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

Manning America's radar wall
144
Air raid warning systems, Radar (Military use)
Try color this vacation
149
Color photography
Lazy susan picnic table
154
Lazy Susans
ABC of surf fishing
159
Fishing
Plan of the month: children's slide
168
Playgrounds (Equipment)

Owners report on the MG.
89
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Heavies of the U.S. and Russian air forces
93
Airplanes, Military (Soviet Union)
Tv goes to the conventions
94
Political conventions, Television and politics
Scientists study a-bomb burst
100
Nuclear weapons (Testing)
Boom in the big triangle
102
British Columbia (Industries)
Boat on stilts
109
Motor boats
From pills to penicillin
110
Medical research
Falls from 50,000 feet simulated on a rack
119
Aviation research
Mexico's city of silver
120
William Philip SPRATLING; 1900-., Silversmithing, Mexico (Industries), Taxco (Mexico)
Bull's-eye builder
126
Charles SAUNDERS, Archery
Quieter subways for Paris?
128
Paris (France) (Subways)
Now they're making cars of glass
129
Automobiles (Materials), Fiberglass
Lobsters are like people
132
Lobsters
Coal artist
134
Charles Cunningham, Sculpture
Cars they drive are classics
136
Automobiles
For the kiddies
171
Playgrounds, Home (Equipment)
Knockdown barbecue
173
Barbecue cooking
Concrete improvements around the home
174
Concrete construction
Tumpline canoe carry
183
Canoes and canoeing
Know your car's nervous system
186
Automobiles (Starting)
Photoflood bracket
190
Photography (Light and lighting)
One-man boat trailer
194
Boats and boating (Equipment), Hoisting equipment
Snips and how to use them
197
Cutting tools, Metal cutting
Tractor weed sprayer
201
Spraying equipment
Hydraulic lifts do the hard work
202
Hoisting equipment
Magnetic sound on film
211
Motion pictures (Sound editing)
Electron-coupled code-practice oscillator for group instruction
212
Oscillators, Ham radio
Oscilloscope patterns of radio power supplies
214
Oscillographs
Tiny transistors and printed circuits are important developments in electronics
215
Electronic equipment, Miniature, Transistors

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