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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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Top of the world weather run
97
Meteorology, Meteorology, Aviation, Arctic regions (Climate)
Lighting engineers are modern Gullivers along Lilliput lane
104
Street lighting
Folding chair for bleachers
106
Seats
Down in the sea for oil
108
Petroleum in submerged lands, Offshore oil well drilling
Lightning bolts strike car and plane in lab tests
114
Lightning, Artificial

Debut for the '49 Nash
115
Automobiles
Radio for light planes weighs nine pounds
119
Airplanes (Radio equipment)
Trainer of champions
120
Bill Walker, Labrador retrievers
Television is the navy's schoolteacher
125
United States Navy (Education), Television in education
Cushions without springs
128
Cushions
Lid converts paint can to spray container
128
Paint spraying and sprayers
Ride 'im, dude! bronco-busting mechanical horse
129
Horsemanship
Casting with rubber is simplified by coagulation-control liquid
133
Casting (Sculpture)
Inside Pearl Harbor's secret caverns
134
PEARL Harbor naval station
400,000-pound tamper
140
ROLLERS (earthwork)
Robot sets 'em up
142
Bowling
Corrugated wing
144
Airplanes (Wings)
Artificial fingers
151
Limbs, Artificial
House is poured
152
Concrete houses
Paddle-wheel boat is pedaled
154
Boats and boating
All the comforts of home in trailer
155
Automobile trailers
Canada hunts minerals
156
Mines and mineral resources (Canada), Prospecting
Mystery of the hand animals
162
Extinct animals
Vertical lift bridge
165
Drawbridges
Science goes duck hunting
166
Bird banding
Vicinity car
168
Automobiles
Theater of the atom, at Westinghouse
169
Nuclear energy (Exhibitions)
15-inch camera lens
170
Cameras
Spear fishermen stalk the big ones
171
Spear fishing
Old clock with wooden gears converted to electricity, at Marietta, Ohio
176
Clocks
Intriguing cigarette box
189
Cigarette cases
Door latch closed by bamboo spring
189
Latches
File cabinet forms pedestal base for a desk
193
Desks
Colorful table lamp from bottle gourd
193
Lamps
Ten firing hints that help you save coal
194
Energy conservation
Turkey hunt
197
Darts (Game)
Rings of light
198
Fluorescent lighting
Baby's bath-o-chest
203
Chests
Developer stored quickly with gravity tank
204
Photography (Developing and developers)
Weather-strip
205
Weatherstripping
Record-player cabinet
209
Phonograph
Stretch your gasoline dollar
210
Automobile engines (Fuel), Automobiles (Maintenance and repair)
Weight of Christmas tree locks novel stand
215
Christmas trees
Contact printer
216
Photography (Studios and darkrooms)
Dimmer switch controls photoflood lighting
219
Photography (Light and lighting)
Tenon jig slides in table slot
221
Jigs (Tools)
Wall cabinet contains stepped drill rack
223
Cabinets (Furniture)
Collet chuck
223
Chucks (Machine work)
Transmission operates variable-speed hoist
225
Hoisting equipment
Two power sanders fill all needs
226
Sanding and sanding equipment
Small screw jack
231
Jacks
Rewire your home for modern living
232
Electric wire and wiring
Eight-band transmitter
237
Shortwave radio (Equipment)
Compact hi-quality multi-purpose four-tube a.c.-d.c. amplifier
238
Amplifiers

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