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Jet-driven Blue Bird II.
86
Motor boats
Camera develops and prints pictures in one minute
88
Cameras, Photography (Processing)
Ship's stabilizing fins may prevent seasickness
89
Ships (Stability and stabilizers)
Battery-operated lawn mower
90
Lawn mowers
Book-vending machine
90
Vending machines
Mechanics of batting
91
Baseball
Pencil-size microscope
96
Microscopes
Portable electric saw
96
Saws and sawing
Portable time control unit
96
Timing devices
Shoot from the sidelines
97
Sports (Photographs)
Painting with pebbles
105
Max SPIVAK, Mosaics
Fire-resistant cotton batts
106
Insulation (Heat)
Aircraft engine throws spray to cover 100-foot tree
106
Spraying equipment
Oxygen tank for high-altitude flyers will inflate five auto tires
107
Oxygen tanks, Tires, Automobile
Huge trucks test the pulling power of U.S. army's biggest tanks
107
Testing equipment
Tail fan stabilizes helicopter
113
Helicopters
New engines for old
114
Airplane engines (Maintenance and repair)
Normandie on wheels
118
Motor vehicles
Sky hook
120
Signals and signaling
Superforts are wrapped in plastic cocoons for storage
121
Airplanes (Storage)
Fencing in the waterways
122
Hydraulic laboratories, Hydraulic models
Newest wonder of the world
126
California Institute of Technology Astrophysical Observatory, Telescopes
Wheel-mounted burner
128
Agricultural equipment
Whirling spikes
128
Agricultural equipment
Brazil's one-man boom
129
Francisco PIGNATARI, Brazil (Industries), Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Glamorized kitchen
133
Kitchens
Heated sidewalk
134
Sidewalks, Snow and ice removal
Cargo canoe
134
Airplanes (Cargo compartments)
Hobbyist of the month
136
Eugene W. KETTERING, Airplane models
Mounting specimens in plastic
138
Biological specimens (Collection and preservation)
They tailor their own cars
139
Automobiles
Folding sawmill rides trailer
144
Sawmills
Down-fired heater burns powder coal
145
Furnaces
Midget carbide grinders cut metals or plastics
154
Cutting tools
Sculpture tool for wood carver
154
Cutting tools
Get ready for camp
156
Camping (Equipment)
AAF plane to carry 400 troops
160
Airplanes, Military
Ultrasonics, magic energy
161
Ultrasonic waves
Drop-center axle lowers trailer
166
Axles
Concrete stoop base uses cement blocks
175
Concrete construction
Pitch of sloping roof easy to figure
175
Roofs and roofing
Vertical bandrail at corner of stair
175
Stairways
Fold-away table
176
Tables
Seesaws need not all be alike
177
Seesaws
Youngster's coaster wagon is hand-propelled
184
Coaster wagons
Weather vanes
185
Weather vanes
Adjusting screws under bench serve to level it
186
Workbenches
Archery tackle box
187
Archery
Bell sinker snapped onto line frees snagged fishing lure
188
Fishing tackle
These sidewalk skis furnish year 'round fun
189
Roller skates
Home of 1000 addresses
190
Automobile trailers
Cast-concrete birdbath repaired with cement and screen wire
192
Birdbaths
Skim the waves in this motor-driven paddle board
193
Motor boats
Corner brackets decorate shelves of plain wood cabinet
198
Cabinets (Furniture)
Sifter-mixer for garden soil
199
Soils
Color processing unit for transparencies or prints
200
Photography (Processing), Transparencies
Mow 'em down with this rotary cutter
209
Lawn mowers
Modified heater tank will carry tools
211
Tool boxes, racks, etc
Six reasons for building a chopped-hay drier
212
Hay (Drying)
Grinding jig for tool bits
215
Jigs (Tools)
Way to preserve fence posts
216
Fence posts
Tractor and washtub are used when coiling electric fence
216
Fences, Electric
Cutting heavy metal with your jigsaw
217
Jig saws
Special purpose voice recorders
221
SOUNDRecording and reproducing/Magnetic recording
Kit for radio and electronic experimenters
224
Radio equipment

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