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

Television for the home
529
Television
Inventions of the future
536
Inventions
Casting glass disk for big telescope triumph for U.S.
543
Optical glass, Glass casting, Telescopes (Mirrors)
Training for the ballet
546
Ballet
Peep shows give glimpse of artists' lives
551
Art (Study and teaching), Models
How do you fish?
610
Fishing
Our last virgin wilderness
619
National forests
Scenic wonders of the stage
627
Theater (Stage machinery)
Easy juggling tricks
643
Magic tricks, Tricks
Remodeling variable condensers
649
Radio capacitors

Four years at West Point
562
United States Military Academy
Wealth under your feet
578
Mines and mineral resources
What do you weigh, relatively speaking?
585
Relativity (Physics), WEIGHT.
Mountain club builds footpath in wilderness
592
Long Trail (Vt.)
Are mice smarter than men?
593
Animal intelligence
True stories of the manhunters
595
Identification
Freaks of tornadoes and how to dodge them
600
Tornadoes
Harnessing the sun
602
Solar energy

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