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

Lowdown on the Showdown at Farnborough
30
Farnborough Air Show
Year of the Comet
40
Shoemaker-Levy (Comet) (Collision with Jupiter)
Driving Bosemobiles
42
Bose Corp, Automobiles (Audio systems), Automobiles, Foreign (Audio systems)
Future Shock at Sea-Doo
44
Jet skis (Rating), Jet boats (Rating)
5000 Horsepower!
49
Locomotives (Rating)
Cyber Cop
74
Automobiles, Police (Electronic equipment)
Channel Surfing's New Wave
77
Interactive program guides
Computer Upgrades and Add-ons
80
Computers (Equipment, Upgrading)
Software Upgrade: We Pick the Top CD-ROM Titles
82
CD-ROM.
Craftsman's Chair
88
Ottomans (Furniture), Morris chairs, Mission furniture

The Tide Turns
53
Automobiles, Foreign
Engineering the Imports
61
Automobiles, Foreign (Engines, Design), Automobile engineering
Pinball!
63
Pinball machines
High Tech on Trial
66
O. J. Simpson; 1947- (Murder case, 1994, Criminal trial), Courts (Computer use)
Cool Runnings
70
Fishing boats (Rating), Cruising (Alaska), Inside Passage
Hardware Heaven
94
Hardware (Exhibitions)
Reinforced Joints
99
Joints (Carpentry)
How to Install an Electric Water Heater
109
Electric water heaters (Installation)
Making Snapshots
116
Video printers (Rating)
Corvette Mecca in Kentucky
120
National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, Ky.)

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