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

Can we blame the sun for stormy weather?
65
Coronagraph, Solar radiation, Sun
Hit-run rocket launchers
72
Rockets (Mounting)
Four-in-one trailer becomes boat, raft and camp
74
Automobile trailers, Boats and boating
Hams have a man of the year
75
Benjamin S. HAMILTON, General Electric Co, Ham radio
President announces an atomic freighter
80
Nuclear ships
Skin divers play it safe
125
Skin diving (Safety measures)
Sculpture in copper
134
Copperwork
Hotel takes a ride
139
Moving of structures, etc
Mr Ladybug
140
Paul HARRIS, Ladybugs
Television operating hints and planned home installations
146
Television receivers (Cabinets)

Flying platform rides air column
82
Helicopters
Tv crosses the horizon
84
Electromagnetic waves, Television transmission
Paul Revere ships join the lookout
89
United States Navy, Air raid warning systems, Radar (Military use)
What to do when lightning strikes
94
Lightning
Italy's answer to the VW.
96
Automobiles
Whaler to double as supertanker
97
Whaling
Prestressed tile bends without breaking
102
Tiles
Press exerts big squeeze to turn out plane parts
105
Airplane industry, Presses
Owners report: 1955 Dodge
106
Automobiles
Clymer road test
106
Automobiles (Testing)
Here's a chilly hobby: ice carving
113
Ice sculpture
$3000 tire gets recap
114
Tires, Tractor (Retreading and recapping)
They build their own planes
115
Airplane industry, Airplanes, Light
Broad-band flat-gain tv antenna for color
148
Television antennas
Wrought-iron dinette set
149
Dining room furniture, Wrought iron
Letter knives of hammered copper
152
Letter openers
What car are you driving?
156
Automobiles (Identification)
Automatic dehumidifier control
164
Dehumidifiers
Patterncraft
166
Electric lamps, Flower boxes, planters, etc
Tow-tow-tow your boat
170
Automobile driving, Automobile trailers
Play yard has adjustable all-day awning
181
Playgrounds, Home (Equipment)
All-weather tent has tubular-steel frame
182
Tents
Rebuilding old auto engines
187
Automobile engines (Maintenance and repair)
Make your own T-bolts and clamps
191
Clamps
High-speed sanding on your drill press
194
Drills, Sanding and sanding equipment
New life for soldering-iron tips
199
Solder and soldering

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