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: October 20, 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 right corner on front cover. See photos.

Some of the Articles Include:

• Making Leather Goose Eggs - How the Oval "Rugby" Football Comes Into Being
• Filling the Sugar Bowl - The Contribution of the Lowly Beet to the Breakfast Table
• The Passing of the "Pill-Box" - This and Other German Defensive Schemes Which Have Succumbed to Allied Artillery
• Recent Destroyer Construction - French "Bisson" Class / Russian "Novik" Class / German Torpedo Boat Destroyer "S-9"
• Protecting Wood From Decay and Fire - An Effort to Reduce the Annual Destruction of Nine Billion Board-Feet of Wood
• Potash ~ What We Are Doing About It - The Many Expedients by Which We Are Contriving to Get Along Without Germany
• How the Trackless Trolley System Fares in Actual Service - Bradford, England
• A Home Made Still for Field Use
• Corn That Can't Be Killed
• A Pulley Puzzle
• Mice by the Millions - Australia
• Front Cover ~ Bending Ship Frames For Our New Merchant Marine
• Nice Full Page Advertisements ~ Cole Motor Car Company / Delco (The Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company) / Mack Trucks (International Motor Company)
• and Much More!!

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