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

It's news: plant bites bug
65
Pesticides, Insect control
Killer frigates of Britain and Canada hunt fast new submarines
72
Submarine warfare, Warships
Manicurist for steel roadways
77
ROADS, Steel
$500,000 puppet show
81
Puppets and puppet plays
Tv brings color to movie theaters
86
Color television
Ice-cube airport
134
Aviation (Arctic flights), Ice (Polar regions), Arctic regions
Go hunting on a go-devil
140
Motor vehicles
Cafeteria for boat builders
144
Boatbuilding
Make your lighting count
149
Lighting
One-evening projects
165
Bertram BROWNOLD

Owners report on the 1952 Nash
90
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Scientist diagnoses the flying saucer
95
UFOs, Mirages
Tools that make tools
96
Machine tool industry
Spacious sports car, the Cyclonic
104
Automobiles
Stereophotography sweeps the country
106
3-D photography
Can jet boat blast record?
112
Motor boats
Built in 1887, and still running
114
Automobiles
Soup up your car?
120
Eddie EDMUNDS, Automobile engines, Automobiles, Racing
Camera attachment copies color slides
120
Photography (Copying), Transparencies
Photo foursome
123
Photography (Equipment)
Sportster is a $6200 hybrid
125
Automobiles
What's it like to crash?
128
Traffic accidents, Automobiles (Safety measures)
Huge French hangars have concrete roofs
133
Hangars
One evening projects
165
Lazy Susans
Plan of the month, plant stands
168
PLANT holders
Stop those heat losses
172
Insulation (Heat)
Foldaway crib
181
Cribs (Beds)
Jigsawed boot scrapers
183
Footscrapers
Indoor window garden
185
Flower boxes, planters, etc
Know your car's nervous system
186
Electric switches
Collet attachment for the metal lathe
193
Collets
How to use your electric handsaw
196
Saws and sawing
Tip your tools with carbide
204
Cutting tools
Battery eliminator for portables and farm radios
212
Radio receivers (Energy usage)
Lightweight radar set steps up plane safety
214
Radar in aviation
Adventures in sound
216
Sound (Recording and reproducing)

Common terms and phrases