Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

Remember the Aero Willys?
56
Automobiles, Foreign
How space detectives rate Russia's moon probes
89
Space vehicles, Russian, Space research (Soviet Union), Space vehicles (Tracking)
Owners like Rambler's handling, thrift, complain of wind whistle
96
Automobiles (Design)
Fuel cells: electricity in a promising new package
102
Fuel cells
Ride and pep please Ford Galaxie owners more than fuel milage
108
Automobiles (Design)
Up-front steering for small outboards
153
Motor boats (Steering gear)
Barrel full of birds
154
Birdhouses
Floating bookshelves
158
Bookcases
Go fly a kite
160
Kites
Mysterious walking box
167
Oscillators

Hurricane killers learn where to aim
114
Hurricanes
Butterfly farmer
120
Max RICHTER, Butterflies
I ski 106 mph
126
Water skiing
How the dragsters do it
128
Motor boat racing
Boating bulletins
132
Boats and boating (Design)
Rotary engines take to water
138
Gas and oil engines
Low cost auxiliary fuel tank for your outboard
140
Outboard motors, Motor boats (Fuel tanks)
Boating short cuts
142
Boats and boating (Maintenance and repair)
Hydro dynamic
144
Boatbuilding, Motor boats
Getting to know your alternator
174
Electric generators
Tailgate box increases storage in station wagon
180
Station wagons (Equipment)
Woodcuts from color transparencies
182
Transparencies
Fun with a homemade thermopile
186
Thermopiles
Traveling lathe oiler
189
Lathes
Hot-series test box
191
Testing equipment
Precision indexer for your jigsaw
194
Indexing (Machine work), Jig saws
Tips on tape
197
Tape, Magnetic

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