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Judge — August 18, 1917 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement/promotional page**, not satire. Dated August 18, 1917 (U.S. entered WWI in April 1917), it addresses genuine public anxiety about German U-boats, which were sinking merchant and military ships. The page features **technical cutaway diagrams** of submarine construction, designed to educate American readers about this threat. The text emphasizes that Scientific American magazine is running an educational series on submarine defense—covering torpedoes, detection methods, and protective tactics like zig-zag evasion and steel plating. The appeal to patriotism is straightforward rather than satirical: it frames the subscription offer (18 weeks for $1.00) as a civic duty, arguing readers should "keep informed" about war developments and "what I can do for my country." The Council of National Defense is cited as a credible source, lending authority to the magazine's coverage. This is wartime propaganda through information—selling magazines by positioning them as essential to understanding national defense.
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IDGE | August 18, 1917 . ~ SUBMARINES e little, rm || WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM? S, that of my | rasions ¢ from nildren | I've | heard ot the — axa | ack of sania — proud. / = 2 a decceerul = : Ls f abe a lead gan, = IWS AN! Thousands of our citizens have been racking their brains, trying to devise some means of combating the U-Boat. r Our Allies are relying upon American ingenuity to solve the problem. Many people have but the vaguest notion of what a submarine really is, or what the sea will do to attach- ; | ments on a ship calculated to stop the death-dealing torpedo. With the purpose of enlightening the public and giving them some idea of the principles of the submarine and what has been accomplished in the way of defense, the Scientific American is running a series of articles on ‘The Submarine Problem.” The series includes a description of the torpedo, the submarine, the special measures designed so far to protect ships, means of detecting submarines, and of trapping them. + | The following is a partial list of special articles published and to be published: I. The Submersible the Ultimate A nswer to the Submarine. V. The U-Boat Campaign. men Il. Internal Construction of the German U-Boat. VI. Methods of Detecting U-Boats. gent |} Ill. Nets and Steel Plates as a Defense against the Torpedo. VII. The Zig-zag Course as a Defense. 8 IV. Closing the North Sea with a Bomb Curtain. ople. |] A body of patriotic American citizens, the Council of National Defense, has been working for months, without pay, helping this etch | country cope with the great war and industrial problems which confront it. So busy has been the Council of National Defense over | | that it has had very little time to make public its aims and accomplishments. The Scientific American, however, has suc- 7 real) | ceeded in obtaining exclusive information about the very important and interesting work undertaken by this Council. 4 ‘dy. There is interest and instruction in every issue of the Scientific American. Special articles on the war aa are not the only features—some others are: Judge irds | WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY COUNTRY RECENT CHEMICAL DEVELOPMENTS ae heir STRATEGIC MOVES OF THE WAR DOING OUR BIT 7 co. mae INVENTIONS NEW AND INTERESTING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRY MUNN/4;CO. se SCIENCE, INVENTION, MECHANICS Pubes y Scientific Ameri our If you would keep informed of the war. particularly of our part in it, and the big things that are being done Woolworth Bide. cold to develop the resources and manufacturing in this country, read the Scientific American. 7 iy Enclosed find $1.00 for " SPECIAL TRIAL OFFER Life American for eghices ates weeks commencing with the firs 18 Weeks for $1.00. Subscription sent to individual address only. i: oxnznber published alter the receipt sely Subscriptions may be dated back to include all articles on Submarines if so desired. 7 a “It Regular Subscription Price—52 Issues—one year, $4.00 / “ase the Woolworth Bldg. MUNN & CO., Inc. New York City 7, , Sisk 5? Ones sStecssssccs ) comicbooks.com XUM