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

Future Ships Could Swim Like Fish
13
Fishtail propulsion, Ship propulsion
Saturn
23
Automobiles
The Technology of the Olympics
26
United States Olympic Training Center, Sports (Computer use), Olympic Games, Biomechanics
Worldcasting the Games
29
CBS Inc, Television programs (Sports), Olympic Games, 1992 (Albertville, France)
The Mechanics of Skiing
34
Biomechanics, Skiers (Training), Ski racing
Sunsational
68
Motor boats (Design)
Aqua Power
74
Motor boat engines
Green Machines: Life Under the EPA.
77
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Motor boats (Environmental aspects)
Great Gear
79
Boats and boating (Equipment), Aquatic sports (Equipment)
Popular Mechanics 90 Years
83
Popular mechanics (Periodical), Technology (History)

Fast and Fancy
38
Automobiles (Rating), Automobiles, Foreign (Rating)
Veneering
45
Veneers and veneering
Products for a Cleaner Environment
50
Green products, Houses (Maintenance and repair)
Apartment Toolbox
53
Tools
Installing a 3-way Switch
57
Electric switches, Electric wire and wiring
Installing an Exhaust Fan
61
Ventilators (Installation)
Boating '92
67
Boats and boating
Exhaust Systems
109
Automobile engines (Exhaust)
Supercharging
110
Automobile engines (Superchargers)
Maintaining Your Charging System
115
Automobiles (Electric generators), Automobile batteries (Maintenance and repair)
Going with the Floe
122
Ice sheets (Antarctic regions), Antarctic research, Ocean-atmosphere interaction, Global warming, Weddell Sea
Live-action Sonar
124
Sonar in fishing
TV Stereo: Real Or Fake?
128
Television sound

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