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Citations in Popular Science magazine

1872

Volume 1

• Andreas Vesalius - Vesalius could not find the holes that Galen claimed linked the two ventricles of the heart DMahalko (talk)

1916

April

• Fort William, Ontario - huge concrete grain elevator opening in Fort William DMahalko (talk)
• Homopolar generator - Construction of Unipolar Dynamos DMahalko (talk)
• Talk:Spot welding - "new" electric rivet and how it compares to normal rivets DMahalko (talk)

1918

September

• Military camouflage - add image and cite of early WWI camouflage similar to modern Ghillie suits DMahalko (talk)

December

• Talk:AC power plugs and sockets - a new unusual socket for this article DMahalko (talk)
• Acoustic location - passive acoustic location being used to find German WW1 artillery locations DMahalko (talk)
• Talk:Blood - What are blood crystals? (1918 forensics news article) DMahalko (talk)
• Boat - Propulsion: Add new section for track-driven propulsion that predated land vehicles with tracks DMahalko (talk)
• Engine stand - New article, example of an early engine stand that could be rotated to permit work on the underside of the engine DMahalko (talk)
• Fire escape - an elastic canvas fire escape chute that could deployed from the window of a tall building DMahalko (talk)
• Garage door opener - an early automatic sliding-door garage opener DMahalko (talk)
• Gas mask - World War 1 gas mask technology DMahalko (talk)
• Gas mask - In WW1 gas masks were also developed for dogs to wear on the front lines DMahalko (talk)
• Gas mask - history of absorbents and neutralizers -- charcoal made of peach pits performed much better than wood charcoal, pits collected from public DMahalko (talk)
• Helicopter - various imagined and suggested concepts for helicopters DMahalko (talk)
• Horse trailer - a "new" Motor-Truck transport for racehorses, to replace transport by railcar DMahalko (talk)
• Horse trailer - WW1 horse ambulance truck to transport injured animals back to hospitals DMahalko (talk)
• Ives Manufacturing Company - advertisement for Ives Toys DMahalko (talk)
• Kite skating - making a handheld kite for ice skating DMahalko (talk)
• Left-handedness - historical article on left-handedness DMahalko (talk)
• Meccano - advertisement for Meccano DMahalko (talk)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology - how the government tested everything it buys for the military DMahalko (talk)
• Pallet jack - an early form of the pallet jack DMahalko (talk)
• Piping - the use of wooden pipes and especially redwood for pipe construction DMahalko (talk)
• Plane (tool) - History and development of the hand plane: an air-powered rotary handheld plane for WW1 shipbuilding DMahalko (talk)
• Sandblasting - another Popular Science cite for an early sandblasting enclosure DMahalko (talk)
• Sapper - World War 1 article about a French engineer using a ground stethescope to listen for German sappers DMahalko (talk)
• Sheaffer - WWI advertisement for Sheaffer fountain pens DMahalko (talk)
• Wright-Martin - WWI advertisement for the Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation DMahalko (talk)

1919

January

• Asphalt - Rolled asphalt concrete: heated aphsalt tanker trucks, article of a WW1 aphsalt tanker DMahalko (talk)
• Braille - how a Braille newspaper is produced DMahalko (talk)
• Flight simulator - a ground flight trainer to teach pilots to lead targets with the machine gun DMahalko (talk)
• Hand grenade - Add the WW1 Besozzi grenade, ignited with a match-tip struck on an ignitor ring on the soldier's hand DMahalko (talk)
• Hawkins Electrical Guide - historical advertisement for the Hawkins Electrical Guide in Popular Science DMahalko (talk)
• Luther Burbank - Luther Burbank developing a "new" short-season, high-gluten wheat DMahalko (talk)
• Oxygen mask - Oxygen masks for aviators: a liquid oxygen breathing supply for two people DMahalko (talk)
• RMS Lusitania - Loss of engine control resulted in many deaths -- later proposal to add redundant engine controls to save lives DMahalko (talk)
• Surveillance aircraft - how the WW1 Royal Flying Corps took surveillance pictures of Germany DMahalko (talk)
• Pressure vessel - a 10,000psi tank reinforced with high-tensile steel banding DMahalko (talk)
• Washing machine - reusing "waste" (cloth rags), showing a separate commercial washer and extracter DMahalko (talk)
• Wire obstacle - a small wheeled armored shield used to crawl towards wire obstacles and cut through DMahalko (talk)

