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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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Fireman strikes uranium with a PM Geiger counter
97
Jesse ASHBY, Uranium mines and mining
Lincoln gets all-new styling
102
Automobiles
He spies on satellites
106
Clyde Tombaugh (American astronomer.); 1906-1997, Artificial satellites
First jet transport for private flying
110
Airplanes, Business
Midget drill pierces hair
111
Drills, Laboratories (Equipment)
Parade of homes
161
Houses (Designs and plans)
Ready-made aids for the do-it-yourself builders
166
Building materials
Plan for future improvements as you build
168
Building
Retirement house has no bedrooms
170
Houses (Designs and plans)
Is electric heating for you?
173
Electric heating, Heat pumps

Can our tanks take it?
115
Motor vehicles, Military (Rating), Proving grounds
Proposed glider would soar to 70,000-foot height
121
Gliders (Aviation)
Giant traveling paint booth used to spray plane parts
123
Airplane industry, Paint spraying and sprayers
Chrysler owners still say handling is best feature
124
Automobiles
Clymer tests the 1955 Chrysler New Yorker
124
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
Hydraulic arm
128
Limbs, Artificial
Hudson owners praise ride, handling ease and styling
129
Automobiles
Clymer tests the Hudson Hornet
131
Floyd Clymer; d. 1970, Automobiles (Testing)
High-school atom lab
133
Nuclear energy (Study and teaching), Miami Beach (Fla.) (Education)
Watch out for the stamp fakers!
134
Postage stamps, Counterfeits and counterfeiting
Plotting a future for paper
138
Institute of Paper Chemistry, Paper products
Electrons sort the mail in Canada
142
Electronic equipment, Mail handling, Postal service (Canada)
Color tips for your house
145
House decoration, Exterior, House painting
Check list for rating your home or buying a new one
150
Houses (Rating)
New ceilings from old with pre-pasted plastic tile
151
Ceilings, Tile laying
Introducing the PM young-family house
153
Houses (Designs and plans)
One-man remodeling jobs
157
Houses, Remodeled
Home office under stairway
177
Offices
Make your own aluminum window screens
178
Screens (Doors, windows, etc.)
Modern kitchen
181
Kitchen furniture, Kitchens
Utility cabinet for your kitchen
189
Kitchen cabinets
Build your own carport
190
Garages
Bedroom in a bookcase
195
Furniture, Built in
Special music from old piano
201
Piano
It pays to weather-strip
203
Weatherstripping
Helpful hints for flowerpots
208
Flower pots
Patterncraft
211
Stands (Furniture)
Candle sconce and shelf in wood
213
Shelves and racks
How to inlay your gunstock
214
Gunstocks, Inlay
Swinging shelves for your enlarger
225
Photography (Equipment)
Metal shaper for your shop
227
Shapers (Machinery)
Cut moldings on your circular saw
234
Moldings (Architecture), Saws and sawing
Apartment-size hi-fi system makes music live
245
Audio systems

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