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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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Age of air
1
Air travel, Gliders (Aviation)
Lake ship becomes queen of inland flat tops
7
Aircraft carriers
Diesels on guard
8
Diesel engines
Fangs for freighters
14
Armed merchant ships
Life aboard a battlewagon
19
Warships
When the siren shrieks
88
Air raid warning systems
Caged hurricane tests super-planes
92
Wind tunnels
Hand-carved lapellieres
97
Jewelry, Wood carving
Sighting in your rifle
104
Rifles, Shooting
Spool-design floor lamp
111
Lamps

How to become an army officer
28
United States Army (Officers)
Cheating death with blood
34
Blood (Transfusion)
All dressed up and some place to go!
40
United States Quartermaster Corps, Military uniforms
Knockdown furniture for knockdown homes
46
Furniture
They'll be coming 'round the mountain
50
UNITED STATESArmy/Mountain troops
Secrets of the apes
57
Animal intelligence, Apes
Train your dog to run errands
62
Dogs (Training)
Fooling the spy in the sky
66
Camouflage
Mighty midgets of filmdom
72
Microfilms
Bringing dead oil wells back to life
78
Oil wells
Your victory car
82
Automobiles (Design)

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