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

The Microprocessor Turns 25
30
Year 2000 date conversion (Computer systems), Microprocessors (History)
Looking Inside the Sun
34
SOHO (Artificial satellite), Sun
2-stroke Reborn
40
Outboard motors
Asia Spy Report
42
Automobiles, Foreign (Design)
Cop Cars!
47
Automobiles, Police (Rating)
The Fine Art of Toolmaking
77
Tools, Woodworking
Simply the Best
78
Tools
Sliding Bevel
80
Carpenters' squares
Scratch Awl
84
Awls
Compass/divider
88
Compass, Dividers (Tools)

Boomerang!
50
Burt Rutan (American aeronautical engineer and executive.), Airplanes, Experimental (Design, Testing)
Delays at the Tunnel
54
Rob Cohen (Reviews), Daylight (Motion picture) (Reviews), Motion pictures (Special effects), New York (N.Y.) in motion pictures, New York (N.Y.) (Tunnels)
American Flyer
56
National Railroad Passenger Corp, High speed trains (Northeastern States)
Designer PCs
62
Computers (Design)
Wrangler on the Rubicon
64
Jeep automobiles (Rating), Automobile rallies, Rubicon Trail (Calif. and Nev.)
Game Control
70
Computer games (Control)
Long-term Test Cars
74
Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating), Minivans (Rating), Automobiles, Foreign (Rating), Sports cars (Rating)
Depth Gauge
94
Gages
Miter Square
98
Carpenters' squares
Marking Gauge
102
Gages
Improve Your Car
112
Automobiles (Equipment)
Curing A/C Odors
115
Automobiles (Air conditioning)
Take-along Telephone Number
122
Personal communications services (Japan), Subscriber information modules

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