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

Harnessing the sun
587
Radiotherapy, Ultraviolet rays
With pygmy cannibals in the Congo
594
Edmund Heller, Hunting (Africa)
Three miles for every meal on wheels
603
Railroads (Food service)
Life of a forest ranger
611
Forest rangers
Romance of glass
618
Glass
Hatching oysters in incubators
631
Oysters
When the sink is clogged
663
Sinks
How to make an inlaid glove box
670
Boxes, cases, etc, Inlay
How to make a nodding doggie
678
Toys
Making a soldering-iron heater
683
Solder and soldering (Equipment)
Files and how to use them
688
Files and rasps

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