Author: GLEASON, S.; TEALE, E.; BOONE, A.; GORDON, G.; BURTON, W.; JOHNSON, G.; SMITH, A.
Title: Popular Science, November 1934, Volume 125, Number 5 - Mysterious Lost Rivers Run Mills and Power Plants
Description: New York: Popular Science Publishing Co, 1934. First Edition. Paperback. 124 pages. The following only touches upon the highlights of the considerable fascinating photos and text in this issue. Features: Cover illustration of a plane with paddle wheels for wings; Sensational study of heredity may produce new race of men; Amazing new uses fround for glass; Border guard wages war on smugglers; Phonograph disks run crewless war tank!; Fiends of the desert (reptiles) found to be harmless; Photo of noted inventor George W. Bowers in his Somerville, MA workshop; Shortwave machine broadcasts death to plant enemies; Mysterious lost rivers run mills and power plants; Homemade planetarium for amateur astronomers; World's strangest circus produced by amateurs - article with great photos of the Gainesville, Texas Community Circus; You can grow mushrooms in your cellar; Great color-photo back cover ad for Camel cigarettes features Jack Ford, Engineer of the Burlington Railroad's "Zephyr" which travels 1015 miles in 785 minutes from Denver to Chicago. Average wear. Signature upon both covers. Four-inch and six-inch openings to back cover. A worthy vintage copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Popular Science, November 1934, Volume 125, Number 5 - Mysterious Lost Rivers Run Mills and Power Plants plane with paddle wheels for wings; Sensational study of heredity may produce new race of men; Amazing new uses fround for glass; Border guard wages. Good .

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