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

Modern covered wagon
218
Bus lines
Spinning webs of steel for bridges
230
Suspension bridges, Cables
Training police horses
237
Horses (Training)
Watching the weather from above
243
Weather forecasting
Forest planted like wheat
250
Forest planting
Electricity to end farm drudgery
258
Electricity on the farm
Getting the most out of the radio set in the summer season
304
Radio receivers
Your car, repair it as you go
309
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Making a workbench for the home shop
317
Workbenches
Building mantel shelves
326
Mantels
Chipping chisels: how to use them
340
Chisels
Job sheets for vocational schools
348
Industrial arts (Study and teaching, Projects)

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