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Scientific American 1937 February Transportation Today
Scientific American 1937 February Transportation Today
Scientific American is published monthly. Cover, PERHAPS more romance is woven into the fabric of railroading than can be found in any other phase of transportation. Thus it seems peculiarly appropriate that this issue, containing as it does a series of articles on vital phases of transportation, should have for its cover illustration the dynamic photograph of a steam locomotive doing its prosaic every-day job of hauling traffic, yet holding a thrilling, romantic appeal.
Contents
50 Years Ago in Scientific American 66
This Age of TransportationFrontispiece 68
The Role of the AutomobileBy Walter P. Chrysler69
How the Automobile has Transformed the National Scene
by Providing Individual Transportation at Reasonable Cost
Our Point of ViewEditorials 72
Transportation and Recovery; Dr. Diesel
Down to the SeaBy Kermit Roosevelt 73
Modern Liners. Offering Service and Comfort as Complete as any Hotel, Are a Comparatively Recent Innovation in Ocean Transport
A Relativistic EclipseBy Henry Norris Russell, Ph. D. 76
Perfect Tests of General Relativity That Can
Be Made Only Under Impossible Conditions
The Rise of Air TransportationBy Reginald M. Cleveland 78
World-Wide Development of Transportation By Airplane and Dirigible Has Resulted in a Network of Air Lines That Covers the Face of the World
Progress on RailsBy J. J. Pelley 81
Railroads Have Been Fully Aware of the Need for
Constant Research in Order to Meet Modern Demands
Further Light on Man's AncestryBy R. Broom, F.R.S.84
The Fossil Ape Newly Found in South Africa is
Probably Closer to Man than the Living Apes
Highways Up-To-DateBy Alfred H. Swayne 86
The Greatest Need in the United States is for "Freeways," Which are Highways Engineered to Meet the Demands of High Speed Traffic
Twelve Years of Motor CoachesBy I. B. Babcock 89
From a Hodge-Podge of Early Systems that "Just Grew," Has
Emerged Co-ordinated Lines that Give Real Service to the Public
The Healing MaggotBy T. Swann Harding 92
An Ancient Superstition Turned out to be Based on Fact.
Science Develops an Effective Treatment for Wounds.
After Cars Come TrailersBy Philip H. Smith 94
What of These Mobile Homes that Gayly Follow Their
Towing Cars? What Are Their Future Possibilities?
Sense and Nonsense in SensationsBy G. H. Estabrooks 97
How the Various Senses of the Human Body Can be Fooled
Floods and Wild LifeBy Ira N. Gabrielson 100
Flood Control and Wild Life Management Can Be Corre-
lated by the Construction of Properly Designed Dams
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