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This article was originally published with the title “Fighting in the Air, What are the Ten Greatest Inventions of Our Time, and Why?, and more” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 109 No. 5 ...

This article was originally published with the title “What Are the Ten Greatest Inventions of Our Time?” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 109 No. 19 (November 1913), p. 368 doi:10.1038 ...