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

Our 70-group air force emerges
89
United States Air Force, Airplanes, Military
Rocket plane
97
Airplane models
Now they're weaving houses
106
Concrete houses
Holly harvest
110
Holly
Ultrafax
113
TELEVISION facsimile
Clearing the range for beef
169
Clearing of land, Livestock ranges
Front-seat back rest forms bed
173
Automobiles (Seats)
Child's electric automobile
173
Toy automobiles
Skyscraper in the swamp
174
Oil wells
Tin-can craft
178
Tin cans, Tinsmithing

Rocket-borne camera
114
Photography, Aerial
Chemical mixed with ice-melting salt reduces corrosion of cars
116
Corrosion and anticorrosives
Floating rocket launcher
117
Rockets (Astronomical use)
Navy's 65,000-ton carrier to be the world's largest warship
120
Aircraft carriers
Warning: earthquake ahead
122
Earthquakes and building
U.S. navy tests seamless plastic hulls
128
Boats and boating
Engine using exhaust gases
128
Airplane engines
Painting in wood and stone
130
Frank F. BURFITT, Mosaics
Slivers and tissue paper become ship models
134
Ship and boat models
Screw-on Christmas-tree bulbs
136
Electric lamps
Don't bet against a cow pony
137
Horses, Ranches
Enameled-steel wallpaper
142
Wall coverings
Tractor with lift frame
151
Tractors
Cracker maker
152
Fred V. RICHARDSON
Black gold under arctic ice
154
Petroleum (Reserves), Petroleum prospecting
Bun-wiener cooker
161
Frankfurters
Running water is their problem
162
University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory
Earth loader
168
Excavating machinery
Scale shows 129,000 weight and price figures
168
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Tidbit servers
181
Trays
Quarter-round legs
185
Woodworking
Suggestions for a merry Christmas
186
Christmas decorations
Period clockcase
187
Clock cases
Try your hand at gimp braiding
188
Braiding
Brass candle sconce
195
Candleholders
Lazy susan's big sister
197
Dumbwaiters
Glass cutting made easy
198
Glass cutting
Fender rebuilding
201
Automobiles (Fenders)
Photoprint drier
207
Photography (Dryers and drying)
Focus on baby
209
Infants (Photographs)
Offset boring head
213
Drills
Adapter plate
217
Lathes
Milling practice
218
Milling machines
Four-wheel bandsaw
225
Saws and sawing
Amplifier and loudspeaker for phone conversations
229
Telephone amplifiers
How to convert your receiver into a wire-recorder combination
230
SOUNDRecording and reproducing/Magnetic recording
Dynamic demonstrator aids teaching am-fm radio
232
Radio engineering (Study and teaching)
Common materials provide substitute rivets
323
Rivets and riveting

Common terms and phrases