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

What to look for in schools
36
Adult education
Spotlight on the Simca Etoile
60
Automobiles, Foreign
Looking for a bargain?
64
Auctions
Big E dies with her boots on
65
Aircraft carriers, Ships (Wrecking)
Eye on space D.
71
Universe
America's toll roads
122
Toll roads
For the seaside, mountains or woods, vacation homes
126
Cabins
Amphibious home
130
Houseboats
Even a motor scooter can haul collapsible trailer
133
Automobile trailers
Look south for your future
134
Multinational corporations, Latin America (Industries)

Automatic brakes read the road
72
Brakes, Automobile
X-15. points into space
76
Airplanes, Experimental
Artificial planetoid explores space between earth and Venus
85
Artificial satellites
Owners report, nationwide survey
86
Automobiles
Do-it-yourself vacuum tubes from kits
93
Vacuum tubes
Rehearsal for undersea escape
94
Airplanes (Safety measures)
Flying saucer? no, a Shakespearean theater
97
Boston (Mass.) (Theater)
Flowers on the production line
98
WAYSIDE Gardens (Firm)
Pipeline carries molten sulphur beneath ocean
103
Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc
Big plastic sailboat molded in three parts
104
Sailboats
Five-pin bowling
106
Bowling
Automatic garage handles nine cars a minute
108
Garages
Ten unusual vacations
112
Vacations, United States (Description and travel)
Tips for tenting
119
Camping
Fun and thrills with radio-controlled model car and boat
141
Model cars (Radio control), Ship and boat models
Two-tier lazy-susan server
146
Lazy Susans
Raft for lifesaving and play
153
Rafts
Halting fire with a paintbrush
154
Paint, Fire resisting
Sunglasses for your windows
168
Emulsions, Windows
Plant protectors
171
Plants (Protection)
Which boat for you?
172
Motor boats
Outdoor oven has underground smoke pit
177
Barbecue grills
Step chucks speed finishing in metal lathe
184
Chucks (Machine work)
Odd-job lathe bits
187
Lathes
Power your tools with a flexible shaft
188
Shafting
Drill metal safely
194
Drilling and boring
Short cuts that help solve shop problems
196
Machine shops

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