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

Mastermind for Hollywood's wars
65
Sergei IUl'evich Witte (graf); 1849-1915, Motion picture production and direction, Motion pictures (War films)
Two-passenger twin-rotor helicopter
71
Helicopters
Lockheed's handyman
72
Bill SHOTT, Resourcefulness
Science factory produces ideas: research institutes, University of Chicago
74
University of Chicago, Scientific research
New land from old
76
Reclamation of land (Hawaii), Silt
Historic homes for sale
139
Fred HUTTON, House models
Prestressed concrete footbridge
144
Concrete bridges
Money-making projects
146
Souvenirs (Keepsakes), Paper work (Art), Plastics
Bench build Popular mechanics ranch house in your basement
153
Prefabrication
Hose-reel cart for lawn sprinkling
161
Garden hose reels

Air-lift cat cracker
80
Petroleum distillation
Oil city under the sea, off Long Beach, Calif
86
Offshore oil well drilling
Farm shop keeps pace
90
Workshops
It's new for your tackle box
96
Fishing (Equipment)
Brussels auto show
99
Automobiles
Owners report on the '51 Cadillac
102
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Death of a lighthouse
109
Wrecking
Supersonic proving ground
110
Supersonic aerodynamics, Aviation research, Radar
Nash Rambler hardtop
112
Automobiles (Design)
Patients are pets
113
Veterinary hospitals
Look! it's flying disks again! magic plate in Paris
120
Electric equipment
Uphill river: operation bootstrap, Grand Coulee dam
123
PUMPING machinery, Electric
On the trail of the Gulf stream
124
Ocean, Gulf Stream
Clock for eternity, Copenhagen, Denmark
130
Jens OLSEN, Astronomical clocks
Paper chairs
135
Chairs, Papier-mache
Twin-hulled racers sail Spanish seas
136
Sailboats
Outdoor game layout
162
Courts (for games)
Repeating crossbow
165
Crossbow
Lakeside tent-cottage
169
Cottages
Homemade picnic cooler
173
Camping (Equipment), Food preservation and preservatives
Keep cool with an attic fan
174
Cooling, Ventilators
Telephone stand
187
Stands (Furniture)
Remote control for gearshift outboard
188
Electric control, Outboard motors
Extra service from your contact printer
192
Photography (Equipment)
Drill press made from auto parts
195
Drills
Cross-drilling round work
200
Drilling and boring
Making lettering pens from bamboo shoots
203
Pens
Television today
207
Television broadcasting
Three-speed record broadcaster
208
Radio receivers (Phonograph combination)
Soldering hints for students and radio workers
211
Solder and soldering
Antenna rotator solves tv-reception problems
214
Television antennas

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