50, 100 & 150 Years Ago

• Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 2 | More Science

  Earth as a Laboratory; Sun as an Enigma

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  February 1, 2015 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Medical Technology, 1915 [Slideshow]
  

• Scientific American Volume 312, Issue 1 | More Science

  Large Loon Fossil, with Lots of Teeth, 1915

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  January 1, 2015 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Challenging the Immigrant
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 6 | More Science

  A Motorized Single-Wheel Car

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  December 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Motor Vehicles, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 5 | More Science

  150 Years Ago: Scientific American Covers Pres. Lincoln Reelection, 1864

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  November 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Engineering and Water, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 4 | More Science

  Evolution versus Creation; Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  October 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  World War I: Naval Technology, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3 | More Science

  The Great War in Europe: A Look at World War I

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  September 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  August 1914: World War I Breaks Out [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 2 | More Science

  A Comment on the Great War (aka the First World War, or World War I)

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  July 15, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  The Panama Canal [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 1 | More Science

  Centennial of a Calamity

  One hundred years ago Scientific American documented the First World War as it engulfed soldiers, civilians and industries

  July 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  The First World War
  

• Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 1 | More Science

  Tool-Making Chimps; Peaceful Competition in Europe

  July 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

• Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 6 | More Science

  Supersonic Aircraft for Transport, 1964

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  June 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  The Science and Art of Electricity, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 5 | More Science

  L.S.B. Leakey on the Distant Past; H. G. Wells on the Near Future

  Innovation & discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  May 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Boating for Leisure, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 4 | More Science

  50 Years Ago: Dyson on Detecting Alien Life

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  April 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Great Inventions from 1864 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 3 | More Science

  100 Years Ago: A New Look at Ancient Art

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  March 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Exploring Nature in 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 2 | More Science

  The Age of Steel: Mass Production of Metal Builds an Infrastructure

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  February 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Steel: The Backbone of Modernity, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 1 | More Science

  50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Wright Brothers in the News Again, 1914

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  January 1, 2014 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Civilian Airplanes, 1914 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 6 | More Science

  50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Engineering Brings Water to Los Angeles, 1913

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  December 1, 2013 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Engineering and Water, 1913 [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 5 | More Science

  50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: The Greatest Inventions, up to 1913

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  November 1, 2013 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  What Are the 10 Greatest Inventions of Our Time?
  

• Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 4 | More Science

  Stress and the Zulu in 1963; Motor Vehicles from 1913

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  October 1, 2013 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  The Motor Vehicle in 1913: Images from the Archives of Scientific American [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 3 | More Science

  50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: The News on Aviation Pioneer Igor Sikorsky

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  September 1, 2013 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Disaster and Safety: Images from the Archives of Scientific American [Slide Show]
  

• Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 2 | More Science

  100 Years Ago: Tsetse Fly Breeds Ruin

  Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American

  August 1, 2013 |Daniel C. Schlenoff |

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  Agriculture and Invention in 1863: Handy Machines from the Archives of Scientific American [Slide Show]