Title: Scientific American reference book
Description: Table of Contents for the 1913 edition:
Includes 1,000 illustrations. 

Part 1. Statistical Information
Chapter I.—Population and Social Statistics 1-42
Chapter II.—Farms, Foods and Forests 43-74
Chapter III.—Mines and Quarries 75-96
Chapter IV.—Manufactures 97-136
Chapter V.—Commerce 137-192
Chapter VI.—Mercantile Marine 193-232
Chapter MI.—Railroads 233-264
Chapter VIII.—The Panama Canal 265-278
Chapter IX.—Telegraphs and Cables 279-298
Chapter X.—Wireless Telegraphy 299-310
Chapter XL—Telephone Statistics of the World 311-322
Chapter XII.—Post Office Affairs 323-350
Chapter XIII.—Patents, Trade-Marks and Copyrights 351-388
Chapter XIV.—Armies of the World 389-408
Chapter XV.—Navies of the World 409-436
Chapter XVI.—Aviation 437-456

Part 2. Scientific Information
Chapter I.—Chemistry 457-462
Chapter II—Astronomy and Time 463-484
Chapter HI.—Meteorology 485-518
Chapter IV.—Machine Elements and Mechanical Movements 519-546
Chapter V.—Geometrical Constructions 517-560
Chapter VI.—Weights and Measures 561-586
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Science, Dictionaries