Popular Mechanics

Mar 1957
284 pages
Vol. 107, No. 3
ISSN 0032-4558

Published by Hearst Magazines

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.

You can build your own swimming pool	81
Swimming pools
No need to wind this watch	87
Watches
Ford is long, low and owners love it	88
Automobiles
Old Ironsides lives again	96
Louis KUEBLER, William H. LANGE, Ship and boat models
New whirlybirds	100
Ewart Thomas, pseud STIMSON, Helicopters

Science focuses on textile fibers to give you more miles on your tires	154
Tires, Automobile
Prospector's partner: a combination Geiger counter-portable radio	161
Geiger counters, Portable radio receivers
Modernize with a vanity lavatory	165
Public comfort stations (Western Europe)
Test the soil first	170
Soils (Analysis)
Old wheels roll again	174
Wheels

Beachcombers of the woods	102
Forest products
Desert trailer carries 200 tons	106
Trucks
Jeep jamboree	110
Automobiles, Padre Island (Tex.)
Look into the heart of a gem	112
Edward GUBELIN, Gems
Flying girder crop duster	116
Airplanes in agriculture
Canada Main Street to cross continent	118
Roads (Canada)
Taxi to Venus?	124
General Dynamics Corp Convair Division, Artificial satellites, Guided missiles, Space flight
Birds write their musical score on tape	132
Birdsongs, Tape recorders and recording
Plastic-lined lake	137
Reservoirs
House of electric nerves	138
Neal BEAR, Kitchen utensils and appliances, Electricity in the home
You can have speed with safety	144
William Franklin MILLIKEN, Aviation research, Airplanes (Safety measures), Automobiles (Safety measures)
Tap the hillside for water	150
F. Leland ELAM, Wells
Steamboat comin	153
Steamships and steamboats

Pinto rocking horse	176
Toys
Lean-to workshop	181
Sheds
Salad-bowl novelties	183
Bowls
When you shop for a trailer	184
Automobile trailers
Pep up home movies with titles	190
Motion pictures (Titling)
Two-piece holder for machining screws	197
Holding devices (Machine work)
Special-effects lens shades	199
Photography (Equipment)
Build the Bug	201
Automobiles (Manufacture)
Filing machine fits your lathe	205
Files and rasps, Lathes
Almost anything can be soldered	213
Solder and soldering
On the market	217
Products, New
Readers sound off about '57 cars	266
Automobiles

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