Science and Technology Nauka i Tehnika #17 1930

Original vintage Soviet constructivist magazine Science and Technology Nauka i Tehnika #17 March 1930. Nauka i Tehnika was a monthly magazine on scientific and technical breakthroughs in the USSR. The cover features a drawing of an artificial lighting transformer. The issue includes articles about the construction of Donbas; fire safety; reform of medical education; use of catapults instead of bridges; combat capabilities of airships; air navigation; new scientific inventions such as a rotary electric furnace, a quartz roof, a radio tower, a new hydraulic transfer mechanism; ants; agriculture and other scientific news accompanied by illustrations and schemes. Published by publisher Krasnaya Zvezda, 25 pages. Poor condition, pages are loose, tears on the cover and some pages, pencil marks, browning.