Popular Mechanics

Portada
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.
 

Ver todos los números

Índice

Balloon and parachute are used to cast fishing line
97
Fishing
Seven-year snowmen in Sierra Nevada mountains
98
Meteorological stations
Waterloo for the atom
99
Nuclear research, Accelerators (Electrons, etc.)
All but kitchen sink in desk for the boss
103
Desks
Hay bale bombing saves buffalo, snowbound in Montana
104
Airplanes in relief work
Highballing the highway freight
105
Truck driving
X-ray gauge for assembly line checks thickness of parts
112
Gages
Earphones worn like stethoscope with speaker under chin
112
Radiotelephone
Tire carrier swings heavy spare into position for changing
112
Tires, Truck
Metal applicator provides short cut in filling engine block cracks
113
Metal coating
Why is the ocean blue?
113
Ocean
Radio telephone service links remote western ranches to cities
113
Radiotelephone
Switzerland's new Alpine road
114
Roads (Switzerland)
Germ warfare against bugs
116
Insect control (Biological control)
Charcoal canisters keep apples fresh
121
Apples (Storage)
Turret-control tug turns in 28 inches
121
Trucks
Amphibian's rugged hull can make wheelsup emergency landing
122
Seaplanes
Dry ice seeds planted in a cloud produce artificial snow
122
Snow
Whale factory: the Balaena
123
Ships, Whaling
Heating-cooling unit uses temperature of earth as fuel source
126
Heating
Radio guided tractors make plowing by remote control possible
126
TRACTORSRadio control
Aluminum-plywood house built of salvaged materials
127
Houses
Excavator steered from cab turns on dime
130
Excavating machinery
Truck salvages boat by hauling overland
130
Salvage (Ships)
Riggers ride high
131
RIGGERS.
Roll-over auto top protects race pilot
135
Automobiles, Racing
Molded glass lenses eliminate grinding
135
Lenses
Glued cartons avert cargo shifting
135
Packaging
Small homemade biplane
136
Airplanes, Light
Electric pump cleans up dirty job of changing crankcase oil
136
Pumps
Stoker-fired water heater
136
Water heaters
Your next tires, synthetic or natural?
137
Tires, Automobile
10,000 messages in one tube
142
Amplifiers
Adjustable rope clamp for tent holds canvas tight
142
Clamps
Multiplug extension cord reel is self-retracting
142
Electric cords
Spoon-fed iron horse
144
Model railroads
House built of 64 lightweight conerete slabs
146
Houses, Prefabricated
Filming the sun's diary
147
Coronagraph, Sun
Auto-plane sheds wings and propeller in five minutes
152
Aerocars
Bicycle hub dynamo stores up power to carry rider over hills
152
Bicycles
Edison started something
153
Thomas Alva Edison; 1847-1931
Spraying rig follows row as driver dodges spray
163
Spraying equipment
Oven-baked gems for industry
164
Precious stones, Artificial
Weasel fights fires in forest areas
167
Fire extinction (Equipment), Forest fires (Prevention and control)
Porcelain enamel house
168
Metal houses
Snow tank
169
Snowcats (Machines)
Oil is produced from shale heated beneath the ground
170
Oil shales
Can cities harness the wind?
171
Wind power
Road tests simulated in laboratory to test gasoline
174
Gasoline (Testing)
Three-wheel truck
174
Trucks
Ladder on wheels
175
Ladders
Portable test lungs measure air flow in crankcase
176
Automobile engines
Safety locks prevent children from opening car doors
176
Locks and keys
Art gallery phonograph disk has picture under plastic
176
Phonograph records
Studioettes, with unit and tables
178
Furniture, Remodeled
Plant boxes made from empty milk cartons
181
House plants
Getting the most out of your cigarette lighter
185
Cigarette lighters
Points to check in prolonging life of storage batteries
185
Storage batteries
30[degree] below deep-freeze unit
186
Freezers
Insulated plywood house for cats has automatically controlled heat
194
Cats
Easily made scale
194
Scales (Weighing instruments)
Safe driving
195
Automobile driving
Rack on scooter holds papers for newsboy
197
Scooters
Jigsawed table novelties
198
Woodworking
Metal dispenser for cigarettes keeps them at hand
200
Cigarette cases
Bench vise for modelmakers
200
Vises
Collapsible cold frame stored when not used
207
Cold frames
Sliding dovetail joints are secret of woodblock puzzle
207
Puzzles
Floodlamp plus tin cans equals spotlight
213
Floodlighting
Extension arms for projector
214
Projectors
Ventilator formed from plastic admits light and air
216
Ventilators
Mechanical hired man
217
Portable elevators
Pull-out mailbox unit is tagged
220
Mailboxes
Boring-bar holder made in two operations
221
Holding devices (Machine work)
Multiple threads
222
Thread cutting
Clay used as balancing weight permits close adjustment
227
WEIGHING.
Back of front seat holds shelf that serves as desk
228
Automobiles (Equipment)
Sawhorse is dismantled quickly
228
Sawhorses
Equipment for demonstrating microwaves
229
Electromagnetic waves
How to build a converter for the new VHF amateur bands
230
Frequency changers
Tuning-dial pointer and drive-cable repairs
232
Radio receivers (Tuning)

Términos y frases comunes