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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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Uncle Sam weighs his resources
89
Natural resources
Bigger than Texas
96
Alaska
Telescoping drill rig
104
Cranes, derricks, etc
Chessie has that new look
107
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, Locomotives
Sectional buses
114
Buses

Deep sea rodeo
116
LeRoy H. DORSEY, Salt water fishing
Tools that fit in a needle's eye
122
Micromanipulators (Mechanism)
Old Indian game
126
Lacrosse
Hedge-hopping highway engineer
133
Kenneth Brady WOODS, Photography, Aerial, Roads (Maintenance and repair)
Hobbyists' workbench folds to suitcase size
143
Workbenches
They blaze the trail into space
144
Aviation research, Aviation (Altitude flying)
Southwest mounties patrol range and road
153
Highway patrol (Civilian)
Palomar mirror makes trip in insulated box
158
Telescopes (Mirrors)
Silent sound shows its muscle
160
Ultrasonic waves
Sonic aids for the blind permit seeing by ear
162
Blind (Equipment)
Weekend 49ers
164
Prospecting
Hitchhiking insects forbidden
170
Air travel (Health aspects), Insect control
Turned candlesticks in new styling
178
Candleholders
Hand-wrought plant stand
195
Plant stands, flower stands, etc
Easter novelties
196
Toys
Water softener
199
Water softening
Our feathered friends need houses too
201
Birdhouses
There's profit in farm photos
202
Photography, Commercial
Drill-press tapping attachment
207
Drills
Laying hardwood flooring
210
Flooring, Floors
Homemade orchard sprayer has shielded deck
215
Spraying equipment
100-chick brooder and runway
217
Poultry brooders and brooding
Sea Craft, a 25-ft. cabin cruiser
218
Motor boats
Sickle-bar lawn mower
226
Lawn mowers
Foundation units for amateur transmitters
229
Shortwave radio (Equipment)
1948 little giant two-band a.c.-d.c. five-tube super
230
Radio receivers

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