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

Cameras in disguise
143
Cameras
Restoring old Williamsburg's relics
144
M. W. jr THOMAS, Historic objects, Williamsburg (Va.)
Push-button concrete mixer
148
Concrete mixers
Your modern kitchen
149
Kitchens
For magazines
161
Magazine stands, racks, etc

Tv showroom for inventors
86
Inventions
Tv showrooms for inventors
86
Television program reviews
Stereo-television for atom lab
88
3-D television
Bowling down forests for a super dam
90
Dams, Lumbering, Tree felling
I read P.M. behind the iron curtain
98
Prisoners of war (China), World War, 1939-1945 (Prisoners and prisons)
Flat-bottom sailer skims in the breeze
100
Sailboats
Britain exports ideas in motoring
101
Automobile industry (Great Britain)
Spinning a span to foil the wind
102
Tacoma (Wash.) (Bridges)
Put-together toys from plywood parts
107
Toys
Big Blow takes the Diesel's challenge
108
Locomotives
Land alive!
114
Accidents
School for jet pilots
117
Airplanes, Jet, Airplanes, Military, Aviation (Study and teaching)
Television borrows movies tricks
123
Television production and direction
Trappers in rowboats, out of Newport, R.I.
124
Fisheries, Fishing nets
Shipyard that grew from a toolbox
128
Robert Derecktor, Boatbuilding
Deep in the heart of Ohio
134
Limestone
Reseating an antique chair
162
Rushwork, Chairs (Seats)
Refreshment novelties
166
Gadgets
Cut scale lumber on your circular saw
169
Lumber, Saws and sawing
Carryall
173
Wheelbarrows
Care and repair of bamboo rods
175
Fishing tackle
Inexpensive boat accessories
180
Boats and boating (Equipment)
Record cabinet serves as hassock
186
Cabinets (Furniture)
Parallax correction for a 35-mm. camera
190
Photography (Equipment)
Build this 6-in. circular saw
193
Saws and sawing
Lathe bench
197
Lathes
Keep your car riding like new
198
Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Shavings box
201
Jointers (Woodworking machinery)
Shopping for tools
208
Tools
Full-color tubes for tv
211
Color television
Five-tube circus-wagon super for playroom
212
Radio receivers (Cabinets)
Folded exponential horn
215
Loudspeakers

Common terms and phrases