add-on for the Bayonet of Standard WWI Military Rifle]
• Completing the World's Busiest Waterway - The Fourth Lock at Sault Ste. Marie
• Engineering Progress in Switzerland Despite the War - Arch Bridge for the Electric Railway from Chur to Arosa, Switzerland (Front Cover Short Article / Artwork - Constructing A Huge Concrete Arch In Switzerland)
• Motorcycling in the Snow
• A Sail Boat That Sails on Land or Ice
• A Recorder of Body Outlines
• A Motion Picture Camera and a Projector for Home Use
• The Navy's New Radio Station at Chollas Heights, Near San Diego
• A Collapsible Lifeboat That Looks Like a Doughnut
• The Largest Casting for the Largest Battleship
• Full Page Advertisement - Brunswick [Book] Subscription Co.
• and Much More!!

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