Popular Science Monthly
INDEX
Volume 92 January -June, 191(S
��AERONAUTICS Page
Teaching Airplane Pilots 50
The Albatross 55
European Airplane Models for American Manufac- ture 66
Taking Signals from Airplanes I 74
Sending Sound Bombs in the Air to Warn London
of Air Raids 1 76- 1 77
Non-Flying Air Service Needs Radio Men 197
Map of Airplane Routes Across the U. 3 270-27 I
Fighting Off Aviators with Shotguns 365
Teaching Flyers to Fight 370
Baring the Superzeppelin's Secrets 372
Tightening Airplane Wires by Tuning Fork 406
Hurrah! Mother May Have to Find a Substitute
for Castor Oil 409
German Night-Moths and Their Guiding Flames . . 416
Enlist in U. S. Air Service 425
Reducing the Weight of the Airplane Engine 427
Netting the Airman . 483
The Eyes in the Air 508
Dropping Death from the Skies 518
Now Appears the Elephant of the Air 528
Conquering the Pole by Airplane 572
Spotting Submarines from Balloons 578
The Air Pilot's Flying Log Book 580
"Mothers " for Airplanes at Sea . . 590
Caging the Airplane Propeller in Case He Gets Too
Wild 593
Two Hundred Aviators Lost in Year 594
Using a Ford as an Airplane-Tender 643
Portholes in an Airplane Hull 666
Airplane Dives Through Balloon 690
Wind. Weather and the Airman 722
The Life of an Airplane Is Short 749
Protecting Aviator's Camera Bellows 750
Braking an Airplane While Flying 754
Air Raiders Don't Like These Lights 825
The Penguin Seaplane 856
Parachute Breeches 857
Parachute Safety Device for Airplanes 898
How the French Developed a New Battleplane ... 916
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
The Miniature Farms and Vineyards of France. . . 95
Bury the Coffee-Grounds in the Garden 105
How the First Potatoes Were Popularized in France 105
Burning the Roots of Stumps Out of the Ground. . 110
Growing Gourds in New Jersey I 70
Ashes from Burned Wood Make a Good Fertilizer 200 Tapping L'nderground Streams to Convert the
Sahara into a Flower Garden 251
Another Use for Tree Roots 252
The Pig Subway and Why It Was Invented 263
Gasoline Engine Used to Load Sugar Cane 363
Wooden Shoes for Horses So They Can't Sink Into
Mud 363
Plowing by Electricity 389
This New Self-Loading Wagon Makes Road Grad- ing E.asy 407
Making the Gopher Shoot Himself 427
An Antique Chinese Water- Wheel Irrigates a
Modern Colorado Orchard .' 429
Raising Birds for the French Hunter 432
French Inventor Improves the American Harvester 437
First Camphor Plantation 504
The Amazing Nanny 575
An Effective Method of Weaning a Calf 589
A Sweet Potato Digger 589
These Home-Made Tools Save the CosI and Keep
of a Horse 598
Gromng Potatoes in a Box 668
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Hoeing Machine Does the Work of Four Men. . . . 679
The Richest Food in the World 686
Onc-Man Tobacco Planter 695
An Automatic Poultry Feeder 706
It Walks Through the Field, and Drags a Plow. . 732
The "Tappoon" — -a Portable Flood-Gate 735
The Tree in the Barn 736
Dynamiting Animal Pests 736
The Farm Tractor in Road Building 737
Trapping the Wise Old Crow 737
Kill Weeds with Gasoline 739
Efficient Garden Rake 739
Killing Bugs with Dust 743
The Traveling Brush-Burner 748
Picking Cotton with a Vacuum Cleaner 756
A Water-filled Roller . . , 834
Making Money Out of Rabbits 835
Catching Grasshoppers by the Bushel 838
Individual Protective Housing for Delicate Plants 848
Soap and Fertilizer from Dead Locusts 848
Submarine Saws for Water Weeds 861
Plowing with Coal-Gas on English Farms 862
Making It Easy for Old Dobbin to Eat 879
Every Farmer May Be His Own Soil Chemist 896
Kneeling Made Comfortable by This Pad 909
Making a Wind-Proof, Rain-Proof Chicken House 914
The New Dandelion Extractor 917
Making a Gas Attack on the Pesky Ground Squirrel 918
ARCHITECTURE
Whetting Public Curiosity — A Real Estate Dealer's
Ruse 24
A House with Hanging Walls 59
An Open Fireplace on the Veranda 107
The Collapsible Metal Telegraph Pole May Re an
Ornament — Not an Eyesore 112
The Narrowest Store 117
Ancient Cliff Dwellers in the Mssa Verde 180-181
A Modern Recreation Building 212
Ventilating Huge Building 256
New Idea in Hospital Building 346
Standpipes with a Concrete Shell 391
Removing Church Steeple to Make Room for Sky-
ScTaper 420
An Automatic Window Closer 506
Using Minstrels to Sell Automobiles 529
Sample House in a Suit Case 549
Use Fruit Trees Instead of Shade Trees or Even Ivy 596
Camouflage Lions 671
Combined Garage, Tennis Court, etc 683
Combination Store Front and Awning 684
Wide Window Casements 704
Homes for War Workers 740
Introducing the Busy Honey Bee — Ecclesiastical
Architect 824
Here Is a Zigzag Platform for Loading Wagons. . . 864
Mexican Corn Bins Look Like Sugar Loaves .... 870
This Is a Farm Gate — No Doubt of That 872
A Camouflaged Well-Curb 896
The "Little Church of the Flowers" 906
ASTRONOMY
Seeing a Trillion Miles 47
What Are Shooting Stars? 63
Canopus — A Mighty Celestial Furnace 234
Why Is the Sun Bigger on the Horizon? 23 7
They Can Always Borrow a Few Fine Names from
the Patent Medicines 324
When the Moon Darkens the Sun 849
Thirty Million Collisions in a Day 915
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