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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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Slo-mo-shun leads the pack
65
Motor boat racing, Motor boats
America weighs its land resources
70
Soil surveys
Co-op village in the woods
72
David HENKEN, Cooperative apartment houses
Miniatures from butterfly wings
80
Anatole DUPLAN, Pictures, Miniature
Twenty-man umbrella raft
84
Rafts
France rearms
128
Munitions, France (Armed Forces)
Pioneering the Hells Canyon dam
134
Hell's Canyon Dam (Idaho and Or.)
New York's waterfront lumberjack
139
Lumbering, Salvage (Waste), New York (N.Y.) (Harbor)
Mystery of the spinning dust
144
Dust
Build your own nursery furniture
150
Furniture, Children's

TNT clinic
88
TNT (Explosive), Explosives (Testing)
Fast ferry wings along at 35 knots
93
Ferries
Owners report on the '51 Plymouth
94
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Volunteer life guards patrol Aussie beaches
100
Lifeguards
Electric-wheeled tractor
106
Tractors
Fire bombs blaze a trail of war
108
Fire bombs, Korean War, 1950-1953, Napalm
German auto salon
114
Automobiles
Lost rivers return
117
Irrigation (Idaho), Groundwater
Railroad in an English garden
124
Model railroads
Good paint job on concrete
168
Concrete (Painting)
Build this 20-ft. Trimaran
174
Boatbuilding
Pour your own driveway
182
Concrete construction, Driveways
Servicing the carburetor
189
Carburetors
Tripod carrier
195
Camera tripods
How to make a power hacksaw
197
Saws and sawing
TQ, a speedy midget racer
201
Automobiles, Racing
Television in the home
211
Television receivers
Safety-first service hints for tv set owners
212
Television receivers (Maintenance and repair)

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