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Popular Mechanics

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Sep 1956
282 pages
Vol. 106, No. 3
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

Electrons join the college faculty	81
Cornell University, Audiovisual materials, Electronic equipment
Era of the flying triangles	89
Airplanes, Military (Design)
Gettysburg in miniature	102
Military miniatures, Motion pictures (Animated films)
Brazilian power goes underground	106
Hydroelectric power, Sao Paulo (Brazil) (Industries)
Don't stop fishing at first frost	109
Trout fishing

Pick up short waves on your radio with this multiband converter	165
Frequency changers, Radio equipment, Shortwave radio
Recording level meter	168
Tape recorders and recording, Sound equipment
Matching lamp and folding screen	169
Lamps
Knock out that spot	172
Cleaning
Gatepost light simulates old locomotive headlamp	177
Lamps

Antarctic album	113
Antarctic regions
Keeping 2000 ghost ships alive	121
Ships (Storage)
Better fishing ahead!	127
Fishing (Ohio)
Indoor pictures without flash	132
Photography (Films)
Pullmans for hunting dogs	138
Animals (Transportation)
Caracas cable car	140
Cable railroads
Owners report: Continental Mark II.	146
Automobiles
Clymer drives the Mark II.	147
Automobiles (Testing)
There's atomic energy in granite: can we unlock it?	154
Granite, Thorium, Uranium
Shrimp ranch harvests bait	158
Shrimp
Thrashin' machine revival	162
Agricultural equipment

Rolling dinette has drop leaves	178
Tables
Fresh vegetables all year 'round	182
Food preservation and preservatives
Four-poster magazine rack	189
Magazine stands, racks, etc
Shoeshine box	193
Shoeshine boxes
Causes and cures of tire thump	194
Tires, Automobile
Baby swing with tray	200
Swings
Tiled-top table has ball-bat legs	203
Tables
How to build a better clothesline	204
Clotheslines
Weathered pump	207
Pumps
Electric sparks cut hard metals	209
Cutting tools, Metalworking machinery

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