February

• Aircraft carrier - early aircraft carriers in World War 1 such as HMS Furious and HMS Argus DMahalko (talk)
• Airmail - how World War I pushed forward flight advancements applied to mail delivery DMahalko (talk)
• Automobile safety - pop-closed shields to protect against flying glass in an accident DMahalko (talk)
• Bandage - "new" paper dressings starting to replace cotton gauze bandages DMahalko (talk)
• Bandage - a method of cutting similarly-shaped bandages from a continuous roll of gauze DMahalko (talk)
• Bessemer process - article about the Bessemer process DMahalko (talk)
• Cantilever bridge - what it took to install a double cantilever bridge in the Park Avenue Viaduct of NYC DMahalko (talk)
• Coin counter - New article, cite a coin sorter, counter, and wrapper DMahalko (talk)
• Concrete ship - a method for creating concrete ship hulls DMahalko (talk)
• Crane vessel - a "new" floating Navy crane 15 stories tall and weighing 5 million pounds DMahalko (talk)
• Dashboard - Add "parking brake engagement warning light" to list of common dashboard indicators DMahalko (talk)
• Dazzle camouflage - an English steam ship with dazzle camouflage after World War 1 ended DMahalko (talk)
• Firedamp - a demonstration of how mine gas explosions can occur DMahalko (talk)
• Frostbite - a treatment developed in World War 1 for frostbite using a steam bath DMahalko (talk)
• Geissler tube - "Torricellian Vacuum" and how to make a Geissler tube by filling a U-shaped tube with mercury DMahalko (talk)
• Grader - "new" road scraper that mounts under a large truck for snow removal DMahalko (talk)
• HMS Argus (I49) - early aircraft carriers in World War 1 such as HMS Furious and HMS Argus DMahalko (talk)
• HMS Furious (47) - early aircraft carriers in World War 1 such as HMS Furious and HMS Argus DMahalko (talk)
• Hydroelectricity - the "dawning of the coming new age" of hydro power just waiting to be tapped DMahalko (talk)
• Ice cutting - the obsolete occupation of Ice Cutting for users of Ice Boxes DMahalko (talk)
• Light fixture - how reflectors greatly influence how light is projected from fixtures DMahalko (talk)
• Lightning arrester - Lightning Arresters and how they were used in early AC and DC power distribution systems DMahalko (talk)
• Lightning rod - Lightning Arresters and how they were used in early AC and DC power distribution systems DMahalko (talk)
• List of Berkeley Landmarks, Structures of Merit, and Historic Districts - the poet Charles Keeler and the ampitheater he created in his front yard for 300 people DMahalko (talk)
• Locomotive - an invention to occasionally use a spare locomotive as a stationary engine DMahalko (talk)
• Los Angeles Aqueduct - someone using the Boquet Canyon Siphon as an emergency highway due to a landslide DMahalko (talk)
• Mercury(II) nitrate - how to achieve good electrical connections by dipping copper into "nitrate of mercury" DMahalko (talk)
• Military aircraft - how WW1 military aircraft were being painted with symbols similar to the heraldry of shields DMahalko (talk)
• Open hearth furnace - a "new" device built to make it easier to add doses of iron to open hearth furnaces DMahalko (talk)
• Parts washer - New article, cite how to make a horribly dangerous gasoline sprayer for engine parts washing DMahalko (talk)
• Precast concrete - concrete houses being cast as one piece DMahalko (talk)
• Pump - how a homeowner can easily build a pressurized home water system that does not use electricity DMahalko (talk)
• Railgun - WW1 article new concepts for "electromagnetic guns" DMahalko (talk)
• Rangefinder - how World War 1 Army rangefinders worked DMahalko (talk)
• Record changer - a mechanism to automatically stop the phonograph when the end of the record is reached DMahalko (talk)
• Recycling - fuel bricks being made from home waste, after World War I taught people to conserve DMahalko (talk)
• Roundabout - a traffic island around which traffic would circulate at intersections DMahalko (talk)
• Sandblasting - research of the properties of minerals used for sandblasting DMahalko (talk)
• Service flag - the service flag and ways of displaying it DMahalko (talk)
• Shock absorber - a "new" oil-filled cylinder device that replaces springs in vehicles DMahalko (talk)
• Signal Corps (United States Army) - a method to replace semaphore flags with a swinging dot signal DMahalko (talk)
• Vacuum - "Torricellian Vacuum" and how to make a Geissler tube by filling a U-shaped tube with mercury DMahalko (talk)
• Washing machine - a series of tubs for washing/rinsing/bluing of laundry DMahalko (talk)
• Wave power - how to construct a wave powered boat bilge pump DMahalko (talk)
• Well drilling - how an automobile could be retrofitted for well drilling DMahalko (talk)

1924

December

• Monowheel - article reference about monowheel vehicles DMahalko (talk)

1932

May

• Monowheel - article reference about monowheel vehicles DMahalko (talk)

1933

November

• Monowheel - article reference about monowheel vehicles DMahalko (talk)

1942

February

• Dog tag (identifier) - "new" blood type markings on World War II dog tags DMahalko (talk)

1971

April

• Sky voltage - sky voltage potential can be up to 120 volts per meter DMahalko (talk)

May

• Compass and straightedge constructions - compass operations useful in woodshop projects DMahalko (talk)
• Sky voltage - a collector antenna 200-300 ft high can reach 20,000 volts DMahalko (talk)