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

Buzz-bombs on a string
132
Hydroplane models (Control)
Rolling patio server
134
Serving carts
Decor with spools
140
Spools
Fencing lesson
145
Fences
Soup up your stick planes
146
Airplane models

Brick house made of wood
82
Building materials
My most exciting moment
85
William R. Anderson
Drilling a hole through the bottom of the sea
86
Mohole Project
Living room shrinks to Tom Thumb size
90
Room models
Scramble for a wild boar
94
Woods hog hunting
Have we reached the limit in land speeds?
96
Automobiles (Speed)
These men work the new superhot lines
106
Electric lines (Maintenance and repair), Linemen (Electric workers)
St Louis Climatron, tropics on the half shell
113
Greenhouses
Science takes the measure of man
116
United States Air Force Air Research and Development Command, Anthropometry, Ergonomics
Adventure road
125
Roads (Canada), Canada (Description and travel)
One-two-three step table
151
Stands (Furniture)
Learn to ski this summer
152
Water skiing
Automated watering
158
Sprinklers
See yourself three ways
162
Portrait photography
Stake plate
168
Workshops (Equipment)
Saturday mechanic
170
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
High-polish finishing
183
Tumbling barrels
Simple tube checks save you money
188
Television receivers (Maintenance and repair)
One chassis space-saver stereo
191
Sound (Recording and reproducing)

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