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

Walk 'n' Roll
38
In-line skates (Rating)
Asia Spy Report
40
Automobiles, Foreign (Design)
The Chemistry of Violence
42
Manganese in the body, Violence, Cadmium in the body, Trace elements in the body
Think It's New? Think Again!
48
Handheld vacuum cleaners (History)
Cable of the Future
50
Set-top boxes (Television) (Rating), Digital television receivers (Equipment)
The Ultimate Pickup
84
Dump trucks (Rating), Trucks, Foreign (Rating)
Gardening Guide
89
Gardens and gardening
Why Garden?
90
Gardens and gardening
Growing Flowers
92
Flower gardens and gardening
Gardener's Bookshelf
98
Gardens and gardening (Bibliography)

Up Close and Personal
55
Binoculars
Digital Desert
58
Consumer Electronics Show
Small World
62
Microcars (Design)
Greatest Secrets of the Cold War
68
Cold war, Official secrets, Classified information, United States (Defenses)
Slingin' Lead
76
Cowboy action shooting
Newest Nikon
80
Cameras, Single-lens reflex (Rating)
Planting Mature Trees
100
Tree planting
Container Gardening
106
Container gardens and gardening
Proper Soil Prep
110
Gardens and gardening (Soil preparation)
Gardening by Mail
116
Catalogs, Seed and plant
Replacing Your Rearview Mirror
141
Automobiles (Mirrors)

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