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Popular Mechanics

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Oct 1945
296 pages
Vol. 84, No. 4
ISSN 0032-4558

Published by Hearst Magazines

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

Big pit	1
Iron mines and mining
World's fastest airplane	8
Airplanes, Military
Grand slam in subs	13
United States Navy Submarine Forces, World War, 1939-1945 (Submarine operations)
Atomic bomb for war, atomic power for peace	18
Atomic bombs, Nuclear energy
Workin' on the railroad	20
Railroads (Track)

Billion dollars' worth of dams	65
Dams
Saved by the silk	72
Parachutes, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc
Fleet under two flags	82
Great Britain Royal Navy, United States Navy, World War, 1939-1945 (Naval operations)
18th century clock case has electric works	89
Clocks, Electronic
Build this knock-down playhouse	97
Playhouses

Pickaback bridges	28
Military bridges, Bridges, Portable
Wandering magnetic pole is plotted by plane	32
Geomagnetism
Radar sees the unseen	34
Radar
Science is the umpire	44
Sports
High pressure diver	50
Jack BROWNE, Diving, Submarine
Putting warships through their paces	56
United States Navy Dept, Warships
Nine lives for battlewagons	60
Ships (Maintenance and repair), Warships

Design and construction of telescopes	100
Telescopes
Leathercraft for fun and profit	108
Leather work
Tricks of trapping	114
Trapping
Masking tape for striping and lettering	125
Lettering, Tape
How to taper, face and bore in a lathe	130
Lathes
Auto radio converted for a.c. operation	141
Radio receivers
Three-tube eight-watt cake pan phono amplifier	142
Amplifiers

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